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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
Works created, acquired, and seized during the Nazi regime in comprise 'The Black Years. Histories of a Collection. 1933-1945' at the Hamburger Bahnhof Contemporary Art Museum in Berlin.-
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIn the mid-1970s, a young Jeff Bridges already had two decades of acting experience under his belt. Thanks to his famous father, Bridges knew the ins and outs of filming a movie, so by the time he was working on 1975's "Rancho Deluxe,"...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from DesignFaves
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from PictureCorrect Photography Tips
The wetplate collodion process was invented back in the 1850s and by the end of the decade it was the most popular photographic process for the time. It was much faster than existing processes, the exposure time was a lot smaller, and... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ArtsJournal
“You have to get the reader on the first page of a short story, you have to convince them of a world inside page one. As writers try to capture the scattered attention of readers, I think the novel is moving towards that degree of... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.com"Actresses," a new short film by Jeremy Hersh, is making waves at film festivals across the country. The film follows two queer women during the early stages of a relationship, beginning with a familiar moment for entertainers --...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ArtsJournal
“It wasn’t a matter of their accents, or the sound of their voices, it was the way they were talking. The only word that came to mind was … bouncy.” -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > ArtsThis new album draws on the chamber-like cool of Jimmy Giuffre’s music from the late 1950s and early ’60s.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Fubiz™
L’artiste Hillary Fayle réalise de créations au sein desquelles elle mêle la nature et l’art de la couture en assemblant des feuilles entres elles, en leur ajoutant des points de fils ou en les découpant pour y insérer des... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Dezeen
Dezeen Watch Store: our timepiece-dedicated Christmas gift guide includes a design made from real marble , a watch for long-distance lovers , and a new classic from Uniform Wares . (more…) -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ARTnewsPuppies Puppies is a Los Angeles-based artist who in the past has been called “Harry Potter-obsessed.” A recent show at Queer Thoughts in New York is centered around the artist dressed as Gollum. Additionally, Puppies Puppies...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Flavorwire
If they say book covers are worth a million words (they don’t), then the covers of Animorphs books are worth several million, such is the greatness of David Mattingly’s cover illustrations. Interviewed …Read More -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Flavorwire
Time has declared German Chancellor Angela Merkel their 2015 “person of the year” Wednesday. …Read More -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Fubiz™
L’entreprise Green Magic Homes a imaginé des modèles de petites maisons qui paraissent littéralement sorties de terre et recouvertes d’herbe. Semblables aux célèbres habitats de Hobbits, il est également possible de faire... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comYour landscapes feature a lot of neon colors and palm trees and buildings that come from different histories. What inspires your imagined landscapes? I like to think a lot about what kind of stuff I found attractive and beautiful before...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ArtsJournal
Nielsen says that traditional TV viewing by all age groups peaked in the 2009-2010 season, and has been on the decline ever since. Until that point, the audience for TV had grown every year since 1949. -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtEnglish National Opera insists it must make cuts somewhere after being criticised by high-profile figures in the arts
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ARTnewsDealer Rod Barton, who has run a London gallery since 2009, doing shows with artists like Chris Succo, Brad Troemel, and Chris Hood, will open a new space in Brussels next year. “It’s a little bit nerve-racking,” Barton told me, …...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from GalleristTwo art world-lifers finally get together
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from DesignFaves
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Smithsonian says the government should "take the lead in reinvesting in the arts and humanities." David Skorton, who joined the Smithsonian on July 1 and formally took over in a ceremony in...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ArchDaily
Developed by FilzFelt and Gensler’s LA office, “Link” modular felt panels can be used for a variety of applications, from room partitioning, to shading, to acoustical dampening, to adding textural interest to a wall surface. The panels... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtDirector of Opera will leave his role after his contract expires, in 2017, to spend more time with his young family
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > ArtsOur critics discuss their favorite films of the year.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comPeople's street art preferences can be very hard to predict. On social media we can reliably tell you that opinions are unreliable. Murals that we are sure you'll love fall flatter than a one-sided pancake. Conversely, that piece we were...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comCalling all cat people (or people who love people who love cats!), we have the ultimate gift guide for you! And the best part? It's totally adorable and totally affordable. So hurry up and order your cat paraphernalia right ...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Flavorwire
Almost eight years have passed since the mortgage bubble burst, many ordinary Americans lost their homes, and the “great recession” began. A great deal of fraud, corruption, and sheer bungling created the mess, yet since then... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > ArtsThe collection of about 3,000 items, begun by the publishing mogul Malcolm Forbes, will be sold next year.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > ArtsDance took off in unexpected directions this year. Our critics look back at some of the biggest surprises.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIt would take you a long time to get to Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland and the obstacles on your way would give you the impression of experiencing a modern version of the Stations of the Cross. Storm Desmond, the train or the plane, and...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ArtsJournal
“The perception of wealth has made the theatre Exhibit A for what Equity apparently thought was wrong with small L.A. theatre: an immaculate venue with acclaimed world-premiere plays that didn’t pay its actors minimum wage.” -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Cool Hunting
Made from durable borosilicate, the Papa Pipe from Purr Glass promises to deliver deep, billowing puffs for years to come. The seven-inch-tall pipe features a slitted showerhead percolator, deep push bowl design, left carb hole and a... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Cool Hunting
LES-based raw denim fiends 3sixteen advocate skilled craftsmanship and longevity—which is why they often post photos of their customers' faded, worn-in jeans after years of use. Thus, their special collaboration with design manufacturer... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Open Culture
We’ve seen some pretty creative things done on a Möbius strip — like watching a Bach canon get played forwards, then back. But how about this? Above, watch Andy Marmery show a superconductor levitating on a Möbius strip made with over... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ARTnewsThe East Hampton rare bookseller Harper’s Books is opening a shop in a residential space on the Upper East Side. The space, called Harper’s Apartment, is located on East 74th Street between Madison and Park and will be open...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Cool Hunting
Send your 420-friendly love all over the world legally, with Sara M Lyons' "Best Buds" postcards. Featuring a ladylike illustration akin to a nail salon neon, the postcards are printed on glossy cardstock for extra jazz, and the back is... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comPhoto and video by alyebcarlevaro.com A year ago, Knox Hamilton played A-Sides and I called them the next big thing. Their song "Work it Out," at the time, had been reaching near-Adele levels on alt-rock radio and they just seemed to...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtOne of the six remaining candidates will be spared the gruelling interview stage next week as Lord Sugar decides on his Final Five
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Dezeen
Royal College of Art graduate Iona Inglesby has launched a company that converts DNA data into unique graphic prints and patterned textiles (+ movie). (more…) -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Flavorwire
Need a great book to read, album to listen to, or TV show to get hooked on? The Flavorwire team is here to help: in this weekly feature, our editorial staffers recommend the cultural object or experience they’ve enjoyed most in the past... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from artforum.comFilm Society of Lincoln Center
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > ArtsThis year offered winning releases from familiar faces, global flavor and meditations on nature.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > ArtsKasper Holten, the director of opera at the Royal Opera House in London, says he and his partner want to raise their children in Copenhagen.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ArtsBeatThe collection of about 3,000 items, begun by the publishing mogul Malcolm Forbes, will be sold next year.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ARTnewsPictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comby Michael Vecchione Tell it to the judge! No better advice can be given to you if you happen to get caught up in the American court system. Whether you're hauled in for a traffic ticket, a divorce settlement or a homicide charge, the...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksKim Stanley Robinson’s series of novels about pioneering colonists of the Red Planet is being adapted for TV – this could actually be great news, says J ames Smythe The quest to find television’s science fiction answer to Game of Thrones...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comBetween instant messaging, fast food, sound bites, over-scheduled activities and frantically distracting video games, when does a kid get a break to stop and think or, at least, slow down long enough to ponder? When they pick up a copy...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureABC will air the final episode of its hit comedy Black-ish Wednesday night before the season ends for holiday break. Although the show focuses on the upper-middle class Johnson family, its storylines cross race, ethnicity, gender,...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
'The Elf on the Shelf' is creating yet another annual tradition.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comIn Desperate Measures , Jo Bannister returns to the life of police officer Hazel Best as she grapples with rescuing Gabriel Ash from himself and the dark forces that fractured his family. I spoke with Bannister about writing from a dog's...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFor Bangladeshi authors and bloggers, religious fanaticism is putting their security and freedom of speech at stake, in a level of repression only comparable to dictatorial regimes of the past. K Anis Ahmed explains what it means to be a...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The justly popular and energetic Lindsey Stirling has taken Leonard Cohen’s profane account of King David’s sexual obsessions and turned it into a Yuletide ‘testimony of Jesus Christ’. Lindsey affirms on the... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > BooksAllende’s latest centers on a secret interracial romance.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited Books‘Subtly crafted with an intelligent structure and beautiful language, this was a compelling and thought-provoking read’ A professor of linguistics, Anna’s father had ensured that by the time his daughter was seven years old, she was...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicStanford choral music; Winchester College Chapel Choir, Jamal Sutton, Malcolm Archer; Convivium Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Nov 24 2015 Star rating: 4.0 A fine selection of Stanford's highly varied sacred music Stanford's sacred...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceThe 9 Junior and 11 Senior […] The post Semi-Finalists Announced for 2016 Black & Latino Sphinx Competition appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. .
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comThe "best books of the year" list is a time-honored tradition among media outlets and publishers, with selections rolling in just after Thanksgiving. We've already seen a sampling of voice-driven narratives and sprawling sagas...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicPriory Church of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell On Thursday 10 December 2015 my choir, London Concord Singers , will be performing in the Priory Church of St. John in Clerkenwell, London EC1V 4JJ, a church which is on the site of the...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comLife is a chaotic carousel constantly spinning and it's our job to learn how to grab ahold of the moving poles because the carousel never stops. Years are spent grieving, years are spent falling in love, years are spent working and...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFigures reveal that number of libraries fell by 2.6% and that Manchester Central library is Britain’s most popular Visits to Britain’s libraries have fallen by 14% since David Cameron became prime minister in 2010, a survey has found....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsNew York Times The Best Classical Music of 2015 New York Times In a visionary yet risky attempt to entice new audiences to classical music , the complex is in Northeast Paris, near the ring road that separates the city center from its...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsBayStateBanner Dashon Burton, Jeanine De Bique break down barriers to classical music BayStateBanner I really do believe that by my going to a school and showing children or even college students what it means to be a musician — how this...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
VC ‘Artists’, the New York-based Attacca […] The post NEW TO YOUTUBE | VC ‘Artists’ Attacca Quartet – ‘Star Wars: May the FOURce Be With You’ [MUST SEE] appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The world we live in, part 73. This is Andrew Huang, from Toronto. -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicEthel Smyth's orchestral Serenade (which she wrote in 1890) is a work which Edward Greenfield commended in The Gramophone , referring to the memorability of the thematic material and Brahms-inspired writing which is more than distinctive...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzWatch Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson and Danielle Brooks sing their hearts out in The Color Purple .
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzAnother show has altered its spring dates after this season's Tony Awards changed eligibility deadlines. Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed will now begin previews on March 15 (from...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > BooksIn a graphic memoir for YA readers, a childhood and adolescence in Turkey is made both harrowing and funny.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comAre you planning on murdering someone, but your only stop is the fear of getting caught? Or are you plotting a crime thriller where your serial-slayer stays steps ahead of that dogged detective who's also top-tier in her trade? Maybe...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe holiday tour of the Broadway musical Elf returns to the Theater at Madison Square Garden for a limited run Dec. 9. Eric Petersen stars as Buddy, with Tony Award nominee Christiane Noll as Emily.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceEast-German-born operatic conductor Heinz Fricke has […] The post Eminent German Operatic Conductor Heinz Fricke Has Passed Away appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. .
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsESPN (blog) Ravens' Justin Tucker kicks up classical musical game for charity ESPN (blog) OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker sang opera for a local commercial. He channeled his inner rock star when he belted...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
'Cultural Encyclopaedia of Africa' brings traditional knowledge into contemporary media. -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
25 year old Christel Lee, from […] The post NEW TO YOUTUBE | Christel Lee – 2015 Sibelius Violin Comp 1st Prize Winner [VIDEO] appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. . -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThis list is updated periodically.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comEven though Oxford Dictionaries crowned an emoji as its word of the year for 2015, and Instagram, that picture postcard app that requires so few words, continues to climb as other social media outlets level off, we haven’t...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzPaul Wontorek chats with musical theater star Andrea McArdle about her new off-Broadway play 2 Across , co-starring Kip Gilman.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksAt a time when the translation market is shrinking, the internet giant’s publishing arm, AmazonCrossing, has leapt ahead as by far the biggest publisher of English versions of international titles this year. Alison Flood inspects its...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceA 16 year old violinist has […] The post UK Airline Offloads 16 Year Old Violinist Over Payment Issue [PLEASE SHARE] appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. .
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Slipped Disc
From the Communauté Juive de Paris (and we thought he was there for climate change). Click on link below. arnold Schwarzenegger danse pour hanouka !!arnold Schwarzenegger danse pour hanouka !! -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > BooksNations are most vulnerable to dangerous arrogance at the time of their greatest triumph, a military historian argues.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
In 2045, our world is drowning... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzYou will now be able to visit the sweet factory on the Great White Way! Sam Mendes’ West End production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is aiming to land on the Main Stem in the 2016-17 season, Deadline reports. However,...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from WhatsOnStage.com: ReviewsMia Chung's fable about America and North Korea stars Katie Leung, Wendy Kweh and Daisy Haggard
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The audience at the Opéra de Paris did not wait for the final curtain last night. They booed the Latvian director Alvis Hermanis at the interval curtain, apparently – or partly – in protest at ugly remarks he had made about... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksLauren St John on why losing Africa’s unicorn because of human greed and wickedness would be to lose something irreplaceable Continue reading...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
But these aren't the most savvy art thieves we've seen... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzSaorise Ronan has already picked up (among others) a New York Film Critics Circle Award and British Independent Film Award for her touching performance as Irish immigrant Eilis in Brooklyn , and on December 9, she garnered a Screen...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsSabrina Carpenter, Corey Fogelmanis and August Maturo star in Pasadena Playhouse's Peter Pan and Tinker Bell – A Pirates Christmas Dec. 9-Jan. 3, 2016. The "Girl Meets World" stars appear as Wendy, John and...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsAndrea McArdle, the Tony-nominated star of the original Broadway production of Annie, returns to the New York stage in an open-ended engagement of Jerry Mayer's new comedy 2 Across, which officially opens Dec. 9.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Slipped Disc
As reported by Sarah Niblack (Fb profile picture), one of the lucky entrants: A great class of academicians have again been selected by the principals of the Orchestre de Paris from the conservatories CRR de Paris : Sarah Niblack... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comChapter One: " The BFG " who lived. Steven Spielberg famously declined "Harry Potter" way back when, but now it looks like the director is using his new project as a time-turner to fix that. Spielberg is directing the new adaptation...
