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VENEZUELA: A New Life for At-Risk Kids, and Music Too!

by Humberto MÃ¡rquez , IPS Inter Press Service - Culture, Religion, Sport

CARACAS, Aug 24 (IPS) - On tour in Germany after performing to rave reviews at the BBC Promenade Concerts in London, the members of Venezuelaâ€™s SimÃ³n BolÃvar Youth Symphony Orchestra and its wild-haired conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, have made a remarkable journey from their less than promising social origins....

add a comment | Aug 24, 2007

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Ambition and History Meet in China's Hollywood

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Arts & Culture

In just 10 years, Hengdian has transformed itself from a poverty-stricken farming village in southern China to the world's largest movie studio. Its 18 film sets include temples, historical streets and a life-size replica of the Forbidden City....

add a comment | Aug 13, 2007

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Latina Girls Festively Come of Age

by , NPR Topics: Arts & Culture

Many of the 350,000 Latina girls turning 15 this year will celebrate with a bash called the "quinceanera." It's a rite of passage, and a growing industry in the U.S. Julia Alvarez, author of Once Upon a Quinceanera, shares aspects of the ceremonies with Renee Montagne....

add a comment | Aug 06, 2007

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Unflinching Evil in 'Say You're One of Them'

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Arts & Culture

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add a comment | Jul 19, 2008

Dancer, Artist Enlivens Death Valley Junction

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Performing Arts

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add a comment | Jul 03, 2008

Dancer, Artist Enlivens Death Valley Junction

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Arts & Culture

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add a comment | Jul 03, 2008

CULTURE-ETHIOPIA: Debate Swirls Around Fate of Holy Sites

by Michael Deibert , IPS Inter Press Service - Culture, Religion, Sport

LALIBELA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Carved into the rugged mountains of northern Ethiopia, the eleven churches of Lalibela have for centuries remained among the most stunning visions a traveler can encounter....

add a comment | Jul 03, 2008

Turning the Chinese Quake Comic

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Arts & Culture

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add a comment | Jul 03, 2008

Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays? Debate Goes On

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Performing Arts

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add a comment | Jul 03, 2008

POLITICS-US: In Search of a Legacy, Bush Looks to the Past

by Analysis by Bill Berkowitz* , IPS Inter Press Service - Culture, Religion, Sport

OAKLAND, California, Jul 3 (IPS) - Before 9/11, before the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, before the suspension of habeas corpus, before the administration's tardy and shameful response to Hurricane Katrina, before cronies and Republican congressional leaders were dropping like flies, before former administration operatives were writing unflattering tell-all books, before...

add a comment | Jul 03, 2008