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Today's classical music comes to Columbia
You can expect the music to sound fresh during the Leipzig String Quartet's concert on Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m., in Howard Community College's Smith Theatre. Like the sponsoring Candlelight Concert Society, this chamber music quartet often likes to...
Tags: Howard Community College, Carnegie Hall, Concerts, Lincoln Center, Music
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Peabody Opera Theatre makes 'Progress'
A bearded lady, a flock of prostitutes, a machine that supposedly turns stones into bread — just a few of the off-kilter elements in "The Rake's Progress," the brilliant opera with music by Igor Stravinsky.
Widely viewed as a masterwork since its...Tags: Mount Royal, Music, Poetry, Opera (genre), William Hogarth
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Castleton Festival keeps growing
The most atmospheric way to experience the Castleton Festival, which opens Saturday, is to travel down to Virginia's Rappahannock County and catch opera productions or orchestra concerts on the spacious, idyllic estate of celebrated conductor Lorin...Tags: Theater, Local Government, George Mason, Maurice Joseph Ravel, Festive Events
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Philadelphia's French arts connection
If you want to spend April in Paris but can't afford it, a short hop to Philadelphia may at least give you that French feeling.
After nearly three years of planning, the city kicks off the first Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts this...Tags: France, John Lithgow, Minority Groups, Easter, Festive Events
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Things to do this week on Cape
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.Featured Event: What do you get when you cross that lowly staple of American commerce -- the yard sale -- with quirky, over-the-top Provincetown? Probably much more than you bargained for. The bargains are there all right, but so are a host of other...Tags: Sandwiches, Museums, Festive Events, Wildflowers, Teaching and Learning
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"Small World" Goes From Newtown To NYC Presentation
Hartford CourantA new play that had its premiere earlier this year in Newtown will have a New York reading later this month. “Small World: A Fantasia” by Frederick Stroppel will have two industry-invited audiences to two presentations at the Harold...Tags: Fantasia (movie), New York City, Scott Bryce, Manhattan (New York City)
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Donald Richie dies at 88; interpreted Japan for the West
Donald Richie, an American expatriate in Japan who became that country's preeminent Western interpreter, explaining its culture — from cinema to Zen to tattoos — in books and essays that illuminated the author's psyche as much as that of his...
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Fiction, Literature, The New York Times, Japan
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L.A. Ballet's Balanchine Festival follows in master's steps
This story has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Colleen Neary will never forget the day when George Balanchine articulated the blueprint for her life's work. She was in her early 20s, then a respected New York City Ballet dancer....
Tags: Dance, New York City, Music, Miami City Ballet, Entertainment Events
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'Rite of Spring' dance reborn at UC Irvine
UC Irvine's dance production based on "The Rite of Spring" may jolt the audience in places, but it won't have nearly the impact that the original did in 1913. And there are several people to blame for that. Lenny Bruce. Hugh Hefner. The Sex Pistols....
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Arts, Hugh Hefner, Claire Trevor, Death and Dying Customs
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A 'Rite of Spring' that Nijinsky and Stravinsky would recognize
When the Joffrey Ballet debuted its reconstructed "The Rite of Spring" in Los Angeles in fall 1987, it received a seismic welcome — a 5.9 on the Richter scale, to be exact. The morning after "Rite's" opening at the Music Center, a major earthquake...
Tags: Martha Graham, Festive Events, Joffrey Ballet, Ceremonies, Concerts
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Symphony and Stage Company announce their 2013-2014 lineups
Two of Hampton Roads major performing groups, the Virginia Symphony and Virginia Stage Company, this week announced their lineups for 2013-2014. Here are the details: Virginia Symphony Violin virtuoso Midori will open the symphony's 94th season Sept....
Tags: The Woman in Black (movie), The Incredibles (movie), Whitney Houston, Pixar Animation, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Play About Walt Disney, Igor Stravinsky To Premiere In Newtown
Hartford CourantA play about Walt Disney and composer Igor Stravinskiy about the making of the animated film "Fantasia" sounds intriguing. Newtown's Stray Kats Theatre Company will present Frederick Stroppel's "Small World: A Fantasia" with actors Scott Bryce as Disney...Tags: Rex Harrison, Fantasia (movie), West Hartford, Igor (movie), Brighton Beach
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