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A Mara Salvatrucha member (NPR/ Mandalit del Barco)
Our regular Thursday feature, Underreported, looks into the world of the street gang Mara Salvatrucha. Next, choreographer Stephen Petronio reflects on his career, from 1990 to the present, with a production of his vintage works. Then, Kate Valk and Suzzy Roche discuss the Wooster Group’s new production of the Faustian tale House/Lights. And we’ll get an update on how the Euro is faring, and we'll take a look at some of the most pressing challenges currently facing the European Union.
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Mara Salvatrucha
On today’s Underreported feature, Stephen Johnson and Mary Turck explore the identity and history of the street gang Mara Salvatrucha. It's considered one of the most dangerous and violent gangs in Central America, but its roots are here in the United States.
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Vintage Works
Dancer and choreographer Stephen Petronio revisits some vintage works—such as MiddleSexGorge (1990) and Lareigne (1995)—and looks forward to a new work in collaboration with Rufus Wainwright: bud.
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Music: Want One, Rufus Wainwright: "Oh What A World"
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Music: Want One, Rufus Wainwright: "Oh What A World"
House Lights
Original cast members Kate Valk and Suzzy Roche return for a new Wooster Group production of House/Lights, a theatrical marriage of Gertrude Stein's opera libretto, Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights, and Joseph Mawra's 1960's B-film classic, "Olga's House of Shame."
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State of the European Union
Professor Iain Begg from the London School of Economics and Robert Samuelson from Newsweek join us for a discussion about the changing relationship between the European Union and America. We’ll find out how the EU is benefiting from America’s trade deficit, and how the EU is addressing its own economic ...
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