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Catching up with young soprano Jackie Evancho [Video]
Culture MonsterIs she a prodigy? A product? A cautionary tale in the making? It depends whom you ask. One this is for certain: nearly every body has an opinion about 11-year old soprano Jackie Evancho.... -
What should Jackie Evancho sing to win $1 million?
Culture MonsterOn Tuesday Jackie Evancho -- the 10-year-old girl with the operatic voice -- will sing for $1 million in the finals of NBC's "America's Got Talent." What she chooses to sing will determine how well she can show off her...... -
Discoveries
![<b>Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat</b> ( Princeton University Press: 181 pp., $19.95) "Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them."Edwidge Danticat grew up in Haiti in the 1970s, under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. Danticat was born in 1969, but the story of the 1964 public execution of revolutionaries Marcel Numa and Louis Drouin was her creation myth — their courage, she writes, like the courage it must have taken Eve to take a bite of the apple; their deaths like Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden. Danticat moved from Haiti to Brooklyn when she was 12. The beloved elderly uncle who had cared for her when her parents moved in 1971 to Brooklyn was persecuted by local gangs in Port-au-Prince, sought asylum in the U.S., was interrogated by U.S. officials, brutally incarcerated in Miami and died within days of his arrival. (She tells his story in her 2007 memoir, "Brother, I'm Dying.") Many of her loved ones, including two cousins, Maxo and his 10-year-old son, Nozial, were killed in this year's earthquake. In these essays, Danticat tells the stories of fellow Haitians: Alerte Belance, brutally hacked by machetes during the 1991 military coup; the journalist Jean Dominique, assassinated in 2000; and others. "The immigrant artist shares with all the other artists the desire to interpret and possibly remake his or her own world." These essays, reminiscent of Maurice Blanchot's "The Writing of the Disaster," (1980) are full of the images that have formed Danticat, the writer. She rearranges them in a collage. Haitians say that Haiti is "te, glise," she writes, "slippery ground." These essays are her effort to hold onto and even re-create her homeland.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/57145567-28141500.jpg "<b>Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat</b> ( Princeton University Press: 181 pp., $19.95) "Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.\"Edwidge Danticat grew up in Haiti in the 1970s, under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. Danticat was born in 1969, but the story of the 1964 public execution of revolutionaries Marcel Numa and Louis Drouin was her creation myth — their courage, she writes, like the courage it must have taken Eve to take a bite of the apple; their deaths like Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden. Danticat moved from Haiti to Brooklyn when she was 12. The beloved elderly uncle who had cared for her when her parents moved in 1971 to Brooklyn was persecuted by local gangs in Port-au-Prince, sought asylum in the U.S., was interrogated by U.S. officials, brutally incarcerated in Miami and died within days of his arrival. (She tells his story in her 2007 memoir, \"Brother, I'm Dying.\") Many of her loved ones, including two cousins, Maxo and his 10-year-old son, Nozial, were killed in this year's earthquake. In these essays, Danticat tells the stories of fellow Haitians: Alerte Belance, brutally hacked by machetes during the 1991 military coup; the journalist Jean Dominique, assassinated in 2000; and others. \"The immigrant artist shares with all the other artists the desire to interpret and possibly remake his or her own world.\" These essays, reminiscent of Maurice Blanchot's \"The Writing of the Disaster,\" (1980) are full of the images that have formed Danticat, the writer. She rearranges them in a collage. Haitians say that Haiti is \"te, glise,\" she writes, \"slippery ground.\" These essays are her effort to hold onto and even re-create her homeland.")
Special to the Los Angeles TimesCreate Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat ( Princeton University Press: 181 pp., $19.95) "Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part...Tags: Mickey Mantle, Coup d'Etat, Barack Obama, Germany, Education
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Book review: 'Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer' by Garry Wills
![On the surface, Garry Wills' "Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer" is an account of how a bookish young writer came to know a lot of famous people as a Zelig-like character amid glittering stars of political, journalistic and even operatic stages.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/57687894-16222911.jpg "On the surface, Garry Wills' "Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer\" is an account of how a bookish young writer came to know a lot of famous people as a Zelig-like character amid glittering stars of political, journalistic and even operatic stages.")
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOn the surface, Garry Wills' "Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer" is an account of how a bookish young writer came to know a lot of famous people as a Zelig-like character amid glittering stars of political, journalistic and even operatic...Tags: Los Angeles Times, William F. Buckley, G.K. Chesterton, John Waters, Bill Clinton
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Vote: Is Jackie Evancho changing her sound?
Culture MonsterIn the non-surprise of the summer, Jackie Evancho made it through to the top 10 on NBC's "America's Got Talent" Wednesday night. Earlier this week when Evancho inspired us to look at how common it is for children to emulate...... -
Monster Mash: The Obamas borrow artwork from museums; Tom DeLay quits dancing; Pee-wee Herman postpones
Culture Monster--Executive decisions: The Obamas have borrowed about 45 works of art from various Washington, museums, including the George Catlin painting above. (New York Times) --Off his feet: Former Republican Congressman Tom DeLay officially quits "Dancing With the... -
In New York, City Opera tries to turn a page
Culture MonsterIf judged only by the Dom Perignon flowing in the lobby and the American melodies flowing from the stage last night at the State Theatre -- which for the next 50 years, it was announced, will be named “The David...... -
Monster Mash: Museum to go back to nature; son to get Ansel Adams photos; special Tonys announced
Culture Monster-- The great outdoors: The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will announce today it will be adding a 3.5-acre $30-million park with 11 themed areas that are designed to put the natural back in natural history. (Los Angeles...... -
Pipe Dreams
"The question you're always asked is, 'Is opera still relevant?' " says handsome young tenor on the rise Joseph Kaiser. Despite his amiable temperament, he seems peeved by the frequently posed query. And why not? Singers like Kaiser and star baritone...Tags: Education, The Rolling Stones (music group), Kenneth Branagh, Prince (music artist), Indiana
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Kaity Tong
Kaity Tong, known for her professionalism, warmth, and quick wit, is one of the most popular local news anchors in the New York market. She currently field anchors the Emmy Award- winning PIX News at Ten each weeknight.
Born in China, Kaity came to the...Tags: Minority Groups, Family, WPIX, News Media, Television Industry
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Requiem: 2007 passings of note
Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...Tags: Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Hamilton, Republican Party, Football, Luciano Pavarotti
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Baltimore Opera seeks Chapter 11 protection
After 58 years and more than 200 productions, the Baltimore Opera Company will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy-law protection today amid dwindling ticket sales and contributions. The remaining two productions of the 2008-2009 season, Rossini's The...Tags: Placido Domingo, Rosa Ponselle, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Maryland
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