Culture
“The Americans”: Considering evil and electric sheep
April 1, 2015This episode largely concerns the secrets that women so often carry, some of them to the grave.
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Love and Mozart conquer all: “The Marriage of Figaro”
April 1, 2015The overture to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1786 masterpiece "The Marriage of Figaro" is among the most popular in opera.
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“One of Us”: Murder mystery in coal mining town
March 31, 2015O'Dell's observations about life in the contemporary coal region from a historical perspective are dead-on accurate.
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Movies you might have missed: Missing
March 30, 2015The 1982 film Missing, directed by Costa Gravas, dramatizes the case of Charles Harmon, an American freelance journalist, living and working in Chile.
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Today in history: Irish playwright Sean O’Casey is born
March 30, 2015After the Easter Rising of 1916, an armed insurrection mounted by Irish republicans, O'Casey was inspired to write.
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