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Kathleen Battle to sing at Westhampton arts center
steve.parks@newsday.comShe was once banished from New York - or at least the Met - but lyric soprano Kathleen Battle regards her concert tomorrow night at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center as a homecoming of sorts. Battle, 59, whose diva reputation morphed into legend...Tags: Beach Vacations, Westhampton Beach, Music Theater, Classical Music, Theater
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Saving Library Branches Should Be A Priority
Recent criticism of the Hartford Public Library threatens to drown out the praise it deserves, in particular for its staff and community programs [Page 1, July 17, "Who'll Control City Library?"]. My children and I use the downtown branch weekly. I...Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, XL Center
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Republican man's provocative billboard garners wide attention
Sentinel ColumnistMike Meehan claims he never expected so many people to pay attention to the billboards that he put up around Orlando -- the ones that feature the Twin Towers burning next to the slogan: "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat." "It's just a silly little...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Bill Clinton, Parties and Movements, Florida
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A beautiful calm wrought from Chris Madden's hectic life
HARTFORD COURANTChris Madden knows a good deal about the hectic pace of modern living. The diminutive powerhouse behind Chris Madden Inc., a multimillion-dollar design, publishing, television and licensing company, she is accustomed to presiding over a circus. Behind...Tags: Design and Engineering, Family, House and Home, Furniture, Homes
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Annual Hay Festival is one for the books
The small market town of Hay, nestled on the border between England and Wales, is an unlikely setting for one of the world's biggest book festivals. It has a population of less than 2,000, and the nearest train station is 30 miles away. Yet each year,...Tags: Don DeLillo, Bill Clinton, Terry Jones, Norman Mailer, Christopher Hitchens
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Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the cast of 'Margaret Garner'
Tribune criticCasting has been announced for the Chicago premiere of the opera "Margaret Garner," which the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University will present Nov. 1-9 in association with Michigan Opera Theatre. Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, for whom composer...Tags: Jason Collins, Music Theater, Classical Music, Torrance, Theater
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Fox honcho says no one dies in 'Sex and the City'
Baltimore SunPeople keep asking me if someone dies in the Sex and the City movie? The answer is No. No one's even sick, for that matter. This is an urban myth. All the characters remain alive and breathing ready for a sequel, or a sequin. Is there a happy ending?...Tags: Carly Simon, Jose Saramago, Julianne Moore, Movies, Whoopi Goldberg
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'Who's who' in New Jersey Hall of Fame
TRENTON, N.J. — What comes to mind when you think about Yogi Berra, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Toni Morrison ? Did you guess New Jersey? They all have strong ties to the Garden State, and they're among the first 15 people to be inducted...Tags: Yogi Berra, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen, Meryl Streep, Albert Einstein
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Live: Jessye Norman at UCLA Live
Times Music CriticJessye 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." If the soprano expects the extra seasoning, so be it. She's 62, and her voice is in its...Tags: Richard Strauss, Jessye Norman, Robert Wilson, Hugo Wolf, Music
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Theater Of Color
Courant Staff WriterWhat's the most popular play on Broadway? It's not Pulitzer Prize winner "August: Osage County," or "Macbeth," starring Patrick Stewart. It's the all-black cast production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," whose weekly grosses have hit...Tags: House and Home, TheaterWorks, Minority Groups, Music Theater, Denzel Washington
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