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Alcatraz at night an eerie experience

TravelJul 15, 2011

A night tour of the island prison that housed notorious criminals includes a visit to the penitentiary’s hospital ALCATRAZ ISLAND, California (AP) ― When night fell on The Rock in San Francisco Bay,...
Wine of the week: 2010 Domaine du Gros’Nore Bandol rose

Food&BeverageJul 15, 2011

Since my first taste of Domaine Tempier’s rose years ago, I’ve been a fan of Bandol roses. Tempier’s prices are getting out of sight, though, and so I was happy to find this less expensive rose from ...
Harvard’s director of Korea Institute seeks equality

PeopleJul 14, 2011

Soon after Kim Sun-joo began her term as director of Harvard University’s Korea Institute, she was on a plane to South Korea to attend a conference on Korean studies organized by the Korea Foundation...
Exhibit in N.Y. explores creator of the Muppets

TheaterJul 14, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― It seems so familiar to us now ― puppet characters on television that are so real, so expressive, so alive that we forget there’s a human being doing the actual work behind the scenes...
Woody Allen again opts to film movie in Europe

FilmJul 14, 2011

Woody Allen, the Brooklyn-born director who defined New York for filmgoers with such hits as “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Annie Hall,” is once again choosing Europe over Manhattan as the stage for hi...
France honors Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai

FilmJul 14, 2011

NEW DELHI (AFP) ― Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is to be honored on Wednesday for her work promoting cinema links between India and France, the French Embassy said. ...
Seeing Gertrude Stein all over this summer

TheaterJul 13, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO ― It’s the summer of Gertrude Stein. The expatriate art collector, poet and novelist (who would hate all these commas) died in 1946. But her image and influence are on display at two p...
Russia marks 450 years of St. Basil’s Cathedral

CultureJul 13, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) ― He was naked, homeless and fiercely argumentative ― and his name is immortalized in one of Russia’s most remarkable buildings, St. Basil’s Cathedral. An exhibition detailing the lives ...
Hollywood gloats privately over News Corp. scandal

TelevisionJul 13, 2011
AirAsia boss Fernandes to host Asian ‘Apprentice’

TelevisionJul 13, 2011

SINGAPORE (AFP) ― Malaysian aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes, founder of budget-travel giant AirAsia, will host the regional edition of the business-themed reality show “The Apprentice,” its producer s...
Appetite for adventure: Yacht chef travels the seas cooking for the rich and famous

Food&BeverageJul 13, 2011

MIAMI ― Victoria Allman has whipped up chocolate chiffon cake for captains of industry and salmon tartar for Brazilian socialites. She has shopped for fresh produce at the crack of dawn in markets fr...
App lets travelers book hotels

CultureJul 13, 2011
London museum says it will show a lost Leonardo

TheaterJul 12, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― An oil painting recently authenticated as the work of Leonardo da Vinci will be on display at the National Gallery in the fall as part of a larger exhibition on the Renaissance artist...
Australian dance company shuns ‘ooga booga’

TheaterJul 12, 2011

SYDNEY (AFP) ― Australia’s Aboriginal dance company Bangarra has won global accolades but says it has been a victim of its own success in terms of funding at home and at times faces demands for “ooga...
Smartphones help world’s winemakers foil fraudsters

Food&BeverageJul 11, 2011

BORDEAUX, France (AFP) ― For Charles Pillitteri, the fight against fraudsters began when he discovered fake bottles of his Canadian ice wine in Taiwan in 1998. He tried everything to safeguard his p...