New Delhi (dpa) – One of India’s most successful contemporary artists, Sayed Haider Raza, died Saturday in New Delhi. He was 94. An internationally acclaimed artist who spent a large part of his life in Paris, Raza’s most famous works were abstracts in dazzling colours around the bindu – dot in Hindi. Raza was suffering
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsOn the opera stage, he has led Attila’s Golden Horde into battle and seized the Russian throne from its hapless tsar. Now Paata Burchuladze prepares for a role he hopes will let him change his home country of Georgia for the better and quite a few of his countrymen are backing him. “I played so
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photo by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – In the guise of an anonymous sales lady tending a display of books at Comic-Con, Sara Ann Varon watched as people laughed while they thumbed through copies of Bacon and Sausage. Varon was the illustrator of the children’s book written by Gabriel Smith.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. MasoriNEW YORK — Nearly 35 million TV viewers watched GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. Nielsen reported that an average of 32.2 million viewers watched across the ad-supported networks that carried the speech between 10 and 11:45 p.m. ET. An additional 2.75 million viewers were tuned in
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El Deafo by Cece Bell, color by David Lasky; Amulet Books; © 2014; ISBN 978141-9712173; 233 pages plus a note from the author; price not listed. Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Written for elementary and middle school audiences, El Deafo tells the story of author Cece Bell
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Mayor Faulconer Is ‘Capt. Kirk of Starship San Diego’ as Comic-Con Opens Mayor Kevin Faulconer applauds as Councilman Todd Gloria (in blue) addresses Comic-Con welcome. Photo by Chris Stone By Ken and Chris Stone Times of San Diego Wearing a “Star Trek” shirt circa 1966, Kevin Faulconer introduced himself at a Comic-Con press conference Thursday morning
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireNEW YORK — In the end, Fox News is Rupert Murdoch’s baby, and now that it’s in trouble, he will take care of it. In a corporate move that no one saw coming, Murdoch, the executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, was named acting chairman of Fox News after the resignation of Roger Ailes, amid
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The Story of My Tits by Jennifer Hayden; © 2015; Top Shelf Productions; ISBN 978160-3090544; 340 pages; $29.99 Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photo by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO –When she was a young teenager, Jennifer Hayden was frustrated that she had remained flat chested while many of her classmates had already bloomed. But
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyParenting in Perspective: Timeless Wisdom, Modern Applications by Rabbi Barry Kislowicz, Maggid Books, New Milford, CT, ©20156, ISBN 978-159-264-456-8, p. 171, plus appendices, $22.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – How do we learn to be parents? It’s not taught in high school or college; so do we learn by mimicry? Trial by fire?
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdDPack your bags, movie lovers! San Diego Comic-Con 2016 kicks off on Thursday, July 21, and you won’t want to miss a minute of the fun. Comic-Con is not just for comic fanatics. Your favorite stars from recent releases, as well as upcoming films, will also be in attendance. Check out a list of some
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe head of the Art Department at Shenkar College has resigned, after a nude portrait bearing a facial resemblance to Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked was censored for a senior project art exhibit. The portrait initially went viral, later being censored by Professor Yuli Tamir, the Head of Shenkar College, who reasoned that it could lead
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — I ask you, who can’t use an Austen romance in mid-July at the Old Globe theater in our bucolic Balboa Park? And to further entice even the most stalwart realist, an Austen script set to music is “exactly, precisely formed to engage my heart.” With the sudden death of their
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What Ifs of Jewish History: From Abraham to Zionism edited by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld; (c) 2016 Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978110-7037625; 406 pages including notes and index; $34.99 hardback. By Mitchell J. Freedman POWAY, California –Counterfactuals or alternative histories remain controversial among historians mostly because it is an area where Literature with a capital L
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish HistoryLate-night host Stephen Colbert “took the gloves off” and went into a nearly three-minute long skit this week on Hillary Clinton’s integrity. “F*** it, I gotta take the gloves off,” the comedian told his audience Monday night. “The Late Show” host then began a series of pop-culture analogies to demonstrate the former secretary of state’s