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'The Nativity' by Congo Square: Gospel music and the Gospel story, updated and still fresh
The Theater LoopKathleen Purcell Turner and Pierre Clark in "The Nativity" by Congo Square Theatre Company at the Goodman Theatre. THEATER REVIEW: "The Nativity" ★★★ Through Dec. 31 by Congo Square Theatre Company in the Goodman's Owen Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St.;... -
The holidays so far: Some shows are on rewind, others break new ice
The Theater Loop“Irving Berlin's White Christmas” is new to Chicago, playing through Jan. 2 at the Bank of America Theatre; contact www.broadwayinchicago.com. • HOLIDAY GUIDE: Making a list of our top-10 most anticipated shows of the season (posted Nov. 24) So... -
EGYPT: Cairo scoffs at new Nile water agreement
Babylon & BeyondEgypt, the largest user of Nile River water, has played down the importance of a new Nile Basin Cooperative Framework agreement that could limit how much water flows into the country. The treaty, signed Friday by Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and...... -
Nic Harcourt curates Congo benefit album featuring Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, Amadou & Miriam, Mos Def and more (UPDATED)
Pop & HissKCRW DJ and Los Angeles Times Magazine contributor Nic Harcourt has good taste, and it's gotten him far. His aesthetic judgment has helped bring lesser-known artists into the mainstream, and his seal of approval helps separate the great from the...... -
Album review: Konono No. 1's 'Assume Crash Position'
Pop & HissYou know you're doing something right when your die-hard fans include post-rock pioneers Tortoise, Björk and "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening. Such is the case of Konono No.1, the Congo-based legend that is revered internationally, but largely overlooked... -
Bushmeat from Africa is being smuggled into Europe at an alarming rate, new study finds
L.A. UnleashedPARIS — The traders sell an array of bushmeat: monkey carcasses, smoked anteater, even preserved porcupine. But this isn't a roadside market in Africa -- it's the heart of Paris, where a new study has found more than 5 tons...... -
D.J. Mbenga brings hope, championship ring to his native Democratic Republic of Congo
Lakers BlogVisiting his native Democratic Republic of Congo, Lakers center D.J. Mbenga sported his 2009 championship ring for all the citizens to see. Even if he played a marginal role in securing the Lakers' second consecutive title, Mbenga's ring symbolized hope... -
U.N. Says At Least 220 Dead In Congo Oil Explosion
Associated PressA fuel tanker flipped over and exploded into flames in eastern Congo overnight, killing at least 220 villagers and wounding more than 100 - many of whom had rushed to siphon leaking liquid from the vehicle illegally, the U.N. and local officials said...Tags: Africa, Hospitals and Clinics, Relief and Aid Organizations, Western Africa, Vehicles
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Congo's rape war
DESPITE MANY WARNINGS, nothing quite prepared me for what I heard last month from survivors of a sexual violence so brutal it staggers the imagination and mocked my notions of human decency. I cannot find the words to describe what I heard from the...Tags: Criminals, International Law, Hospitals and Clinics, Rape, Sex Crimes
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A Congo lesson for Bush
ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author, among other books, of "King Leopold's Ghost: a Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa." It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and hDEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Your interview in the Washington Post made headlines across the country Wednesday because you continued to talk about "victory" in Iraq — a hint that you may increase the number of American troops there. But it caught my eye...Tags: Africa, Companies and Corporations, Arts and Culture, Natural Resources, Wars and Interventions
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'Black Nativity' gets radical reworking
Tribune theater criticMost Christmas shows are safe, comforting affairs dependent on our love of seasonal repetition. Create a heartwarming production, the thinking usually goes, and you can trot it out year after year. Not so the Congo Square Theatre Company. In Rajendra...Tags: Entertainment, Theater, Music Theater, Goodman Theatre, Holidays
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Tribune correspondent charged as spy in Sudan
Tribune national correspondentPaul Salopek, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, was charged with espionage and two other criminal counts in a Sudanese court Saturday, three weeks after he was detained by pro-government forces in the war-...Tags: Criminals, Africa, Mexico City, Government, Wars and Interventions
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