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Rebekah Main (Oakland)

It All Works Out for the Best

Sometimes an old dog can learn new tricks. Pittsburgh Opera concludes its 2018-2019 season with Donizetti’s comic masterpiece, Don Pasquale. Don Pasquale, an old and wealthy bachelor, wants to arrange a marriage for his nephew, Ernesto, to secure the young man’s future. Ernesto is already in love with the young widow, Norina, but Don Pasquale does not approve. Don Pasquale decides to get married himself and disown his nephew.…
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Rebecca West End

The Magic and Mythos of Maggie Stiefvater

Bloodthirsty water horses and immortal Welsh kings aren’t out of place in author Maggie Stiefvater’s books. Blend the mundane and the magical in these reads.

Books

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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Sara Collins
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The Farm
Joanne Ramos
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How Not to Die Alone
Richard Roper
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Orange World and Other Stories
Karen Russell
The Satapur Moonstone Cover Image
The Satapur Moonstone
Sujata Massey
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The Unpassing
Chia-Chia Lin

Videos

All About Lily Chou-Chou Cover Image
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Shunji Iwai
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Burning
Lee Chang-dong
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Goodbye Dragon Inn
Tsai Mingliang
In the Mood for Love Cover Image
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-Wai
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Kaili Blues
Bi Gan
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The Taste of Tea
Katsuhito Ishii

Music

Already Ready Already Cover Image
Already Ready Already
Galactic
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Doko Mien
Ibibio Sound Machine
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H.E.R.
H.E.R.
In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile Cover Image
In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile
Stile Antico
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Miri
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
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What Chaos Is Imaginary
Girlpool

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