Arts

Linguist Geoff Nunberg finds that in the film Lincoln, screenwriter Tony Kushner oscillates between old and modern meanings of "equality."

Arts

Historical Vocab: When We Get It Wrong, Does It Matter?

7:12pm February 26, 2013

by Geoff Nunberg

We're living in an age obsessed with authenticity, says linguist Geoff Nunberg, but we often choose to nitpick the wrong details. Whether it's Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Lincoln or Argo, Nunberg argues, a historical novel or screenplay should give us a translation, not a transcription.

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Ron Nine, Mitch Ebert, Eden Schwartz, Fiia McGann and Gretta Harley perform in These Streets, a new play based on a series of interviews with Seattle musicians.

Women Of Grunge Reclaim Rock History In 'These Streets'

7:05pm February 26, 2013

by Marcie Sillman

Two years ago, the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind sparked a slew of retrospectives about the Seattle grunge scene. But those narratives left something out: the influence of women. A new play by Gretta Harley and Sarah Rudinoff aims to update the historical record.

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Local and foreign journalists visit the new U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 5, 2008. This massive embassy is the second-largest in the world after the heavily fortified compound in Baghdad.

Can U.S. Embassies Be Safe Without Being Unsightly?

7:05pm February 26, 2013

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Beauty vs. security. Some say the two can exist in the same space when it comes to America's embassies.

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Arts Based School Presents Romeo and Juliet on the Border

10:16am February 26, 2013

by David Ford

You've probably heard of Romeo & Juliet, but what about Romeo & Juliet on the Border?

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Books
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Under Ogawa's Macabre, Metafictional Spell

7:23pm February 25, 2013

by Alan Cheuse

Fiction is reality and reality fiction in Revenge, Yoko Ogawa's absorbing cycle of interlinked, eerie tales. Readers may detect the shadows of Murakami, Borges and Poe, but, says critic Alan Cheuse, Ogawa's delicious tales cast their own singular spell.

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Adele performs the theme song to "Skyfall."

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The Oscars Broadcast, Zooming Way Past Cheeky To Land Squarely On Crass

4:36pm February 25, 2013

by Linda Holmes

Seth MacFarlane hosted the 85th Academy Awards which Monkey See's Linda Holmes says was one of the worst hosting performances in Oscar history. Jokes about women just kept coming. His sexist jokes were in poor taste, sure, but if they'd been funny, nobody would have cared.

Arts

'Argo,' 'Life Of Pi' Win Top Oscars

4:26pm February 25, 2013

by Mandalit del Barco

The movies Argo and Life of Pi and actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence were among the winners at Sunday's Academy Awards. But no one movie swept the show.

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Arts for Life

3:02pm February 25, 2013

by David Ford

Chemotherapy, radiation, and daily injections are frightening propositions for anyone, but especially for child patients. One non-profit organization in North Carolina is using music, poetry and art to empower children in their fight against cancer.

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Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy are reporters for The Boston Globe.

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Whitey Bulger Bio Profiles Boston's Most Notorious Gangster

1:38pm February 25, 2013

Reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy, who covered Bulger for years for The Boston Globe, have a new book out about the career criminal. Bulger was wanted for 19 murders when he was captured by the FBI in 2011. He faces trial in June.

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Arts

Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery Presents Series of Video Exhibitions

10:24am February 25, 2013

by David Ford

Wake Forest University's Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery is gearing up for 3/3/3/13: a fascinating series of video presentations by three different artists.

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