Monthly Archives: December 2011

Al Green – Searching his Soul in Gospel

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

I am using these days of vacation to catch back with a huge log of reading books and seeing films accumulated during the year. I will of course be able to clear up only a fraction of them. Among these … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah Rocks!

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

  As the whole Jewish world prepares to light tomorrow night the first candle of the Hanukkah festival, I searched the net as I always do for the traditional round of significant clips, songs, images related to the holiday to … Continue reading →

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Vaclav Havel (1936 – 2011)

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Vaclav Havel died today, at the very time when the people in Eastern Europe celebrate 20 years since the empire of the Soviet Union fell apart. These are certainly not easy times, but there are very few people – I … Continue reading →

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Simone Kopmajer in Tel Aviv

Posted on December 17, 2011 by admin

The value of a cycle like the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is measured also in discovering and revealing to audiences less explored territories on the jazz planet. Austria is certainly a place appreciated for … Continue reading →

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Quebec City – Musee de la Civilisation

Posted on December 16, 2011 by admin

On one of the Internet discussion lists in Romanian that I am subscribed to, the subject of the identity of the Quebecois popped-up this week. This brought to my memory an evening spent this summer in the ‘Musee de la … Continue reading →

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Playground of the Gods – Valle dei Templi

Posted on December 11, 2011 by admin

There are two historical and cultural objectives in Sicily that are an absolute must, places for which one must travel to Sicily, and if he is already on the island must not leave it without visiting them. I will write … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – Gene si Stramosi

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

Un nou text semnat de Gica Manescu. Un nou si remarcabil fragment de amintiri. ————————————————————————————————–   In urma cu catva timp am scris despre gene, mosteniri, avantaje si cercetari. Norocul unora, ghinionul altora. Deocamdata cunostintele sunt inca in faze inaintate … Continue reading →

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When Almodovar was a Punk

Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin

While some of my friends watched (and were delighted by) the latest movie of Almodovar the cinematheque in my village screened his second movie, made almost 30 years ago – ‘Labyrinth of Passion‘. A couple of months ago I had … Continue reading →

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Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Open the Season at the New Israeli Opera

Posted on December 4, 2011 by admin

The last few decades of the 19th century in Italy must the time and the place for the fans of opera. Verdi was the national hero and his opera greater than life were making an international career after having brought … Continue reading →

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