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And I was taken aback by the audaciousness of it all. The audaciousness of the book.
Daniels says that's a message not only for African-Americans but for Americans as a whole. We are colored people. So, we have athletes, we have drug dealers, we have doctors, we have murderers, we are people. At this year's Oscars, Octavia Spencer walked away with the golden statue for best supporting actress for her role as Minnie in "The Help, about a maid in s Mississippi.
The actress says the role was real. And that begs the question: Should African-American actors wait for race-neutral roles? There aren't many of those. And where will the winning roles come from?
Who will write them? Home United States U. VOA Africa Listen live. VOA Newscasts Latest program. March 06, 7: Dotel, 34, went with a 4. The Orioles consider him an option to replace Chris Ray, who is expected to miss the entire season after undergoing ligament-reconstructive surgery on his right elbow.
Wynn Rousuck October 16, The half-dozen comedies, which include the American premiere of "Special Offer," share the common theme of examining the communication gap. Show times at Fells Point Corner, S. Thursdays through Saturdays, with matinees at 2 p. While the art of storytelling will serve as the backbone for the Performance Workshop Theatre's newest production, the play is far from soft-voiced readings of books pulled from the children's section at the library.
Nicholas, by acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson, best known for Olivier Award-winner The Weir, features a jaded Dublin theater critic who describes how a midlife crisis led him to chase after a young actress and ultimately landed him in the lair of a few powerful vampires.
Wilson Lane on Monday, March 20, at 12 noon. Contributions may be directed in her memory to the American Heart Association, N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, Paul MonetteWriterPaul Monette, a writer whose Half a Life Story," a memoir of suppressing and then celebrating his homosexuality, won the National Book Award for nonfiction, died at home Friday night.
He was 49 and lived in West Hollywood, Calif. A close friend, said the cause was complications from AIDS.
When he won the National Book Award, Mr. Monette said that writing the autobiography "literally kept me alive" after he contracted AIDS. Monette was born in Lawrence, Mass.
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Communicating how hard it is to communicate. Wynn Rousuck and J. In the 10 short works being presented under the title "The Portable Pinter" by the Performance Workshop Theatre Company, people talk at each other, past each other, about each other, but rarely to each other. Harold Pinter is a playwright who is deeply suspicious of words. And yet words are the major tools with which he must convey the difficulty of communication. At Fell's Point Corner Theatre, Marc Horwitz's direction is a bit broad at times for such subtle pieces, but he successfully emphasizes the communications gap and also manages to draw connections between certain playlets -- even when the characters within those playlets are unable to connect with each other.
But the Mayor and his crew aren't eating. The midday break is better spent in the burgundy leather chairs and stools at the back of Fader's tobacco shop in Towson.
Bob Fryer sits down with a Pedrone, a six-inch hand-rolled cigar from Nicaragua. He cuts the tip with a palm-sized tool, pulls out a lighter and draws the smoke in quick, kiss-like puffs until an orange flame jumps from the tip and a fragrant curl of smoke streams upward. Fleisher, others shine in concert for stellar cause.
The impulse to help those devastated by Hurricane Katrina has generated fundraising concerts throughout the country, including one in Baltimore equally generous in intent and content. Organized by pianist Lura Johnson and her husband, violinist Matthew Horwitz, the event Monday night at Central Presbyterian Church brought together a stellar lineup of locally based talent, headlined by the almost legendary keyboard artist Leon Fleisher. In all, 16 musicians, including Baltimore Symphony Orchestra players and faculty members from area schools, volunteered their services to benefit relief funds of the Red Cross and the American Symphony Orchestra League.
Reading fiction for an audience. The art of reading fiction aloud has been largely lost in this era of electronic entertainment.