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Baraka, Amiri

(Encyclopedia) Baraka, AmiriBaraka, Amiriamērē bəräˈkə [key], 1934–2014, American poet, playwright, and political activist, b. Newark, N.J., as Everett LeRoy Jones, studied at Rutgers Univ., Howard…

2006-2007 Obie Awards

The 2006–2007 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 21, 2007, at New York University's Skirball…

Charles M. Schulz Remembered

Creator of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the entire "Peanuts" gang by Beth Rowen Charles Schulz and Snoopy at the premiere of "Peanuts Gallery" at Carnegie Hall. (Source/AP) Related Links Charles…

Gary Burghoff

Gary Burghoff is best known for his portrayal of Walter "Radar" O'Reilly in the television series M*A*S*H. Burghoff, a veteran of Broadway, played the same role in the feature film (1970), and was in…

Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire first reached the country music charts in 1976, but it wasn't until 1984 that she had hit records in "How Blue" and "Somebody Should Leave." By 1987 she had been named the Country…

Leaves of Grass

Walt WhitmanDedicationCome, said my soul, Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,) That should I after return, Or, long, long hence, in other spheres, There to some group of…

Destination Bizarre

Great American claims to fame by John Gettings According to the Hosiery Association, the industry's leading trade association, one out of every eight Americans who put on a…

U.S. Societies & Associations (M)

Magazine Editors, American Society of (1963): 810 Seventh Ave., 24th Fl., New York, N.Y. 10019. 900. Phone: (212) 872-3737. www.magazine.org. Magazine Publishers of America (1919): 810 Seventh…

Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman was a versatile character actor who appeared on Broadway and in television from the 1950s through the 1990s. He is best known for playing sportswriter Oscar Madison -- the slobby one --…