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Venus Jupiter and Mars to perform Dance of the Planets
During sunset on Saturday, three planets will form a bright cluster in the western sky known as the Dance of the Planets. Venus, Jupiter and Mars -- the brightest planets visible on Earth -- will move into a triangle only three degrees wide. The triple conjunction of planets is fairly rare. The last time the three bright planets aligned in that formation was on May 9, 2011. According to NASA, ...
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Music Review Jane Monheit at Birdland
Well over a decade has passed since the sultry pop-jazz singer Jane Monheit, then in her early 20s, was greeted with the ecstatic hyperbole often accorded to vocal wunderkinder. My memories of Ms Monheit in the early 2000s are of a phenomenally well-equipped singer wielding an instrument that made a wonderful sound but that left much to be desired when it came to interpreting lyrics. The beauty ...
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Theater Review Henri Shnuffle From the Sprat Theater Company
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Music Review Conrad Tao at Le Poisson Rouge
Meet Conrad Tao. A composer, concert pianist and award-winning violinist, he also runs a festival in Brooklyn, Unplay, which starts on June 11. He will turn 19 that day. His Wikipedia page features a photo of him with Hillary Rodham Clinton from when he was named a Davidson Fellow ...
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Lyric Opera of Chicago mum for now about Oklahoma ticket sales
Ashley Brown and John Cudia starred in in Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of "Oklahoma!". The just-concluded run of the classic American musical "Oklahoma!" was uncharted territory for the prestigious Lyric Opera of Chicago. It was the first time the opera company had produced an extended engagement of a musical separate from its regular season ...
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Safety traffic economic development among Arts Districts top goals
Catherine Cuellar, executive director of Dallas Arts District. It may not be a sexy issue, but safety in the Dallas Arts District will be one of Catherine Cuellar's top goals as executive director of the district, she told me in a recent interview. Cuellar, who started her new job on April 15, said without a safe environment, nothing else matters. That refers to both crime and to the tension ...
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First lady Kerry Washington visit DC arts school
First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington smile as they arrive for a performance at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to ...
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Overmountain Men On Mountain Stage
May 24, 2013 The folk group brings a fresh sense of wonder to classic bluegrass sounds. Hear three songs from Overmountain Men, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, ...
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Amanda Bynes charged for allegedly tossing bong out window
Amanda Bynes, seen here at an awards show in 2011, was arrested at a Manhattan apartment after a building official complained that she was smoking marijuana, police say. (Chris Pizzello/Associated ...
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Who will the Stones bring on stage
Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards of British rock band The Rolling Stones perform during their "50 & Counting" worldwide tour in Anaheim, California, May 18, 2013. REUTERS/Mike ...
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Is Bynes finally getting help
Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Someone, God willing, has finally put a net under Amanda Bynes, halting the actress' emotional free fall of almost a year's duration. Despite her arrest in New York on Thursday night -- fright wig and all -- Bynes may finally get the help she has so obviously needed for a long time. The arresting officers took the actress to hospital for a ...
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Italy Culture Czar Wants More Support for Arts Cinema
ROME – Italy’s newly-installed Minister of Culture said his priorities in office will include strengthening government funding for the arts, including a renewal of the cinema tax credit industry players have been calling ...
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Palace Theatre collects $58000 at fundraising event
Holly Brown, general manager of the Palace Theatre. A fundraiser generated $58,000 for The Palace Theatre in Albany, NY, officials said. The May 9 fundraiser, called Salute to the Palace, featured a live performance by Sandy Hacketts Rat Pack Show. The fundraiser is an important event for the non-profit theater, which is on track to finishing its second consecutive season with a surplus after ...
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Broadway producer getting Loop star
will receive a star on the STL Walk of Fame on June 11.Landesman is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and just finished a term as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.He is the son ...
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Out and Riding High in Nashville
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Dachshunds strut their stuff as UN bosses
, a Festival TransAmriques show featuring dozens of dogs impersonating members of the United Nations. The event is the brainchild of Bennett Miller, an Australian visual artist, who expanded the idea after premiering it at a theatre festival in Melbourne. Miller auditioned scores of local weiner dogs to see if they would make the cut. The artist says he choose dachshunds to represent global ...
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Bieber Kim K. slammed by fellow celebs
Musician Justin Bieber accepts the 'Milestone Award' onstage during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Steve ...
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Candelabra ends better than it starts
Early in "Behind the Candelabra", Scott Thorson, played by Matt Damon, tells his step-mother, "My eyes are open, I promise." But how could they have been? Scott, after all, was becoming Liberace's lover. Could anyone's eyes be open enough? Behind The Candelabra, which debuts Sunday on HBO Canada, chronicles the real-life romantic relationship between famous ...
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Manchester send us one photo showing the city at its best
How would you sum up Manchester in a single photograph? Is there a place, a building, a view or a person that represents the city at its best? Throughout the Manchester International Festival we'll be inviting readers to submit their favourite images celebrating the city via GuardianWitness. To show us your best shot, either use the 'contribute to this article' links above and ...
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Old masters at the Ashmolean - in pictures
exhibiting works on paper by some of the greatest artists of all time , from Raphael to Da Vinci, Michelangelo to Rembrandt. Below is a selection of the finest, including a desolate landscape from Caspar David Friedrich and a vision of Dante by William ...
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Old master drawings on show at Ashmolean
Ashmolean museum in Oxford to compensate for some distinctly second rate paintings, is going on display to celebrate the 330th birthday of one of the oldest ...
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Artist Kapoor draws on Berlins dark history in new show
Fri May 24, 2013 1:00pm EDT * Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor belts up metal chutes towards the centre of an atrium before thudding down and splattering like entrails, in a monumental ...
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Robert Bateman Centre to promote more than artists work
Celebrated Canadian nature artist Robert Bateman is opening a new gallery in Victoria this weekend, but the artist says the aim is to do much more than showcase his work. The Robert Bateman centre, whose doors open on his 83rd birthday, will display the largest exhibit of original works by the popular wildlife artist. There will be 10 galleries in the centre, including one devoted to his ...
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Rolling Stones to rock with Mississauga choir
Cawthra Park Secondary School Chamber Choir has been recruited to provide the chorus for the song. The Stones selects one choir to sing with them in each city they visit. Choir director Bob Anderson said someone at University of Toronto had recommended the choir after being approached by the Stones' management. "I got an email from a lady in London who's been asked by the Stones ...
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Canadian buskers offer a glimpse into the life of a street artist
Some Canadian buskers jump through fire as part of their act, but the uncertainties of street-performance are the unseen hoops that many of them worry about leaping through. (Photo: ...
A Look at Copenhagen
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Copenhagen leading the eco-charge
Copenhagen has, for many decades, been an extremely influential city in world affairs, most notably in the realm of environmental management and conservation activities. It is in Copenhagen that world leaders meet to agree on eco-friendly policies at the famous Copenhagen Accord, and the city will host mayors from around the world at the Copenhagen Summit. So what is the extent of the city’s leadership on such issues?
Copenhagen has long been considered one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. In 1973 Denmark was the first country in the world to implement a national Environmental Law, and this paved the way for a strong combination of national and municipal legislation aimed at limiting the cities carbon footprint. Read more
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