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The overture was commissioned as a celebration of Russian victory and imperialism. The August concert will still feature other works by Tchaikovsky, including "The Tempest."

A renovation is happening at the New Village Arts Center in Carlsbad and along with it comes a new name: the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center.

The Filipino government has ordered the online news site Rappler to shut down, but the publication's founder, Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa, says she plans to fight the order in court.

The 17 recipients include athletes, artists, and leaders of the civil rights and labor movements.

Kyle Mullen’s death from pneumonia in February was shown to be the result of inadequate medical care for a man who was seriously ill.

At a time when comics and graphic novels were seldom released by mainstream publishers, Gina Gagliano worked tirelessly to put the genre on the radar. Now she's head of the Boston Book Festival.

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Jean Thompson's novel follows an insecure young woman as she's drawn into a clique of poets. The Poet's House is a story about the corrosive power of shame and the primal fear of sounding stupid.

Officials expect the charges to run in the dozens, and — if convicted — suspect Robert "Bobby" Crimo III could face a mandatory life sentence without parole.

Brook's work ranged from classical star-studded productions to radical experiments in theater. He reinvented King Lear and explored the fragility of civilization in the film Lord of the Flies.