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Crazy Deep Fried Food Facts
Weird History Food is getting out the fryer for this one on Fried Foods. People worldwide have enjoyed various fried foods for centuries. Deep-frying is thought to date back to ancient Egyptian times; the process was meant to help preserve foods. The inve...
Americans Try African Food For The First Time!
Dishes include Jollof Rice, Peri Peri Chicken, and Injera.
Verdi's "Rigoletto"
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.
Mozart's "Don Giovanni"
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play El burlador de Se...
Rossini's "Barber of Seville"
The Barber of Seville (1816), or The Useless Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy The Barber of Seville.
Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"
Composed in 1786, Mozart's classic opera has all the ingredients of a modern rom com: love, revenge and deception.
Pride and Prejudice: A New Musical
Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? Based on the classic novel by Jane Austen. A new musical adaptation by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955)
In this 1955 film seven dwarfs and a prince save Snow White from a bad-apple queen in the Grimm fairy tale.
Richest US states 2023
Richest U.S. States by GDP. What is Gross Domestic Product? A comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity. GDP measures the value of the final goods and services produced in the United States (without double counting the intermediate goods and servic...
Randall Goosby Plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Louis Langrée conducts the inaugural Avery Fisher Legacy Concert, featuring Tchaikovsky's celebrated Violin Concerto with the astonishing Randall Goosby, recipient of a 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Why Did It Take 632 Years to Complete Cologne Cathedral?
A well-known example of Gothic architecture and German Catholicism that was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996.
God’s Architect: Antoni Gaudi’s Glorious Vision
Architect Antoni Gaudi's vision for the Sagrada Familia, a church under construction for over 130 years, is aided by modern technology.
The Adventures of Mark Twain
In this 1985 claymation film, celebrated author Mark Twain, displeased with the state of humanity, sets off in a hot-air balloon to meet his celestial destiny: Halley's Comet. Stowed away on the craft are beloved characters from Twain's stories -- Tom Saw...
Romulus and Remus: The Founding Myth of Rome
In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells of the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus, following his fratricide of Remus. Here are a few takes on the story of Romulus and Rem...
