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Helping a White Man Relearn Joie de Vivre
24 May 2012, 5:11 am
“Les Intouchables,” having broken box office records in France, arrives in the United States with a faithfully translated title — “The Intouchables” — that is not quite English.
Things to do in Tampa Bay for the week of May 14
23 May 2012, 11:34 am
By Kelly Smith, Times Staff Writer Sunday, May 13, 2012 Wilco: The "American Radiohead" comparisons have died down, but the band is still among the best alternative songsmiths around. Show is at 7:30 tonight at Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa. $45.50 and up. (813) 229-7827. Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival: About 40 craft beer breweries — including Green Bench Brewery, Saint ...
Kiki Smith Will Bring Stained Glass Stars to Times Square
21 May 2012, 3:32 pm
Kiki Smith will be the third artist to be featured in the Public Art Fund’s “Last Lot” series, which brings art to a deserted lot in Times Square at 8th Avenue and West 46th Street, the project’s organizers announced today. Ms. Smith will place a series of stained glass stars statues in the lot that range from “18 inches to six feet in height and are a kaleidoscope of hand-blown, translucent ...
Teachers must make the grade in charter schools
20 May 2012, 7:06 pm
Most parents know who are the great teachers in their schools and who are the teachers to avoid. So on one level the resistance to evaluating teachers more systematically, rewarding good ones and encouraging bad ones to leave, is puzzling. Read full article >>
Donna Summer dies — Remembering the disco queen through the Post archives
17 May 2012, 11:30 am
Donna Summe r, one of the most recognizable voices of the disco era, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 63. With the success of her career-defining, 17-minute orgasmic disco epic “Love to Love You Baby,” Summer was once known as “The Sex Queen of the ‘70s.” But she didn’t seem to enjoy her time on the throne, according to a profile from The Washington Post archives. “That’s an image I ...
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The Sensational Josephine Baker - Broadway World
24 May 2012, 10:46 pm
Written and performed by Cheryl Howard and directed by Ian Streicher, the "unforgettable story of Josephine Baker springs to life in this tightly woven play featuring several of Baker’s signature songs. The story goes from little girl to showgirl as we ...
Rush Limbaugh bust goes on display in Missouri Capitol - USA Today
22 May 2012, 2:42 pm
It's official: After months of controversy, conservative talk show host and Show Me State native Rush Limbaugh has joined the likes of Harry Truman, Walt Disney and Josephine Baker as a member of the Hall of Famous Missourians. A week after Limbaugh's ...
Travel: Hotel Plaza Athenee, Paris - scotsman.com
21 May 2012, 6:18 pm
IN THIS, its centenary year, the Plaza Athenee, with its art deco steel and glass canopy, baskets of tumbling red flowers and scarlet awnings, is as attractive as in its first flush of youth, when Josephine Baker and Rudolph Valentino gayly danced across ...
Paris without a magic cab - Regina Leader-Post
17 May 2012, 10:04 pm
It was a time when Gertrude Stein reigned over her famous salon and Cole Porter threw lavish soirees at his palatial mansion near Les Invalides; when Picasso and Dali sat for hours in Left Bank cafés discussing art; Josephine Baker lit up the stage of the ...
The pop burlesque of Dita Von Teese - Los Angeles Times
14 May 2012, 8:06 pm
Rounding out the vaudeville-meets-variety show skin-fest: Russian rubber-clad bad girl Lada, Josephine Baker lookalike Pearle Noir, and wisecracking drag king host Murray Hill, who dubbed the venue “House of Boobs” for the weekend.
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