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Herbert Blau dies at 87; theater director helped shape CalArts
Herbert Blau, an influential theater director, theorist and scholar who helped shape CalArts during its early years, died at his home in Seattle on May 3, his 87th birthday. He had cancer, according to the Seattle Times. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-born...Tags: Teaching and Learning, New York University, Education, Teachers, Arts and Culture
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Comedian David Steinberg performs one-man show at Bucks Playhouse
As a young man, David Steinberg moved to Chicago from his native Winnipeg to study at the Yeshiva, a Jewish rabbinical school. But on the way he went to see Chicago's Second City comedy troupe and became so enamored with its style of stand-up, he...Tags: Music Theater, Curb Your Enthusiasm (tv program), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Jerry Seinfeld, The Lion King (movie)
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Dolphins owner giving away $2 billion
Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross is getting rid of half of his $4.4 billion fortune — all for the sake of charity. Ross became on Tuesday one of the new nine members to join the Giving Pledge, which is a long-term, global initiative created by ...
Tags: New York University, Football, Florida Legislature, Miami Dolphins, Charity
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Herbert Blau, theater director and former CalArts provost, dies at 87
Herbert Blau, a renowned and influential theater director who helped to shape the California Institute of the Arts during its early years, has died at 87. He died at his home in Seattle on Friday following a battle with cancer, according to reports....
Tags: Artists, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Obituaries
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At 'Great Gatsby' premiere, a 3-D celebration of Fitzgerald '20s
NEW YORK -- Women in bob cuts and extensive hair plumage and men in bowties and exaggerated facial expressions were dancing and throwing their arms in the air, 1920’s style, amid the crowd of Manolo-clad partygoers, who were eating seafood hors d&...Tags: Film Festivals, Movies, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Arts and Culture, Cannes Film Festival
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Blues legend James Cotton tells his story, in song
Bluesman James Cotton has lived the kind of life they make movies about. He toiled on a Mississippi plantation from earliest childhood, found himself orphaned at age 9, practically was raised by blues master Sonny Boy Williamson II and flourished as a...
Tags: Music, James Cotton, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Keb' Mo'
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Johnny Monis wins Mid-Atlantic James Beard chef award
The Baltimore SunThe James Beard Foundation announced the winners of the 2013 James Beard Foundation Awards on Monday night at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, capping a weekend of gastronomic events in New York City. Spike Gjerde of Baltimore's Woodberry Kitchen...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Dolphins owner Steve Ross pledges to give away half his family's wealth
Sun SentinelMiami Dolphins owner Steve Ross recently made a financial commitment to give away half of his family's wealth. Ross, who is worth an estimated $4.4 billion according to Forbes, became one of the new nine members to join the Giving Pledge, which is a...Tags: New York University, Sara Blakely, Sports, University of Michigan, Warren Buffett
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James Beard Awards: Paul Kahan, David Chang tie for outstanding chef
NEW YORK -- Some of the most notable prizes given at the James Beard Foundation awards Monday night were those that were most overdue. Sonoma winemaker Merry Edwards won Wine and Spirits Professional for the first time after six nominations. Wylie...Tags: Elections, Awards and Prizes, Dining and Drinking, Blackbird, Politics
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PASSINGS: Frederic Franklin, David Morris Kern
Frederic Franklin Dancer helped popularize modern ballet in U.S. Frederic Franklin, 98, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States, died Saturday at a Manhattan, N.Y., hospital of complications from pneumonia,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Health and Medical Professionals, Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, Dance
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Executive profile: Maria Green
Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...
Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Parties and Movements, New York City, Illinois Tool Works Incorporated, Washington, DC
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Gas leak forces residents, businesses to evacuate
Tribune reporterA gas leak near downtown Downers Grove forced residents and nearby businesses to evacuate for a few hours this morning, fire department officials said. A worker replacing sewer lines on Main Street near 53rd Street hit a high-pressure, two-inch gas line...Tags: Business, Nicor Incorporated
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