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Milo O'Shea, Irish actor of stage and screen, dies at 86
Milo O’Shea, an Irish stage and screen actor known for his roles in films as varied as “Ulysses,” “Barbarella” and Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet,” has died. He was 86. O’Shea, who also had...
Tags: New York City, Obituaries, Paul Williams, Franco Zeffirelli, Jane Fonda
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The man behind the people who know the story behind 'The Shining'
You know the Calumet Baking Powder cans in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"? You know — the Calumet Baking cans? Lining the pantry of the film's Overlook Hotel? No, no: The baking cans behind all the carnage! Right, those baking cans. What's that,...
Tags: ABC (tv network), The Shining (movie), The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Entertainment, Baking Powder
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Alice Ripley Cast In 'Clybourne Park' At Long Wharf Theatre
Hartford CourantAlice Ripley, who won a Tony Award for her performance of the bi-polar mother in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, "Next to Normal," is cast in the upcoming production of Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. The...Tags: Arts and Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes, Tony Awards, Bruce Norris
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Ron Rash: Appalachian trailblazer
Ron Rash, one of America's most-admired contemporary Southern writers, is conscious of working in a venerable literary tradition that goes back through O'Connor, Welty and Faulkner. But he notices modern trends, too, such as the recent emergence of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Authors, The Boston Globe, Literature, The New York Times
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'Book of My Lives': Aleksander Hemon's remarkable tale
Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...
Tags: Andy Wachowski, U.S. Department of State, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Junot Diaz
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Where to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in L.A. area — no blarney
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. At least that's what James Joyce, one of Ireland's most famous writers — and a notorious drinker — once said. The phrase rings particularly true on St. Patrick's Day, the saucy Irish holiday that is...
Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Dining and Drinking, Jessica Gelt, NoHo, Republic of Ireland
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Why we love all things Irish this week
This is the time of year when I feel a bit tweedy, a bit green in the wool, a bit Irish, even though the Rodricks clan from which I descend was Portuguese (Rodrigues) and not Irish (Roderick). From years of experience, I know something about the wide...
Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Arts and Culture, Republic of Ireland, Holidays, Lent
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The mediocrity of Gass' 'Middle C'
Here's a long awaited novel by one of the godfathers of contemporary American modernism (or "post-modernism," as some critics and scholars call the continuation of the American modernist tradition). William H. Gass, a new-fangled genius, along with John...
Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945), Radio, NPR
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Wordplay and secret missions to Dublin at Strawdog
Just as Irish novelist Flann O'Brien out-Joyced James Joyce with his mind-bending masterwork "At Swim-Two-Birds," Irish playwright Arthur Riordan takes the sort of too-true-to-be-real story that is catnip to Tom Stoppard and proceeds to fold, spindle, and...
Tags: Brideshead Revisited (movie, 2008), Arts and Culture, Republic of Ireland, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Community gathers at the Last Bookstore
The staircase is narrow and creaky, with a bookshelf made from a 100-year-old harp case teetering on the precipice of collapse at the top of the landing. Overflowing with open books, pages wildly askew and dangling from uneven shelves, the bookcase...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Services and Shopping, eBay Inc., Indiana Jones (fictional character)
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Review: Encounter with postwar giants at Southwest Chamber Music festival
Southwest Chamber Music's 2013 L.A. International New Music Festival, in progress at the Colburn School's Zipper Concert Hall, is doing its attentive bit to broaden international musical relations. We hear too little music from Mexican, Korean or even...
Tags: John Cage, Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945), Festive Events, Heart Attack
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On the Spot: Why seating on flights is up in the air
Question: Can an airline bump passengers from previously purchased, extra-legroom seats? Last summer we checked in online for a United Airlines Boston-to-San Francisco flight and learned that we had been bumped back to regular coach from our previously...
Tags: Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Travel, Air Transportation Industry
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