Fairfield University's Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies has announced its 2010-2011 event schedule. All lectures and events take place on the Fairfield campus, at 1073 North Benson Road. Admission is free, unless otherwise noted.
The production of Verdi's Aida that kicks off San Francisco Opera's fall season on Sept. 10 bears the imprints of two inimitable artists. One has made the craft of operatic singing her life's work. The other found her way into the opera world after attaining iconic status in another field....
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sometimes the longest part of the school day can be the hours between the time school lets out and time for supper. Unattended kids can get lost in boredom and aimlessness.
Game days offer Sooner fans an opportunity to take advantage of some discounts on Sooner culture and history. Throughout the football season, the Sam Noble Museum and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus offer a $1 discount on admission to anyone showing an OU football ticket on the day of the game.
“She’d been to (art) camp for a few years,” her mom, Michelle Gray, said. “But she’s never done anything like this … and she’s really only done a few paintings.”
Short, tall, black, white and everything in-between — indulge your coffee obsession at the inaugural Auckland Museum Coffee Festival as part of the popular Kai to Pie: Auckland on Your Plate exhibition.
Like gamblers who just can't resist upping the ante, or mountain climbers compelled to conquer ever-higher peaks, the art of stylistic appreciation can sometimes feel like a competitive sport.
HUGH B. Crum junior, whose views had splashes of genius and whose life was more vibrantly colourful than most of us can hope to dream, passed away on July 28.
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NAIROBI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Kenya and Uganda plan to build a new railway from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to cope with increased trade between the east African countries and their landlocked neighbours, officials said on Tuesday.
MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a Ugandan soldier in Somalia's capital on Tuesday and masked gunmen murdered a man working for the United Nation's World Food Programme in the southwest of the Horn of African nation.
NAIROBI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Ogaden rebels warned Malaysia's Petronas [PETR.UL] on Tuesday they would not tolerate oil exploration in their remote eastern region, saying it would link the company to war crimes by the Ethiopian military.
BUJUMBURA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Burundi and Uganda said on Sunday they wanted their troops serving in the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia to be allowed to take action against insurgents.
MOGADISHU, Jan 3 (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed in fighting between rival Islamist groups in Somalia on Saturday, one of the factions said.
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Friday the withdrawal of its troops was under way from Somalia, where they have been helping the transitional government fight an Islamist insurgency for the past two years.
MOGADISHU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has started pulling its troops out of Somalia, where they have been helping the Western-backed government fight an Islamist insurgency for the past two years, a senior official said on Friday.
MOGADISHU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A convoy of trucks loaded with Ethiopian soldiers, mattresses and other equipment was seen leaving Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses said.
