'Fela!' Celebrates The Father Of Afrobeat Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:58:00 -0400 A new musical by choreographer Bill T. Jones explores the controversial life and legacy of Nigerian musical revolutionary Fela Kuti. Fela pioneered Afrobeat, blending African harmonies and rhythms, jazz, funk (and even a little James Brown) with satirical lyrics criticizing the Nigerian government. Melt Down: Historic Carvel Store Closes Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:04:00 -0400 The first Carvel ice cream store that opened in the U.S. is closing its doors today, after 72 years in business. Abdol Faghihi, the owner of the Hartsdale, N.Y., location, speaks with host Liane Hansen. Songs Along The Campaign Trail Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:46:00 -0400 Classical music historian Robert Greenberg speaks with host Liane Hansen about historic campaign songs. Music and politics have been intertwined in the United States since the 1800s when President Thomas Jefferson and President John Quincy Adams were in office.
Thomas Mallon: Abraham Lincoln and the politics of memory. Thomas Mallon Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 At the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 1922, remarks by Robert Moton, the principal of the Tuskegee Institute, received special attention from the “colored” section of the audience. The federal commission responsible for the memorial’s construction were loath to have Moton participate at all . . . Sasha Frere-Jones: The Brazilian Girls at Terminal 5. Sasha Frere-Jones Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Sabina Sciubba has lived in Italy, Germany, France, and New York, and is currently the lead singer of a band called Brazilian Girls, which contains no Brazilians and only one girl. The group’s third album, “New York City,” is sung in five languages, though not all simultaneously. Perhaps the most . . . Richard Brody: Max Ophüls at Film Forum. Richard Brody Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 The exacting and sumptuous Cinémathèque Française restoration of “Lola Montès,” Max Ophüls’s last film, from 1955 (opening at Film Forum on Oct. 10), recovers not just the movie’s look but also its meaning. The romantic costume drama presents a great nineteenth-century femme fatale, a faux-Spanish danseuse and gold . . .
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Review: 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0500 Michael Cera stars in this teen love story that alternates between sweet and touching and goofball gross-out.
Review: 'Blindness' Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0500 Set in a city where people are suddenly stricken with sightlessness, allegory never rises to level of believability.
Review: 'Religulous' Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0500 Bill Maher's documentary skewers religion but chooses laughable targets to make his point.
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