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• Damrau, Thielemann, Strauss: Poesie

  My expectations of Diana Damrau's most recent recital disc were stratospherically high. Damrau is a singer whose technique and musical intelligence I admire, an... Read more

  The 07 September 2011 by   Singingscholar
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• Itinerant Artist James Mott Paints His Way Across America

  

  If you live in the Ithaca, NY area, you can see James Mott's art and hear him talk at the State of the Art Gallery at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, September 7. If you... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Abstractartbylt
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• From Defense to Decoration: the Renwick Gallery in the Civil War

  

  The history of American Art's Renwick Gallery is a rich one. Recently, The Bigger Picture, the blog of the Smithsonian Institution Archives posted a story... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Americanart
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• Interview with Samuel Park, Author of This Burns My Heart

  

  One of our Book Passage Signed First Editions Club members, Jaime Boler of Laurel, Mississippi, shared with us an interview she conducted with author Samuel Par... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Bookpassage
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• Tee Wat Stencil Show — Graffik Gallery

  

  Graffik Gallery is proud to announce the first solo show featuring “stenciler supremo” Tee Wat. In his unique brand of Pop, Pap and Pulp Tee Wat has captured... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Invisiblemadevisible
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• James Levine Falls, Cancels Fall Performances

  

  Fabio Luisi named Principal Conductor at the Met James Levine will not conduct Don Giovanni and Siegfried this fall. Conductor James Levine has suffered... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Ten Strange Places People Live

  

  image credit A collection of strange places where people still live. It's more than a collection of strange houses of which there are millions, it's a... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Gerard
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• Martin Luther King Sculpture Photography

  

  The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is located in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., southwest of the National Mall (but within the larger area... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Srinul
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• No Bull: The Mithras Cult & Christianity

  

  In his 1880 Hibbert Lecture on the history of early Christianity, Ernest Renan commented: “I sometimes permit myself to say that, if Christianity had not carrie... Read more

  The 05 September 2011 by   Cris
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• Review: Cyrano (House Theatre of Chicago)

  

  Again House Theatre has offered us a smart, exciting production, complete with crowd-pleasing sword-fighting scenes. It is a wondrous spectacle! This Cyrano... Read more

  The 05 September 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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