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    Feb 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Catching up with young soprano Jackie Evancho [Video]

    Culture Monster
    Is she a prodigy? A product? A cautionary tale in the making? It depends whom you ask. One this is for certain: nearly every body has an opinion about 11-year old soprano Jackie Evancho....
    2. Nov 17, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Book review: 'Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer' by Garry Wills

    On the surface, Garry Wills' "Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer" is an account of how a bookish young writer came to know a lot of famous people as a Zelig-like character amid glittering stars of political, journalistic and even operatic stages.
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    On the surface, Garry Wills' "Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer" is an account of how a bookish young writer came to know a lot of famous people as a Zelig-like character amid glittering stars of political, journalistic and even operatic...

    Tags: Bill Clinton, G.K. Chesterton, John Waters, William F. Buckley

    3. Nov 7, 2010 |Story| Associated Press

  3. Shirley Verrett dies at 79; acclaimed mezzo-soprano

    Shirley Verrett, an acclaimed American mezzo-soprano and soprano praised for her blazing intensity during a career that spanned four decades, died Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was 79.
    Shirley Verrett, an acclaimed American mezzo-soprano and soprano praised for her blazing intensity during a career that spanned four decades, died Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was 79. Verrett, one of the top opera singers of the 1970s and '80s, had...

    Tags: Culture, Dido, University of Michigan, Luciano Pavarotti, Entertainment

    4. Oct 31, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Discoveries

    <b>Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat</b> ( Princeton University Press: 181 pp., $19.95) "Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them."Edwidge Danticat grew up in Haiti in the 1970s, under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. Danticat was born in 1969, but the story of the 1964 public execution of revolutionaries Marcel Numa and Louis Drouin was her creation myth &#8212; their courage, she writes, like the courage it must have taken Eve to take a bite of the apple; their deaths like Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden. Danticat moved from Haiti to Brooklyn when she was 12. The beloved elderly uncle who had cared for her when her parents moved in 1971 to Brooklyn was persecuted by local gangs in Port-au-Prince, sought asylum in the U.S., was interrogated by U.S. officials, brutally incarcerated in Miami and died within days of his arrival. (She tells his story in her 2007 memoir, "Brother, I'm Dying.") Many of her loved ones, including two cousins, Maxo and his 10-year-old son, Nozial, were killed in this year's earthquake. In these essays, Danticat tells the stories of fellow Haitians: Alerte Belance, brutally hacked by machetes during the 1991 military coup; the journalist Jean Dominique, assassinated in 2000; and others. "The immigrant artist shares with all the other artists the desire to interpret and possibly remake his or her own world." These essays, reminiscent of Maurice Blanchot's "The Writing of the Disaster," (1980) are full of the images that have formed Danticat, the writer. She rearranges them in a collage. Haitians say that Haiti is "te, glise," she writes, "slippery ground." These essays are her effort to hold onto and even re-create her homeland.
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    Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat ( Princeton University Press: 181 pp., $19.95) "Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part...

    Tags: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Germany, Mickey Mantle, Migration, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    5. Sep 10, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. What should Jackie Evancho sing to win $1 million?

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    On Tuesday Jackie Evancho -- the 10-year-old girl with the operatic voice -- will sing for $1 million in the finals of NBC's "America's Got Talent." What she chooses to sing will determine how well she can show off her......
    6. Sep 2, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Vote: Is Jackie Evancho changing her sound?

    Culture Monster
    In the non-surprise of the summer, Jackie Evancho made it through to the top 10 on NBC's "America's Got Talent" Wednesday night. Earlier this week when Evancho inspired us to look at how common it is for children to emulate......
    7. Apr 22, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Monster Mash: Museum to go back to nature; son to get Ansel Adams photos; special Tonys announced

    Culture Monster
    -- The great outdoors: The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will announce today it will be adding a 3.5-acre $30-million park with 11 themed areas that are designed to put the natural back in natural history. (Los Angeles......
    8. Apr 1, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Tom Dixon dies at 94; L.A. radio's voice of classical music for over 50 years

    Tom Dixon, who was a familiar voice to classical-music lovers for more than 50 years as a Los Angeles radio host, has died. He was 94.
    Tom Dixon, who was a familiar voice to classical-music lovers for more than 50 years as a Los Angeles radio host, has died. He was 94. Dixon died March 13 of age-related causes at a rehabilitation facility in Burbank, said his wife, Catherine. When it...

    Tags: Health, Social Issues, Obituaries, Radio Industry, Entertainment

    9. Nov 6, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  9. In New York, City Opera tries to turn a page

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    If judged only by the Dom Perignon flowing in the lobby and the American melodies flowing from the stage last night at the State Theatre -- which for the next 50 years, it was announced, will be named “The David......
    10. Oct 7, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Monster Mash: The Obamas borrow artwork from museums; Tom DeLay quits dancing; Pee-wee Herman postpones

    Culture Monster
    --Executive decisions: The Obamas have borrowed about 45 works of art from various Washington, museums, including the George Catlin painting above. (New York Times) --Off his feet: Former Republican Congressman Tom DeLay officially quits "Dancing With the...
    11. Apr 9, 2009 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  11. Kaity Tong

    Kaity Tong, known for her professionalism, warmth, and quick wit, is one of the most popular local news anchors in the New York market. She currently field anchors the Emmy Award- winning PIX News at Ten each weeknight.
    Kaity Tong, known for her professionalism, warmth, and quick wit, is one of the most popular local news anchors in the New York market. She currently field anchors the Emmy Award- winning PIX News at Ten each weeknight. Born in China, Kaity came to the...

    Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Television, Ellis Island, Minority Groups, China

    12. Dec 12, 2008 |Blog| Newsday

  12. TAKE 5: Muppets' Weird Guests

    The TV Zone
    The Muppets return to prime time this week with the NBC special ???A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa.??? These lovable creatures have been entertaining viewers since the 1950s, when Jim Henson first presented them on a local Washington, D.C., show.......

    Tags: Julie Andrews, Roger Moore, Rudolf Nureyev, Elton John

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