A great contemporary literary voice passed away this past week, Maya Angelou: an internationally renowned poet, educator, historian and author. Add to that list, an accomplished actress, playwright, producer, and director. She received an emmy nomination for best supporting actress in the television series Roots (Alex Haley) and received the coveted Golden Eagle Award for the PBS documentary "Afro-American in the Arts."

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He paints the earth’s fault lines, its creases and deep thrusts to manifest the earth’s sublime and equally terrible beauty. This beauty born of monumental forces compels us to reflect on our place as transient beings traversing the landscape.

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This is part of a series on drumming in conjunction with a drumming and rhythm festival and conference. Drumming is more than just an activity to create music but a glue for the individual to become integrated and for the community to knit together.

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Looking back at three productions that were staged in May: 'Karya Lengkap Shakespeare' ('The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged'), 'Never Eat Too Much Before Rapture' and 'Girl X'. The reviewers, Zalfian Fuzi and Sharaad Kuttan answer the question of relevance of these works in a Malaysian context and whether theatre is all about creating laughter or more. (image above, courtesy of Wikipedia)

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Last year the locally organized Freedom Film Fest received more than 250 entries from around the world, then screened more than 50 films across six states in the country, including Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and Cambodia. The festival, first surfaced in 2003, is back with the theme of ‘Freedom’. Still encouraging entries, the organizers announce that the deadline for submission is July 30.

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Organising music workshops and masterclasses with foreign music educators, a festival with a concert and competitions, EuroAsia Youth Music Festival and Competition seeks to ensure long-lasting interests in music and to strengthen relationships among musicians.

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Chuah Shu Ruei will be participating in two upcoming events, “Fruit in Kind” :1Cares Women’s Art Exhibition and the Langkawi Art Biennale 2014. She tells how hard work and constant application to exhibit and to compete won her a spot in an international show, and after that the path much easier. Festival and gallery curators call her now.

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Winsome tropical seven-piece jazz band brings a tropical jazz with original compositions. The group called Tropic Green has an album titled Jazz from the Tropics. Must be sticky and
hot.

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The artist is undertaking a social art project to collect ‘beautiful’, ‘visual moments’ from Malaysians. After collecting almost 2000 beautiful moments in Europe and Asia and giving a TEDx talk on her project, Ms Willems visits the 22nd country of her journey: ours. From May 14th till May 25th she will collect beautiful moments here.

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An award-winning singer who is in KL for two weekends. She has a traveling show in which she sings songs performed by (Dame) Julie Andrews in films, and weaves stories and anecdotes about the star’s  life. This show has received rave reviews in Adelaide, Berlin, New York, London. In KL Sarah-Louise will be performing some of the greatest 20th century English-language songs. One of her shows here is called ‘My Favourite Things.’ I wonder what inspired that title?

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