Por: Los Angeles Times Entertainment October 24, 2022
“Omar,” the new opera by composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, finds its strength in the simplicity of prayer. The work, which is too fluid to be classified in discrete musical or dramatic genres, is derived from the autobiography of a West African Muslim scholar named Omar Ibn Said, who was abducted and sent to America, where he was enslaved in the Carolinas. His 1831 memoir, written in Arabic, leaves behind in veiled form the... + full article
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment October 21, 2022
Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar from Senegal, wrote an autobiography in 1831 about how he was captured and sold into slavery for decades in the Carolinas. His memoir, written in Arabic, brims with quotations from the Quran; his “Christian” owners stood over his shoulder as... + más
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Newsweek USA World October 11, 2022
A divine miracle vegetarian crocodile that lived in the lakes surrounding an Indian temple has died at 75.The vegetarian crocodile known as Babiya lived in a pond at the Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy Temple in Ananthapura in Kasaragod, Kerala state. It's locally believed the... + más
Divine crocodile dies after guarding temple for nearly 80 years in India | CBS News
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CBS News USA World October 10, 2022
Hundreds of people attended the tearful funeral Monday of a crocodile believed to have been divine and which survived for decades on a vegetarian diet at a Hindu temple in India.Babia guarded the much-revered Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple in the southern state of Kerala,... + más
Divine miracle vegetarian crocodile that lived in a temple dies at 75 | Newsweek
The Boston Globe USA Life October 08, 2022
Heroines ranging from Tina Turner to Eliza Doolittle to the six wives of Henry VIII will be featured in the slate of eight musicals Broadway In Boston will present in the 2022-2023 season.The lineup announced Tuesday includes two shows that will be making a return to Boston: the... + más
‘Tina’ reaches for a star but falls short | The Boston Globe
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New York Post USA Nation October 03, 2022
Blessed are the critters. A parade of pets streamed into St. John the Divine in Manhattan on Sunday for the annual Blessing of the Animals, with dogs, cats — and even a lizard and a rooster named Pio — in line for a special benediction. Pet owners crowded into the pews at... + más
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‘Remembering what it means to be part of a community,’ Lakeview-area families mark Labor Day, 60th parade anniversary | Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune USA Entertainment September 23, 2022
Any conductor that helms a company of Lyric Opera’s stature is going to be a globe-trotter — there’s no two ways about it. It’s practically de rigueur for orchestra or opera chiefs to spend only a couple months per year in their employer’s home city. Take that... + más
A running renaissance in Chicago: Diverse run clubs emerge and expand in the city as marathon approaches | Chicago Tribune
Review: This stunning ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Lyric Opera is steeped in tradition — and transcends it. Don’t miss it. | Chicago Tribune
The Boston Globe USA Life September 19, 2022
WAYLAND — By the time Ilya Silchukou performed upon the steps of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus in Minsk, more than 6,000 protesters had already been detained.It was August 2020, one tumultuous week after President Alexander Lukashenko, often described as “Europe’s last... + más
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