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Music review: Thomas Hampson at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Culture MonsterAmerican baritone Thomas Hampson is singing of a ???dusky woman,??? with a ???woolly-white and turban???d head, and bare bony feet.??? That woman is not the usual Romantic figure extolled in lieder recitals, and that???s Hampson???s point. The woman is a.... -
'Ancient Paths, Modern Voices' illuminates Chinese culture in O.C.
Culture MonsterMy Sunday Arts & Books story on the "Class of 1978" -- the first group of Chinese musicians who were allowed to pursue their music studies at the Beijing Central Conservatory after the 10-year tumult of Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution...... -
Thurston Moore to launch boutique art publisher
Jacket CopyThis weekend, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore announced the upcoming launch of Ecstatic Peace Library, a boutique publisher of art books to debut in 2010. Catalogs of the initial releases are being distributed at this weekend's New York Art Book Fair...... -
A very marginal art show
Culture MonsterA blue-hooded jester sticks his fingers in his mouth and pulls his lips wide to reveal a broad, toothy sneer. ???You, my dear reader, are a fool,??? he seems to say. ???And I know a fool when I see one.???...... -
Lucas, Spielberg present: Norman Rockwell as quasi-cinematic auteur
Culture MonsterGeorge Lucas and Steven Spielberg are teaming up for a new blockbuster. No, not a movie, but an art exhibition. "Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg" won't be opening wide -- it's limited...... -
An opportunity to hear the first American song
Culture MonsterIt???s nothing new for contemporary singers to dig into the depths of the American Songbook for material. But what Thomas Hampson is up to might be considered a full-blown archeological excavation by comparison. The seminal baritone, who is in recital....... -
The most heavily contested book in America? It's 'And Tango Makes Three,' children's book about penguins
L.A. UnleashedOur friends at The Times' books blog, Jacket Copy, have alerted us to the fact that it's the 27th annual Banned Books Week. Now, in the good ol' days of book-banning, groups joined together to rid the world of filth...... -
Monster Mash: Gustavo Dudamel's wonder years; more NEA bickering; Anne Frank on YouTube
Culture Monster-- Family album: Gustavo Dudamel's relatives talk about the conductor's early passion for music. -- Politics as usual: The National Endowment for the Arts' Rocco Landesman responds to attacks by Republican politicians. -- Nixed trip: The New York... -
Museums open their doors for free today and Sunday
Culture MonsterView "Free Museum Day, Oct. 3 and/or 4" in a larger map Summer is officially over, but that doesn't mean family excursions are out of season, especially when it comes to local museums. This weekend, many of the major art,...... -
Venetian painters at the Louvre Museum in Paris
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Capitalism: A love e-mail
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsGot this e-mail from a reader last week, and thought it was timely and provocative, given the release of Michael Moore???s new film (Capitalism: A love story) and the ongoing outrages of hefty pay/bonuses for corporate executives (the latest: Bank......Tags: Medicare, Economy, Business and Finance, Bank of America Corp., Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach
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Octavia Butler's papers going to the Huntington Library
Jacket CopyThe papers of Octavia Butler, the stereotype-shattering science fiction writer, will be added to the collection in the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., which also houses the papers of Christopher Isherwood, Charles Bukowski and Jack London. The...
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