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Newsweek World News Winds of Change (Sat, 10 May 2008 17:17:49 GMT) Cyclone Nargis may have done more than just wreck Burma's cities. It may also spell doom for the government. The Hunt for Mr. Europe (Sat, 10 May 2008 17:06:49 GMT) The EU is choosing its new president. But will he be pencil-sharpener in chief, or a new global player? The Vocal Vamp of Bollywood (Sat, 10 May 2008 17:04:57 GMT) Asha Bhosle, singing for the stars, has logged more recordings than anybody. And Justice for None (Sat, 10 May 2008 16:53:24 GMT) A gripping new thriller examines the fungible concepts of innocence and guilt in Stalinist Russia. How to Feed the World (Sat, 10 May 2008 16:49:29 GMT) Below, eight leaders in the fight against hunger offer up food crisis action plans, and long term ideas for how to end famine and bolster farming. War is the Answer (Sat, 10 May 2008 16:43:44 GMT) Sri Lanka's leaders are testing a dangerous theory: that the best way to end a civil war is by winning it. Burma Cyclone: Exile Describes Victims' Anger (Thu, 08 May 2008 23:34:04 GMT) A leading Burmese exile discusses the junta's slow response to cyclone relief and why many see the cyclone as divine intervention against their despotic leaders. Benny Morris: âIsrael, at 60, Remains Insecureâ (Thu, 08 May 2008 22:23:00 GMT) A prominent Israeli historian explains why, after decades of research about the Jewish state, he now holds out little hope for reconciliation between Jews and Palestinians . How Will Medvedev Handle Russiaâs Oil Money? (Wed, 07 May 2008 16:51:47 GMT) Moscow is flush with oil money. But the new President Dmitry Medvedev needs to do more than just redistribute it to bring his nation back to fiscal health. Los Angeles Times - The Arts Live: 'The Reality Series' (Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) False steps galore in Louise Reichlin's inane new dance piece.
As part of her wrongheaded and embarrassing premiere of "The Reality Series," seen Saturday at the Madrid Theatre, Louise Reichlin, artistic director of Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers, had a volunteer come from the audience to have her hair washed onstage by Lynn Campbell, owner of a beauty salon that Reichlin frequents. East West Players put their own spin on 'Pippin' (Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Hip-hop moves meld with the understated style of anime.
BLYTHE MATSUI holds her arm straight out, hand flat, palm up, while rotating her body. Dressed in a white lace tank top cropped above her navel and camouflage cargo pants rolled up to reveal high-heeled leather boots, the dancer-choreographer and former Laker Girl turns to Mike Moh, an extreme martial arts specialist, and says: "Blade open." Chanticleer tours California's mission era music (Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) The renowned 'orchestra of voices' is taking its dozen male singers on the road -- the state's historic Camino Real that links the mission sites.
MOST California schoolchildren learn the basic facts about the state's mission history in the fourth grade. Established from 1769 to 1823 by Franciscan monks from Spain to spread the Roman Catholic faith among the area's Native American population, the series of strategic-religious outposts spanned 650 miles of California coastline, from San Diego to Sonoma, providing Spain with a powerful presence on the Pacific frontier. Today, these monuments are among the state's oldest buildings and most popular tourist destinations. Activist turns L.A.'s traffic islands into national parks (Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) There's a serious purpose behind his seemingly farcical 'The Islands of LA Nat'l Park' campaign. He wants people to discuss uses of public spaces.
IT COULD very well be a mirage: A trick of the glaring morning sun or something misread in the pre-caffeinated early morning haze. Live: Jessye Norman at UCLA Live (Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) The soprano again soars with 'The Five Seasons: Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall and the Eternal Season of Love.'
Jessye Norman called her UCLA Live recital at Royce Hall on Thursday night "The Five Seasons." That's "summer, winter, spring, fall and the eternal season of love." Museum showcases female punk scene (Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) 'Vexing: Female Voices From East L.A. Punk' traces the history and the legacy of a key era.
Lysa Flores looks far too stylish to be one of the female voices of East L.A. punk, to borrow the subtitle of an exhibition opening next week at the Claremont Museum of Art. Waiting one cloudy morning recently for a table at a trendy cafe in her Los Feliz neighborhood, the singer-songwriter is sporting a red silk scarf under a long gray herringbone overcoat revealing black leggings that stop just above her buckled ankle boots. There are no pinks or blues in her curly black hair and no pins, hoops or studs in her nose or eyebrows. Ledges and Bones Dance Project dazzles with 'Resurface' (Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Maria Gillespie is guest artist with the Holly Johnston troupe.
Holly Johnston, known for her roughhouse choreography, intrepid choices and resolute vision, continues to explore the body in wondrous ways. On Thursday, her six-member Ledges and Bones Dance Project was joined by guest artist Maria Gillespie for a trio of premieres, under the banner "Resurface," at the Diavolo Dance Space. QUICK TAKES (Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Commission wants MLK statue redone Reporting & Essays Virtual Iraq (Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) In November, 2004, when he was nineteen years old, a marine I'll call Travis Boyd found himself about to rush the roof of the tallest building in the northern end of Falluja in the midst of a firefight. Boyd, whose first assignment in Iraq was to the security detail at . . . Not a Game (Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) Scenarios from Virtual Iraq, a virtual-reality simulation adapted from the video game Full Spectrum Warrior. Bird-watcher (Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) Every weekday for the past twenty-seven years, a long-in-the-tooth history major named Phil Schaap has hosted a morning program on WKCR, Columbia University's radio station, called "Bird Flight," which places a degree of attention on the music of the bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker that is so . . . Post Toastie (Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) Steve Brodner toasts Hillary Clinton. Song of the Earth (Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) On a recent trip to the Alaskan interior, I didn't get to see the aurora borealis, but I did, in a way, hear it. At the Museum of the North, on the grounds of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, the composer John Luther Adams has created a sound-and . . . Pixel Perfect (Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) For a charity auction a few years back, the photographer Patrick Demarchelier donated a private portrait session. The lot sold, for a hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to the wife of a very rich man. It was her wish to pose on the couple's yacht. "I call her, I say . . . In the Air (Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) Nathan Myhrvold met Jack Horner on the set of the "Jurassic Park" sequel in 1996. Horner is an eminent paleontologist, and was a consultant on the movie. Myhrvold was there because he really likes dinosaurs. Between takes, the two men got to talking, and Horner asked Myhrvold if he was . . . A Molecular Feast (Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) Photographs of the chef Grant Achatz, and the food he serves at his Chicago restaurant, Alinea. A Man of Taste (Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT) The entrance to Alinea, a restaurant in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, is unmarked. Visitors pass through gray metal doors, go down a narrowing corridor, and arrive at a set of doors that slide open automatically. The diner walks into Alinea just to the side of the kitchen, which . . . |
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