Authors call for Liu Xiaobo protest reading

Authors call for Liu Xiaobo protest reading

Berlin - Writers from around the world have called for protest readings to draw attention to detained Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, the Berlin literature festival announced on Tuesday.

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Art behind bars

Avi Steinberg spent time working in a prison library and saw first-hand what books and literature meant to some prisoners. Janie Paul works with prisoners on creative arts projects. They share their perspective on arts and humanities in the prisons.

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New Dominion's full plate of adventurous fare

Thomas Beveridge led the 200-plus members of his New Dominion Chorale in an adventurous all-Beethoven program at the Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center on Sunday, presenting two less-familiar choral works along with three staples of the choral literature. "Meeresstille und Glueckliche Fahrt,"...

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