Arts
Should you see “The Book of Mormon”?
September 14, 2015"The Book of Mormon," the musical, has been playing on Broadway to rave reviews since March 2011.
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Today in history: “BaddDDD” black poet Sonia Sanchez is born
September 9, 2015Since the 1970s Sanchez has published a steady stream of poetry books and plays.
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“Lincoln for Beginners”: illustrated biography of a gradualist radical
September 8, 2015Whole libraries are dedicated to the study of Lincoln; Buhle's synopsis, reflecting all the warts and charm of his subject, might a good place to begin.
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Today in history: Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” in Berlin, 1945
September 4, 2015"A political prisoner's wife goes undercover, infiltrates the family of the prison guard and frees her husband from a secret dungeon just as the tyrant is about to kill him."
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Today in history: Eduardo Galeano, writer and journalist born 75 years ago
September 3, 2015If anyone consistently and courageously gave encouragement to those in struggle - particularly the indigenous populations of Latin America - it was Galeano.
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