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The tribal style, on the other hand, "draws from everything" and is "more gypsy" with music, tassels and coins, Scott-Smith said. The Bellydance Club offers three levels of cabaret classes and two of tribal. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Berlin rocks, and that's just for starters Feb 8, 2008
Notably - and again, the red carpet will sparkle here - Madonna makes her directorial debut in Panorama with a feature, Filth And Wisdom, starring RichardE.Grant and the emergent star of gypsy punk Eugene Hutz. There is even the odd blockbuster, albeit of an arthouse stamp. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Death penalty decision goes to jurors Jan 30, 2008
"Those boys didn't see this photo. They saw their dad basically butchered and slaughtered on the floor."That's how they will forever remember their dad," the prosecutor said.Gallon talked to jurors about the defense case they heard that, the prosecutor said, seemed to blame Yonko's father, mother, his Gypsy culture or bad people in his life for whatever criminal acts he did."It's everyone else's fault," Gallon said. "It was his choice ... "But Yonko's attorney sees it another way and asked... (North County Times)
Reporters on the Job Jan 30, 2008
Romanian Gypsy contestants react to being chosen for the finals of a beauty and traditional dance competition in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda/AP. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
No fuss, no fanfare for Spain's own Madeleine Jan 27, 2008
Contrasts with media treatment of McCann case highlighted in disappearance of young gypsy girl ... Mari Luz comes from a Gypsy family, which has prompted speculation that prejudice may be behind the relative lack of media attention given to the story. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Come dancing Jan 26, 2008
(The dialogue between Atwater and Lola at a sordid, bohemian party is reminiscent of conversations with Gypsy in the masterwork, and the style has the kind of minimalism that was later made a craft by Beckett and Pinter. The break comes not so much in subject matter, but in the writing style, which had become much more reflective. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Places to go and things to do Jan 25, 2008
TRAILSIDE INN, Route 11, Factoryville: Thursdays, Gypsy Park. VFW HALL, Main Street, Dupont: Sunday, John Stevens leshot. (Scranton Times, PA)
Jurors hear about Gypsy culture in death penalty trial Jan 19, 2008
By: JOHN HALL - Staff Writer Testimony comes from Tony Yonko's brother and an expert in the Gypsy history and lifestyle. FRENCH VALLEY -- Jurors deciding the fate of a Lake Elsinore man convicted of murder and now facing the death penalty heard testimony about his Gypsy culture Friday as the defense continues to try to convince the panel to spare their client's life ... The afternoon testimony came from a professor of anthropology at UC Riverside who has studied Gypsy culture for some 40 years,... (North County Times)
Full Story... Jan 18, 2008
Their dancing style combines moves from various countries and cultures, including Egypt, Turkey, Romania, gypsy and American tribal folk dancing. We do everything, said Janna Lehocky-Arbic. (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
Entertainment Guide Jan 15, 2008
TRAILSIDE INN, Route 11, Factoryville: Thursdays, Gypsy Park. WHISTLES PUB AND EATERY, 126 Franklin Ave.: today, karaoke with WJOY.. (Scranton Times, PA)
Katrina volunteers come to stay Jan 15, 2008
Two years later, he's still living a "gypsy lifestyle." He and other Common Ground volunteers sleep in recreation halls, churches and private homes. "The living conditions are rustic," he says. (USA Today)
Bad cops called to task Jan 14, 2008
The International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training established a decertification index 10 years ago to help law enforcement groups identify those so-called gypsy cops. We don't want to catch the bad apples at the point of certification,'' said Ray Franklin, director of the National Certification Index. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Crime Inc's riders Jan 12, 2008
They formed local clubs, such as the Gypsy Jokers, the Rebels and the Coffin Cheaters. Some were veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Death penalty phase of murder trial under way Jan 11, 2008
Johnson presented what she called "a case for life," outlining Yonko's Gypsy heritage and childhood, detailing the history of the Gypsy culture and showing jurors numerous photos of her client growing up. Yonko was born on a road a few miles outside Las Vegas as his family traveled with carnivals, she said. (North County Times)
People's party Jan 4, 2008
It involves hundreds of artists, including the Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson and Paul Kelly on stage in the Domain, in addition to performances by the Australian Youth Choir, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, 12-piece ensemble Pink Martini and the French gypsy ensemble Babylon Circus. Dubbed Festival First Night, the carnival is also a gamble. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Virtual state's utopia clicks with young Jan 1, 2008
An international group of 25 musicians forms "a national orchestra of Nowheristan," playing fusions of Arab, Gypsy and a dozen other musical influences. If he's a crackpot, he's keeping some high-powered company. (Los Angeles Times)
$7 Million County Budget On Review Dec 15, 2007
Changes in conservation costs include an additional $80,500 that is being spent to combat the spread of gypsy moths in the county and for the salary of the gypsy moth coordinator. Those expenditures are offset by a $25-per-acre fee paid by residents approved to participate in the spring suppression effort. (Fulton County News, PA)
Artists look for Lorca's mysterious spirit Dec 11, 2007
This dangerous goblin, who delights in the "tiny weeds of death," as the early 20th-century Spanish poet and dramatist said in a now-famous lecture in Havana, haunted the surrealist streets of Lorca's "Poet in New York" and the moonlit night of "Blood Wedding." It refused to take pity on the barren wombs, the weeping guitars or the silver-eyed Gypsy women of other Lorca works. And the little imp is making trouble still. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Turf war among Gypsies erupts in Southern California Dec 9, 2007
- A dispute between two Gypsy clans over control of the fortune-telling trade in this Southern California city has spilled into court, offering a rare glimpse of an insular culture that has long settled scores according to its own Old World rules of honor ... The Stevens and Merino clans, like other Gypsy families, have run numerous fortune-telling businesses in Southern California for decades ... At the root of the conflict lies a delicate system of intermarriage and social customs that has... (Boston Globe)
Gipsy King's Family to perform in Jakarta at New Year's eve Dec 9, 2007 Consumer Man: Charity gets slimy Dec 6, 2007 Belly Dancers in Istanbul Bulldozed by Yuppies Making Capital of Culture Dec 5, 2007 Roma ruinPariah existence of people from the EU's biggest ethnic minority Dec 4, 2007 Hail indie rock; Nov 24, 2007 Coloring book fills in Gypsy influences Nov 17, 2007 AFL has no hold on Gooding Nov 9, 2007 Now for the next cab off the rank Nov 8, 2007 Read a bit from Sage-ing While Age-ing Nov 8, 2007 SoBeCa Supports Fire Relief Oct 26, 2007 Harris: Italy's New Left Oct 24, 2007 Q & A: Gogol Bordello Oct 23, 2007 Indie bands' cross-cultural wave Oct 22, 2007 * Have map, have leaflets, will travel (alone) Oct 21, 2007 Gypsy jazz swings through town Oct 17, 2007 The gypsy gadfly returns Oct 13, 2007 Billet: Bruce Springsteen's Magic Oct 9, 2007 A gloriously gritty groove Sep 30, 2007 Weekend hot list Sep 27, 2007 Best Europe cruises Sep 18, 2007 'Gypsy Caravan' Sep 8, 2007 Book review: Brother I'm Dying Sep 5, 2007 The 1970s fashion diva Zandra Rhodes is back Aug 21, 2007 Stepping back to high school Aug 20, 2007 Review: Gypsy Caravan (3 stars) Aug 19, 2007 Springsteen, E Street Band to reunite for a bit of 'Magic' Aug 17, 2007 Your ticket to sights, sounds and more Aug 16, 2007 Hinson: How well do you know Elvis? Aug 13, 2007 Weekend Guide Aug 9, 2007 Shelby actress makes film debut Aug 9, 2007 Sink into summer with a good book - Local readers give their personal recommendations Jul 31, 2007 Music Listings Jul 20, 2007 Music fest is a feast Jul 13, 2007 Four titles that may steal the show at the E3 Summit Jul 10, 2007 The Culture of Company, Inc Jul 4, 2007 The Paris Opera takes a risk with Kusturica's gypsy-punk opera Jun 28, 2007 Roma Rappers: Pride in Czech Jun 28, 2007 Riding low: the world of Bikie Inc Jun 23, 2007 EIGHT DAYS A WEEK CONCERT & EVENT LISTINGS Jun 22, 2007 Hot Weather May Chase Off Pests Jun 21, 2007 Performing `Carmen' camp fun Jun 19, 2007 Things We Saw at Bonnaroo 2007 Jun 19, 2007 Biennale reflected on empires old and new Jun 18, 2007 All that jazz Jun 15, 2007 Why a five-star restaurant serves one-star food Jun 14, 2007 Sandy Gallin: From managing careers to remodeling Hollywood homes Jun 12, 2007 Arabic feet, Indonesian soil Jun 10, 2007 Not Nice: Borat Sued Again Jun 9, 2007 A Small Moth's Big Impact Jun 4, 2007 At the barre: Megan Swart| Jun 3, 2007 Stars could build own field of dreams Jun 2, 2007 Louis La Caze, a French collector with a rare eye Jun 1, 2007 With God's helpThe Roma community in Bulgaria that's building a better life May 27, 2007 Gypsies in Neponset? May 26, 2007 Central Park SummerStage 2007 Concert Calendar May 23, 2007 The triumph of a lesbian Gypsy May 22, 2007 Comprehensive event listings May 20, 2007 Cocaine and the law May 19, 2007 Joss Stone steps out May 13, 2007 Picasso's passionate 'Carmen,' the muse who infused his work May 12, 2007 Lost in Transylvania May 12, 2007 Summer movie preview Apr 29, 2007 North San Diego County Community News in Brief: Author Pete Earley to speak at mental health luncheon Apr 27, 2007 Performing Arts Apr 27, 2007 The path less traveled Apr 26, 2007
Born artistically in Camargue, southern France, the Gypsy King's Family come from a wild, Gipsy tradition. Their distinguished name, Reyes, is legendary amongst the Gipsies for a mix of musical talent and skillful song writing. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Gypsy Clans Feud Over Fortunetelling Biz... Dec 6, 2007
My Way News - Gypsy Clans Feud Over Fortunetelling Biz. Gypsy Clans Feud Over Fortunetelling Biz ... (AP) - A dispute between two Gypsy clans over control of the fortunetelling trade in this Southern California city has spilled into court, offering a rare glimpse of an insular culture that has long settled scores according to its own Old World rules of honor. (The Drudge Report)
A dispute between two Gypsy clans over control of the fortune telling trade in Newport Beach, Calif. has spilled into court, offering a rare glimpse of the insular culture. (MSNBC -- Business)
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Sukru Punduk says his family has lived in Sulukule, Istanbul's Gypsy quarter, for six centuries and he won't be driven out by laptop-carrying, stroller-pushing yuppies ... Residents of Sulukule, the setting for the belly dancing and Gypsy fight scenes in the 1963 James Bond film ``From Russia With Love,'' were left behind by Turkey's economic boom over the past five years ... Tenants in the Gypsy quarter will get loans to buy less expensive apartments about 40 kilometers... (Bloomberg -- Europe)
The European Commission is set for an unprecedented meeting with Roma (Gypsy) people from all over Europe ... Only a short drive away from Avrig's gypsy shantytown is Sibiu, this year's European capital of culture and a thriving city. (BBC News -- Europe)
This New York-based band recasts the music of the Roma people within a kitchen-sink blend of rock, ska, reggae and more that they call "gypsy punk." With Israeli, Russian and Roma members, Gogol Bordello's music reflects the immigrant experience as it's unfolded from Ellis Island to the outer boroughs and suburbs of today's America. (A.P.). (Los Angeles Times)
In a salute to scribblers of all ages, Boll recently published Gypsy Doodles. Boll is director of the Gypsy, Black Hills Belly Dance troupe, and her interests were the source for the coloring book s content ... My doodling has heavily been influenced by my Middle Eastern dance and cultural studies, Boll said, identifying henna art and belly dance influences as well as the Romany (Gypsy) language it teaches. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
A former chairman of the Law Institute of Victoria, Grace also worked for St Kilda midfielder Leigh Montagna during rape allegations in 2004, the Gypsy Jokers bikie gang and Fremantle following the disputed match against St Kilda in Launceston last year when umpires failed to hear the siren. The Eagles worked with industrial relations lawyers when they terminated Cousins' contract and did not seek Grace's counsel on the issue. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
So now we should allow the market to solve the problem - in other words we need gypsy cabs to fill the gap. There must be budding transport entrepreneurs, keen to cash in on the enormous demand from drunks for a lift home from the office Christmas party. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
After Servel I got into Me and Juliet, another Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, where I settled into being a Broadway gypsy and rode the subways to and from the theater because I had only enough money for lunch and dinner at the Automat, usually a pea nut butter sandwich (10) and lemonade (lemons and sugar free at the tables). The chorus line was a family to me, but I knew I wanted to be out there singing a song and acting. (USA Today -- Life)
Dining begins early morning with healthy breakfasts at Gypsy Den Cafe to Cuban cuisine at Habana and late night sushi at Zipangu. The LAB anti-mall is located at 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 1/2 mile south of the 405 freeway. (PR Newswire)
Small wonder then that the larger social problems of legal partnerships, untrammeled immigration (and the growing angry reaction against immigrants), and a rise in organized crime remain on a back burner, along with a wave of micro-criminality: graffiti on the palazzi including paeans to Mussolini, Molotov cocktails tossed into Roma (gypsy) camps and bullying in schools, including of boys considered to be gay. Recent incidents include school torturers attacking allegedly gay boys and, in a... (Zmag.org)
Founded by Romany raconteur Eugene Htz, who emigrated with his family from the Ukraine in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, the group blends raucous punk rock with the frantic energy of gypsy music, a nod to Htz's Romany heritage ... We're taking a little bit of everything, from gypsy music to reggae to punk to flamenco, and making something new ... There's a swirl of imagery with everything from cross-dressing to gypsy punk rock. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
One could hear mariachi ballads, polkas, horas and Gypsy tunes played on accordion, bouzouki, violins ... On any given night in an American rock club you can hear bands like Gogol Bordello, Man Man, Beirut and Balkan Beat Box playing odd-metered songs drawing on the rhythms of Eastern European Gypsy music. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
For the last four years, he has been heavily involved in the Rowan Romanian Foundation, where he carries out cultural and social programs for psychiatric hospital patients and Gypsy communities. As well as showing the country's mostly undiscovered wildlife gems and supporting eco-tourism projects, he helps to open visitors' eyes to the realities of Romanian life. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Gypsy music is coming to town this weekend. John Sandlin, organizer of Django Fest and guitarist for Le Chat Lunatique, said the music will span jazz, gypsy jazz, and gypsy, brought by the band Carute Roma, which translates to "gypsy wagon." ... Django Reinhardt was a French gypsy and guitar player inspired by Louis Armstrong's music. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
And it is possible, and perfectly fine, to gypsy around via 24-hour flights and the internet; he can live in Berlin, his new favourite city, and come back each year to Australia ... au/news/arts/the-gypsy-gadfly-returns/2007/10/12/1191696151013. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
In the case of Gypsy Biker, even the returning soldiers hometown is changed. He returns disillusioned and angry, knowing that the speculators made their money / off the blood you shed, and hoping to find some respite in his town. (Zmag.org)
Little remains of the rich ethnic culinary heritage of the German, Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian people who called this neighborhood home, though at the newly opened Gypsy Caf , owner Marie Evankovich's menu pays homage to her Slovak and Italian roots, along with live gypsy music and tarot readings. Along Carson and its adjacent streets you'll find Italian, French, Portuguese, Greek, Lebanese, Spanish, Mexican, Japanese, British, and Thai foods. (Boston Globe)
In "Simply Styne," with direction by Eric Michael Gillet and musical direction by Don Rebic, Akers uses Jule Styne songs such as "Time After Time," "People," "Long Before I Knew You" and a "Gypsy" medley to tell of her own personal journey. The Riverview Series tickets are $45 (plus tax; $20 plus tax for students), which include entertainment, beverage and hors d'oeuvres. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
which offers more than 265 sailings aboard nine deluxe riverboats between late March and early November (on mostly seven-night cruises), is big on service: According to Richard De Sousa, Sales and Marketing Director, "the ratio is one crew member for every 2.5 passengers, which means we can offer extras such as room service for continental breakfast." For entertainment, glitzy Las Vegas-style entertainment is out as each cruise has a steady flow of performers board their ships at water's edge,... (MSNBC -- Travel)
7, 2007 12:00 AM Gypsy Caravan is essentially a concert film, recorded during a 2002 North American tour by five Romany music groups ... The musicians come from different nations, so the national inflection on the core of Romany, or Gypsy, art is easily appreciated: the flamenco dancing of Antonio el Pipa, the Romanian music of Taraf de Haidouks ("Band of Thieves," with the pun on "band" in both languages), Indian music from Rajastan in the group called Maharaja ... The Rom people, also called... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
In America he and his wife settled in East Flatbush, New York, and for 20 years he would drive a gypsy cab. Despite his brother's entreaties to move, Uncle Joseph clung to his home in Bel Air, determined not to be driven out. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A gypsy in more ways than one, she shuttles between her studio and home near San Diego (she lives with Salah Hassanein, a retired Warner Brothers executive) and London, where she also has an apartment and work space. Last year she showed a runway collection, her first in 20 years. (International Herald Tribune)
"Her parents sent her to a psychologist.They can't understand how a girlso pretty and popular her whole lifecould ignite like a rag dipped in turpentine.They can't understand how The Princess of Death replaced Yesterday's Princessin the beat of a gypsy moth's wing.The psychologist called it an existential crisis,a common adolescent response to mortality.He believed she was mourning a lifethat suddenly seemed meaninglessand asked if she'd been reading Camus.". Among the "Faculty," we meet the... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Until Gypsy Caravan came along, the only slice of pop culture Romani people had was in the form of Bela Lugosi's Dracula and the Stephen King novel where Gypsies inexplicably curse people with extreme thinness ... Dellal's stunning, though flawed, film details the six-week concert tour of the Gypsy Caravan, which involved five bands from Macedonia, Romania, India and Spain ... In between the musical numbers, Dellal sifts through her subjects' personal lives, sketching a history of Gypsy culture... (National Post)
Songs include the title track, the album opener "Radio Nowhere," "You'll Be Comin' Down," "Livin' in the Future," "Your Own Worst Enemy," "Gypsy Biker," "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," "I'll Work for Your Love," "Last to Die," "Long Walk Home" and "Devil's Arcade.". Details on a worldwide tour featuring the band were expected to follow. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Arts and culture hit the stage. Special to The Clarion-Ledger. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Dylan's song "Went to See the Gypsy" from his "New Morning" album in 1970 was allegedly written about a brief meeting with Elvis on the road. In his scabrous biography "Elvis," author William Goldman claimed Elvis got carried away with spiritualism and faith healing around the same time he was making the dopey desert comedy "Harum Scarum." According to Goldman, Elvis took to wearing a turban from the costume department. (Tallahassee.com)
"Reflections," Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Celebrate Glass," through Aug. 18. Closed Sun.-Tues. 709 PENN GALLERY Downtown, 412-325-7017. "Through My Eyes: Collection of Travel Watercolors," by Ruth McCormick, ends Fri. Closed Sun.-Mon. SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY South Side, 412-431-1810. "This Looking Glass," 109 photographs from around the country looking at the relationships of glass and glass art, through Sept. 15. Closed Sun.-Tues. ***SLAUGHTERHOUSE GALLERY Lawrenceville,... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The 22-year-old Shelby County native will debut in a feature film release, tentatively set for next month, while simultaneously starring in a national tour of the Broadway series "Gypsy." ... where the stage production of "Gypsy" is set to debut ... Kentucky tour dates for "Gypsy" will include productions March 28-30, 2008 at the Lexington Opera House and April 20, 2008 at RiverPark Center in Owensboro. (Shelbyille Sentinel-News, KY)
This is a story of a basketball gypsy who happens to be white, who happens to lack the athletic talent that would really get him on the roster of an NBA team, Cross explained. It chronicles his four-year career criss-crossing continents seeking basketball employment hopefully with an NBA team, but more likely with teams in Greece, Russia and in other far-flung parts of the globe. (Missoulian, MT)
Gogol Bordello Gypsy punk band from New York. Richard's on Richards, Sept. 2, 9 pm, $17. (Vancouver Sun)
"When the festival was launched, it had a $320,000 budget. Now, it has a $3.8 million budget.While the 16-day festival continues to star the London Symphony Orchestra, there's no doubt it has grown to be a global stage for music.Tonight's opening performance is Hungary's gypsy jazz violinist Roby Lakatos and band. Having performed throughout the world, Lakatos is known for his lightning-fast virtuoso violin.This year, Fado fans should flock to hear Portugal songstress Mariza perform. Italy's... (Florida Today)
Songs include music from the Jackson Five (ABC), Pointer Sisters, Britney Spears, Gypsy Kings, Don't Cha by Pussycat Dolls and Karma Chameleon by Culture Club. "This is really something that the younger generation and the little-bit-older generation can enjoy together as a party game," says Alain Tascan, the game's executive producer. (USA Today -- Tech)
And they don't exactly rule out dissonance, distortion, or waltz-tempo intros fit for the stage-right entrance of a gypsy caravan, either. The lyrics are meandering, dreamy, and not always discernible. (City Pages)
The Paris Opera takes a risk with Kusturica's gypsy-punk opera - International Herald Tribune ... The Paris Opera takes a risk with Kusturica's gypsy-punk opera ... Put simply, Mortier was also asking a traditionally conservative audience to embrace a so-called gypsy punk opera, with amplified orchestra and voices, pop-up d. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Roma face racial slurs everywhere they live: "Gyp," from "gypsy," is slang for getting ripped off in English speaking countries. "Roma" has become the politically more correct term. (BusinessWeek)
They knew the country publican and former senior Perth detective had shot dead Gypsy Joker member Billy Grierson after a minor dispute in October 2000 ... The Gypsy Jokers vowed revenge. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Gypsy Jule Stynes acclaimed Broadway musical about an overbearing stage mother and her famous burlesque-star daughter. To July 8 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 8pm (Wed. (Vancouver Westender)
Hundreds of thousands of gypsy moths that descended on a popular camping spot in Wisconsin prompted officials to close the park from Monday until June 27. Reynoldson said moths are thickest at night when they feed on the nectar of flowering trees and shrubs. (7 KETV Omaha)
Bizet's opera about a fickle Spanish gypsy and the hearts she breaks yielded a number of hit tunes for the French composer. Sung in English, as it was on Saturday, the story gains in clarity what it loses in the romance of the French language. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Gogol Bordello This gypsy punk band from New York City made their Bonnaroo debut at This Tent, and their fans nearly tore it down with excitement. Ukrainian lead singer Eugene Htz worked the crowd by throwing a bass drum to the audience's reaching hands, then prominently stood on top of it, singing powerfully to the violent sounds created by the fiddler and accordion player. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
With its collection of artists from eight European democracies, Paradise Lost is an exhibition, angry and hugely alive, of a boundary-defying culture, "otherwise known as Gypsy," as a spokesperson explains. Like, what paradise. (Toronto Star)
"We have your traditional jazz, but then we have your Latin jazz, your organ jazz, gypsy jazz. I don't think anyone gets to hear that at any other festival.". The committee finds the performers from recommendations from community members, the MSU jazz studies program and a partnership with Wharton Center. (The State News, MI)
A giddy documentary about Gypsy music. The abortion movie everyone should see. (Salon)
"I don't feel like a gypsy, but my friends always ask me that," said Gallin, who moved out of the Maine-style house in May. "I originally started redoing houses to deal with stress. I found that the hour I could go to a job site every day took my mind off the 24/7 of thinking about my clients. When my business manager said to me, 'You've made more money doing this than producing,' it really surprised me. So I thought, 'Why not just do it?"' In Hollywood, real estate is the easiest way to track... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Asked about the role of men in traditional Iraqi dance, Kamal said, "They have always played a role, especially in gypsy dances." Without doubt, though, it's the women dancers who give this story life. Nevertheless, this focus is by no means a sexist one. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Can Gypsy tears ward off lawsuits. A New York businessman briefly shown during a scene in Borat hightailing away from is suing distributor 20th Century Fox for using his likeness without his consent. (E! Online)
" Can Epiphyas postvittana be exterminated from California? Powell is doubtful. "Because it's a general feeder -- it's polyphagous -- it doesn't seem to me there's much point in quarantining things, especially after they've found it all around," he said. Nevertheless, state and federal officials continue to try. These days, construction is speeding along on a new command center in Watsonville -- the heart of apple country and, it appears, the light brown apple moth infestation. The number of... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Both are very sensual and the passion behind the gypsy Carmen and the tango is similar. But the roles also have their unique characteristics. (iAfrica.com)
"It does breed a different kind of mentality and culture, when you walk into your house and you're not renting."Right now Sydney is more or less a gypsy team, we don't have a specific training facility. Aussie Stadium is a place that we rent amongst others. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Grard Blot/RMN Among the paintings from La Caze's collection that are now on exhibit is Frans Hals's "The Gypsy.". Text Size. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
But something was different here from so many gypsy neighbourhoods I have visited ... "I stole, I drank, I was lazy," Iliya told us later, with a twinkle in his eye, playing the caricature of a gypsy villain, on a stage of his own carpentry ... Earlier the same day, we sat with Nikolai Kirilov and other local gypsy leaders, in a restaurant beside the Danube. (BBC News)
NEPONSET Roaming the hilly fields northwest of Neponset is a group of ponies that would look right at home in any old gypsy movie ... The three horses are Gypsy Cobs, and they belong to Melanie Block and her family ... Block said the gypsy horse was first promoted in the United States by Dennis and Cindy Thompson, who imported several horses to Florida beginning in 1996 and started a registry for the new horse. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Idan Raichel is an Israeli keyboardist and composer whose love of Gypsy music and tango was profoundly impacted by his exposure to Israels Ethiopian population ... There, he added Arabic, Gypsy and Indian tunes into the usual Balkan and Russian mix, and oversaw the birth of a scene that, on any given night, might see young European jet-setters dancing next to hip-hoppers dancing next to drag queens and people in traditional Bulgarian dress. (WNBC.com, NY)
If ever a voice deserved to reign over Eurovision it is the voice of the Gypsy, who is made to live everywhere in Europe as if it was nowhere. From the slopes of the Caucasus to the shores of the Atlantic, the Roma people can be found struggling with poverty and ill-health, unemployed, often undocumented, threatened with assimilation and the loss of what little culture they have left - and nowhere more so than in Serbia. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
" $15-$25 depending on day, under 12 $10.Oldcastle Theatre Company Bennington Center for the Arts, Rte. 9 at Gypsy Lane, Bennington. 802-447-0564. Thu-Sat8 p.m., Thu, Sat, and Sun 2 p.m. $32, students $12.6/8-6/24: "Three Days of Rain. "7/13-7/29: "On Golden Pond. (Boston Globe)
He was found naked and unconscious last Friday in a hotel room by the client he was in Adelaide to represent, a former member of the outlawed Gypsy Jokers bikie gang. Following a police investigation of Hayes' collapse, a young woman, reportedly a prostitute, is to be charged with having administered him a drug of dependence. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Gone were the long gypsy skirts and T-shirts she favored only a couple of years ago. Gone even was the English-born singer's trademark long, wavy blonde hair and bare feet. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
For Picasso, the Spanish-born maestro who spent most of his life in France, the Gypsy temptress from Seville was also deeply Spanish: proud, provocative, passionate and doomed. And he embraced her as such. (International Herald Tribune)
A Romanian gypsy, he was usually in lively good humour, but today he was distraught ... Another exodus followed in the 1990s with repatriation to newly unified Germany, and today about 50,000 remain in villages with Romanian and gypsy neighbours ... The road to Mati's village, Viscri, is a rough track that passes through a gypsy settlement and then meanders through countryside that those of us of a certain age remember from childhood, when wildflowers brightened meadows untainted by chemicals. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
"Gypsy Caravan " Jasmine Dellal ("American Gypsy ") has made another documentary about gypsy culture. This one is about its history. (Boston Globe)
The show will include scenes from "Gypsy," "Fiddler on the Roof," "The King and I" and "Music Man." Cost is 73. Take a day tour to Mexico on May 30. (North County Times)
E.J. THOMAS HALL E.J. Thomas Hall offers '07-08 Broadway series, plus `Cats,' `Riverdance' An orphan, a dictator's wife and a stripper-in-training -- in other words, Annie, Evita and Gypsy -- will come to Akron for the 2007-08 Broadway in Akron series at E.J. Thomas Hall. F.Y.I. Ohio Ballet is gone, but a new twist on its popular free concerts in the parks is on the way, thanks to the city of Akron. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Dressed in Gypsy threads, Yamil Maldonado's wide-eyed reactions were choreographed and stylized, but afterward, his superlatives for the American Ballet Theatre superstar were spontaneous. "(Carreo) jumps so high," Yamil said of his role model. (Herald-Tribune)
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