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Fighters on the Cultural Front

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2008-03-01 12:57:14 by admin in Ukrainian Music Matters
...cultural figure in Ukraine. Every year the separate Kobzar Stage, built during last summers famous Kraina mrii (Dreamland) Festival, featuring Taras Kompanichenko, Eduard Drach, Sviatoslav Sylenko, and other musicians, pays tribute to Ukrainian heroes. Skrypkas decision to separate heroic songs from folk ones and include them in the Moloda...
 
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Latin American Cultural Week Presents South American Women Series: Vocalists Creating in New York

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2008-10-03 19:15:47 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Cultural Week. Among the arts festivals on Latin American culture taking place in New York City, the Latin American Cultural Week has evolved into one of New Yorks leading Latin American cultural festivals, partnering with many of the citys most prestigious cultural institutions, and presenting the highest quality art and artists to the...
 
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The Cultural Disconnect of Classic Punk and Modern Teens (A Monday Morning Music Ramble)

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2007-12-31 14:08:00 by Brent in Colossians Three Sixteen
...cultural literacy to understand what Jello Biafra was so mad about. I did not know who Governor Jerry Brown (from the song California Uber Alles ) was and I did not understand the significance of a song like Holiday in Cambodia Truth be told, I liked the idea of The Dead Kennedys more than I actually got The Dead Kennedys. That was almost 20...
 
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Whatever Happened To Cultural Diplomacy?

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2008-04-09 08:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...cultural diplomacy he and his quartet practiced with government sponsorship as recently as the 1980s. But what is the policy of The United States today in using culture to reach out to the world? Sad to report, official cultural diplomacy is largely dormant at a time when the country's international image is at its lowest point in decades. I...
 
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BOOK REVIEW: Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom by Andy Lechter

2008-08-23 09:20:43 by Dr Robert Muller in 1960s Psychedelic Hippie Culture and Music
 
...Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom" by Andy Lechter In "Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom", Andy Lechter has given us a thorough and rigorous study of mushroom culture. Among books on psychoactive mushrooms, Shroom is unprecedented in the degree to which the author demands that arguments be supported by evidence Anyone...
 
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Chicago Cultural Center Presents Klapa Grdelin, Music of Croatia

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2008-05-07 13:25:20 by Editor in World Music Central
...Cultural Center Presents (CCCP) is an ongoing showcase series that highlights critically acclaimed national and international musicians who are rarely seen by Chicago audiences in mainstream venues. On Sunday, May 11 at 6 pm, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs presents Klapa Grdelin from Zagreb. The concert takes place in the Claudia...
 
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Center Season - "Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company" @ Cultural Arts Center

2008-05-27 16:16:32 by Editor in Live Music
 
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen 2880 Mountain Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 Saturday, June 21, 2008, 7 9pm Ezibu Muntu which is a professional African dance troupe includes dancers, drummers, entertainers and other individuals who are dedicated to invoking an understanding of African culture, values, traditions and the cultural arts as a whole....
 
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Moorish Spain - truly multi-cultural civilisation

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2008-06-30 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...cultural civilisation in which three monotheistic religions and peoples of diverse origins lived in a harmony which should serve as an example in our terror-torn twenty-first century. In Andalucia the cities of Córdoba , Seville and Granada became great centres of cultural, artistic and religous activity in which music and the other creative...
 
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Jim Allen's jazz images at Arts & Cultural Council gallery

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2008-02-04 19:22:12 by Greg in Jazz@Rochester
...Cultural Council of Greater Rochester gallery. The show is opening tomorrow, February 5th and runs through February 28th. If you've seen the cover of the most recent issue of the Arts and Cultural Council's Metropolitan magazine , you'll see one of his images of Sonny Rollins There is an opening reception this Friday, February 8th, from 5:00...
 
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