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High profile interviews help King regain top talk show spot

By David Bauder · Monday, Feb. 10,2003 12:13 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Last week was a terrific one for CNN's "Larry King Live," just like the old days. A plugged-in panel, including a former astronaut, talked about the space shuttle Columbia disaster. National Security Director Condoleezza Rice discussed the case against Iraq. Former President Clinton gave a rare interview. The jocular, 69-year-old talk show host, who also talked to Elizabeth Taylor on Monday, was in his element.

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Racy play opens today

By Adam Sedia · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:06 a.m.

Today, a very unique twist on a very old play opens at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. It is Aristophanes' comedy "Lysistrata," an ancient Greek classic about Athenian women who refuse to sleep with their husbands until they stop fighting a war with the Spartans. The Theatre and Drama Department presents the play at 8 p.m. today, Saturday and Feb. 10 through 15. Tickets are $15 for general public and $13 for students and seniors. They are available at the IU Auditorium Box Office and by phone or online from Ticketmaster.

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Photo exhibit highlights the news

By Anne Gill and Annie Gill · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:05 a.m.

We all remember pictures of Monica Lewinsky during the infamous trial with President Clinton -- Lewinsky in the crowd, vying for a chance to speak to the president, or Lewinsky running away from the paparazzi and frenzied press that pursued her for weeks. But photojournalist David Burnett presented a different view of Lewinsky in his photograph, when he captured her from the side, sipping a Cosmopolitan martini.

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All That Jazz

By Stacey Palevsky · Thursday, Feb. 6,2003 1:43 a.m.

When Ariel Alexander stands to play a solo on her saxophone, she's surprisingly small, both in stature and presence. She doesn't throw her head back when she plays, and her cheeks don't flush red or balloon out as the solo crescendos.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 6,2003 12:34 a.m.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Actor Michael Douglas wrapped up a trip to war-ravaged Sierra Leone on Wednesday, checking out vast stockpiles of surrendered arms and talking with victims of the ruthless 10-year conflict. LONDON -- Madonna has complained to Britain's press watchdog about a magazine article claiming she was pregnant, the Press Complaints Commission said Wednesday. NEW YORK -- Bass vocalist Jerome Hines, who spent 41 years performing at the Metropolitan Opera, more than any other principal singer in its history, has died. He was 81.

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Comedians debut series

By Alyson Brodsy and Frazier Moore · Thursday, Feb. 6,2003 12:29 a.m.

NEW YORK -- For their new Showtime series, Penn and Teller chose a title that proclaimed their skepticism for such things as weight-loss products, feng shui and creationism; for end-of-the-world forecasts and the purity claims by bottled-water marketers; for ESP, sex aids and "second-hand smoke." Of course, the title they arrived at -- a more graphic version of "poppycock" -- isn't usually found in a family newspaper. No matter. Viewers up for a weekly dose of artful debunking are urged to watch what will here be designated "Penn & Teller: (Poppycock)!" "We're gonna hunt down as many purveyors of (poppycock) as we can," pledged Penn Jillette (the tall, pony-tailed one) when the series began its 13-episode run two weeks ago.

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Poet protests US policy against Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Thursday, Feb. 6,2003 12:27 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The threatened war with Iraq has politicized the nation's poets, starting at the very top. In comments rarely heard from a sitting U.S. poet laureate, Billy Collins has publicly declared his opposition to war and says he finds it increasingly difficult to keep politics out of his official job as a literary advocate. While at least three of Collins' predecessors also have stated their opposition to war, an incumbent laureate usually sticks to art for art's sake. Poets laureate are not political appointees; the selection is made by the Librarian of Congress, a post currently held by James H.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 3,2003 12:19 a.m.

BOSTON -- Actress Jane Fonda withdrew her $12.5 million donation to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, derailing plans to establish a research center to study gender in education.

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Chicago Sinfonietta pledges to promote diversity

By Alyson Brodsy and Eric Fidler · Monday, Feb. 3,2003 12:12 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Paul Freeman calls it "preaching the gospel of symphonic diversity." Freeman, the musical director of the Chicago Sinfonietta, sees the midsize orchestra he helped start in 1987 as more than a chance to pursue musical excellence. He sees it as a means to extend the reach of classical music beyond the realm of white musicians playing music by white men to white audiences.

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Independent store celebrates one year

By Joelle Petrus · Monday, Feb. 3,2003 12:10 a.m.

A year after Boxcar books opened its doors to the Bloomington public, the independent and non profit bookstore celebra-ted its Feb. 1 birthday with a sale on books, readings by local artists, food, a raffle, as well as two separate auctions.

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White House event postponed

By Hillel Italie · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:58 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The White House said Wednesday it postponed a poetry symposium because of concerns that the event would be politicized. Some poets had said they wanted to protest military action against Iraq.

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Actress shows interest in boxing, Tyson

Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:55 p.m.

LAS VEGAS -- Mike Tyson was talking boxing, while Meg Ryan was nearby shooting pictures. Tyson may be coming off his worst beating at the hands of Lennox Lewis, but Hollywood still recognizes a star -- even one as faded as Tyson.

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An evening of Brahms and Bartók

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:54 p.m.

Wednesday evening the IU Philharmonic Orchestra performed its first concert of the semester, and what an interesting concert it proved to be. All of the pieces featured on the program were relatively obscure to the casual listener and all featured rather interesting takes on musical tradition.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Jan. 29,2003 11:53 p.m.

CHICAGO -- The Art Institute of Chicago has canceled an exhibit on the history of Nazi art looting, the museum announced Wednesday. The exhibit, "Nazi Art Looting and Its Legacy," was tentatively scheduled for this spring and summer. The exhibit was to include historical photos with text and possibly three works in the museum's collection related to the topic.

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Mailer still strong at age 80

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Wednesday, Jan. 29,2003 11:50 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Norman Mailer did not expect to make it to 40, and now finds himself twice that age. He has lived longer than Ernest Hemingway and most of his other literary heroes. His body aches, but his mind remains strong.

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'Potter' mania strains library budgets

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Wednesday, Jan. 29,2003 11:44 p.m.

NEW YORK -- When "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" comes out this summer, many young readers will rush to their local libraries to get a copy. But for this -- and other books -- they likely will receive a lesson in patience.

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Local society promotes Scottish history, traditions, arts

By Katie Albright · Wednesday, Jan. 29,2003 11:42 p.m.

A "cheers" to the lassies, a bagpipe rendition and a birthday cake big enough to feed an army -- all contributed to the success of the annual Burns Night Supper. The dinner took place Saturday evening inside the Indiana Memorial Union's Tudor Room. The Scottish Society of Greater Bloomington hosted the celebration with a cuisine and itinerary to make the would-be 244-year-old Robert Burns do a jig in his grave.

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Breasts on display

By Jane Charney · Wednesday, Jan. 29,2003 11:40 p.m.

Throughout world history, the female breast has been immortalized in odes, poems, paintings and sculptures. For some, the breast evokes a sense of beauty; for others, a sense of grief and loss.

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