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Concert presents ethnic music

By Elise Baker · Friday, April 11,2003 12:31 a.m.

Two Azerbaijani instrumental ensembles will give a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in Ballantine Hall Auditorium 013. The musical program will be divided between folk songs and classically composed pieces from the Eurasian region, including arias by the first Azerbaijani musician to compose operas, Uzeyir Hajibeyov. It will also feature selections from two CDs released by the "Mamedov Family Ensemble," one of the groups that will be performing. Supertitles will be provided during the Middle Eastern songs so that audience members will be able to read English translations of the lyrics.

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 10,2003 1:12 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Playwright Arthur Miller, known for his works examining the darker sides of American society, will receive the prestigious Jerusalem Prize this year, the city's mayor announced Wednesday.

TV war reporters gain celebrity status

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 10,2003 1:11 a.m.

In the cramped, dimly lit belly of the armored vehicle, Walter Rodgers' eyes seemed to glow through the dark last week as he reported the macabre scene around him on the road to Baghdad: Iraqi corpses strewn all around as rounds from American tanks tore into the sand dunes, blasting stragglers to pieces.

In search of a new meaning

By Jane Charney · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:57 a.m.

Rika Asai's recipe for a final project is simple: combine one instructor, 20 students, five composers and five silent films. The end result is this Saturday's Film and Music Festival.

Mr. Morley goes to Chicago

By Brandon Morley · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:21 a.m.

About 50 IU students from many walks of academic life including undergrads, grads and international students gathered at the Indiana Memorial Union Circle Drive in the cold last Saturday morning to board a Star of Indiana coach and sally-forth to the Midwest's favorite "Windy City" of Chicago.

Fashion expert visits IU

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrice Worthy · Tuesday, April 8,2003 1:58 a.m.

Out of the 80 or so protesters who arrived in attempts to disrupt the commemoration of an Abraham Lincoln statue in Richmond, Va., I wonder: How many actually fought in the Civil War? The statue is intended to recognize Lincoln's trip to the once-confederate state in 1865, at the beginning of reconstruction. Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans have decried the statue as honoring an invader rather than a friend. To those people, we say, "Get over it."

Surrealist's property to be auctioned

By Alyson Brodsy and Angela Doland · Tuesday, April 8,2003 12:28 a.m.

PARIS -- Writer Andre Breton, founder of the surrealist movement, spent a lifetime filling his apartment with trinkets and treasures -- from butterflies on stickpins to tribal masks to paintings by Magritte and Miro. Breton's wife, Elisa, lovingly preserved the small apartment in the lively Pigalle neighborhood of Paris, clutter intact, for decades after he died in 1966.

Epic works win Pulitzer Prizes

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Tuesday, April 8,2003 12:27 a.m.

NEW YORK -- "Master of the Senate," Robert Caro's epic third volume of his Lyndon Johnson series, won the Pulitzer Prize for biography Monday. The fiction prize went to Jeffrey Eugenides for "Middlesex," a story of sexual and ethnic identity. Big books prevailed in the arts. Caro's work runs 1,100 pages, Eugenides' more than 500 pages and the winner for history, Rick Atkinson's "An Army at Dawn," is just over 700 pages. Reaching Atkinson, whose book is the first of a planned World War II trilogy, proved especially challenging.

NBC's David Bloom dies covering the war in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Monday, April 7,2003 1:30 a.m.

NEW YORK -- NBC News correspondent David Bloom, one of the network's most prominent young stars and a near constant television presence reporting from the Iraqi desert, died Sunday from an apparent blood clot, the network said. The 39-year-old co-anchor of the weekend "Today" show was about 25 miles south of Baghdad and packing gear early in the morning when he suddenly collapsed.

'Phone Booth' rings up top spot

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Monday, April 7,2003 12:27 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- "Phone Booth," starring Colin Farrell as a man trapped in a phone booth by a sniper, rang up $15 million in ticket sales to debut as the weekend's No. 1 movie.

Film features real-life story

By Alyson Brodsy and Elizabeth LeSure · Monday, April 7,2003 12:26 a.m.

NEW YORK -- When Liz Murray didn't have a bed, she and a friend would sometimes go to a diner in the Bronx, pool their change to buy french fries with gravy and cheese, and take naps with their heads resting on the table.

Introducing new meaning to dance

By RonNella Moore · Friday, April 4,2003 12:34 a.m.

The African American Dance Compnay considers "energy, rhythm, precision and grace" as the fundamentals guiding its members in dance performance.

Blues, boogie-woogie masters play Buskirk

By Dustin Clark · Thursday, April 3,2003 11:11 p.m.

Big Joe Duskin, Bob Seeley and Craig Brenner bring their distinct piano styles to Bloomington this Sunday in "An Afternoon of Blues and Boogie-Woogie Piano," at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre.

Chicken killed at Berkeley

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 3,2003 12:43 a.m.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- A UC Berkeley student, apparently trying to make the point that people are too removed from their food source, slaughtered a chicken in front of shocked classmates.

'TV Guide' celebrates 50th anniversary

By Alyson Brodsy and Jennifer Kay · Thursday, April 3,2003 12:42 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- At age 50, TV Guide is showing signs of maturity. Circulation is down amid competition from newspapers that offer their own listings and TV shows that provide a steady stream of celebrity news.

Legendary actor dances with style

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 3,2003 12:41 a.m.

NEW YORK -- For "Assassination Tango," Robert Duvall and Luciana Pedraza performed a delicate pas de deux on and off-screen.

Fine arts school opens new exhibits

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 3,2003 12:41 a.m.

Special exhibitions offering graduating MFA candidates an opportunity to showcase their works during three consecutive group shows began Wednesday and run through May 11 on the first floor of the Hope School of Fine Arts.

One last show

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 3,2003 12:39 a.m.

The Barber Brothers return today to the Jazz Fables stage at Bear's Place. Cover is $5 at the door, and the show begins at 5:30 p.m. The evening will celebrate the 23rd birthday of Roland Barber, who plays trombone, and Rahsaan Barber, who plays saxophone.

Stupidity rewarded

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Thursday, April 3,2003 12:39 a.m.

After reading "The Darwin Awards II," I am convinced that Darwin's theory of evolution is entirely correct, and it is actively in effect for the human race as well as the animal kingdom.

Puppets thrill audience

By Kristy McClain · Wednesday, April 2,2003 12:45 a.m.

Tiny, smiling faces lined up outside of the Monroe County Library auditorium Saturday. Members of the audience arrived 15 minutes early to get their tickets for the Puck Players' production of "Babar." Playing at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the show was free to the public and geared toward children ages 2 to 6. Children clutched their parents' hands and walked into the dimly lit auditorium. Nina Ost, master puppeteer and organizer of Puck Players, greeted them. Her voice was warm and friendly and she acknowledged every child as he or she walked through the door.

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