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Franklin, Perlman, Ma add musical flourishes to Obama inauguration
In addition to the traditional marches and flourishes from a military band, the inaugural ceremony included two remarkable musical interludes. The first was provided by Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, whose dynamic, gospel-inflected delivery of "My...Tags: Aaron Copland, Itzhak Perlman, Music Industry, Peabody Conservatory, Yo-Yo Ma
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'Inherently unequal'
Sun StaffOn May 17, 1954, Baltimore was a gritty blue-collar town that had the bustle of a northern industrial center and the Jim Crow laws and traditions of Dixie. Whites and blacks sweated together in the city's mills and shipyards, but segregation affected...Tags: Arts, Civil Rights, Thurgood Marshall, University of Maryland, College Park, African Americans
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Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney among Kennedy Center honorees
Gold DerbyThe Kennedy Center has announced the five performers to be feted at the upcoming 33rd edition of its honors: daytime TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey; two musical titans -- pop superstar Paul McCartney and country crooner Merle Haggard; and two Broadway... -
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 1, 1941
The Daily MirrorMarch 1, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about Marian Anderson and Tom Treanor has the story of Schuyler Standish, 13, who just enrolled at UCLA. Katharine Hepburn has promised director Garson Kanin a yes or no in 30 days. Meanwhile he...... -
Shirley Verrett dies at 79; acclaimed mezzo-soprano
Shirley Verrett, an acclaimed American mezzo-soprano and soprano praised for her blazing intensity during a career that spanned four decades, died Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was 79.
Verrett, one of the top opera singers of the 1970s and '80s, had...Tags: Shirley, Luciano Pavarotti, Colleges and Universities, New York City, James Earl Jones
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Acclaimed conductor DePreist to advise troubled Pasadena Symphony and Pops
Culture MonsterThe economically troubled, controversy-racked Pasadena Symphony and Pops announced Wednesday that it has hired an artistic advisor – and, for two October concerts , a conductor -- in James DePreist, who led the Oregon Symphony for more than 20 years....... -
Exhibits, events mark Lincoln bicentennial Feb. 12
The Associated PressWASHINGTON – Some of the biggest celebrations of the bicentennial of Abe Lincoln's birthday kick off in Washington on his Feb. 12 birthdate. But you can also catch many Lincoln-related exhibits and events later this year and in other parts of the country....Tags: Easter, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Abraham Lincoln, Springfield
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Barack Obama at Lincoln Memorial
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — It was a day that combined high-minded political rhetoric with the very best of pop culture. Tens of thousands of citizens, a throng more than a mile long on the National Mall, braved cold weather and long security lines to attend a...Tags: Pete Seeger, Garth Brooks, Queen Latifah, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall
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News from around the world
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterInauguration: Tickets and hotels hard to come by WASHINGTON – Tickets to balls and other events related to the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration will be hard to come by, but you can always join the crowds along the parade route, and Washington tourism...Tags: AMC (tv network), Society, WestJet Airlines Ltd., Facebook, Weather Reports
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Saving with Honest Abe
Next year our nation's capital marks the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth with the rededication of the Lincoln Memorial, a re-enactment of Marian Anderson's concert at the memorial and other festivities. Keeping up with the Lincoln...Tags: Washington, DC, Lincoln Logs Limited, Abraham Lincoln
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Blanche Thebom dies at 94; operatic mezzo-soprano
Times staff and wire reportsBlanche Thebom, a mezzo-soprano who was a mainstay at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for decades, died March 23 at her home in San Francisco of heart failure, said Dr. Peter Greenberg, a longtime family friend. She was 94. Thebom performed more...Tags: The New York Times, Moscow (Russia), Colleges and Universities, Little Rock, San Francisco
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Big stars rock the Lincoln Memorial
Reporting from Washington -- It was a day that combined inspiring political rhetoric with the very best of pop culture. Tens of thousands of citizens, a throng more than a mile long on the National Mall, braved frigid weather and long security lines to...Tags: Pete Seeger, Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Latifah, Garth Brooks, Thurgood Marshall
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