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Frida

Freedom From Frida: an Interview With Singer Lila Downs

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Frida Kahlo, Shake Away, Lila Downs, Frida, Mexican American Identity, Lila Downs Shake Away, Lila Downs Chicago, Lila Downs Motherhood, Mexican Ancestry, Lila Downs Hip Hop, Caetano Veloso, Mexican Identity, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

With the release of her newest CD, Shake Away, the 40-year-old songstress Lila Downs has let her hair down, pulled her hemlines up, and is making a case for Mexicans 2.0.

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The Lords of The Fly

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Puccini, Carmen, John Gardner, Woody Allen, Ruxandra Donose, Theatre Du Chatelet, John Goldenthal, Across the Universe, The Fly, Nicholas & Alexandra, Howard Shore, Vincent Price, Beowulf, Deborah Drattell, William Friedkin, The Fly II, Jeff Goldblum, Madame Butterfly, Dante Ferretti, Batman Forever, George Langelaan, The Lion King, Ann Bogart, The Magic Flute, Return of the Fly, Lost in Space, Michael Collins, Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, Verdi, Playboy, Placido Domingo, David Cronenberg, Mozart, David Henry Hwang, La Boehme, Il Trittico, Beethoven, Julie Tamor, Daniel Okulitch, Heat, Geena Davis, Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, The Lord of the Rings, Grendel, Berlioz, Los Angeles Opera, Frida, Aida, Rasputin, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The production contained some pre-requisites for the medium -- a tragic storyline that centered around love, sex and three principles, making it a theoretical candidate for an operatic treatment.

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