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Los Angeles-based award-winning photojournalist Miki Turner features remarkable women and their empowering affirmations on self-acceptance in her newly launched photo book ‘journey to the woman i’ve come to love.’
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Fort Worth -
Van Cliburn rocketed to fame when in 1958 he won the prestigious Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow. Van Cliburn was only 23 years old at the time. He was a hit with Soviet classical music fans.
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Toronto -
Wednesday night the five finalists for the 2013 Charles Taylor Prize were hosted by Kenneth Whyte, president of Rogers Publishing and presented by Authors at Harbourfront Centre and Maclean's magazine, an event held at the Brigantine Room.
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Savannah -
Called one of the top book festivals in America, record-breaking crowds attended the 2013 Savannah Book Festival where dozens of notable authors, from Grammy to Pulitzer Prize winners, autographed and discussed their books.
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Toronto -
Pulitzer-winning 'Clybourne Park' recently opened in Toronto. Produced as part of Mirvish's Second Stage Series, it's a tale that touches on many themes, especially race relations and economics. It runs now through March 3rd.
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Canberra -
The Exhibition at the National Gallery – for this viewer – became more than a study on perspective, color, portraits, or periods of art; rather an examination of life, Henri's as well as that of Paris.
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A US scholar, Prof. Thomas Pinney, has discovered more than 50 poems by Rudyard Kipling. Pinney is a professor of English at the University of California in Pomona.
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Former CEO of the AVN Media Network Darren Roberts takes readers on a surprisingly serious trip behind the scenes of the adult industry with The Unsexpected Story
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My American friend and one-time accompanist Alice Demske Hansen passed away in May 2012, leaving behind a husband and three children. The following was my way of remembering her.
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New York -
On now through April 21st at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, 'Drawing Surrealism' examines the role and function of drawing in the surrealist art movement. It's fascinating for both artists and non-artists alike.
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San Francisco -
For an artist to have his exhibit extended is an honor. Yet for San Francisco landscape painter Xavier Castellanos this might be a reflection of his talent. And, perhaps a bit of his tenacity to get his works out there.
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Savannah -
At the conclusion of the 6th Annual Savannah Book Festival, best-selling author David Baldacci delighted a capacity crowd with funny stories about rejection notices, being detained as a 'person of interest', a boisterous fan, and more.
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The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury district of London, holds many treasures. On a recent visit I decided to examine some of the treasures in its section on Asia.
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Karen Hueler's 'The Inner City' is a short story collection filled with tales that are as chilling as they are thought provoking.
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New York -
Actor Shia LaBeouf has backed out of what was supposed to be his Broadway debut, Lyle Kessler's play 'Orphans.' He was set to star opposite Emmy-winning actor Alec Baldwin.
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Sydney -
If there’s ever a Nobel Prize awarded for “Services to Music” these guys should be frontrunners. They’re gigantic on YouTube, with millions of hits. There’s some guy making ten hour mixes of their stuff, and people are asking for more.
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Manchester -
Wen Zhou Li, an internationally recognised teacher of the violin, was arrested on rape allegations made by a former student of his at Chethams School of Music in Manchester.
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Naugatuck -
With nearly 30 inches of snow on ground following a visit from Winter Storm Nemo, a frantic husband and neighbors use a makeshift sled to get a women going into labor to the hospital.
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The Louvre museum has returned seven paintings to surviving relatives of Jewish families. The paintings were confiscated by the Nazi Party in the 1930s.
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