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• How I Taught English in Brazil and Survived to Tell the Story (Part Four)

  

  Centro (Downtown) Sao Paulo (hostels247.com)In this fourth and final installment about teaching English in Brazil, I conclude my discussion regarding the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Mad, Mad, the World’s Gone Mad’ – Wagner’s ‘Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg’ as...

  

  “The Overture is About to Start!”Clay Aiden auditioning for American idolThe curtain goes up just as the last, stirring chords of the Overture to Wagner’s The... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Boo 2, the Sequel — Fabulous Fright Flicks for Halloween Night and a Delightful...

  

  Wow, is it that time of the year already? You betcha! And do we have a bad case of déjà vu all over again! This season, we’re going to pay tribute to... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein’ – Doing the Universal Monster Mash

  

  Dracula (Bela Lugosi) hypnotizes Wilbur (Lou Costello) (rue-morgue.com)Back in 1948, horror films had just about reached their peak. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Mefistofele’ – ‘Ecco Il Mondo’ (‘Behold the World’) : The Devil’s in the Detail...

  

  “Ecco il mondo!” Erwin Schrott as Mefistofele (royalmonaco.net)“Do You Know Faust?”No subject is better suited to the spirit of Halloween than Faust. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Once I Loved’ – In Memory and Celebration of Vinicius De Moraes on His 100th...

  

  Born nearly a century ago, the man known as “The Little Poet” lived la vie de Bohème and wrote the play Orfeu da Conceição, while bringing the sumptuous... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘The Exorcist’ – Our Fright Flick Feature of the Week, as We Kickoff October...

  

  Iconic image from The Exorcist (www.imamusuem.org)Jack-o’-lanterns, spooks, scarecrows, and ghosts! AAAARGH!!! Is it (gulp) the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown? Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ – A New ‘Twist’ on an Old British Tale

  

  Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneWith a wave of a magic wand, a favorite children’s novel came to life on... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘The Madness of King George’ – God Save the King? God Help Us All!

  

  George III (Nigel Hawthorne) Queen Charlotte (Helen Mirren) (www.dailymail.co.uk)Movie-goers may fondly recall one of the finest costume dramas of years... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• What’s Eating Johnny Depp? The Actor at Age 50: A Mid-Career Retrospective...

  

  Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?Marlon Brando Johnny Depp in Don Juan DeMarco (www.blu-ray.com)From my previous post, whereby I discussed actor Johnny... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Pedaço De Mim’ (‘A Little Slice of Me’): Chico Buarque’s ‘Ópera Do Malandro’ &...

  

  A new Brazilian stage production, titled All of Chico Buarque’s Musicals in Ninety Minutes, is set to debut in January 2014, just in time for Chico’s 70th... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Fab Four of Opera: Mozart, Verdi, Wagner & Puccini (Part Four)

  

  Three’s Company, One’s a CrowdUnfinished portrait of Mozart by Josef Lange (1789)Mozart, Verdi, and Wagner – of the three composers discussed so far, the most... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Easing Their Pain – The ‘Force’ is Strong with the 501st

  

  The Carolina Garrison of the Fighting 501st Legion of Storm Troopers lends a comforting hand (or light-sabers, in this case) to local children in needDarth... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Soccer Field of Fractured Dreams: Brazil 2006 World Cup Debacle (Part One)

  

  Brazil 2013 Confederations Cup Victory (backpagefootball.com)By now, everyone’s probably heard about the Brazilian national team’s lopsided 3-0 victory over... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 SPORTS

• ‘Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812’ – At ‘War’ with Tolstoy’s Master...

  

  Cast of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Photo: Loren Wohl)Having spent the last several weeks immersed in Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s literary an... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• From Verdi’s Violetta to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (Part Three): Two Fallen Sister...

  

  Family AffairsKeira Knightley as Anna Karenina (moviehole.net)In Leo Tolstoy’s 800-page novel Anna Karenina, the standards of Imperial Russian society in the... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Star Wars’ – The Original Series (Part Three): A Film Saga by Any Other Name…

  

  What’s in a Name?Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) businessinsider.comThe characters of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda represent the positive mystical aspects of the... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• From Verdi’s Violetta to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (Part Two): Two Fallen Sisters...

  

  Livin’ la Vida LocaGreta Garbo in Camille (1936)As stated in Part One of this post, La Traviata had as its main source the novel and play La Dame aux Camélias b... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• The Real Carmen Miranda Under the Crown of Fruit

  

  By Larry Rohter THE NEW YORK TIMES: ARTS ABROADPublished: December 13, 2001(Editor’s note: Here is another timely article. Although published more than a... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Fab Four of Opera: Mozart, Verdi, Wagner & Puccini (Part Three)

  

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  Posted on 09 August 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA