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• Don Giovanni

  

  The man, the myth, the opera: approaching Don Giovanni is no easy task.  But "approach" is too timid a verb for what the Budapest Festival Orchestra... Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Singingscholar
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• From the Archives: France's First Woman Lawyer

  

  While England's first women solicitors and barristers qualified in 1922, it was in 1799 that a Frenchwoman first argued a court case. The circumstances were... Read more

  The 07 August 2011 by   Carolineld
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• The 2011-2012 Metropolitan Opera Season Preview

  

  After spending the summer in deep negotiations with the various unions that make up the staff of the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center' sole remaining... Read more

  The 07 August 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Every Artist Needs A Muse

  

  A muse… is a muse… is a muse…to paraphrase the lady of prose-poem Gertrude Stein in her work Sacred Emily. I’m going to go out on a limb here, albeit just a... Read more

  The 06 August 2011 by   Rodjonesartist
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• 15 Weird And Mysterious Books

  

  image credit Amongst the many reasons to prefer a book over a file on your e-reader: books have history. Sometimes, the history is obvious and evident. A book... Read more

  The 06 August 2011 by   Gerard
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• Scaffoldage

  

  image credit A scaffold is a temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at... Read more

  The 06 August 2011 by   Gerard
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• CNN En Español Visits Book Passage

  

  CNN en Español recently paid a visit to Book Passage. The occasion was the release of the new Isabel Allende novel, El Cuaderno de Maya. Allende is a longtime... Read more

  The 05 August 2011 by   Bookpassage
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• Photographing a Charging Grizzly

  

  I ended my last post with all of us standing across a river from a group of grizzlies. After we were there for a short time, Chris , one of our guides, told us... Read more

  The 05 August 2011 by   Jpbrandanophoto
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• Ape Inspired UK Street Art/ Graffiti

  

  Five artists from across the UK were commissioned to paint ape inspired streetart / graffiti which we are guessing was to co-inside with the release of the new... Read more

  The 04 August 2011 by   Invisiblemadevisible
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• I Have a Mad Crush on Josef Frank

  

  Born in 1885, Frank, the Austrian born architect, artist and designer is to this day one of the most important designers. In his structural design work, he... Read more

  The 04 August 2011 by   Beachbungalow8
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