Humanity’s understanding of what constitutes a planet has changed over time. Whereas our most notable magi and scholars once believed that the world was a flat disc , they gradually learned that it was in fact spherical.
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Kronos Quartet Returns for New Works, 2/11
On Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. , San Francisco’s celebrated Kronos Quartet returns to Zankel Hall for a program of new works, six of which were commissioned as part of Carnegie Hall’s 125 Commissions Project, including the world premiere of Rhiannon Giddens’s At the Purchaser’s Option with Variations. Additional commissioned works include Garth Knox’s Satellites ; Kala Ramnath’s Amrit ; Nicole Lize’s Another Living Soul ; Tanya Tagaq’s Sivunittinni ; and Fod Lassana Diabat’s Sunjata’s Time on which Diabat will join the quartet on the balafon.
Faking History To Make The Black Kids Feel Good
A known quantity in the faking department is Rev. Al Sharpton. In a video that gets considerable play on TV, Sharpton informs a rapt audience that “white folks” were cave dwellers when blacks were building empires and pyramids; teaching philosophy, astrology and mathematics.
Three dead after car crash in Bucca near Bundaberg, Queensland
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