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Kuwait sees quiet revival in arts scene
After two lacklustre decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art ...
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Sydney dance school closes after founder charged with child sex offences
Chiswick 2046 A dance school in Sydney's inner-west has made the decision to close down after its founder was charged with multiple child sexual assault offences. Grant Davies, the 39-year-old founder of RG Dance Studio in Chiswick, was arrested last week. He is facing four counts of aggravated sexual assault, and two counts of aggravated indecent assault of a person under 16. The former ...
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S.J. opera scholarships awarded to students
The 13th Stockton Opera Guild Kathe Underwood Scholarship Competition was held recently at the historic St. John's Anglican Church in downtown ...
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Apparel Workers stage ‘warning’ strike
Clothing workers in KwaZulu-Natal went on strike on Tuesday and yesterday to protest against wage levels that the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) said were below the legal minimum. About 10 000 workers mounted a ';warning'; strike against member firms of the United Clothing and Textile Association, mainly in Newcastle and QwaQwa, Sactwu said. The ...
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CA slams Revillame as it affirms show suspension over boy’s lusty dance
MANILA, Philippines – Calling its host ';insensitive,'; the Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) when it suspended TV5's ';Willing Willie'; for a month over its episode in which a 6-year-old boy was cajoled into dancing like a lusty macho dancer. In its 11-page decision, the appeals court, through ...
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Wagners 200th birthday celebrated with opera singalong
In the shower or in the car -- with the windows rolled up -- weren't the only places amateur Seattle opera singers could perform Wednesday night. More than 200 Seattle opera fans belted out classic Wagner pieces at the Seattle Center Armory. The Seattle Opera's Wagner singalong celebrated the composer's 200th birthday and the opera's upcoming August performances of the ...
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Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley puts foot down over false report he wants a UK passport
A Donegal man has been charged with murdering four British soldiers over 30 years ago in one of the most notorious IRA atrocities of the ...
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Milestone Films’ Mary Pickford Rags and Riches Collection The inventor of movie acting
also provides adults the opportunity to reacquaint themselves with "America's Sweetheart." In so far as Mary Pickford is remembered today, the performer whom director George Cukor credited with inventing screen acting tends to be identified with a little innocent girl persona that safely belongs to an earlier, less sophisticated time. Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in ...
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Franklin scraps three more shows
Aretha Franklin has axed another trio of concerts on medical grounds. The Queen of Soul has already scrapped two upcoming shows this week on the advice of her doctor, and she has now cancelled another three - one in her native Michigan and two in Canada (Ottawa and Montreal). Details of what ails Franklin have not been disclosed, but Catherine O'Grady, the director of the Ottawa Jazz ...
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Hilton signs to Lil Waynes label
Socialite Paris Hilton is set to have a second chance at chart success after signing a new deal with Lil Wayne's record label. The reality TV star released her debut eponymous album in 2006 to mixed reviews, and now she has reportedly signed a contract with the rapper's Cash Money Records to work on a house-themed followup. Taking to Twitter to announce the news, Lil Wayne's rap ...
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Henri Dutilleux Modernist Composer Dies at 97
Henri Dutilleux, a French composer known for his superbly fashioned and exquisitely expressive orchestral music, died on Wednesday in Paris. He was 97. His death was announced by Schott Music, his publisher. ...
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Square dance group gathers in S.F. from all four corners
Square is a growing San Francisco titan and disrupter in the world of electronic payments. But the city can look forward to another square-themed organization doing its own seven-figure moving and shaking this summer. This moving and shaking will be literal, as we are referring to the impending annual convention of the International Association of Gay Square Dancers Clubs. Hands up if you even ...
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Summer theater Tunes take the stage across KC
May 23--Here's what summer theater in Kansas City means: Musicals, heat, musicals, air-conditioning, musicals, Shakespeare, musicals, drama, musicals, comedy, musicals and and more musicals. And summer 2013 is shaping up to be firmly in that tradition. The annual mix of elevated language and accessible entertainment known as the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival this year returns to ...
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Bynes lifestyle exposed by tabloid
Embattled star Amanda Bynes' lifestyle and living conditions have been exposed by editors at a U.S. tabloid, thanks to two sneaky snappers who attended one of the Hairspray star's recent all-night parties. The actress' mental health has become a talking point in recent months following a series of traffic violations in Los Angeles and some bizarre behaviour on the streets of New ...
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Houston Grand Opera Embraces Multicultural Chorus of Community Stories
Where can you take in the first Mariachi opera in addition to the "classics"? Jeffrey Brown reports on the Houston Grand Opera's unique mission: to engage audiences from the city's diverse, multicultural community by staging productions originating from the experiences of its ...
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Behind the screens with Paramount Theatres film programmer
May 22--Stephen Jannise has the soul of a cinephile. He has been professionally programming movies in Austin for two years, but the 27 year-old head of the Paramount Theatre's film department has been thinking like a programmer since he was a teenager. When Netflix debuted during Jannise's high school years, the Nederland native considered starting a program were people could go online ...
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Fort McMurray postal workers stage wildcat strike over outsourcing parcel delivery
About 50 postal workers in Fort McMurray walked off the job Wednesday in protest of Canada Post’s intention to bring outside contractors on in October to take over parcel ...
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Quebec gives dance community a boost
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois, centre, Élaine Ayotte, left, a member of the executive committee with responsiblity for culture for the city of Montreal, and provincial culture minister Maka Kotto, chat while posing for a photograph outside the Wilder building in Montreal, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, following a news conference announcing funding to help renovate the ...
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The Perfect Gentlemans variety show at Covina Center for the Performing Arts San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The Perfect Gentlemen, national a cappella champions, headlined the Covina Center for the Performing Arts on May 17 and 18 where they delivered a family-friendly show with comedy, unique instruments and impressive vocal harmony. The center, located at 104 N. Citrus Ave. in Covina, was packed this past weekend with eager viewers ready for a fun night. They weren't disappointed. Phil Gold, ...
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Arts tax redux Deadline extended to June 10
PORTLAND, Ore. – Do you still need to pay your Portland arts tax? The city has now extended the deadline to June 10 after its website crashed on the night of the first deadline. A spokesman for Mayor Charlie Hales said ...
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Appellate Court Decision in Hart v. Electronic Arts is a Win for Athletes and Entertainers Everywhere
s that the First Amendment does not definitively protect Electronic Arts's unlicensed use of college football players' likenesses in commercial video games -- not even where the video games include creative elements apart from the players' ...
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Martial arts fighter says sex balm hurt his sex life
A mixed martial arts fighter is suing a Philadelphia adult shop, saying a product he bought to enhance his sex life had the opposite effect. Michael Waylon Lowe alleges in court papers the Kama Sutra Pleasure Balm Prolonging Gel left him with scars on his penis, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Wednesday. He filed a lawsuit May 14 against The Mood, the store on Philadelphia's trendy ...
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Sports Briefing | Cycling Visconti Wins Another Giro Stage
Giovanni Visconti claimed another solo victory by winning the 17th stage of the Giro ...
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Lydia Davis wins $93K Man Booker International Prize
Lydia Davis, an American writer of short stories --some of them just a single line long -- has won the 60,000 ($93,230 Cdn) Man Booker International Prize. She was named the winner in London Wednesday, coming out ahead of nine international contenders. Davis, 65, has written nine collections of short stories and one ...
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Jolies aunt has breast cancer
Angelina Jolie had extra reason to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer – her aunt is currently battling the disease. The Salt star underwent the preventative surgery in February after she tested positive for the "faulty" BRCA1 gene, which increases a woman’s likelihood of contracting breast and ovarian cancer, the latter of which ...
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Morocco recieves aid as part of EU ties
Morocco has taken another step forward in its several years long pursuit of closer ties with the EU, receiving a vote of confidence from the continent’s organizing body in the form of aid, which will be used to pursue areas of development needed to modernize and reform the country.
Morocco is to receive Euro 580 million (roughly MAD 6 billion) from the European Union over the next four years, according to a joint agreement that was signed between Morocco and the EU recently, which it is hoped will provide the country with the means to further integrate itself with the European economy. Read more
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