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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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Carte: Italo Calvino – Orasele invizibile

Posted on November 30, 2011 by admin

Greu de categorisit o carte cum este ‘Orasele invizibile’ a lui Italo Calvino. Structura exterioara aduce cu cea a colectiilor de povestiri orientale, cele ‘1001 de nopti’ vin imediat in minte la lectura dialogurilor intre hanul mongol Kubilai Han si … Continue reading →

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Temples in Taiwan

Posted on November 26, 2011 by admin

One way to look at Taiwan is to think about it as a small scale version of what China could have become if history had taken a different turn. While mainland China went after 1949 through the radical changes brought … Continue reading →

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‘Sof Tov’ by Anat Gov at the Cameri Theater

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin

In her book On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD describes five stages of coping with the malady that she observed in the psychology of many people hit by cancer. The stages may last for different periods of time and … Continue reading →

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Cartile Hanei Fratu la Targul de Carte Gaudeamus

Posted on November 23, 2011 by admin

Duminica 27 noiembrie va avea loc in Bucuresti la Targul de Carte Gaudeamus lansarea primelor doua volume dintr-o serie care isi propune sa recupereze scrierile (o parte deja publicate, altele inedite) ale Hanei Luana Fratu. Conform informatiei publicate pe Facebook … Continue reading →

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