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The Arts |
| THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT |
| TV 'Dogfights' for Gamers |
Each week, the Browser features some pop-culture places on the World Wide Web offering the coolest in free interactive sounds and action.
The History Channel (www.history.com) once again te...
The World & I Online, Joseph Szadkowski |
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| THE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE |
| Cathedral Makers in Exhibit |
Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was the Washington National Cathedral, which celebrates its 100th birthday in September. "The formal construction, which started in 1907, was completed on Sept....
The World & I Online, Gabriella Boston |
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| THE ARTS, MUSIC |
| Edward H-Opera |
'Later the Same Evening' is a joint project of the National Gallery of Art, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and University of Maryland School of Music
Composer John Musto and pianist...
The World & I Online, The National Gallery of Art |
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| THE ARTS, FESTIVALS |
| Second Anniversary To What? |
Maybe it happened because I was sweating faster than I could drink water. Maybe I splashed too much hot sauce on my crawfish rice, and my jambalaya after that. Maybe being up until four in the morning...
The World & I Online, Matthew Brodsky |
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| THE ARTS, FILM |
| Linking Fiction, Real Life |
Czechoslovakian-born writer-director Milos Forman has a diverse list of films to his credit over a four-decades-and-counting career.
But a theme may be emerging: Goya's Ghosts, opening toda...
The World & I Online, Kelly Jane Torrance |
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| THE ARTS, SCULPTURE |
| Rodin Reconsidered |
Some works of art are so familiar as to become banal. "The Thinker," the pensive, bent-over sculpture created by late-19th-century French artist Auguste Rodin, is certainly one of them. It has been de...
The World & I Online, Deborah K. Dietsch |
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| THE ARTS, FILM |
| The Asia Factor in Global Hollywood |
In the eyes of the world, Hollywood is America. It represents not only the glamour of American movie stars, but also the "soft power" - what many see as the cultural imperialism - of the world's lone ...
The World & I Online, Christina Klein |
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| THE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE |
| Castle Duivenvoorde |
Visiting the Netherlands in 1873, Irish historian W.E.H. Lecky compared the Dutch country houses with those in England: "The houses struck me as a more human institution, much better both for the owne...
The World & I Online, Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto |
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