In the mid-1990s, Downtown Silver Spring, in Maryland’s District of Columbia metro area, was an aging suburban shopping district in long-term decline, superseded by newer malls farther from the ...

Move over Baby Mozart and Baby Bach. If you really want your children to learn the classics — and know the composer’s name to boot — check out “Beethoven’s Wig, Sing Along Symphonies.” The ...

I love Richard Perlmutter’s humorous approach to music (“Opening Beethoven’s Door,” March 6)! It reminds me of my school days when we had to learn to recognize hundreds of masterworks from just a few ...