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Review: "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick
"I cannot pretend to describe the horror of the scene," Adjutant John Waller, a British soldier, would write of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He nevertheless tries. Inside the fortifications, as the British overwhelmed the provincial forces, "'twas streaming...Tags: Entertainment Events, United Kingdom, Armed Conflicts, Boston, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'August' uproarious, resonant at Civic
South Bend TribuneAs Tolstoy wrote in “Anna Karenina,” “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Boy does the Weston family have its own way of being unhappy. Several of them, in fact, and director Aaron...Tags: New York City, Entertainment Events, Human Interest, Tony Awards, Celebrities
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New Edward Albee play postponed -- for the second time
Even Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights are prone to self-doubt. Edward Albee, the Tony Award-winning writer of 1962's “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” was supposed to see his newest work, “Laying an Egg,” debut off-...Tags: Entertainment Events, Lois Smith, Tony Awards, The New York Times, Arts and Culture
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In a Warming World, 'Cli-Fi' Is Here to Stay
ReutersMay 03 (TheWrap.com) - More than a year ago, I wrote a blog post here headlined "The Next Big Genre: 'Cli-Fi' -- Climate Fiction, in Which 'Mad Max' Meets 'The Road'" -- and now comes NPR and the Christian Science Monitor with two very good trend-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Literature, Conservation, Fiction, Radio
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Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure
Kwame Kwei-Armah is turning up the floodlights on Center Stage. It's been not quite two years since the British-born playwright became artistic director of Maryland's largest regional theater. With his production of two button-pushing dramas nicknamed...
Tags: Education, The Boston Globe, PBS (tv network), Culture, Arts and Culture
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READER SUBMITTED: University Of Saint Joseph History Professor To Participate In Unique American History Seminar
West HartfordThe University of Saint Joseph (USJ) is pleased to announce that Jennifer Cote, Ph.D., assistant professor of History, is one of a select group of faculty members nationwide chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Gilder Lehrman...Tags: Entertainment Events, Education, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Colleges and Universities
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READER SUBMITTED: Young Poets Day At Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Features Young Writers And Tracy K. Smith
StatewideOn Wednesday June 12, opening night of Hill-Stead Museum's prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, winners and selected readers from eight Connecticut poetry programs will gather for the annual Fresh Voices reading in the historic Sunken Garden. In...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Arts and Culture, Arts, Authors
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Real threats exist, but we're fighting imaginary ones
It should've been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn't hear it. An ominous sort of history was made last week near Austin, Texas, but it seems to have largely escaped notice. There was some media coverage, yes, but less than, say,...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Entertainment Events, Lindsay Lohan, Crime, Law and Justice, The Miami Herald
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American Cinematheque to celebrate the late Roger Ebert
Thumbs up to the American Cinematheque. The independent, nonprofit cultural organization is paying homage to the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert with a new film series, "The Great Movies: A Tribute to Roger Ebert." The influential...
Tags: Entertainment Events, The Tree of Life (movie), Chicago Sun-Times, Citizen Kane (movie), Vertigo (movie)
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Ignoring the real, fighting the imaginary
It should've been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn't hear it. An ominous sort of history was made last week near Austin, Texas, but it seems to have largely escaped notice. There was some media coverage, yes, but less than, say,...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Entertainment Events, Lindsay Lohan, Crime, Law and Justice, The Miami Herald
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'Vera Stark' looks back at lost stars
The idea for "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," now in performances through June 2 at the Goodman Theatre, came to playwright Lynn Nottage the way so many of us discover so many slivers of old Hollywood. How? By happening upon a lesser-known title on the...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Human Interest, Celebrities, Goodman Theatre
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READER SUBMITTED: Bolton Community Education Foundation Presents Performance By Little Theatre Of Manchester
Eastern ConnecticutThe Bolton Community Education Foundation is pleased to present an exclusive preview performance of the award-winning comedy, You Can't Take It With You, by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. This 1937 Pulitzer Prize-winner is one of the musical theater'...Tags: Entertainment Events, Little Theatre of Manchester, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes
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