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  • Arts in the News 3/9/2011

    ARTS Last Wednesday, President Obama presented the 2010 National Medal of Arts to nine individuals and one organization for "their contributions to the creation, growth, and support of the arts in the United States." The nine individual medalists, representing the fields of theater, film, art, music and literature, are Robert Brustein, Van Cliburn, Mark di Suvero, Donald Hall, Quincy Jones, Harper Lee, Sonny Rollins, Meryl Streep and James Taylor.

  • Arts in the News - 3/2/2011

    MUSIC Harvard University recently named singer Shakira the "2011 Artist of the Year" for her "contributions to music and distinguished history of creativity" and humanitarian work. As a Grammy award winner, Shakira gained international recognition with her songs "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie," as well as with her World Cup song "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa).

  • Arts in the News - 2/24/2011

    PHOTOGRAPHY South African photographer Jodi Bieber recently won the 2010 World Press Photo Award for her portrait of a disfigured Afghan woman named Bibi Aisha. Although Aisha's nose and ears were cut off as punishment for running from her abusive in-laws, Bieber chose to capture Aisha as a striking beauty rather than a victim.

  • Arts in the News - 2/16/2011

    FILM Betty Garrett, a prominent actress in MGM musicals, Broadway productions and television shows, died on Saturday, Feb. 12 at age 91. Best known for playing Edna Babish on "Laverne & Shirley" and Irene Lorenzo on "All in the Family," Garrett also acted with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra in the musicals "On the Town" and "Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

  • Arts in the News - 2/2/2011

    LITERATURE The Poetry Society of America recently awarded Charles Simic the 2011 Frost Medal for poetry. Simic, currently teaching at the University of New Hampshire, previously won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for "The World Doesn't End" and was the U.

  • Arts in the News - 12/1/2010

    LITERATURE On Nov. 17, the National Book Foundation held its 61st annual National Book Award ceremony in New York City. The National Book Foundation awarded 10,000 dollars each to the winners: Jaimy Gordon for "Lord of Misrule" in fiction, Patti Smith for "Just Kids" in nonfiction, Terrance Hayes for "Lighthead" in poetry and Kathryn Erskine for "Mockingbird" in Young People's Literature.

  • Arts in the News - 11/17/2010

    THEATER Radio Music Hall in New York City has already begun their annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The show has been playing for two weeks thus far, starting promptly the week after Halloween. The show has now been playing for over 75 years and it still includes the famous dancing Rockettes.

  • Arts in the News - 11/10/2010

    ART Madame Tussauds London is about to receive eight new wax sculptures, all of pop artist Lady Gaga. The sculptures will represent her many personalities and costumes from her music videos. FILM As he turns 95-years-old, the renowned actor Eli Wallach will be honored with a lifetime achievement Oscar award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

  • Arts in the News - 11/3/2010

    LITERATURE Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa has continued to teach his seminars at Princeton University, despite his recently acquired prize and fame. According to the New York Times, he walked into his classroom after winning the prize and pretended nothing had happened.

  • Arts in the News - 10/27/10

    THEATRE Guillaume Durfresnoy, the artistic director of the Big Apple Circus, has created a new show for the 2010-2011 season that takes into account recession budget cuts while continuing to focus on family-friendly acts. The budget dropped from $22 million to $7 million annually two years ago, but Durfresnoy insists, "nothing has changed in the investment in the product.

  • Arts in the News - 10/20/2010

    ARCHITECTURE Rome: The Colosseum will reopen to the public now that renovations have finished. The underground pathways and chambers are now open after extensive construction to make sure they could withstand thousands of visitors daily. Tourists can now see what happened behind the scenes during Rome's golden age, from where the human and animal props stayed took to the stage to where their remains were brought after their performances.

  • Arts in the News - 10/8/2010

    ART Andy Warhol's famous "Big Campbell's Soup Can With Can Opener (Vegetable)" from 1962 is to be auctioned in November. It is estimated to go for $30 million to $50 million dollars. Warhol helped to create the movement of pop art, and his Campbell's Soup prints are American icons.