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Last chorus - Michael Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, Melvin Wine, West Virginia fiddler; and other deaths in folk music - Obituary
MICHAEL BABATUNDE OLATUNJI 1927-2003 African music's foremost ambassador of the power of rhythm, Michael Babatunde Olatunji passed away from complications ......(Continue Reading) Standing for children: 200,000 demand new agenda - rally for children's rights in Washington DC
Children's Defense Fund leader Marian Wright Edelman led this march and rally where adults and children of all races and social classes gathered to protest ......(Continue Reading)It's time to break out the lederhosen!
It's almost September so it must be time for Oktoberfest! Sept. 11 marks the 34th year that Alpine Village will kick off eight weeks of the traditional ......(Continue Reading)Cartooning Joseph
LAST year I owned up to a childlike, innocent and sentimental streak that drove me to rate Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on stage as a magical evening. But I would have to be hard-pressed - or tor...(Continue Reading)The curriculum that ate New York - controversy over New York New York's first grade teaching guide that encourages lessons about different lifestyles and
Chancellor Joseph A. Fernandez did not have his contract renewed because of a controversial first grade teaching guide he issued in 1992. The guide required ......(Continue Reading)
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