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Teatru: ‘O lume pe dos’ la ArCuB

Teatrul cu adevarat interesant de multe ori nu se petrece in marile teatre de repertoriu ci pe micile scene, in cluburi si in cafenele.  Acest adevar cunoscut de iubitorii de teatru din intreaga lume incepe sa se petreaca si in … Continue reading

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Horatiu Malaele – Sunt un orb

Horatiu Malaele este una dintre acele personalitati artistice complexe care resping categoriile si categorisirile. Unul dintre motive este desigur multitudinea de talente si de ocupatii artistice – actor, regizor, caricaturist, patron de galerie, poet. Alt motiv este ca talentul sau … Continue reading

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Expozitie: HORIA CREANGĂ- crezul simplităţii

Expozitiile de arhitectura reprezinta o calatorie in timp, in istorie, in viata unor oameni fascinanti asa cum au fost si sunt marii arhitecti. Nu este o exceptie expozitia dedicata arhitectului Horia Creanga pe care am vizitat-o in sfarsitul trecut de … Continue reading

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Passover Rocks – Hag Sameakh!

  Passover is two days ahead, and it’s time for the traditional collection of clips which welcomes all Jewish holidays on The Catcher. This time it is all about rock music.     (video source AishVideo)   To remember the … Continue reading

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Carte: Virgil Duda – Un cetatean al lumii

Stabilit in Israel de mai bine de doua decenii Virgil Duda continua aici o prodigioasa cariera de prozator si eseist inceputa in Romania anilor 60. Deja mai mult de jumatate din titlurile publicate de autor apartin perioadei sa-i zicem israeliene … Continue reading

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Gica Manescu – Despre Liviu Librescu

Peste doua saptamani se vor implini cinci ani de la moartea lui Liviu Librescu. La 16 aprilie 2007 profesorul in varsta de 76 de ani de la Virginia Tech University, nascut in Romania, supravietuitor al Holocaustului, si-a pus trupul in … Continue reading

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Lucia di Lammermmoor at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv

The Israeli Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor was for me a wonderful opportunity to meet again not only with one of my preferred scores in the opera repertory but with the very first opera I have seen on stage.This … Continue reading

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Cuban Night at ‘Hot Jazz’

  The Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art continue their exploration in the contemporary international jazz landscape, and the diversity of the artists and sounds brought up to the Israeli scene of jazz is one of … Continue reading

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Lumea lui Barnum si Bailey (Haruki Murakami – 1Q84)

‘1Q84’ – monumentalul (in volum si substanta) recent roman al lui Haruki Murakami incepe cu un motto care a fost enigmatic pentru mine la prima citire: It’s a Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can be, But … Continue reading

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McCoy Tyner in Israel

    Some of my finest and dearest memories are of having seen live a few of the jazz giants I had the chance to be contemporary with. Among them Thelonius Monk, Lionel Hampton, Dave Brubeck, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, … Continue reading

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