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July 20, 2009 - The Hollywood Reporter - Pericles Redux -- Theater Review
The Hollywood Reporter - Bottom Line: Shakespeare worthy of Spock begins run in Culver City.
Shakespeare's obscure transitional play of uncertain authorship about the heroic attempts of a virtuous Greek prince to overcome or at least come to terms with reality offers a futuristic theater company a chance to shine. Leading the way as Pericles, dancer-choreographer John Farmanesh-Bocca and Not Man Apart's Physical Theatre Ensemble create a Fellini-esque theatrical work that threshes relentlessly through the carnage of evil.....More...
July 16, 2009 - KPFK Arts In Review Interview - Dax Foundation Sponsors Pericles Redux Los Angeles Debut
KPFK Radio Los Angeles - The Dax Foundation sponsors the Los Angeles debut of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's Pericles Redux, inspired by the Shakespeare play, with nine benefit performances at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles July 17–25. This July 16th, 2009 interview with the Foundation's Executive Director, Dave Weisman, Emmy Award winner Jennifer Landon of "As the World Turns" & Kym Sawtelle, Not Man Apart's Development Director, highlights this exciting and innovative production and the Dax Foundation's initiatives to support the arts.... More...
June 24, 2009 - Jennifer Landon Joins Pericles Redux Cast for L.A. Run
Playbill - Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's Pericles Redux, inspired by the Shakespeare play and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca, will play nine performances at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles July 17–25. Emmy Award winner Jennifer Landon of "As the World Turns" is among the performers. The production is sponsored by the Dax Foundation, and ticket sales will "benefit recipients of the Foundation’s Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT)".... More...
May 19, 2009 - Dax Foundation Establishes PACT, Awards Grants To 4 LA Based Theater Groups
BroadwayWorld - The Dax Foundation - a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - announced today that it is significantly increasing its support for the arts by establishing its new Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT) and has awarded its first grants to four outstanding Los Angeles-based theater groups: Shakespeare Santa Monica, Veterans Center for the Performing Arts, Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble and Independent Shakespeare Company... More...
 October 22, 2007 - The Oscar Goes to ... the Top Bidder
NEWSWEEK -Wanna buy an Oscar? Because of a rule established in 1950 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which allows the organization to buy back unwanted statues for $1 before the public gets a shot, the opportunity to purchase an actual Oscar is extremely rare. But in December, Sotheby's will be auctioning one off, and it's a doozy... More...
 October 16, 2007 - Welles' Oscar Up For Grabs
E! Online - Orson Welles is long gone, but now's your chance to pick up a little something to remember him by—if the price is right. Sotheby's New York has revealed plans to auction off Welles' one and only Oscar, for co-writing 1941's Citizen Kane, the consensus pick of film critics and historians as the greatest film ever made... More...
 October 16, 2007 - Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" Oscar to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It won only one Oscar, but Orson Welles' 1941 film "Citizen Kane" is widely considered his best movie. Now the Academy Award Welles received for his masterwork can be bought for a cool million -- or maybe more... More...
 October 16, 2007 - Citizen Kane Oscar under hammer
BBC News - The only Oscar won for Orson Welles' iconic 1941 film Citizen Kane is to be auctioned and is estimated to fetch $800,000 (£393,000) to $1.2m (0.5m). The Oscar was for best original screenplay and was given jointly to Welles and Herman J Mankiewicz... More...
 August 14, 2007 - ‘Climate change to hit poor nations harder’
The Herald - DEVELOPING countries will be hit harder by climate change because they do not have the capacity to adapt as fast as richer countries, says the Minister of Environment & Tourism Cde Francis Nhema... More...
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