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JAYNE CORTEZ, POET AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST David Corio Jayne Cortez performing in New York in 1994. Her work was known for its power and outrage. By MARGALIT FOX Published: January 3, 2013 Jayne Cortez, a poet and performance artist whose … Continue reading →

ERNEST BORGNINE, TOUGH BUT TENDER ACTOR George Brich/Associated Press Ernest Borgnine outside his home in Hollywood, Calif., in 1969. By ANITA GATES Published: July 8, 2012 Ernest Borgnine, the rough-hewn actor who seemed destined for tough-guy characters but won an … Continue reading →

CAMILLA WILLIAMS, A LYRIC SOPRANO Fred Fehl/New York City Opera Camilla Williams, left, as Cio-Cio-San and Margery Mayer as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. By MARGALIT FOX Published: February 2, 2012 On May 15, 1946, an unknown singer named Camilla Williams … Continue reading →

  In support of the protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills that are in Congress, I have joined many across the Internet for the defeat of these two bills. To obtain … Continue reading →

SAM RIVERS, JAZZ MUSICIAN By NATE CHINEN Published: December 27, 2011 Sam Rivers, an inexhaustibly creative saxophonist, flutist, bandleader and composer who cut his own decisive path through the jazz world, spearheading the 1970s loft scene in New York and … Continue reading →

WANGARI MAATHAI, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: September 26, 2011   NAIROBI, Kenya — Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist who began a movement to reforest her country by paying poor women a few shillings to plant trees … Continue reading →

Cherokees expel descendants of slaves from tribe By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS – Associated Press | AP – Fri, Sep 9, 2011   TULSA, Okla. (AP) — One of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes has sent letters to about 2,800 descendants of … Continue reading →

PETER FALK, ‘COLUMBO’ ACTOR Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo. More Photos » By BRUCE WEBER Published: June 24, 2011   Peter Falk, who marshaled actorly tics, prop room appurtenances and his own physical idiosyncrasies to personify Columbo, one of the most … Continue reading →

CARL GARDNER, LEAD SINGER OF THE COASTERS By BRUCE WEBER Published: June 13, 2011   Carl Gardner, the spunky tenor who was the lead singer of the original Coasters, whose mixture of rhythm-and-blues, doo-wop and sitcom humor created 1950s hits … Continue reading →