John Cage Trust

The official blog of the John Cage Trust..
Laura Kuhn, the retired Executive Director of the John Cage Trust, wrote these posts from 2009 through 2022.
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09 February 2022

John Cage's Joke

This is not what you think. Rather, it's literally John Cage's joke, only one of the two he ever told me. It arose spontaneously f...

The Halberstadt/Bayreuth Diaries

Prologue We're about to go back to Halberstadt at last! We've wanted to return ever since our first visit last year, when Laura Ku...

16 May 2018

The Passing of Pia Gilbert (1921-2018)

Pia Gilbert, ever youthful at 95 (© Ralph Benko) The John Cage Trust mourns the passing of dear Pia Gilbert (1921-2018), who died at ho...

19 March 2018

A Eulogy for Gary Lincoff (1942-2018)

The mycological world and beyond mourns the unexpected death on Friday, March 16, 2018, of one of its brightest lights, Gary Lincoff . L...

25 December 2017

Seasons Greetings from the John Cage Trust

Home begins outside. - John Cag e

06 November 2017

All Over But the Shouting ("Music for Merce," Walker Art Center, 2017)

Quinta, Ikue Mori, Peter Selway, Christian Wolff, David Behrman, John King, Joan La Barbara, Zeena Parkins, Fast Forward, George Lewis ...

16 October 2017

John Cage on Gluttony, Saints, Table Manners, Fasting, and Wild Edibles

JOHN CAGE, address to the GENTLEMEN OF THE WESLEYAN GLEE CLUB (1960): Though I am honored to have been asked to speak to you, I a...

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