By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Maestro Murry Sidlin is the creator of The Defiant Requiem, a concert-drama depicting the musical life of Terezin and integrating the entire Requiem by Guiseppi Verdi within its narration. The innovative American conductor will be on hand to introduce the documentary film, The Defiant Requiem at its screening this […]
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — City Ballet of San Diego’s “Balanchine Spectacular” on Sunday, March 8, presented three ballets representative of the choreographer’s iconic signatures: “Rubies” – glittering and sharp, “The Four Temperaments” with its haunting shapes and “Walpurgisnacht,” driven by splendid music. The program opened with “Rubies,” which is the second of three
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Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — A performance of Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion is always an event to be treasured. Its musical complexity and religious significance as well as the fact that it calls for a double choir, an organ and an enormous orchestra means that it is rarely performed in Israel. So
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California– There are people everywhere, at the supermarket, in the streets, in restaurants and movie houses, people standing in line and rushing about. One bumps into people non-stop—And yet, one may feel alone—yes, alone—lonely, isolated! After my husband died I interviewed widows and widowers in order to understand and
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release) — As America marks the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march from Selma to Montgomery, a day that would change the course of civil rights history, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on elected officials to celebrate the progress we have made in guaranteeing voting rights and act today to protect the
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has joined with colleagues to introduce the Iran Congressional Oversight Act of 2015, legislation that would ensure that Congress has a central role in overseeing any nuclear deal with Iran. The bill would require the Administration to
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Travel and FoodBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t just the nose. Or the hooded eyelids. Or the protruding gums in the small mouth that almost never smiled. It was the total demeanor. The flat tones of his speech, punctuated by frequent pauses. The ego that prompted him to identify himself as “The Golden Eagle.” It
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