Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Former IDF clerk finds identity in cartooning

Story by Donald H. Harrison; photo by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Miriam Libicki, whose graphic memoir about life as a clerk in the Israel Defense Forces was on sale at the annual Comic-Con Convention, has been plunging into issues of personal identity:  hers and those of Russian-born friends. She grew up in Ohio […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Shor M. Masori

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died by hanging, L.A. County coroner says

LOS ANGELES — Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington died by hanging at his Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., home, the Los Angeles County coroner confirmed Friday. An employee discovered the 41-year-old’s body Thursday morning hanging from a belt on a bedroom door inside his home in the 2800 block of Via Victoria, said Ed Winter, spokesman

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USA

With longest concert in 11 years, Radiohead shows it does belong here

Legendary indie band plays 27 tunes from its 25-year history, reminisces about its first Tel Aviv gig in 1993, briefly addresses boycott controversy By Judah Ari Gross Thom Yorke, lead singer of British rock band Radiohead, performs in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on July 19, 2017. (Courtesy) Forty-seven thousand creeps and weirdos flocked to Tel

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton announce their final duet performance as he closes out his career

Kenny Rogers’ longtime duet partner and friend Dolly Parton will be among those helping the Gambler close out his career with a star-packed October show in Nashville. The two have worked together since 1983, when they collaborated on “Islands in the Stream,” which became a No. 1 hit. “We’ve enjoyed a special friendship for decades,

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

In muggy Tel Aviv, Guns N’ Roses brings sizzling show to 62,000 fans

Energetic peformance, one of Israel’s largest concerts ever, runs for over 3 hours; woman seriously hurt attempting to scale stage, 65 treated for dehydration By Melanie Lidman Guns N’ Roses closed out their European tour with a high energy, marathon-length show in Tel Aviv that lasted for more than three hours on Saturday night in

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Miami Jewish group slams Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters before his concert tonight

MIAMI — One of Miami’s leading Jewish organizations accused Pink Floyd star Roger Waters of anti-Semitism ahead of his concert Thursday at the AmericanAirlines Arena, as a long-running controversy over the singer’s anti-Israel views follows him to South Florida. “Anti-Semitism and Hatred are Not Welcome in Miami,” the Greater Miami Jewish Federation stated in an

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

A rock band from California helped me get through tough teenage years in Iran

I was an angry teenager — angry at home; angry at school; angry with theocracy; angry about injustice; angry about hypocrisy. I was especially angry with anyone I thought was trying to mold me into a model of their choosing, and there were many people hell-bent on doing exactly that. When living in a conservative

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

More theater than singalong as Britney Spears busts her butt in Tel Aviv

The pop diva may or may not have actually sang her hits, but even if the crowd was at times distracted, she didn’t stop dancing across the stage By Joshua Davidovich Britney Spears performs in Tel Aviv on July 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Just a few days after rejecting claims that she lip syncs, telling

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Hero- Martyr: Basquiat and Samson

By Sam Ben-Meir ROME, Italy –  For international collage artist, Michael Anderson, Jean-Michel Basquiat is the single most significant artist of the last fifty years: “Picasso, Pollack, Basquiat,” he tells me. There is no denying the immense influence of this extraordinary painter, who in a short but meteoric career of seven years produced an astonishing

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir

Glen Campbell’s wife speaks out about the severity of his current condition

It’s been a little over six years since Glen Campbell and his family shared the heartbreaking news that the legendary singer-songwriter had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Since then, Glen’s decline has been slow and steady, and in a recent interview with “Access Hollywood,” wife Kim shared a devastating update. “He’s in the late stages

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Reflections on the Lipinsky S.D. Jewish Festival

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The 24th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts festival, directed and produced by Todd Salovey, was a learning and poignant experience for me. I learned about the art of Boris Malkin [1908-1972] a talented painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator from Belarus. His dark work reflected the anti-Semitism

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Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA