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Cheech Marin with the cast of Latinologues (latinologues.net)Acts of Portrayal
In our weekly Underreported feature, Ciaran Donnelley of the International Rescue Committee looks at the surprising resilience of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Then, Cheech Marin tells us about directing the Broadway production Latinologues. We’ll find out about the legal issues being raised by the sale of virtual property in online videogames, and curator Colin Bailey describes the new exhibition of Hans Memling’s portraits at the Frick Collection.
Underreported: Conflict in Uganda
According to a recent study by the International Rescue Committee, 1000 civilians are dying each week from conflict in Northeastern Uganda. Ciaran Donnelley of the International Rescue Committee talks about the crisis in Northern Uganda between civilians and the Lord’s Resistance Army.
»More on the International Rescue Committee
Latinologues
Cheech Marin, of “Cheech and Chong” fame, is directing a new Broadway production: Latinologues. The show features a series of monologues about Latino life in America.
» Latinologues website
Events:
Latinologues is playing at:
The Helen Hayes Theatre
240 West 44th Street
Tuesday through Friday evenings at 8pm
Saturdays at 5 and 9pm
Sundays at 3 and 7pm
Music:
Music from Four Rooms #2, 3
Virtual Property
More money is spent on video games than at the box office in the US, and according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, video games bring in $29 billion in global revenues. Now, players of online games are buying and selling virtual property—such as swords—to one another for real world money. Peter Brown, an Intellectual Property Rights lawyer, and Ren Reynolds, a consultant and journalist who studies the applications of philosophy and law on virtual environments, join us to discuss who actually owns this virtual property, and whether or not its trade should be regulated.
Memling's Portraits
Curator Colin Bailey tells us about The Frick Collection’s current exhibit of portraits by the Netherlandish artist Hans Memling. He’ll explain how the portraits fit in with Memling’s other works, and what place portraits occupied in 15th century art.
» Memling's Portrait exhibition at the Frick
Music:
Le Roman De La Rose #21
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