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'The Recovering' chronicles addiction

'The Recovering' chronicles addiction

Author Leslie Jamison's new memoir of her years of alcoholism walks in the paths of drunken icons like Raymond Carver and John Cheever, describing the effects of intoxicants with gorgeous, exact care.
by Annalisa Quinn

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So 2 goats were stuck on a beam under a bridge...

So 2 goats were stuck on a beam under a bridge...

They were about 100 feet above the ground. They had been there for hours. And they didn't know how to get down. Operation Goat Rescue begins!
by Marc Silver

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Play explores the tension that gave birth to tap

Play explores the tension that gave birth to tap

The new musical "Five Points" incorporates music from Irish and African-American traditions.
by Marianne Combs

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The Current launches Prince-oriented stream

Purple Current is a mixture of Prince music, music that inspired him, his contemporaries and music that he influenced.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Poetry Friday: Take a (line) break

Poetry Friday: Take a (line) break

To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Thread is showcasing three poems every Friday from local independent publishing houses.
by Tracy Mumford

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A flamenco treatment of Argentina's tragic past

A flamenco treatment of Argentina's tragic past

"Garden of Names" tells a story of those who disappeared during the rule of the junta.
by Euan Kerr

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Man in the Mirror dedicated to kidnapped boy

"Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson was number one on the Billboard pop chart 30 years ago today. Jackson dedicated the song to Yoshiaki Ogiwara, a five-year-old Japanese boy who was kidnapped, held for ransom and eventually murdered.
by Cathy Wurzer

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