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William Henry Steward William Henry Steward (July 26, 1847 – January 3, 1935) was a civil rights activist from Louisville, Kentucky. In February 1876, he was appointed the first black letter carrier in Kentucky. He was the leading layman of the General Association of Negro Baptists in Kentucky and played a key role in ...
Charles Evers James Charles Evers (born September 11, 1922) is an American civil rights activist and former politician. A Republican, Evers was known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers. He was made the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ...
Lulu Belle Madison White Lulu (or Lula) Belle Madison White (1900-1957) was a teacher and civil rights activist in Texas during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1939, White was named as the president of the Houston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) before becoming executive secret...
Ernest McBride, Sr. Ernest Samuel McBride, Sr (November 20, 1909 – May 5, 2007) was an African American civil rights activist and community leader based in Long Beach, California. He fought to improve the working prospects and conditions of African Americans in the shipyards, grocery stores, housing, police and fire de...
Terry Francois Terry A. Francois ( 1922 – June 9, 1989) was an African American attorney, civil rights activist, and politician. He served as San Francisco chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and became the first African American to serve on the San Francisco Board of Sup...
James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871June 26, 1938) was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In ...
W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. Afte...
Hubert Thomas Delany Hubert Thomas Delany ( ; May 11, 1901 - December 28, 1990) was an American civil rights pioneer, a lawyer, politician, Assistant U.S. Attorney, the first African American Tax Commissioner of New York and one of the first appointed African American judges in New York City. Judge Delany was on the bo...
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin (August 9, 1883 – March 10, 1965) was an American [[suffragist[[Civil rights movement|civil rights]] activist, organization executive, and community practitioner whose career spanned over half a century. Lampkin’s effective skills as an orator, fundraiser, org...
Clement G. Morgan Clement Garnett Morgan (1859-1929) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and city official of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born into slavery in Virginia and freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, he trained as a barber before moving to Massachusetts to pursue his education. He was the first A...
Christopher B. Landon Christopher Beau Landon (born February 27, 1975) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known as the writer of 2007 film "Disturbia", the last three "Paranormal Activity" films and as the son of late actor Michael Landon. Landon wrote and made his first directorial debut on ...
One Lucky Elephant One Lucky Elephant is an American documentary film directed by Lisa Leeman that premiered December 1, 2011 on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network as part of the OWN Documentary Club. The film focuses on the extraordinary human-animal bond between Circus Flora founder, Ivor David Balding, and Flora an endanger...
Tori Kelly Victoria Loren "Tori" Kelly (born December 14, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and voice actress who slowly gained recognition after starting to post videos on YouTube at the age of 14. When she was 16, Kelly auditioned for the singing competition television series "American Idol". A...
Neil LaBute Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. He is best-known for a play that he wrote and later turned into a film, "In the Company of Men" (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the New York Fil...
2003 Cannes Film Festival The 56th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2003. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury. The Palme d'Or went to the American film "Elephant" by Gus Van Sant based on the Columbine High School mass...
Pardon Mon Affaire Pardon Mon Affaire (French: Un éléphant ça trompe énormément , English: "An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive" ) is a 1976 French comedy film co-written and directed by Yves Robert. It was remade as the 1984 American film "The Woman in Red".
Jim Fields James Wallace Fields (born September 1958) is an American film director, producer, playwright and actor. Fields wrote, produced and directed the movies "416", "Saving The Indian Hills", "Preserve Me A Seat", "Plain Living" and, most recently "Bugeaters", currently in production. Prior to his film work, Field...
Christine Yoo Christine Yoo is a Korean-American writer, director, producer and filmmaker. She has written and directed a romantic-comedy feature film entitled "Wedding Palace," starring Brian Tee, Kang Hye-jung, Bobby Lee, Margaret Cho, Joy Osmanski, Steve Park, Kelvin Han Yee, Elaine Kao, Charles Kim, Jean Yoon, Nanc...
Jordan Vogt-Roberts Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts (born September 22, 1984) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. His feature directorial debut, "The Kings of Summer", screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and also at the 2013 Cleveland Inter...
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale Whispers: An Elephant's Tale is a 2000 American film, starring Angela Bassett, Joanna Lumley, Anne Archer, Debi Derryberry and Kevin Michael Richardson. It was co-written, co-produced and directed by Dereck Joubert.
At Land At Land (1944) is a 15-minute silent experimental film written, directed by, and starring Maya Deren. It has a dream-like narrative in which a woman, played by Deren, is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey encountering other people and other versions of herself. Deren once said that the film is a...
Bruce Yonemoto Bruce Yonemoto (born 1949) is a Japanese-American multimedia artist. His work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Film Institute, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Maya Deren Award for Experimental Film and Video, and a mid-career survey show at the Japanese American Na...
In the Mirror of Maya Deren The documentary In the Mirror of Maya Deren ("Im Spiegel der Maya Deren", 2002) is a film about avant garde filmmaker Maya Deren (1917-1961) by Austrian film maker Martina Kudlacek. It is based on the biography "The Legend of Maya Deren".
Teiji Ito Teiji Ito (伊藤貞司 , Itō Teiji , January 22, 1935 – August 16, 1982) was a Japanese composer and performer. He is best known for his scores for the avant-garde films by Maya Deren. The independent filmmaker, Barbara Hammer, continues to promote and educate the world about both Teiji and his wife, Maya Deren.
Illusions & Mirrors Illusions & Mirrors is a 2013 short film directed by Iranian-born American artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat. The film, shot in black-and-white, stars Tarek Aylouch, Michael Markiewicz, and the Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman. The film was commissioned by Dior, for which Portman i...
Maya Deren Award The American Film Institute Award for Independent Film and Video Artists, subtitled and generally known as the Maya Deren Award, was an award presented to filmmakers and video artists by the American Film Institute to honor independent filmmaking. Named for the avant-garde experimental film artist Maya...
Maya Deren Maya Deren (April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961), born Eleanora Derenkowskaia (Russian: Элеоно́ра Деренко́вская ), was a Russian-American filmmaker and one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreograp...
Chao-Li Chi Chao-Li Chi (; April 5, 1927 – October 16, 2010) was a Shanxi-born actor and dancer who worked extensively in American television, including his best known role as Chao-Li, the faithful majordomo and chauffeur of Jane Wyman's character in "Falcon Crest". Additionally, his film credits include "Big Trouble i...
Meshes of the Afternoon Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) is a short experimental film directed by wife-and-husband team Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid. The film's narrative is circular and repeats several motifs, including a flower on a long driveway, a key falling, a door unlocked, a knife in a loaf of bread, a mysteri...
Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren features a score for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2001 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for the documentary film "In the Mirror of Maya Deren" on the life and work of May...
Zane Grey Estate The Zane Grey Estate is a National Register of Historic Places structure (site #02001187) in Altadena, California. It was placed on the Register in 2002 for its association with author Zane Grey.
Nalini Prava Deka Nalini Prava Deka (11 March 1944 – 15 June 2014) was an Assamese-language author, poet, storyteller, actress and playwright from Assam, a state encompassing the Brahmaputra Valley in India. She was honoured at a 2012 gathering in Ledo by the Assam Sahitya Sabha (Assam Literary Society). Deka promoted ...
Zane Grey Museum The Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, is a former residence of the author Zane Grey and is now maintained as a museum and operated by the National Park Service (NPS). It is located on the upper Delaware River and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It con...
Save the Brahmaputra River Popular British poet, novelist, blogger and environmentalist Tess Joyce during her visit to Brahmaputra valley in Assam for working in a techno-environmental project observed utter lack of environmental awareness and concern for the wellness of Brahmaputra river by the riverine people who set...
Bhabananda Deka Prof Bhabananda Deka (Assamese:ভৱানন্দ ডেকা) (19 August 1929 – 4 December 2006) has been acknowledged as the pioneer Assam economist and author, who conducted path-breaking research for the very first time on the economy of the far eastern part of India. He was also a leading Indian-Assamese litterateur...
Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. "Riders of the Purple Sage" (1912) was his best-selling book. In ad...
Zane Grey Cabin The Zane Grey Cabin on the Rogue River in Oregon is a cabin built in 1926 by Zane Grey (1872–1939), the master author of the American West. Grey used it as a frequent retreat until 1935.
Romer Zane Grey Romer Zane Grey (October 1, 1909 - March 8, 1976) was the eldest son of novelist Zane Grey. Romer was born October 1, 1909 at Lackawaxen, Penn. Zane and Dolly Grey had three children: Romer, Betty, and Loren. Romer was named after an uncle Romer Carl Grey, known as Reddy Grey.
Timeless (Jim Ankan Deka album) Timeless is a multilingual album by Assamese musician Jim Ankan Deka. The album was recorded in 2012. The CD contains seven tracks while the digital version has only five tracks. The album is a tribute to Indian music maestros Dr. Bhupen Hazarika and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, writer Bhabana...
Economy of Assam The Economy of Assam is largely agriculture based with 69% of the population engaged in it. Principal Bhabananda Deka was the first Assamese Economist and Research Scholar to initiate formal extensive research on economy of Assam for five centuries right from the time of Srimanta Sankardev. His researc...
Dicky Dolma Dicky Dolma (born 5 April 1974) is an Indian woman who is known for being the youngest woman to summit Mount Everest up to that time at the age of 19 on May 10, 1993. This occurred on the Indo-Nepal Women's Everest Expedition. This Indo-Nepal Women's Everest Expedition was led by Bachendri Pal who was the f...
Lute Jerstad Luther G. (Lute) Jerstad (1936–1998) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide who was a member of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition. He reached the summit of Mount Everest by the South Col route on May 22, 1963 with Barry Bishop. Three weeks earlier, on May 1, Jim Whittaker and Indian mounta...
Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition The goal of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition of 1999 was to discover evidence of whether George Mallory and Andrew Irvine had been the first to summit Mount Everest in their attempt of 8–9 June 1924. The expedition was organized by regular Everest expedition leader Eric ...
1924 British Mount Everest expedition The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was—after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition—the second expedition with the goal of achieving the first ascent of Mount Everest. After two summit attempts in which Edward Norton set a world altitude record of 28,126 feet (8572m), the...
1922 British Mount Everest expedition The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. This was also the first expedition that attempted to climb Everest using bottled oxygen. The expedition would attempt to climb Everest...
Rob Hall Robert Edwin "Rob" Hall {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (14 January 1961 – 11 May 1996) was a New Zealand mountaineer best known for being the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition in which he, a fellow guide, and two clients perished. A best-selling account of the expedition was given in Jon Krakauer...
José Antonio Delgado José Antonio Delgado Sucre (13 May 1965 – 22 July 2006) was the first Venezuelan mountaineer to reach the summit of five eight-thousanders and one of the most experienced climbers in Latin America. Known as "el indio" (the "Indian" for his strength), Delgado led the first Venezuelan Everest expedit...
Nazir Sabir Nazir Sabir Urdu: نذیر صابر is a Pakistani mountaineer. He was born in Hunza. He has climbed Mount Everest and four of the five 8000 m peaks in Pakistan, including the world's second highest mountain K2 in 1981, Gasherbrum II 8035m, Broad Peak 8050m in 1982, and Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak) 8068m in 1992. He ...
Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine (8 April 19028 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the 1924 British Everest Expedition, the third British expedition to the world's highest (8,848 m) mountain, Mount Everest.
Apa Sherpa Apa (born Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa; 20 January 1960), nicknamed "Super Sherpa", is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, jointly with Phurba Tashi, holds the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other person. As part of The Eco Everest Expedition 2011, Apa made his 21st Mount Everest...
Seton Hall Preparatory School Seton Hall Preparatory School, generally called Seton Hall Prep or "The Prep", is a Roman Catholic all boys' high school located in the suburban community of West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, operating under the supervision of the Archdiocese of Newark. Founded in 1856 with an origi...
Nick Werkman Nicholas G. Werkman III is an American former basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates of South Orange, New Jersey. In just three seasons, Nick "The Quick" Werkman compiled 2,273 points and 1,036 rebounds and is currently one of only four players in Seton Hall University history to score 1,000+ points ...
2015–16 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team The 2015–16 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates played home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center, with one exhibition and one regular season game at...
2017–18 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team The 2017–18 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team will represent Seton Hall University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They will be led by eighth-year head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates will play their home games at the Prudential Center in ...
2012–13 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team The 2012–13 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by head coach Kevin Willard, played its home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center and were ...
2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team The 2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates played home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center, with one exhibition and one regular season game at...
2011–12 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team The 2011–12 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by head coach Kevin Willard, played its home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center and are m...
2014–15 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team The 2014–15 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fifth year head coach Kevin Willard, played its home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Cente...
Seton Hall Pirates women's volleyball The Seton Hall Pirates women's volleyball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate volleyball program of Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. The team competes in the Big East Conference and plays their home games in Walsh Gymnasium on the Seton Hall campus.
Prudential Center Prudential Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey, United States. It was designed by HOK Sport (now Populous), with the exterior designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. Opened in 2007, it is the home of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey Le...
Disco Infiltrator "Disco Infiltrator" is a song from the eponymous debut album by LCD Soundsystem. It was released on 6 June 2005 as the debut's sixth single. The song was written by LCD Soundsystem's frontman James Murphy and produced by Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy as The DFA. It contains a sample from Kraftwerk's "Hom...
Pow Pow (song) "Pow Pow" is the first single from LCD Soundsystem's third album "This Is Happening", released on April 17, 2010 to coincide with the 2010 Record Store Day. It was initially released with only 1000 copies of a one-sided vinyl record. The song has been described as similar to LCD Soundsystem's debut singl...
Give It Up (LCD Soundsystem song) "Give It Up" is the second single from LCD Soundsystem from the album "LCD Soundsystem", released on July 28, 2003.
Output Recordings Output Recordings was a British independent record label run by Trevor Jackson, between 1996 and 2006. Output released 100 records over the ten-year period, and several bands first appeared on this label, including Fridge, Lisa Germano, Four Tet, Black Strobe, Colder, LCD Soundsystem, and Jackson's ow...
Introns (album) Introns is an album by LCD Soundsystem released in March 2006 as a digital download. It is a compilation of b-sides and remixes from the album "LCD Soundsystem" and associated singles. The cover image shows James Murphy's record collection.
LCD Soundsystem discography American rock band LCD Soundsystem has released four studio albums, three extended plays (EP), two remix albums, two live albums, eighteen singles, and fourteen music videos. The music of LCD Soundsystem is a mix of dance music and punk, and contains influences of disco. The band first gaine...
James Murphy (electronic musician) James Jeremiah Murphy (born February 4, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. His most well-known musical project is LCD Soundsystem, which first gained attention with its single "Losing My Edge" in 2002 before releasing its eponymous debut album i...
Someone Great "Someone Great" is a song by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2007 as the third single from their second studio album, "Sound of Silver". The music video is directed by Doug Aitken. Some of the song's music originally appeared in a section of LCD Sou...
LCD Soundsystem (album) LCD Soundsystem is the debut studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem, released in January 2005 by DFA Records. Some editions contained two discs: the LP itself with new songs and a second disc featuring singles released since 2002. The album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for...
Live Stages Live Stages is a live album by Vertical Horizon, released by Rhythmic Records in early 1997, and later re-released by RCA Records. This album was recorded live at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It featured mostly songs from the band's second album, Running on Ice, (and "On the Sea" from "There an...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda ( ; born January 16, 1980) is an American composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals "Hamilton" and "In the Heights". He co-wrote the songs for Disney's "Moana" soundtrack (2016) and is set to star in their upcoming film ...
Ben Wright (American actor) Ben Wright (born September 3, 1969) is best known for originating the role of "Jack" in the Tony Award-winning musical "Into the Woods". Wright's professional acting career started with George C. Wolfe's Off-Broadway production of "Paradise" at Playwrights Horizons. He then went on to origin...
Nathan Lee Graham Nathan Lee Graham (born September 9, 1968) is an American cabaret artist, stage, television and film actor, singer, writer and director. His roles in feature film include Todd in "Zoolander", Frederick Montana in "Sweet Home Alabama" and Geoff in "Hitch". He has appeared in independent films like "Con...
Stephen Flaherty Stephen Flaherty (born September 18, 1960) is an American composer of musical theatre. He works most often in collaboration with the lyricist/bookwriter Lynn Ahrens. They are best known for writing the Broadway musicals "Once on This Island", which was nominated for eight Tony Awards, "Seussical", whic...
Spamalot Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways. The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, won three Tony Awards, i...
Chip Zien Jerome Herbert "Chip" Zien (born March 20, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in all of the "Marvin Stories" musicals by William Finn: "In Trousers", "March of the Fals...
Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( ; born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement ...
Glenn Slater Glenn Slater (born 1968) is an American lyricist who collaborates with Alan Menken and other musical theatre composers. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score for the Broadway version of "The Little Mermaid" at the 62nd Tony Awards in 2008, his second Tony nomination for "Sister Act" a...
9 to 5 (musical) 9 to 5: The Musical is a musical based on the 1980 movie of the same name, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. It features a book by Patricia Resnick, based on the screenplay by Resnick and Colin Higgins. The musical premiered in Los Angeles in September 2008, and opened on Broadway in April 2009. I...
Al Pacino Alfredo James Pacino ( ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Pacino has had a career spanning over five decades, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, ...
Hana Janků Hana Janků (25 October 1940 – 28 April 1995) was a Czech operatic soprano of international renown. Born in Brno, she studied with Jaroslav Kvapil in her home city before making her professional opera début at the Brno Opera in Vítězslav Novák's "Lucerna". She became a principal singer at the Opéra national d...
Jaroslav Kvapil Jaroslav Kvapil (25 September 1868 in Chudenice, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 January 1950 in Prague) was a Czech poet, playwright, and librettist. From 1900 he was a director and Dramaturg at the National Theatre in Prague, where he introduced plays by Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen and Maxim Gorky into the re...
Saint Ludmila (oratorio) Antonín Dvořák composed his oratorio Saint Ludmila (Czech: Svatá Ludmila (   ) for soloists, choir and orchestra, between September 1885 and May 1886. The oratorio (Op. 71, B. 144) was written to a text by the leading Czech poet and writer Jaroslav Vrchlický. "Saint Ludmila" is Dvořák's third o...
Ivan Wernisch Ivan Wernisch (born 18 June 1942) is a Czech poet, editor and a collage artist. He studied Ceramics Secondary school in Carlsbad (he left in 1959) and has since done many jobs, mostly manual. In 1961, after publishing his debut poetry book, he quickly established himself as one of the best and most loved ...
Jaroslav Kvapil (composer) Jaroslav Kvapil (21 April 1892 – 18 February 1958) was a Czech composer, teacher, conductor and pianist.
Glagolitic Mass The Glagolitic Mass (Czech: "Glagolská mše" or Mša glagolskaja; also called Missa Glagolitica or Slavonic Mass) is a composition for soloists (soprano, contralto, tenor, bass), double chorus, organ and orchestra by Leoš Janáček. The work was completed on 15 October 1926 and premiered by the Brno Arts So...
Rusalka (opera) Rusalka (] ), Op. 114, is an opera ('lyric fairy tale') by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil (1868–1950) based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. A Rusalka is a water sprite from Slavic mythology, usually inhabiting a lake or river. "Ru...
Petr Mikeš Petr Mikeš (August 19, 1948 Zlín, Czechoslovakia – February 8, 2016 Benešov, Czech Republic) was a Czech poet, translator, and editor. In the 1970s and 1980s he took part in the samizdat edition "Texty přátel" (Texts of Friends). From 1993–1997 he was the influential editor-in-chief of the Moravian publishin...
Jan Zahradníček Jan Zahradníček (January 17, 1905, Mastník, near Třebíč, Bohemia − October 10, 1960, Vlčatín, near Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech poet of the early and mid-20th century. Because of his writings and Catholic orientation he was imprisoned as an enemy of Communists after their coup in 1948.
Ivan Martin Jirous Ivan Martin Jirous (23 September 1944 – 10 November 2011) was a Czech poet, best known for being the artistic director of the Czech psychedelic rock group The Plastic People of the Universe and later one of the organizers of the Czech underground during the communist regime. He is also known more fre...
25 or 6 to 4 "25 or 6 to 4" is a song written by the American musician Robert Lamm, one of the founding members of the rock/jazz fusion band Chicago. It was recorded in 1969 for their second album, "Chicago", with Peter Cetera on lead vocals. The album was released in January 1970 and the song was edited and released a...
Free (Chicago song) "Free" is a song written by Robert Lamm as a part of the "Travel Suite" for the rock band Chicago and recorded for their third album "Chicago III" (1971), with Terry Kath singing lead vocals. It was the first single released from this album, and peaked at #20 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100.
Hot Streets Hot Streets is the tenth studio album (twelfth overall) by the American band Chicago, released in 1978. In many ways, "Hot Streets" marked the beginning of a new era for the band, turning to disco music, a move which would be derided in retrospect. It was also the band's first album with all-new material re...
Chicago XI Chicago XI is the ninth studio album (eleventh overall) by the American band Chicago, released in 1977. The album marked the end of an era for Chicago in more ways than one. This would be the last Chicago album to feature guitarist and founding member Terry Kath prior to his death in an accident with a gun j...
Brand New Love Affair (song) "Brand New Love Affair," sometimes alternatively listed as "Brand New Love Affair (Parts I and II)", is a song written by James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VIII. The song peaked at #61 on the charts. Guitarist Terry Kath sings the first half while bassi...
Prayer (song) "Prayer" is a song released on August 14, 2002 by the American heavy metal band Disturbed as the first single from their second album, "Believe". It was inspired by the death of vocalist David Draiman's grandfather as well as various circumstances after the September 11 attacks, and is about a conversatio...
Wishing You Were Here "Wishing You Were Here" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group Chicago and recorded for their album "Chicago VII" (1974), with lead vocals by Terry Kath (uncredited on the original album package), while Cetera sang the song's bridge. The third single released from that album, it reached #...
David Draiman David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American songwriter and the vocalist for the band Disturbed as well as for the band Device. Draiman is known for his distorted voice and percussive singing style. In November 2006, Draiman was voted number 42 on the "Hit Parader"’s ""Top 100 Metal Vocalist...
Chicago 13 Chicago 13 is the eleventh studio album by the American band Chicago, released in 1979. The follow-up to "Hot Streets", "Chicago 13" is often critically disfavored. This would be the band's final release that features lead guitarist Donnie Dacus, who had followed late, founding lead guitarist, Terry Kath. Al...
Device (metal band) Device was an industrial metal band started by David Draiman, frontman of the heavy metal group Disturbed. Draiman was approached by Geno Lenardo, former guitarist of Filter, and together they started to work on new material. The two started work on a debut album in June 2012. The result of those se...