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Legal travel by Americans to Cuba comes at high price
Anyone who's looked into a legal way to visit Cuba under the Obama administration's new "people-to-people" provisions will relate to this reader's concerns.
"The only legal way I have found is to join some grossly overpriced tour group, and be herded...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, John Lennon, Health, Ernest Hemingway
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Friends of the Library: Help libraries create a city of learners
"A democratic society in the knowledge age demands that its citizens learn continually, adapt to change readily, and evaluate information critically … U.S. museums and libraries are at the forefront in the movement to create a nation of learners. As...Tags: Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Libraries, Museums, Clubs and Associations
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Getting the timing right for Capri, Italy
"Don't go there," a well-traveled friend said when I mentioned my plans to visit Capri, a sunny island off southern Italy. Why? "You're not going to want to come home," he said.
I laughed. My friend, a know-it-all author, loves to give advice. I didn't...Tags: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Caves and Caverns, Smart Car
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This Sunday: Pico Iyer's Greene agenda and more
Jacket CopyPico Iyer's meditation on the life of Graham Greene leads our Sunday books coverage.... -
Paris glitters with romance, history and possibility
PARIS — Paris is a city where possibilities are endless, expectations are high, and no one doubts that magic can happen.
Anyone who saw Woody Allen's recent homage to the City of Lights, "Midnight in Paris," knows what I'm talking about. Allen's...Tags: Josephine Baker, Arts, Cole Porter, Paris (France), Marcel Proust
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New owners ready to take over Ivy Bookshop
Don't call the Ivy Bookshop's new owners New Yorkers.
Sure, Ed Berlin and his wife Ann have lived in the orbit of Manhattan for more than three decades, working in corporate careers. But they insist they love Baltimore — Ed was raised in Forest...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Target, Deutsche Bank AG, Belvedere Square, Citigroup Incorporated
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Gary Oldman goes minimalist with ‘Tinker Tailor’ role
24 FramesGary Oldman delivers a minimalist portrayal of iconic spy character George Smiley in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," with the director of Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson.... -
You won't want to miss this 'Aunt'
A middle-aged milquetoast discovers life with a vengeance in British novelist Graham Greene’s sly frolic, “Travels With My Aunt,” a Los Angeles premiere at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.
Tending his beloved dahlias seems less satisfying...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Literature, Central Intelligence Agency
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On Faith: Better angels of our nature stronger than the demons
How can one contemplate the slaying of eight people at a hair salon in Seal Beach and draw any meaning from such evil? I certainly cannot. As a professor of comparative religion, I can only offer a modest reflection on an act of violence that snuffed out...Tags: Substance Abuse, Abraham Lincoln, Heroism, Heart Disease, Murder
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Movie review: 'Went the Day Well?'
"Went the Day Well?" is the innocent-sounding title of one of the most subversive films to come out of World War II, a British drama that was unsettling in its day and is even more so now.
Playing for a week at the New Beverly Cinema in a 35mm...Tags: Richard Attenborough, Drama (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Movies, Entertainment
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Celebrating Flann O'Brien
Jacket CopyUnderappreciated author Flann O'Brien is moving into the spotlight: his centenary will be celebrated in Ireland this weekend, and a film adaptation of his first novel may be on the way.... -
Impenetrable Italian culture
Special to Tribune Newspapers"Seven Seasons in Siena: My Quixotic Quest for Acceptance Among Tuscany's Proudest People" Neophytes who have seen the extensive preparation that typically precedes a horse race often wonder why there is all that fuss for 90 seconds of action. When...Tags: Photography, Tourism and Leisure, Richard Wagner, Arts, Trips and Vacations
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