Catalog by Pratapaditya Pal of a recent exhibition at the Asia Society and Museum, New York City. Asia Society/5 Continents, 224 pp., $55.00 (paper) In November 1989, as a young journalist newly arrived in India, I was sent to Kashmir to cover a series of violent incidents in the state capital of Srinagar.
Who said only the English were adept at designing card games? Kishor N Gordhandas explains a form of card game, Chad, originated and developed in the palace of Krishna Raja III Wodeyar in Mysore during the first part of the 19th century.
Welcome to a brand new addition to the Pitchfork News Department! It's our seasonal guide to upcoming releases, in which we list notable albums, EPs, singles, DVDs, and other musical goodies due in shops (both brick-and-mortar and otherwise) in the weeks and months ahead.
Wednesday, April 2 SPRING JAZZ SERIES featuring Mike Stern and the Humber Studio Jazz Ensemble, directed by Denny Christianson at 8 p.m. at the Lakeshore Campus Auditorium, 3199 Lake Shore Blvd.
The following is a list of West Coast-area stage and film acting schools, teachers, and coaches. Also included is a separate list of career coaches/ counselors.
ANYONE who hasn't caught up with the art of puppetry in recent years is likely to be astonished if they drop in on the 20th UNIMA World Puppetry Festival, which opens in Perth this week.
Put the word "conceptual" in front of something and mainstream audiences usually run the other direction. Conceptual dance. Conceptual comedy. Conceptual cinema. The word usually means that an audience is going to have to work a little harder to keep up. Comedian Michael Ian Black recently related his early experiences in stand-up: "Mostly what I was doing was conceptual comedy. And by