cul·ture (kŭl'chər) -noun
1 the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
2 a refined understanding or appreciation of this
3 the customs, institutions, and achievements of
a particular nation, people, or group
• Jon Sobel: Bouffon Glass Menajoree (NYC)
• Ethan Stanislawski: Stain (NYC), TRACES/fades (NYC)
The Artistical Process of Mark and Andy (NYC)
What To Do When You Hate All Your Friends (NYC)
• Robert Machray: Great Expectations (LA)
Julie Andrews: The Gift Of Music (LA), Zastrozzi (LA)
American Tales (LA)
• Nigel Simons: The Merchant of Venice (Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)
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The Unexpected Influence of Capricorn One— How a Hollywood movie helped spread conspiracy theory in America.
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- Jul 25, 2008
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BC Radio Live: T4 Project's Shannon Saint Ryan, ThisNext's Scott Morrow, Authors Daniel R. Solin and David Ludwig, MD— Up this week: The T4 Project, shopping social networks, 401(k) plans, and childhood obesity.
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Theater Review (NYC): The Artistical Process of Mark and Andy by Jeff Sproul— This play does a truly commendable job of making something out of nothing.
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Interview: Leo van der Velden, United Nations World Food Programme, Bhutan — An investment in school feeding is an investment in the future.
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Theater Review (NYC): What To Do When You Hate All Your Friends by Larry Kunofsky— Larry Kunofsky's hilarious new play explores the absurd social dynamics of modern adult friendship.
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- Jul 24, 2008
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Theater Review (NYC): Stain by Tony Glazer— This melodramatic new play by Tony Glazer can't find the dramatic conviction to support its offensiveness.
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Theater Review (LA): Great Expectations— Miss Haversham sings, and its a Pip.
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Theater Review (NYC): TRACES/fades by Lenora Champagne— This insufferable experimental work is probably better suited for the art gallery than the theater.
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- Jul 23, 2008
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Theater Review (LA): Julie Andrews: The Gift Of Music with Julie Andrews at The Hollywood Bowl— A musical version of Julie Andrews' "Simeon's Gift" plus a Rodgers and Hammerstein tribute.
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Interview: Napo Ntlou, United Nations World Food Programme, Lesotho
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- Jul 22, 2008
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When Humans Allow the Unfit to Survive— What happens when you take animals off the survival of the fittest track?
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BC Radio Live: The Classic Crime, Bag of Toys, and Author Douglas Preston— From the power of music to murder in the Florentine countryside...
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- Jul 21, 2008
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Theatre Review (Stratford-upon-Avon, UK): The Merchant of Venice— How do you solve a problem like Shylock? Has Tim Carroll's production ripped the heart from Shakespeare's problem play?
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Teen on Teen Driving— Car crashes are the number 1 killer in teens.
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Christopher Titus' Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding Giveaway!— Here's your chance to win a copy of Christopher Titus' new double CD comedy album.
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- Jul 19, 2008
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The Sex Life of Peacocks— Peacocks regularly attain tantric nirvana, and how!
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Theatre Review (LA): Zastrozzi by George F. Walker at the NoHo Arts Center— A criminal mastermind, a virgin, a vamp, and a religious fanatic, brought to you by a Canadian playwright.
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- Jul 18, 2008
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Theater Review (LA): American Tales by Jan Powell and Ken Stone for The Antaeus Theatre Company at Deaf West Theatre— Mark Twain and Herman Melville, set to music, make for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
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- Jul 17, 2008
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Theater Review (LA): Desert Sunrise by Misha Shulman at the Lillian Theatre— West Bank combatants meet in a moving, tragic-comic play written by an Israeli Army veteran.
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Infomercials: Snake Oil Salesmen of the 21st Century— They fill the late-night TV void with mindless glitter.
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- Jul 16, 2008
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Young Animals: Violent and Barely Human— Are youths becoming like animals in the public eye? Why does society view its own children with terror?
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Art Review/Auction: San Francisco's Southern Exposure— An auction for an influential SF art venue yields some terrific art finds.
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Theater Review (LA) : The Voice Of The Prairie by John Olive at the Colony Theatre— A tale of the early days of radio, broadcast from the American Prairie.
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Theater Review (NYC): The Strangerer by Mickie Maher— A fine existential play comes to New York, and will either baffle its audience to catharsis or bore it to sleep.
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eHarmony's Newest Commercials— They couple is young and both have nice bodies. How hard could that match have been?
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- Jul 13, 2008
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Cultural Differences: A Tale of Two Cousins— Connections can be found even in the most distant of relatives.
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Wheel vs. Wing— Thanks to Paul Theroux, air travel is passé.
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Come Together, Right Now - Over Abortion? — It can't be abstinence and preaching all the time.
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Theater Review (NYC): Bouffon Glass Menajoree— This parody of the Tennessee Williams classic is grotesque in the original and best sense of the word.
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Theater Review (LA): Looped by Mathew Lombardo at the Pasadena Playhouse— Valerie Harper triumphs as Tallulah Bankhead.
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