Archives - November 2011

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New York DREAM Act aims higher

November 29, 2011
By Alessandra Potenza
Proposed legislation would go further than other states in granting opportunities to undocumented students.

Pennsylvania becomes latest battleground for English as official language

November 29, 2011
By Cristabelle Tumola

Legislation could make the state the 32nd with a law criticized by some as anti-immigrant.

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Nearly complete: A war photographer’s Libyan “Revolution.”

November 03, 2011
By Adam McCauley

Brian Denton exhibits his chronicle of the Libyan conflict as Gadhafi meets his demise.

Out in the world: García Lorca in New York

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    Thanks to Lorca in New York (April 5-July 21 2013), a celebration of Lorca’s American sojourn, the Spanish poet is receiving renewed interest in the city he once described as the “vomiting multitude

The living dead are evolving: The Zombie apocalypse takes over media

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    Zombie research experts – yes, they exist -- debate the validity of zombie films based on an expanding definition of the undead.

     

For religious actors, a clash of cultures

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    Mona Shaikh must balance a dedication both to the theater and to religious observance. 

Playing the fool: An interview with Broadway “Cinderella” star Greg Hildreth

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    Hildreth plays the fool for a living, and wouldn’t have it any other way. 

A prized Italian painting makes its American debut

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    A painting by Diego Velázquez is the lone artwork in a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum.

The second coming: Christian dubstep in the digital age

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    The music known as Christian dubstep is an unlikely pairing of two worlds.