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Artwork of the Day
Title unknown. Artist: Dan Tranberg. This work will be on display as part of the solo exhibit "Imperial Material" opening Friday at the Burlington Center for the Arts with a reception from 5-8 pm.
Spring Haiku Challenge
The kanji character "haru" means spring. It's time again for the annual NCPR Spring Haiku challenge. Join the hundreds who have sniffed out the season of new growth and put it all into a very few wordsToday's Arts Events
MISS CALEDONIA playing in the NAC Studio
(May 21 to May 24, 08:00 pm) Melody A. Johnson, accompanied by Alison Porter on fiddle, recounts the journey of a rural girl in search of the title in a local beauty pageant, the first step in her quest to become a movie star. National Arts Centre (NAC), 53 Elgin Street,Ottawa,ON More info
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Canton Central Music Department Spring Concert #1
(May 22, 2013, 07:00 pm - 08:30 pm) The Canton Central School Music Department invites you and your family to the 1st in a series of Spring Concerts. Featured will be the Select Choir, Senior Chorus, Jazz Combo, and Jazz Band. The concert is free and open to the public. Hugh C. Williams High School Auditorium, 99 State Street,Canton,NY
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AN ILIAD playing at Syracuse Stage
(May 22 to May 23, 07:30 pm) In this powerful adaptation of Homer's account of the Trojan War, a lone poet weaves contemporary speech with evocative poetry to create an encounter with this resonant chronicle of a distant event. Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee Street,Syracuse,NY More info
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Arts & Culture
May 18, 2013 — The show has become a social event for a large and varied crowd of African-Americans and others on Twitter, for reasons mysterious, complex and worth exploring.
May 18, 2013 — Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
May 22, 2013 — In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
May 22, 2013 — Basketball star Carmelo Anthony is known off the court for his signature fashion flare. Host Michel Martin speaks with his stylist, Khalilah Williams-Webb, about what goes into dressing Anthony and other high-profile clients.
May 22, 2013 — America has a love/hate relationship with tattoos, but body ink is becoming more and more mainstream. Host Michel Martin speaks with Fatty, the owner of Fatty's Custom Tattooz in Washington, D.C, about America's fascination with tattoos, and the fading cultural taboos.
Three Gambian songs performed by Al-Haji Papa Susso
Sep 19, 2001 — Al-Haji Papa Susso is a griot and master kora player from Gambia, now living in the Bronx and visiting the North Country to teach and perform. Griot is a word of French origin for a traditional storyteller/singer of the Mandinka culture in West Africa. David Sommerstein interviewed Susso while he played and sang in the NCPR studio. He described the three songs recorded here as: a song about saying no to enemies and slavery, a favorite song (though they are all favorites) and, a song celebrating peace and those who fought slavery. Go to full article
People: Rockwell Blake, Tenor
Sep 19, 2001 — Joel Hurd profiles Rockwell Blake, one of the most renowned tenors in the world and a Plattsburgh native. Go to full article
Theatre Review: Quarry at 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque
Sep 17, 2001 — Quarry, now running at the 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, is a twisty new who-done-it. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng attended a recent matinee and has this review. Go to full article
Authors: Stephen Doheny-Farina, The Grid and the Village
Sep 11, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with Stephen Doheny-Farina, author of The Grid and the Village, about losing electricity, finding community and surviving disaster. His book is a... Go to full article
9th Annual TAUNY Heritage Awards
Sep 10, 2001 — Four North Country mainstays will be honored next week for the preservation of customs and traditions in the area. Among the recipients of this year's 9th annual Heritage... Go to full article
Bahia, February 2 and Hawking performed by Steven White
Sep 01, 2001 — Steven F. White is a poet and translator teaching at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. During August 2001, he performed a selection of twenty years of his poems and... Go to full article
Steel string medleys performed by Danny Gotham
Aug 31, 2001 — Former String Fever host Dan Gotham shared the stage with current host Barb Heller for a concert at Canton's Unitarian Universalist Church in the summer of 2001. The... Go to full article
Four Guitar Duets performed by Dan Gotham and Barb Heller
Aug 31, 2001 — Former String Fever host Dan Gotham was joined by current host Barb Heller for a concert at Canton's Unitarian Universalist Church.
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Theatre Review: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at St. Lawrence Stage in Brockville
Aug 31, 2001 — You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, currently playing in Brockville, features the St. Lawrence Stage's Young Company. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the... Go to full article
People: Peter Owens, Author of Rips, a St. Lawrence River Historical Novel
Aug 30, 2001 — A trip to an island on the St. Lawrence river for a chat with author Peter Owens. His family's island is the setting for a historical novel about life on the St. Lawrence... Go to full article
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