Lauren Flanigan: The Art of the Monodrama
Concerts & Conversations presents acclaimed international soprano Lauren Flanigan, hailed by Time magazine as "the thinking man's diva," in an evening devoted to the art of the monodrama, vocal settings of solo scenes.
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800
Location: New York, NY, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY
Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/03/02/Lauren_Flanigan_The_Art_of_the_Monodrama

'It’s been a long time for him, it’s been since he was 14,' Tania Ibrahim says of the substance abuse problem that plagued Corey Haim, quite possibly ending his life yesterday morning in an ambulance en route to a Los Angeles hospital

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The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

Lice in children have been treated for years with lotions, creams and shampoos. But the little critters are becoming more and more resistant. Now an oral drug already used to treat certain parasites in people appears to kill lice as well. Researchers say it could be an alternative when standard treatments fail.

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A visit from the good doctor for a Ben-isode left our panel for the final season of Lost talking to itself -- literally

Corey Feldman has posted the following statement on his blog, in reaction to the death of his former co-star and "best friend" Corey Haim, who died earlier today in Los Angeles

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

The U.S.-led offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan, is taking place in a major opium-production center. Seth Jones, a political scientist with the Rand Corp. who was recently in Afghanistan, discusses what's going on with poppy producers and traffickers.

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A Pennsylvania woman who called herself Jihad Jane faces federal terrorism charges. Colleen LaRose did not fit the profile of an international terrorist. Authorities are alarmed because she apparently seemed to understand that her ability to blend in made her a valuable to terrorist groups.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told health insurers they risked losing consumers if they didn't work with the White House on a health care overhaul. But Karen Ignagni, the head of the insurance trade organization, said her group was eager to support an overhaul, just not this one.

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President Obama's criticism of a recent high court decision on campaign spending, delivered during his State of the Union address, has drawn a rebuke from the chief justice. Speaking to a group of law students, Roberts said officials are entitled to criticize the court's decisions, but he questioned the setting Obama chose, and the "decorum" of the House and Senate.

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The relationship between the House and the Senate is becoming heated, affecting Democratic efforts to get health care and other legislation passed. Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, offers his insight.

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Of the 16 countries that use the euro, some have stable economies, while others are in bad shape. But in recent weeks, there has been speculation that Greece might default on its debt, putting other European countries at risk. Just over a decade after the euro was introduced, the unified currency is having something of an existential crisis.

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Schools took another big step toward an elusive goal: establishing basic education standards that could apply to nearly every student in the US. The draft proposal released Wednesday tries to unify what students need to know about English and math at each grade level. But supporters of the effort still face skepticism.

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Bank of America says it will do away with overdraft charges on debit card purchases. When customers try to buy something but don't have enough in their account, the transaction will be be rejected. The move is in reaction to a new regulation that will require banks to get customers to "opt in" to automatic overdraft protection.

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Some urban school systems are turning to the tough tactics businesses and law enforcement use to improve employee performance. The sometimes-contentious approach, known as performance management, has yielded promising results in Houston, New York and some other districts. In Chicago, it's forcing city educators to embrace a cultural revolution in how they go about their work.

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The Nasdaq composite index hit an all-time high a decade ago today — but now the index is less than half of what it was. The stock exchange, home to many of the tech stocks that benefited from the dot-com boom, is still feeling the effects of the bust that left scars on the economy.

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Actor Corey Haim died in California at the age of 38. The Canadian-born actor rose to fame in the 1980s with the movies Lucas and the Lost Boys. He often starred alongside his friend Corey Feldman and the two became teen idols known as "the Two Coreys." Later, Haim struggled with drugs and never had an acting comeback.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a visit to Kabul Wednesday and denounced the U.S. for "playing a double game" in Afghanistan. He was responding to remarks by Defense Secretary Robert Gates who left the city earlier in the day.

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