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...asks his court, breeches round his ankles, having just had his way with his mistress Devonshire (Marta Dusseldorp). It's the Restoration, silly. And Barker trots out his defeated Puritans, dim-witted landowners and disgruntled cavaliers as lambs to be slaughtered by his withering wit: Milton on amphetamines (the poet, too, gets his comeuppance). It's an actor's feast, of course, with 36 roles shared among 11 players in this production, although the best one is saved for Davis, who co-directs with Benjamin Winspear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Restoration of Judy | 4/27/2004 | See Source »

...culture is nothing new for Gab. Blackalicious have garnered much critical acclaim for their interesting collaborations with other artists, especially musicians not known for fitting into the narrow hip-hop roles of DJ and MC. On Blazing Arrow, songs featured people such as slam poet and activist Saul Williams, Rage Against the Machine’s Zach De La Rocha and the legendary poet and jazz singer Gil Scott-Heron (most famous for his fiery work, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised?...

Author: By William B. Payne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Blackalicious Shows Off the Gift of Gab | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

...Pops concert tonight, which is Swedish night, the following program will be played: Entrance of the Guests into the Wartburg, from "Tannhauser" Wagner Overture to "Poet and Peasant" Supre Prelude in C-sharp minor Rachmaninov Fantasia, "Aida" Verdi Suite, "Sigurd Jersaliar" Grieg a. In the Hall of the King b. Festival Marea Saeterjentens Sondag (Solitude on the Mountain) Bull Svendsell Swedish Wedding March Soderman Second Norwegian Rhapsody Svendsen Finlandia, Symphonic Poem Sibelius Humeresque Tehaikovsky-Jacchia Waltz "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" Strauss

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tonight at the Pops | 4/21/2004 | See Source »

...very particular and somewhat contrary demands of the academic calendar, warmer weather means winding down. In other words, it’s time for wrapping things up even as we’re still wrapped in layers of winter accoutrements. Even the most dedicated, head-in-the-clouds Romantic poet would be hard-pressed to discern a Wordsworthian recital of a thousand blended notes in a still very frigid Cambridge, but amidst the rising pressure levels it can sometimes seem like there are at least a thousand (if not more) term papers, response papers and problem sets to be conquered...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, | Title: Catch the Fever | 4/20/2004 | See Source »

...visit. The Other Side of Silence (Vintage) by prolific author André Brink follows the journey - physical and emotional - of a young German woman who travels to southwest Africa, where she confronts chauvinistic settlers, a harsh desert landscape and her own demons. Antjie Krog began her career as a poet but is best known for her semifictionalized memoir Country of My Skull (Vintage), which chronicles South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and was recently made into a movie starring Juliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson. In A Change of Tongue (Random House, South Africa) she explores the many changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Words of Change | 4/11/2004 | See Source »

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