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...grown up with in the Peoria, Ill., ghetto, where his grandmother ran whorehouses. And he dragged the culture along with him. His comedy albums--starting with his 1974 masterpiece That Nigger's Crazy--were best sellers and won five Grammys. He pioneered a new genre, the feature-length comedy concert, with his 1979 film Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. He was a hit in more traditional films too, winning an Oscar nomination for his nervy performance as Piano Man in the Billie Holiday biography Lady Sings the Blues, pairing with Gene Wilder in buddy comedies like Silver Streak and Stir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: America's Most Beloved Comic Rebel | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...addition, Harvard’s oldest a capella group, the Krokodiloes, join co-ed a capella singers the Callbacks to perform their annual winter concert. Seasonal merriment is sure to ensue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holiday Concerts | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

Most of these fans are looking for the same jam session values, genre-switching songs, and great music that can be easily enjoyed for its own sake that they can find in a Dave Matthews concert. Also, the title “Home Grown!” might fool them into thinking there’s a bonus gift inside...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Home Grown! | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...inexperienced upstart might steal the spotlight at their show, yet they don’t seem at all unhappy.That’s because the scene-stealing youth is not a dancer at all, but the new Harvard Dance Center, which this week’s Inaugural Gala Concert will celebrate. So far, the center has received praise from dancers and non-dancers alike, both for its innovative architecture and the additional space it provides to performers.“The studio is beautiful. It’s definitely a testament to the school being dedicated to the arts...

Author: By Tiffanie K Hsu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Dance Center in the Spotlight | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

Perhaps the best thing to come of the failed Wyclef concert is its replacement—“Comedy for a Cause 2005,” a Harvard Concert Commission (HCC)-organized benefit show to aid victims of the Oct. 8 earthquake in South Asia. The event, which will be at Sanders Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m., will feature seven comedians, and is open to the general public. The HCC is aiming to raise $5,000 for “money, tents, clothes, and food” for the winter. Oh, but enough with the mushy...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott and Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Two Harvard Students Walk Into A Bar... | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

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