Succulents are commonly known as "neglectable plants" for their ability to thrive in otherwise inhospitable conditions of little water and sunshine.

Fine recordings of early music from Latin America with Ex Cathedra, Ensemble Elyma, the Boston Camerata, Canto, Florilegium, and Musica Temprana.

Fine recordings of early music from Latin America with Ex Cathedra, Ensemble Elyma, the Boston Camerata, Canto, Florilegium, and Musica Temprana.

This week, Harmonia explores the countertenor in recording from the 1960s to the 1980s. Part one will include performances by the early pioneers alongside the second generation. Violinist Adrian Butterfield will perform in a new Naxos label release of music by Jean-Marie Leclair.

Born and raised in Romania, Roxana Cazan is an MFA student in Creative Writing and a PhD student in Ethnic and Postcolonial Studies at Indiana University. Her poetry has been published in Harpur Palate, Sweaterbrain, Giles Corey Press, Stationaery Magazine, The Innisfree Poetry Journal, Warpland Journal, Muse India and The Madison Review.

If you still have an amaryllis plant that flowered last winter, putting the bulb into dormancy will make it flower again this season.

Three excellent recordings of late-baroque music, including J.S. Bach, Couperin, Telemann, and Blavet.

Three excellent recordings of late-baroque music, including J.S. Bach, Couperin, Telemann, and Blavet.

This week, Harmonia looks at the cornucopia, an ancient symbol for the harvest, fertility, and giving thanks. Music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and early America will be explored in addition to a featured release of works for horn and strings entitled “Cornucopia II.”

Devin Becker is currently a student in Indiana University's School of Library and Information Science. His poems have been published (or are forthcoming) in Prairie Schooner, The Pinch, cream city review, and Washington Square.