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Janos Starker dies at 88; renowned cellist won a Grammy in 1997
Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, died Sunday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 88 and had been in declining health. Since 1958, Starker had been a professor at the Indiana...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune, Hungary, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Awards and Prizes
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Racist fans attack Hungarian activist ahead of Jewish Congress
ReutersBUDAPEST, April 29 (Reuters) - The head of a Hungarian anti-racism group said far-right soccer fans shouted "Sieg Heil" and attacked him, breaking his nose days before the country is due to host the World Jewish Congress. Ferenc Orosz, chairman of the...Tags: Judaism, Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Justice and Rights, Hungary
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Finding music's magic in Bratislava
It's 8 a.m. in Austria. The MS Mozart, queen of the Danube, glides through the current, passing abbeys, cathedrals and villages from the 13th century. The snowflakes fall and nothing stirs from the quaint little houses with the steeple roofs. It is a...Tags: Bratislava (Slovakia), Czech Republic, Arts and Culture, Artists, Austria
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Balthazar Korab dies at 86; architect-photographer with wide-ranging eye
Balthazar Korab, an architect-turned-photographer with a wide-ranging eye whose moody, polished images captured the spirit of midcentury modern architecture and celebrated its masters, including Eero Saarinen and Mies van der Rohe, died Jan. 15 in Royal...Tags: Danube River, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Arts and Culture, Hungary, Kennedy Airport
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Wes Anderson wrote 'Moonrise Kingdom' with a little help from friends
Wes Anderson won't formally begin his next movie, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," until the new year, but he's on the phone after a busy day spent filming "little shots" in Saxony with a very good German driver named Peet who's quite adept, Anderson says,...Tags: Academy Awards, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Entertainment Events, Golden Globe Awards, Conan O'Brien
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Azerbaijan defends freeing convicted killer as Armenians protest
World NowRamil Safarov had been sentenced to spend the rest of his days behind bars after killing an Armenian officer with an ax in Budapest, Hungary. But President Ilham Aliyev pardoned the convicted killer last week after Hungary agreed to return him to... -
Arthur P. Stern dies at 86; transistor pioneer
Arthur P. Stern, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor whose prominent career in electronic engineering included leading the development of General Electric's first transistor radio in the 1950s and guiding the commercialization of satellite navigation at...
Tags: Rutgers University, Television Industry, Orange County Regional History Center, Engineering, Science and Technology
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Hungary arrests alleged Nazi-era torturer after tabloid finds him
World NowNearly seven decades after his alleged crimes, Hungarian prosecutors arrested and charged a 97-year-old man accused of torturing Jewish detainees before they were sent to Nazi death camps.... -
A taste of Hungary's history in Budapest's sumptuous coffeehouses
BUDAPEST, Hungary —American coffeehouses are prized for their quick service and fast Internet — ideal for people on the go. But a century ago, European cafes were places to linger amid Gilded Age opulence. Nowhere was this more so than in...
Tags: Judaism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hungary, Walnuts, Religion and Belief
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Food FYI: 'Raw milk has become the new pot'
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Richard Madden talks 1st love on 'Game of Thrones'
RedEyeRichard Madden knows how lucky he is that “Game of Thrones” executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss didn’t follow George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire" books exactly for Season 2 of the HBO hit. If they had, he...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Concerts, HBO (tv network), The Happiest News!, Celebrities
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Hungary Tech Firm Immortalizes Steve Jobs in Bronze
ReutersBUDAPEST - A Hungarian software company unveiled what it said was the world's first bronze statue of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs on Wednesday, calling him one of the greatest personalities of the modern age. Jobs died on Oct. 5 of pancreatic cancer...Tags: Steve Jobs, Arts and Culture, Hungary, Pancreatic Cancer, Architecture
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