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NEA chair hopes to restore agency's image

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Tuesday, April 1,2003 11:54 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Dana Gioia, has big plans for the agency: a national tour of Shakespeare's plays, a national poetry recitation contest, programs for rural and military communities.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 1,2003 11:51 p.m.

LONDON -- A British tabloid said Tuesday it has hired reporter Peter Arnett shortly after he was fired by NBC-TV for saying on Iraqi television that the U.S.-led war effort had failed. "Fired by America for telling the truth," the Daily Mirror said in a Page One headline. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has selected Marvin Hamlisch as its principal pops conductor. LONDON -- Two early watercolors by children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter have been auctioned for a total of more than $64,000.

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Mezzo-Soprano to sing at IU

By Elise Baker · Tuesday, April 1,2003 11:49 p.m.

Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Susan Graham will give a solo recital at the IU Auditorium at 8 p.m. Thursday. Graham's IU performance is part of her 2003 North American Recital Tour, which will end with a flourish as Graham makes her Carnegie Hall debut in mid-April.

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'Head of State' heads weekend box office

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Monday, March 31,2003 11:27 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Audiences gave their votes to Chris Rock and put his presidential farce "Head of State" in the lead with a weekend box office of $14 million. The Steve Martin and Queen Latifah comedy "Bringing Down the House," the top movie for three straight weekends, held the runner-up slot with $12.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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Center bridges gap between University and community

By Elise Baker · Sunday, March 30,2003 11:48 p.m.

As IU students sign housing contracts and consider which classes to take next fall, art enthusiasts throughout Monroe county are agonizing over their own class schedules. From budding Bloomington photographers to ordinarily sedate residents who just couldn't pass up the chance to design the ideal clay dragon...

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'Urban Cowboy' continues

By Michael Kuchwara · Sunday, March 30,2003 11:40 p.m.

NEW YORK -- "Urban Cowboy" is back in the saddle again. In a dramatic, on-stage announcement Saturday night, at what was to have been the new musical's fourth and final performance, director Lonny Price announced the show would continue its Broadway run.

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Around the Arts

Sunday, March 30,2003 11:37 p.m.

Cleese will give April Fool's lecture ITHACA, N.Y. -- John Cleese will give an April Fool's Day lecture at Cornell University on the life and works of W.C. Fields.

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Workshop introduces dance styles

By RonNella Moore · Friday, March 28,2003 12:19 p.m.

Thursday evening marked the beginning of the African-American Dance Company's 6th annual dance workshop. The workshop's purpose is to reach out and educate the community about dance styles not widely represented in the United States.

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Visit 'Desire' street today

By -Kehla West · Friday, March 28,2003 12:27 a.m.

Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" explores the clash between working class middle-America values and old-school Southern gentility. Audiences at tonight's performance of "Streetcar" will witness this clash on the Ruth N. Halls Theatre stage.

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Sax acoustics reach new level

By Dustin Clark · Thursday, March 27,2003 11:19 p.m.

Avant-garde saxophonist John Butcher brings a solo performance Sunday to the John Waldron Arts Center's Rose Firebay Theatre. Local avant-garde group Colloid will open for Butcher, who is originally from England.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 27,2003 11:17 p.m.

Wilde's 'Earnest' tonight, Saturday The John Waldron Arts Center continues its 20th anniversary series with "The Importance of Being Earnest" beginning tonight at 8 p.m.

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Radio host organizes rallies

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, March 26,2003 11:31 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- Flag-draped "Rallies for America" across the country are drawing thousands of people to demonstrate support for U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf -- a less visible counterpoint to the large crowds who have flocked to anti-war protests.

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Two art students share dreams, studio space

By Jane Charney · Wednesday, March 26,2003 11:29 p.m.

On a quiet Sunday night, the McCalla Sculpture Center's woodshop studio is home to Gaberial Meldahl, his current project and his drum set. There is hardly anyone else in the entire building, which can be full of people during regular hours.

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an Oscar alternative

By Adam Aasen · Wednesday, March 26,2003 11:28 p.m.

With a ceremony that lasts hours and awards that can be disappointing to some, the Academy Awards become the target of more complaints than filmmaker Michael Moore makes about the war.

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Calvin Klein approaches Knicks player during game

Tuesday, March 25,2003 11:13 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Security guards had to escort fashion designer Calvin Klein back to his seat at a New York Knicks game after he walked up to Latrell Sprewell and talked to him in the middle of play.

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War too much for some viewers

By Paul Singer · Tuesday, March 25,2003 11:07 p.m.

Dramatic images of the war in Iraq have left people across the country struggling to decide when to watch TV and when to turn it off.

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Singer Celine Dion set on Vegas

By Alyson Brodsy and Adam Goldman · Monday, March 24,2003 11:30 p.m.

LAS VEGAS -- Celine Dion leaves no doubt that she's ready to embrace Las Vegas five nights a week, 40 weeks a year until 2006 with her much-hyped new show, "A New Day." She dances. She swoons. She flies. The newly muscled diva with a tomboyish haircut belts out 23 songs over more than 100 minutes in a Caesars Palace theater designed just for her.

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Rock critic returns to Bloomington

By Michael Tapscott · Monday, March 24,2003 11:24 p.m.

Anthony DeCurtis is the most visible face of rock criticism today. As a frequent contributor to VH1 programming, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a Grammy award winning writer to boot, he has established himself at the forefront of his field. At 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, the Union Board will present "Anthony DeCurtis -- The Beatles: Yesterday and Today," in which DeCurtis will lecture and answer questions from the audience.

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