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Anna Deavere Smith takes a different, almost journalistic approach to drama. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is based on 220 interviews that she conducted with Los Angeles residents of every race and economic class after the city's devastating riot in 1992. Onstage Smith employs her formidable talent for mimicry to portray such characters as Reginald Denny, the white truck driver who was almost beaten to death by black gang members, police chief Daryl Gates and a Korean store owner -- all in their own words. The result is a painful, multifaceted portrait of racial differences. Says Smith: "My work is both...
Muse Sick N Hour Mess Age isn't Public Enemy's best CD, but it is lyrically provocative and musically rich. The songs are relentless, pummeling, chaotic -- something like a house party crossed with a race riot. As lead rapper Chuck D told Time: "We wanted to borrow from soul, blues, gospel and rock 'n' roll elements and blend them into something we can call our own. And make it faster...
Campari promoted a new drink called the Campari Stonewall Riot...
With its towers, gaps and controlled riot of swooping curves, the new American Center in Paris unmistakably bears the mark of its designer, California architect Frank Gehry. Gehry's first famous building was his Santa Monica home -- a modest Dutch colonial, transformed so provocatively with corrugated metal, glass and chain link fence that it actually drew gunfire from an irate neighbor. Ever since, Gehry has specialized in the tumbling, disjointed style known as deconstructivism. Though more conservative than his usual projects, the Paris building is still a characteristic and handsome achievement. Within this stylish envelope, the architect has accommodated...
Fourteen hours after the protesters escorted the administrators out of the building, the president called in a police force of about 100 officers from local suburbs. They arrived at about 4 a.m., armed with riot gear and ready to use force...