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Young soprano graces Festival of Orchestras
Special to the SentinelCentral Florida's current concert season resumed Saturday evening at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre with the second program on the Festival of Orchestras 2008-09 series. The visiting group was the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra, an ensemble formed...Tags: Music, Patrick Cassidy, Classical Music, United States, Music Theater
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What??????s In My Fantasy Garage
MotorTrend MagazineJust because my job involves test-driving new cars doesn??????t mean I don??????t have the same wild reveries you do about a dream-car garage of my very own. One day, when I??????m rummaging through the extra furnace filters in the basement and find a... -
Austrian theater to stage show centered around alleged incest father Fritzl
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — An Austrian theater says it will stage a satiric soap opera centered around Josef Fritzl, a man who allegedly held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children. The 3raum-anatomietheater in Vienna says...Tags: Sexual Assault, Crimes, Music Theater, Theater, Adolf Hitler
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5 months after Beijing Games, the Bird's Nest looks for a post-Olympic purpose
AP Sports WriterBEIJING (AP) — Just five months after the Beijing Olympics, the Bird's Nest is a cavernous museum searching for a new purpose. The iconic National Stadium drew acclaim for its daring design, an engineering marvel that borders on sculpture. Now it...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Sports Organizations, Michael Phelps, Music Theater, Theater
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Sydney's sea and sand need not cost the earth for a smart traveler
Associated Press WriterSYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Can you visit Down Under without the cost going up and over? Too right, mate. Australia is a long way from just about everywhere else and the airfare alone will blow a big hole in any travel budget. But in Sydney, the...Tags: Russell Crowe, Restaurants, Music Theater, Theater, Dining and Drinking
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Cultural capitals of Europe
Special to the TribuneThe newly anointed Cultural Capitals of Europe for 2009 are Linz, Austria, and Vilnius, Lithuania, both a bit off the continent's prime tourist paths. Separated by the Czech Republic and Poland, these central and northern European cities are near...Tags: National Government, Zubin Mehta, Theater, Literature, Classical Music
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Classical Corner
Andrew Brownell, Piano: In works by Messiaen, Ravel, Franck. 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Free; 312-744-6630. Chicago Chamber Orchestra: Dieter Kober, the ensemble's music director...Tags: Music, Chicago Symphony, University of Chicago, Music Theater, Civic Opera House
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Eugene O'Neill, the Goodman, Chicago and America
Tribune criticWho was Eugene O'Neill? You could make a good case that Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (1888-1953) invented serious American drama. At a time when the nascent American theater was mostly obsessed with the dramas of the Old World, O'Neill (who was born in a...Tags: Jason Robards, Broadway, Colleen Dewhurst, Goodman Theatre, Music Theater
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Hidden depths of Long Island native Harvey Milk
carol.polsky@newsday.comHarvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to major public office, often said that he believed the path to acceptance for gay men and lesbians lay in each one coming out of the closet and living openly. His story inspired the movie "Milk," which...Tags: Crimes, Police Arrests, Long Island, Gay Rights, Vehicles
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Newfound Gloria
Los Angeles TimesAlthough Brooke Anderson was brought up in a modern milieu, she credits her famous "Grams," actress Gloria Swanson, for imbuing her with a love for the traditional. As a young woman, Anderson frequently visited her grandmother's stylish apartment across...Tags: Central Park, Miami Beach, Los Angeles, Architecture, Gloria Swanson
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Baltimore Chamber Orchestra cancels 2 concerts
In an effort to avoid debt and to shore up its finances, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra has canceled its last two concerts of the season and asked its musicians to donate their services for a Jan. 25 concert. The canceled concerts, of the orchestra's...Tags: Music, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Bankruptcy, Music Theater, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Drama by leaps and bounds
Of The Morning CallA play about the trial of the killer of gay-rights crusader Harvey Milk. An opera about a romance between a Chinese woman and an African-American man. An exhibition of costumes from ''Dangerous Liaisons'' and other period films. A dance-theater piece that...Tags: Theater, Lehigh University, Gustav Klimt, Literature, Ravi Shankar
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