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British Poets Launched Lyrical Revolution
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:49:00 -0400
During a brief, but incredibly productive year at the end of the 18th century, British poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge joined forces to launch a literary revolution: the English Romantic movement.
SambAsia Grows In China
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:43:00 -0400
Originally created in San Francisco to unite Asians and Latinos, SambAsia has attracted a serious following in Beijing. We dance our way through this lively version of Samba, which creates unlikely partnerships.
In Nashville, a Barbershop Battle
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:24:00 -0400
The Barbershop Harmony Society is holding its annual international convention and competition this week in Nashville, Tenn. All is not harmonious, however. The "kibbers" —as in "Keep it Barbershop" — and the "libbers" — as in Liberal Interpretation of Barbershop" are finding it hard to get along.

NYT > Arts

Art: Buddha’s Caves
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:42:42 -0000
On the lip of the Gobi Desert, sand and tourists threaten Mogaoku’s singular art.
Television: After ‘The Wire,’ Moving On to Battles Beyond the Streets
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:23:23 -0000
The life of Ed Burns, a cop turned schoolteacher turned screenwriter and co-creator, becomes inspiration for HBO’s “The Wire” and for a new mini-series.
Film: Elves and Killer Beanstalks From Director’s Personal ‘Hell’
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:52:50 -0000
The beasts of “Hellboy II” began as drawings in Guillermo del Toro’s visual diary. The director offers a peek into that world.

Arts & Culture

The Theatre
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER Second Stage’s Uptown Series concludes with this play by Rajiv Joseph, an origami-themed love story. Giovanna Sardelli directs. Previews begin July 14. (McGinn/Cazale, Broadway at 76th St . . .
The Garden of Last Days
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Dubus’s follow-up to “House of Sand and Fog” is inspired by the rumored visit of 9/11 hijackers to a strip club shortly before their attacks. In the fictional Puma Club, in Sarasota, Florida, a twenty-six-year-old named Bassam al-Jizani watches Spring, a stripper, undress, and finds . . .
Symphony of Millions
Alex Ross Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
In March, Chen Qigang, a Chinese composer who is supervising the music program for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, received a National Spirit Achievers Award at a press event in Beijing. He was one of ten artists and businesspeople to receive the prize, which came courtesy of . . .

Christian Science Monitor | Arts & Entertainment

For extreme sports fans, Olympics adds jumping cyclists
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0500
For the first time, the Summer Games will include BMX cyclists. Beijing wants some of the edginess that snowboarding added to the Winter Games.
Noteworthy CD releases
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Reviews of five soundtrack collections, from the stellar 'WALL-E' to the haunting score of the legendary 'Gloomy Sunday.'
Mark Morris puts his creative twist on a 'new,' less tragic 'Romeo & Juliet'
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Using the original score by Prokofiev, Juliet awakens in time for Romeo to see she's alive

Village Voice Arts

Art: W. Eugene Smith: Art, Not News: The Life magazine lensman finds a new context at Silverstein
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The Life magazine lensman finds a new context at Silverstein (By R.C. Baker)
Art: The Met's Century of Photography: A striking, revealing lineup of giants from photography's first hundred years
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A striking, revealing lineup of giants from photography's first hundred years (By Leslie Camhi)
Dance: Compagnie Maguy Marin: Moving Days: How many steps does it take to make a world?
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
How many steps does it take to make a world? (By Deborah Jowitt)
Theater: Macbeth 2008: Opposite Poles: TR Warszawa's Shakespeare made vivid—and almost invisible
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
TR Warszawa's Shakespeare made vivid—and almost invisible (By Michael Feingold)
Theater: Misha Shulman's Brunch at the Luthers: Duck, motherfucker
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Duck, motherfucker (By GARRETT EISLER)

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