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TV Still Has Power -- And Here's One (Gay) Reason It's taken most of my adult life for annoyingly obvious rights, such as gay marriage, to get off the ground....
Almanac Today's entry: Gustave Flaubert....
Visualizing the connections How can you provide a complex cultural calendar that encourages discovery, connection, and exploration? Try DAISY....
Almanac Today's entry: Peter Shaffer....
Creating space for play A few tips for fostering creative play...for children and anyone else you might influence....
Almanac Today's entry: Peter Pears....
Tea: That Most American of Beverages Tea has taken American culture by storm. Why?...
Because art *is* context How many citizens would notice a celebrated painter working out of context? About four percent....
Las Vegas: The Future Home of British Theatre in the U.S.? The word "national" comes with awesome baggage. But that's not putting off a bunch of Las Vegas-based theatrical entrepreneurs....
Almanac Today's entry: Stephen Sondheim....
Half a loaf How to strike a Jane Chord in one easy lesson....
Almanac Today's entry: Aaron Copland....
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Almanac Today's entry: Hugh MacLennan (last in a week-long series)....
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Almanac Today's entry: Hugh MacLennan (3)....
Suffering & Dominoes From the slums of Haiti to the streets of London, feeling pain is better than feeling nothing at all....
Almanac Today's entry: Hugh MacLennan (2)....
Almanac Today's entry: Hugh MacLennan....
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