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...outrage and provoke litigation. Nabokov had to fight many obscenity battles when the book was published. Now a derivative novel, Lo's Diary (Foxrock; 292 pages; $22.95), by the Italian essayist and translator Pia Pera, has been issued--after the settling of a lawsuit brought by Nabokov's son Dimitri. He insisted that he be allowed to write a preface to the book and that 5% of its profits go to the International Pen Club. Deal...
...that reaches countless individuals in communites all over the place through a diversity of media. The stereotype of an East/West coast dichotomy is not only misplaced, it is further subverted by the fact that there is a hip hop following in Germany, Japan and worldwide. In the words of Dimitri Leger, the deputy editor of The Source Magazine, what began as a black-on-black conversation "is now a black-on-world conversation." This amplification and expansion of an ever-growing hip hop culture seems to emphasize the timeliness of a reassesment of core values and a forum discussion regarding...
...worth it to ignore section work tonight. The Boston Conservatory is trotting out the big guns to tickle the ivories with the second installment of the "Piano Masters in Recital" series. Acclaimed Greek pianist Dimitri Toufexis will perform works by Debussy, Chopin, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Gershwin. 8 p.m. Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston. 912-9122. FREE...
...Nieman fellows who work as writers, reporters or correspondents include Bill Graves of The Oregonian; Sandra King of New Jersey Public Television; Christopher Marquis of The Washington Herald; Suzanne Sataline of The Philadelphia Inquirer; Lily Galili of Ha'aretz in Jerusalem; Dimitri Mitropolous of To Vima in Athens; Frans Roennovof the Berlingske Tidende in Copenhagen, Denmark;Gonzalo Quijandria of Andina de Radiodifusion inLima, Peru and freelance writer Susan E. Reed...
...commercially, such as Fritz Reiner's elegant, pastoral reading of Brahms' Symphony No. 2 and the lyrical and propulsive performance of Chopin's Concerto No. 1 by Bruno Walter and Arthur Rubinstein, who, under contract to different labels, were never permitted to record together. There are David Oistrakh and Dimitri Mitropoulos in their nonpareil, rivetingly intense U.S. debut of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto, and memorable farewells like the thrilling immolation scene from Wagner's Gotterdammerung in 1952 with Walter and Kirsten Flagstad in her last appearance with the Philharmonic, which had the audience applauding for 21 minutes. This...