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    May 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Word power

    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a fundamental role in defining a country's culture and its discourse.
    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...

    Tags: James Joyce, Artists, Thomas Mann, Herman Melville, Young Man (music group)

    2. May 12, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. LéaLA celebrates Spanish-language books this weekend

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    This weekend is the second annual LeaLA, a celebration of Spanish-language literature connected to the famed Guadalajara Book Festival....
    3. May 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. An edgy opera company gives it a go in Los Angeles

    With the sound of brass instruments coming from above, scenes of wreckage on the floor and an array of abstract sculpture in between, this warehouse space captures music, art and chaos all on a collision course. That's a fitting combination for a performance piece about post-Katrina New Orleans, but director Yuval Sharon wants to be clear: "Crescent City," the ambitious and unconventional "hyperopera" that opens this week at Atwater Crossing, both is and isn't about the hurricane-ravaged city.
    With the sound of brass instruments coming from above, scenes of wreckage on the floor and an array of abstract sculpture in between, this warehouse space captures music, art and chaos all on a collision course. That's a fitting combination for a...

    Tags: Arts, Hospitals and Clinics, Concerts, Opera (genre), New York City

    4. Jan 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Oscar shorts: Pixar takes on new poetic tone with ‘La Luna’

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    Pixar's film in the Oscar race for best animated short, "La Luna," is the animation studio's longest theatrical short to date....
    5. Jan 13, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  5. Madonna will glamorize the Globes ... Ashton cleans up ... Natalie investigation folds ... Lindsay as Liz?!

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    "THE SATIRIST is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him," said journalist Italo Calvino. In other words -- Ricky Gervais on Sunday...

    Tags: Charlie Sheen, Lifetime (tv network), Concerts, Colin Farrell, Academy Awards

    6. Oct 5, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Music review: Georg Friedrich Haas' Green Umbrella premiere

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    Mark Swed review the U.S. premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas' mind-bending “chants oubliés,” It was part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Ensemble's first Green Umbrella program of the season....
    7. Nov 2, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  7. Still and Moving Lines: Wesleyan celebrates the life and career of composer Alvin Lucier

    <span style=&quot;font-size: medium;">This weekend, Wesleyan University will host an array of events paying tribute to composer Alvin Lucier, who retired from the faculty in July after 40 years of teaching.</span>
    This weekend, Wesleyan University will host an array of events paying tribute to composer Alvin Lucier, who retired from the faculty in July after 40 years of teaching. Even if you aren’t familiar with Lucier’s work, you’d be challenged...

    Tags: Arts, Artists, Theater, Fine Arts, Morton Feldman

    8. Jul 9, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Art review: 'Home Show, Revisited' at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

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    The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum is revisiting its "Home Show," an ambitious and logistically complicated project in which artists are commissioned to create new works in private homes around the city, and the public is invited to drop in......
    9. Feb 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Opera review: Musica Angelica stages Mozart's 'Zaide'

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    Musica Angelica production of Mozart's "Zaide" staring Valerie Vinzant reviewed by Mark Swed...
    10. Mar 3, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Theater review: 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' at Deaf West

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    F. Kathleen Foley reviews 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' at Deaf West....
    11. Oct 22, 2010 |Story| Hola Hoy
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    12. Nov 7, 2010 |Story| Hola Hoy
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    Tags: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Umberto Eco

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