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MEXICAN STAND-OFF

Santiago’s 24th International Book Festival at Estación Mapocho

Photography


HOW TO SEE

FotoAmérica 2004

(Nov. 5) “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera,” said Dorothea Lange, whose work during the Great Depression was one of the most committed social documentaries of photography of the last century.


Film Review


HOW TO SURVIVE A FAILING FILM

Promedio Rojo: See the Film Then Buy The T-Shirt

(Nov. 5, 2004) There’s no good news this week. If you were hoping to seek refuge from Bush’s reelection by going to watch a good film, don’t count on Chilean premieres.

Opera Review


LEND ME YOUR EARS: A TALE OF FIENDS, ROMANS AND PRETTY WOMEN

Tosca at the Teatro Municpal

(Nov. 5, 2004) Cesare Angelottia, a political fugitive, creeps across the dimly lit stage. The scene the site of the Sant'Andrea della Valle church in Rome; the year is 1800, and Napoleon’s forces are sweeping into Italy. Angelottia is discovered and granted refuge by his friend, a painter and fellow supporter of the Corsican upstart, Mario Cavaradossi.

Cultural Announcements


THIS WEEK’S CULTURAL ANNOUNCEMENTS



Top Cultural Story
Courtesy of Editorial Alfaguara
Carlos Fuenes joins a hosts of Mexican authors at Santiago's 24th Feria del Libro
Film Review
Courtesy of promediorojo.com
Idiotic characters of "Promedio Rojo" try to take over Santiago...beware
Opera Review
Courtesy of Juan Millan T.
Great pair of lungs: Tosca at the Teatro Municipal