LOS ANGELES—The mission, from the day “Star Trek” premiered on America’s televisions on Sept. 8, 1966, was ambitious: “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Where did Gene Roddenberry’s TV series go to find that world? Often as not, it
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson LEWES, England–I’d often heard about Glyndebourne, the country estate where operas are presented at a very high artistic standard, but never dreamed I would actually be able to attend a performance myself. It wasn’t even quite clear to me where it was, somewhere out in the country outside London. It sounded like
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –Marc-Andre Hamelin was one of the stars of the La Jolla Music Society’s 2016 Summerfest this past month. The entire concert on August 24 featured the Montreal native in multiple roles, as a piano virtuoso, a chamber musician and a composer. I was familiar with Hamelin’s name from the
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyHugh O’Brian, the star of TV’s “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,” died Monday. He was 91. O’Brian died in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to a statement on the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation website. Handsome, square-jawed and athletically fit, the dark-haired O’Brian appeared in a string of movies and TV anthology series in
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The great Gene Wilder, star of such wonderful movies as Blazing Saddles, The Producers, The Frisco Kid, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Young Frankenstein, passed away last week. How did Wilder describe the role of Judaism in his life? A. I’m not at all religious, although I am certainly Jewish–which, to me, means that
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireInbar Tabib was born in Israel to a Yemenite/Persian family. Her father was disabled as a young child, and both her parents served as role models for coping with challenges. When she was 5, her family relocated to Chicago, where she spent the rest of her childhood. Although Inbar grew up in a traditional home
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson LONDON, England –Proms? What Proms? Anyone looking for an uplifting musical experience should steer clear of the famous Prom concerts in London’s Albert Hall. The hall itself is enormous and impressive, seating several thousands at a time. In addition, especially cheap tickets are sold as standing room only in the center of the
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAfter the New York Post leaked photos on Monday from yet another sexting scandal involving Anthony Weiner, his long-suffering wife Huma Abedin promptly announced their separation, leading some of the world to fly up in arms about the damaging effects of porn. Weiner’s sexting habit and porn might not appear to have an obvious correlation,
By Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel,” a documentary showing another side of World War II – that of a pacifistic German drafted into Hitler’s army—will be screened Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Village Theatres in Coronado. The 104-minute documentary will be one of the offerings of the G.I.
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCHICAGO — Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence broke down at a meeting with federal agents in September 2014 about nude photos of her that had been splashed on the internet as part of a shocking computer hack known as “Celebgate.” “She became very distraught and I had to stop the interview at one point because of
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAmericans are fascinated by the past lives of their presidents. Hollywood too. It’s an obvious curiosity. Seeing the commander in chief in college, getting stoned or chasing young love is like running into your math teacher at Applebee’s: You know that side of the person exists, but it’s still pretty weird to see up close.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe decision of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to stop standing for the national anthem has provoked a lot of debate, to say the least. It’s also re-opened a discussion about whether “The Star-Spangled Banner” is actually racist. Francis Scott Key wrote his famous poem, “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” after witnessing the failure
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Sounds can evoke memories in the interconnected world of music. Many recollections came to mind as I listened to the Summerfest concert Tuesday evening, August 23 in Sherwood Hall. This concert included a 7 p.m. Prelude, which featured the Beacon Street Trio performing the Brahms Piano Trio in B
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — With the death of Gene Wilder, the world lost someone who consistently made us laugh. Anyone who enjoyed movie comedies over the past 50 years feels this loss. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Wilder began his career as a serious actor appearing on Broadway in One Flew Over
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