Tuesday will be the 39th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, the boy from Mississippi credited with popularizing rock ‘n’ roll. Presley passed away on Aug. 16, 1977 of heart failure. He was 42. Presley’s career was an illustrious one. The iconic singer was famously suggestive but also prolific, lending his baritone voice to […]
Sydney (dpa) – The Sydney Opera House, Australia’s top tourist attraction, is set to receive a 150-million-dollar renovation over the next six years, the state government said Thursday. Changes will be made to the concert hall, the foyer and the entrance, said New South Wales state deputy premier Troy Grant, who unveiled the new working
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Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki; New American Library, © 2016; ISBN 978110-1987667; 387 pages; $27. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Coming this September is an art history book that fans of detective stories also may enjoy. Elizabeth Rynecki’s great-grandfather, Moshe Rynecki, was a well-known artist, although not on the order of a Chagall
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — I walked into the exhibit at the New Americans Museum at Liberty Station with no intention of writing a story. I was just there as a guest at the opening reception of Project Vision. However, the exhibit moved me so much that I changed my mind. As an ESL teacher
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International, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and FoodFifty years ago today, the Beatles released Revolver, an album that would revolutionize pop music. Apparently, nobody told Newsweek. When we published a piece on the Beatles several weeks later, under the headline “Blues for the Beatles,” we didn’t bother to mention the record once. Instead, the article focused on the fall-out following John Lennon’s
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts{Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — San Diego County’s flagship Chamber Music Festival, the La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and what a celebration it is! There will be 65 musicians participating in 17 paid concerts in Sherwood Hall, and free events, such as five open rehearsals, three encounters
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsConverted Masters: World Famous Masterpieces with a Jewish Twist Artwork by Esty Frankel-Fersel and edited by Barbara Bensoussan. Menorah Books Ltd., West Hills, CA, ©2016, ISBN 978-1-940516-45-5, p. 150, plus artists credits, $44.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – What would happen if we took some of the world’s greatest Christian artists, gave them
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireAnother story with image of mural: https://www.yahoo.com/news/swimsuit-mural-hillary-clinton-creates-stir-australia-072457596.html
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAThe reviews are in: The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a rousing success, with even many conservatives acknowledging the powerful display of optimism and unity. But “Fight Song,” the DNC’s unofficial anthem, was not as well received. On night two of the DNC, actress Elizabeth Banks introduced a video she produced of dozens of celebrities
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAThursday night saw Hillary Clinton make history as the first female candidate to clinch a presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention—and pop star Katy Perry was there to help her celebrate. The singer roused Democatic delegates with two songs suited for such an occasion: the anthemic 2013 hit “Roar,” and the first live performance
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — A full house in the Cohen Social Hall of Tifereth Israel Synagogue greeted the matinee Pops Concert by the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) on Sunday, July 17. The program of short works featured several wonderful highlights. It began and ended with two sprightly Sousa marches, the unfamiliar Free Lance
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsNew Delhi (dpa) – One of India’s most successful contemporary artists, Sayed Haider Raza, died Saturday in New Delhi. He was 94. An internationally acclaimed artist who spent a large part of his life in Paris, Raza’s most famous works were abstracts in dazzling colours around the bindu – dot in Hindi. Raza was suffering
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsOn the opera stage, he has led Attila’s Golden Horde into battle and seized the Russian throne from its hapless tsar. Now Paata Burchuladze prepares for a role he hopes will let him change his home country of Georgia for the better and quite a few of his countrymen are backing him. “I played so
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