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Culture

'Lost City,' Andy Garcia's Homage to Havana

Andy Garcia produced, directed and stars in The Lost City. He even wrote the music. The film is based on a screenplay by the late novelist Guillermo Cabrera-Infante. It's set in 1950s Havana on the brink of the Cuban revolution.

'Lost City,' Andy Garcia's Homage to Havana

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Friday

Morning Edition

Healing Music in New Orleans Festival's Gospel Tent

On Friday morning, New Orleans kicks off its first jazz festival since Hurricane Katrina. This year, the Jazz & Heritage Festival has adopted the motto "Witness the Healing Power of Music." Nowhere will this be more evident than in the festival's Gospel Tent.

Healing Music in New Orleans Festival's Gospel Tent

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Thursday

Monday

Culture

Tyler Perry's Impressive Hollywood Rise

Until it was flattened by the latest Ice Age movie, Madea's Family Reunion had the biggest opening weekend of the year. This was the second hit for writer, director and star Tyler Perry, who is transforming himself into an entertainment empire.

Tyler Perry's Impressive Hollywood Rise

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Sunday

London's 'History Boys,' Bound for Broadway

The History Boys has been a smash hit since its 2004 debut at London's National Theater. Playwright Alan Bennett is a national treasure in Britain. But will his story about English schoolboys translate to Broadway?

London's 'History Boys,' Bound for Broadway

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Thursday

100 Years After the San Francisco Quake

Early Reenactment Captured Horror of 1906 Quake

Soon after the San Francisco earthquake and fires of 1906, actors in New York City recorded a dramatic reenactment of the disaster on wax cylinders. This "audio theater," called The Destruction of San Francisco, lasted just two minutes but captured the horrors of the catastrophe.

Early Reenactment Captured Horror of 1906 Quake

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Tuesday

Monday

Music

Khan! The Rock Opera

Rock opera, the tradition that has thrived since its early days of the Who's Tommy and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, now embraces another likely figure: Genghis Khan. The show blends throat singing with heavy metal.

Khan! The Rock Opera

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Media

Papers Share 2006 Pulitzer for Katrina Coverage

The staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune receives two awards, for public service and breaking news coverage. The paper shared the public service prize with The Sun Herald of Gulfport, Miss.

Papers Share 2006 Pulitzer for Katrina Coverage

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Sunday

Review

Music

So Percussion, Playing Pipes Bought for A Song

The Brooklyn-based ensemble So Percussion improvises instruments from materials found at Home Depot and other sources associated more with plumbing supplies than with the performing arts. A distinctive sound emerges.

So Percussion, Playing Pipes Bought for A Song

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Saturday

Tuesday

Musicians in Their Own Words

Bassist Christian McBride, Plying the Bottom Groove

Following jazz great Ray Brown and funk's Bootsy Collins, Christian McBride is building on his predecessors' bass work. He McBride finds plenty of room to explore "the groove underneath — the bottom."

Bassist Christian McBride, Plying the Bottom Groove

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The New Junkman Opera: 'Odin'

The Junkman makes music with mailboxes, saw blades, frying pans and beer cans. Now he has written a full-length spoken-word opera based on the Nordic myth of the Viking god of war, who also happens to be the Viking god of knowledge: Odin.

The New Junkman Opera: 'Odin'

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Music

An 'Unorthodox' Approach to Cabaret

Fresh Air

The musical band What I Like About Jew started out as a tongue-in-cheek cabaret act that sold out at New York venues such as The Knitting Factory and Fez. Now, the two-man act has a new CD, Unorthodox.

An 'Unorthodox' Approach to Cabaret

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Saturday