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The new Kravis Center season: Whoopi, Yanni, Yitzhak and "Spring Awakening"
The Broadway hits "Spring Awakening," "Spamalot" and "Dreamgirls;" mirth and memories from the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Shirley MacLaine and Don Rickles; the vocalism of Mandy Patinkin, Idina Menzel and Bernadette Peters; as well as dates with Michael...Tags: Smokey Robinson, Golden Globe Awards, Science and Technology, Sports, Radiohead (music group)
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Banned Books Week: it's back
Jacket CopyIt's happened again. In 2009, "And Tango Makes Three," the heartwarming children's book about two penguin daddies and their adopted baby penguin Tango -- based on the true story of penguins in Central Park -- was one of the year's...... -
Michael Chabon named chairman of MacDowell Colony board
Jacket CopyMichael Chabon is named chair of the board of directors of the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough NH, a major artist residency program.... -
Discoveries
Los Angeles TimesThe Chicken Chronicles Alice Walker (The New Press: 208 pp.,$21.95) You pick up the book and you enter the slow, dazy world of the writer and her chickens. You put the book down to get something to eat and the spell is loosened. You think, "Chickens?...Tags: Los Angeles, Minority Groups, Grapes, Lance Armstrong, Georgia
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Most challenged books of the past decade, 11-20
Sept. 26-Oct. 2 is National Banned Books Week.Here's numbers 11-20 of the most challenged books of the past decade. 11 Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers 12 It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris 13 Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey ...Tags: Toni Morrison, Mark Twain, Politics, Censorship
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Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2009
Out of 460 challenges as reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom 1. “TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs 2. “And Tango Makes Three&...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Demographics, Censorship, Drugs and Medicines
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Thirteen New Inductees To Join California Museum's Hall Of Fame
FOX40 NewsCelebrating its fourth year in existance, the California Museum released the name of thirteen public figures to be inducted into the California Hall of Fame this December. The thirteen inductees, among which include entertainer Carol Burnett, film-...Tags: Walt Disney, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Carol Burnett, John Madden, Harvey Milk
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Castro was kept up all night by 'Dracula'
Jacket CopyA new documentary about Fidel Castro reveals stories about the Cuban revolutionary as told by the luminaries who'd met him. The documentary "Anecdotas Sobre Fidel," or "Fidel Anecdotes," which has screened at the Havana film festival, features... -
Thursday's Talk Shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of May 2 - 8 in PDF format This week's TV Movies The Early Show Chelsea Handler. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Gail Sheehy; Tere Duperrault Fassbender; Mario Batali. (N) 7...... -
Wednesday's TV Talk shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of July 18 - 24 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here The Early Show Chef Katie Lee. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today...... -
Fantasia on the eye-opening experience of starring in 'The Color Purple'
Culture Monster“I would seem to walk off the stage, with her still hanging on my back or going home with me. It was different. It was hard. It was scary. It was weird. I’d call my mom sometimes, ‘Mom, what’s going...... -
Theater review: 'The Color Purple' with Fantasia at the Pantages
Culture MonsterThere's a Sunday morning sort of feeling at the Pantages Theatre these days as "The Color Purple" visits town with "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino in the central role. The reports about her Broadway appearance in the musical in 2007-08,......
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