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...courtyard. He walks over to the group of Cossacks, picks the oldest one out of the group and gives him a big hug and a kiss on each cheek. According to two of the men in the courtyard, the Serb, who is wearing new fatigues and slightly worn Asolo hiking boots, had fought Bosnia and is now there to fight in South Ossetia and Georgia. He may have fought in Chechnya, but no one will say. I talk to him for a moment. He speaks some English but is more comfortable in his lightly accented Russian. "I've come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volunteering to Kill Georgians | 8/11/2008 | See Source »

...poaching of fi ddle music,because fi ddle music is being acceptedas a legitimate art form.” The promotion of fiddle and American music is a goal that O’Connorhopes to achieve as a solo musicianand through his independent recordlabel, OMAC. His decision to remain asolo musician and to leave his corporatelabel was infl uenced by his desireto explore, experiment, and promoteAmerican music. O'connor hopes that his innovativeand inspirational compositions and recordingshave helped broaden the scopeof American music. “I think the environmentthat we have right now is verydifferent from what we have...

Author: By Melanie E. Long, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fiddling With New Music | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

Minutes away from the Gulf of Mexico, on the manicured grounds of the Ringling Museums sits a theater unique in all of North America. The Asolo (pronounced Ahs-olo) is an 18th century Italian wooden court theater, transported board by board in 1951 from the Old World to the New. Elegant, intimate, enchanting, with a triple tier of embossed balconies, the Asolo was the great Duse's home theater, and playgoers of a bygone day included Chopin, George Sand and Robert Browning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Sarasota Jewel Box | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

During the past few years, under enterprising and dedicated leadership, Asolo has achieved full professional status. Unlike most U.S. regional theaters, Asolo operates on a genuine rotating-repertory basis, and with 94% of its 322 seats sold for the season, the only problem for a Sarasota visitor is how to get in. Some current offerings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Sarasota Jewel Box | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

...Pamela Lewis) and Vida Phillimore (Barbara Reid) are the gay divorcees. Cynthia has become engaged to the ex-Mr. Phillimore (Kelly Fitzpatrick), and Vida is on the prowl for the ex-Mr. Karslake (Steven Ryan). What ensues is a flirtatious game of verbal Ping Pong and musical beds. The Asolo company is at its stylish best in The New York Idea, but perhaps an extra bow should go to Pamela Lewis as a sportive Cressida of the drawing room and the racing paddock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Sarasota Jewel Box | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

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