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Chris Bohjalian sets love amid horror
Chris Bohjalian's novel "The Sandcastle Girls" has many traditional elements of compelling fiction — people with secrets, shocking plot twists, compulsively likable characters and a rich love story. It also describes the 1915 mass killing of...
Tags: Turkey, Literature, Authors, World War I (1914-1918), Lifestyle and Leisure
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Vanessa Redgrave shows Jesse Eisenberg the way in 'The Revisionist'
NEW YORK — On a cramped stage at the Cherry Lane Theatre, a historic off-Broadway venue tucked away on one of the quaintest streets in the West Village, Vanessa Redgrave is offering her costar Jesse Eisenberg an education not even the world's finest...
Tags: Sociology, Social Sciences, West Village, England, Culture
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History Matters
100 Years Ago Monumental monuments From the Times social column: "Mrs. Andrew Norton and daughter of Baltimore, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Cromwell. "Mr. John Penn, of Savage, was visitor here the past week. "Mr. John E. Gaither who was...Tags: Medical Specialization, Howard County, Johnny Unitas, Farms, Ellicott City
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at 85; Oscar-winning screenwriter
For years, people who read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's novels assumed she was born in India. She wrote about swamis, social climbers, duplicitous landlords and other characters from the Indian bourgeoisie who inevitably found themselves colliding with...
Tags: Nazi Party, Germany, Ismail Merchant, Academy Awards, Literature
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Shining a light on metaphorical readings of 'The Shining'
Since its release in 1980, Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Shining" has firmly embedded itself into the pop consciousness with its shudder-inducing cry of "Here's Johnny!" and its blood-soaked hallways. "Room 237," which opens...
Tags: The Shining (movie), Arts, Stanley Kubrick, Movies, Jack Nicholson
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The 17th Annual Jewish Film Festival Makes Its Way Around Area Cinemas
17th Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest April 4-15, hjff.org. Two documentaries are the highlights at the 17th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival, which will be bringing 21 films related to Jewish culture and history to theaters...
Tags: Music, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Andrew Cuomo, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Blue Back Square
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Ferrara Italians maintain rich Jewish history
FERRARA, Italy — Venice's Jewish ghetto is better known, perhaps, but by no means was it the only one in Italy. In the mid-1500s, Ferrara had become a haven for Jews fleeing hostility elsewhere in Europe. The Este dynasty invited Jews here and...
Tags: Italy, Arts and Culture, Museums, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Hong Kong Film Festival: Promoting the idea of going to the movies
HONG KONG — Hong Kong-born, London-raised Roger Garcia continues his role as the executive director of the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival. We talked with him about this year's event, which continues through April 2. What is the goal...
Tags: Beijing (China), Hong Kong, Asia, James Cameron, China
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Jodi Picoult on 'The Storyteller'
Don't mess with Jodi Picoult. The author of a string of best-selling popular novels with weighty themes ripped from the headlines, Picoult pulls no punches. Her latest book, out this month, is "The Storyteller," which is about a young woman who finds...Tags: Book, Genres, FBI, The Washington Post, Literature
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An opportunity to break free of Ticketmaster
I thought Ticketmaster was the most hated company in America, but it turns out to have had some competition for that title in recent years. It lost last year to AT&T, Bank of America, Walmart and Electronic Arts, the maker of digital games. The...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., EA Tiburon, Jackson Browne, Memorial Stadium, Peter G. Angelos
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Oscars 2013: 'Argo' and 'Django Unchained' take screenplay honors
"Django Unchained" won the original screenplay Oscar while "Argo" took adapted screenplay honors Sunday at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. "Argo," screenwriter Chris Terrio's dramatization of the rescue of six U.S. diplomats...Tags: Argo (movie), Toronto International Film Festival, Quentin Tarantino, Golden Globe Awards, Slavery
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A Wagner 'Ring' that's sustainably powered
MUNICH, Germany — Wagner's "The Ring of Nibelung" is no picnic. The epic four-evening mythic drama is the macho challenge with which operas prove themselves. It practically did in Los Angeles Opera when the company finally got around to mounting...Tags: Music, Germany, YouTube, The Happiest News!, Culture
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