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Baum on BooksBook Review: Eminent JewsA composer, a comic, an activist, and a writer. This is not the setup for a joke. These people are at the heart of author David Denby’s new collection of essays - Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer. WSHU’s Book critic Joan Baum has this review.2025-07-2404 minBaum on BooksBook Review: Horace: Poet on a VolcanoHe was a preeminent poet, satirist, and critic from Ancient Rome. His works were once required reading in many schools. But not all of his writings were fit for the classroom. Now, a new biography, Horace: Poet on a Volcano, examines how his work reflected the times he lived in. It also highlights just how bawdy this classic poet could be. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read it. You can listen to her review right here.2025-07-1004 minBaum on BooksBook Review: Oppenheimer for kidsThe book American Prometheus clocks in at 721 pages. The film version, Oppenheimer, runs for 3 hours. Both tell the fascinating history of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb. Both are also long, layered, and complex. Now, a new book, Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb, streamlines the story for young readers. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read it. Here's her review.2025-06-1904 minBaum on BooksBook Review: JAWS at 5050 years ago this month, the film JAWS debuted in theaters. And for generations, moviegoers have been thrilled to be terrified by the fabled great white shark. But in the novel, the toothy fish is not the star of the story. Book critic Joan Baum re-read JAWS and has this review.2025-06-0505 min
Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health PodcastEp. 139: More Than a Checkup: Integrating Mental Health into Primary CareMental health is an essential part of overall health – and pediatric primary care providers are increasingly serving on the front lines. With one in five children facing a diagnosable mental health disorder and rates of anxiety and depression on the rise, the routine pediatric well visit has become a critical opportunity for early identification, intervention and support.To explore how primary care practices are integrating behavioral health screening and care into their everyday work, we brought together experts from across the country – including rural Alaska – for a roundtable discussion. Together, they examined the benefits and challenges of this i...2025-06-0226 minBaum on BooksJoan Baum Book Review: Insectopolis: A Natural HistoryConsider the humble insect. These tiny, multi-legged creatures of infinite variety are all around us. They’re also more vital to life on Earth than we humans realize. Author Peter Kuper explores the world of insects and the scientists who study them in his new illustrated book, Insectopolis. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.2025-05-1504 min
RAB Ràdio - EfemèridesEFEMÈRIDES: La mort del creador d'El Màgic d'Oz i de Bob MarleyAvui, al programa d'Efemèrides, repassem els fets ocorreguts entre el 5 i l'11 de maig. Celebrem la primera exhibició cinematogràfica de Catalunya, l'emissió de l'últim episodi de la mítica sèrie “Friends”, el naixement de l'escriptora Almudena Grandes i el de Joan Margarit, poeta i arquitecte. També recordem figures com Lyman Frank Baum, escriptor del llibre “El meravellós Màgic d'Oz”, la primera fotoperiodista lleidatana, Leonor Pedrico Serradell, o Bob Marley, el cantant de reggae jamaicà.2025-05-0513 minBaum on BooksBook Review: After The OceanA groom goes missing. A bride goes into hiding. Years later, the past seeps into the present and upends the lives of three women. That’s just the beginning of the new novel, After The Ocean, by WSHU’s classical music host Lauren Rico.2025-05-0104 minBaum on BooksBook Review: PermissionWriting a memoir is not easy. Dredging up traumatic moments from your past can be painful. For some, it’s downright destructive. In her new book, Permission, Connecticut-based writer Elissa Altman shares her insights into the art of writing memoirs and how revealing a hushed-up family incident tore her family apart. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read it. You can listen to her review right here.2025-04-1704 minBaum on BooksBook Review: Enough is Enuph, Eenuff, EnufSpelling words in English can be confusing. Many have been baffled by it. And many have tried to simplify the process. In his new book, author Gabe Henry shares a brief 500 year history of those attempts to make spelling easier. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.2025-04-0304 minBaum on BooksBook Review: From Ted To Tom - The illustrated envelopes of Edward GoreyEdward Gorey was famous for his signature black and white illustrations that are often steeped in humor with a sinister twist. Gorey also drew his whimsical images on envelopes for letters he sent to a close friend. And that friend has just published a collection of their correspondence in a new book. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum read it and has this review.2025-03-1304 minBaum on BooksBook Review: Rhino's RunFootball captain, Rhino Rhinehart is in trouble. He punched a fellow student. Now Rhino is in his high school’s counseling group so he can stay on the football team. He’s surprised to find The Group a source of support. But his connection with them also lands him in the middle of a tragic school incident. How will Rhino find his way through it? Well, WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read this book for young readers. Here's her review.2025-02-2704 min
The Oscar Project Podcast3.20-97th Academy Awards Preview-Part 4Send us a textToday is the third of a five episode preview of the 97th Academy Awards where I will be breaking down each and every category throughout the week. Today I am joined by Kevin Pettit from the See You at the Movies newsletter to break down all four acting categories, both screenplay categories, and Best Director. I've listed the nominees below along with a few other films mentioned throughout the episode.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to get all the preview episodes this week, and head over to...2025-02-2741 minBaum on BooksBook Review: How Sondheim Can Change Your LifeCan the work of composer Stephen Sondheim change your life? Theater critic Richard Schoch believes it can. In his new book, How Sondheim Can Change Your Life Schoch dives deep into Sondheim’s music, lyrics, and characters where he says life lessons are woven into the plays. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read it. You can listen to her review right here.2025-02-1304 minBaum on BooksBook Review: A Splendid DeathA Splendid Death, the latest thriller, by Connecticut-based author Mark Rubinstein, tells the story of two brothers from New Jersey who become entangled with government-backed mercenaries in Franco’s Spain. WSHU’s Culture Critic, Joan Baum says the novel is a nail-biter. Here’s her review.2025-01-2304 minBaum on BooksBook Review: The Authors Guide to MurderA rustic castle on a remote Scottish island. It’s an ideal setting for a literary conference until it all goes horribly wrong. The dramatic death of the conference organizer compels three romance writers to team up and solve a Who-Done-It. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read The Authors Guide to Murder.2025-01-0905 minBaum on BooksBook Review: The Philosophy of TranslationReading books in translation can be a tricky venture. Does the work reflect the author’s original vision or the perspective of the translator? What’s a reader to do? Well, there’s a new book out that explores the delicate nuance of translation. WSHU’s Book critic Joan Baum has this review.2024-12-2704 minBaum on BooksBook Review: Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy TalesFairy Tales! Those fanciful yarns we learned as children were fun bedtime stories. But, author and scholar Jack Zipes believes they can be so much more. In his latest work, Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales, Zipes shares lost stories, that he says, could transform minds and nations for the better. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.2024-12-1204 minBaum on BooksBook Review: Something BetterA bereaved college student, a landscaper, and a lawyer form an unexpected love triangle in the debut novel by Connecticut-based writer Diane Parrish, Something Better. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum says don’t underestimate this debut work that dives deep into love, redemption, and forgiveness.2024-11-2905 minBaum on BooksBook Review: Amazing GrapesBuckle up! Award-winning cartoonist and author, Jules Feiffer takes readers on a wild ride in his latest work- Amazing Grapes. A brother and sister team up to find their mother. But they must journey through a strange dimension filled with extraordinary friends and foes. WSHU's Joan Baum has this review.2024-11-1403 minBaum on BooksBOOK REVIEW: The Changing of KeysIn Carolyn Jack’s latest novel, a child prodigy navigates the ruthless worlds of classical music, opera, and his mother’s ambition. Can he survive the pressure? Book critic Joan Baum read the book. Here’s her review.2024-10-3104 minBaum on BooksJoan Baum Book Review: The God of the WoodsIn the suspense novel, The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore, a teen disappears from a summer camp in the Adirondacks. But she’s not the first to go missing. Now a police detective is determined to solve the mystery but she’ll have to unravel generations of local secrets to do it. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.2024-10-1705 minBaum on BooksBook Review: No Safe PlaceIt looks like an idyllic historic Connecticut college town with students, professors, and coffee houses. But lurking under the surface is a sinister hedge fund billionaire pulling the strings. And when a co-ed turns up dead, that facade begins to crack. That’s the plot of author Michael Ledwidge’s latest thriller, No Safe Place. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.2024-10-0304 min
Rereading Our ChildhoodRereading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumOn this episode, Deborah rereads, and Mary Grace reads, a book that needs no introduction: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, also known as The Wizard of Oz. They discuss weird sequels, the history of sunglasses, the monoculture, and, of course, the movie. Mentioned on the episode:Also by L. Frank Baum: The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)Father Goose, His Book (1899)Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes:Rereading Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken Rereading Half Magic by Edward Eager Also mentioned:The...2024-09-0646 min
Orte und WorteMit Stefanie de Velasco im Park am Gleisdreieck"Diese kinderfreie Perspektive, die fand ich so gar nicht erzählt", sagt Stefanie de Velasco – und hat ihn einfach selbst geschrieben, den Roman über drei Frauen Mitte 40, die sich bewusst und zufrieden gegen Kinder entschieden haben.
Anne-Dore hat Stefanie im Park am Gleisdreieck getroffen, in dem weite Teile des Buches spielen. Sie laufen durch die Schrebergärten, entdecken ein Bett, das im Baum hängt und setzen sich ins geschlossene Café Eule. Ein Gespräch über Lebensentwürfe, die Symphonie der Großstadt, Schreibkrisen und selbstgewählte Familien.
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Stefanie de Velasco wurd...2024-04-2546 min
Craft Brew Film ReviewGrand Hotel vs The Sign of the Cross | 1932 Oscars vs Box Office Best Film ShowdownLooking at Best Film Oscar Winner of 1932 and the highest-grossing films at the Box Office for the same year, which movie is truly the better when ranked by our critique? Films:Grant Hotel (Released: 1932) - Academy Award Best Film Winner of 1932- - Director: Edmund Goulding- - Writer: Vicki Baum- - Starring: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, & Lewis Stone- - Plot: A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each o...2024-04-1839 min
Aja's & Claire Simone's Ketch A Vibe Show !Ketch A Vibe Present : Lee Bright'sTangential Music Feb Show.Stacey Cohen - Goodies and Baddies Loretta Heywood - Satta Massagana [Burund-i-Binghi Mix] instrumentalEmancipator - StonewallTommy Guerroro - In My HeadReverend Baron - UndeniableJamie Baum Septet - In The Light Of DayReverend Baron - I See You Runnin'Nuovi Fratelli with Nimbus Sextet [Featuring Russell Stewart and lissappear] - Searching (Full Length Version)Franck Biyong - Liwa Ya WechThe Sorcerers - I Too Am A StrangerYouthie & Mack Dread - Irie GeckoColonel Red & Inkswel - Left 2 WriteMarcus Gad - Read...2024-02-291h 57
Oscar, wir müssen reden...Oscar, wir müssen reden 15 - Oscars 1932: The Champ & Grand Hotel"Oscar, wir müssen reden ..." ist ein Podcast, bei dem wir die Filmgeschichte durch die Linse der Best-Picture-Oscarkategorie und aller Nominierten betrachten... und möglicherweise verzweifeln. In der 15. Folge betrachten wir die 5. Oscar-Verleihung vom 18. November 1932, indem wir ein Vater-Sohn-Melodrama, "The Champ" (1931) von King Vidor, dem Startschuss des Star-Vehikels, "Grand Hotel" (1932) von Edmund Goulding, entgegenhalten wollen.
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The Champ
Beauchamp, Cari (1997). "Without Lying Down. Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood." New York: Scribner. Zugriff unter: https://archive.org/details/withoutlyingdown00beau.
Durgnat, Raymond & Simmon, Scott (1988). "King Vidor, American." Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press. Zug...2023-05-261h 12
ANDREU SOTORRA / ESCRIPTOR I PERIODISTA«El màgic d'Oz»Bruixes i huracans en clau d'Spotify. Crítica teatral de l'obra «El màgic d'Oz». Dramatúrgia: Marc Artigau i David Selvas, basat en l'obra de Lyman Frank Baum. Composició musical: Paula Jornet, Arnau Vallvé. Intèrprets: Elena Gadel / Mercè Martínez, Jordi Vidal, Robert González, Marc Pociello, Jana Galindo / Roser Dresaire, amb la col·laboració de Bàrtok Meyer-Delgado. Escenografia: Raquel Ibort. Vídeo: Joan Rodón (dlux.pro). Il·luminació: Jaume Ventura. Espai sonor: Oscar Villar. Audiovisuals: Joan Rodón. Vestuari: Maria Armengol. Caracterització: Clàudia Abbad. Enregistrament disc: CanSons. Coreografia i moviment: Pere Faura. Construcció escenografia: Carles H...2022-11-2604 min
Oscar Loves Film ClubOscar Loves... AdaptationsThis month, we delve into the archives for a previously recorded but unreleased episode where the original OLFC gang discuss those Best Picture winners that also have an adapted screenplay. Edmund Goulding's Grand Hotel is based on Vicki Baum's 1929 novel of the same name. The star-studded ensemble includes Greta Garbo, John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery and a very young Joan Crawford. Produced by Irving Thalberg, this MGM extravaganza is the only Best Picture winner not to be nominated in any other category. In The English Patient, Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas lead the cas...2022-01-161h 01
Life Sentences PodcastMAID IN FRANCE: Helen Castor on Joan of ArcIn Joan of Arc : A History, media-savvy medievalist Helen Castor goes back to original sources to strip away the myth from the story of Joan of Arc. What emerges from her forensic approach is a fresh take on the remarkable events that led to an illiterate teenage peasant girl being placed in command of the French Army. Castor is bold in her interpretation of Joan’s voices and sheds new light on the significance of what she wore in battle, at court and in her final days in jail. The result is a portrait that is vivid an...2021-10-0749 min
Busy Reading BooksS01E09 | Is Listening the New Reading? with Sharon BakarAs our lives get busier and busier, sitting down to read a book has become harder to do. One solution is audiobooks, which allow us to listen while doing something else: cooking, doing our makeup, sitting in a traffic jam. Newly published books now almost always come in audio form as well, often read by their own authors. Are they the same as print books? Are they the future of ‘reading’? Listen as Marina speaks to bibliophile, author and freelance writer Sharon Bakar as they ponder these questions.
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George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bard...2021-05-1242 min
Busy Reading BooksS01E05 | Talking Romance Novels, Writing, & Decolonising the Publishing Industry with Pyae Moe Thet WarThis week, Marina catches up with Pyae Moe Thet War, a classmate from her years studying at the University of East Anglia and a fellow writer. They chat about the books they've read and why they like them, and perhaps whether the cultural issues that arise from Asians (like them) who have studied and lived in the West are worth exploring in their writing.
Pyae is now back in Myanmar and is working on her first book, an essay collection titled You’ve Changed to be published by Catapult in 2022.
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Jo...2021-04-1443 min
Quantum Nurse: Out of the Rabbit Hole from Stress to Bliss#115- Dr. Marie Alonzo Snyder -Healing through Dance: Hula, Duncan Dance, Modern Dance & CreativityShow: QUANTUM NURSE LIVESTREAM https://www.quantumnurse.life/ presents
MARCH 14, 2021 SUNDAY @ 12:00 PM EST 5:00 PM UK 6:00 PM Germany
GUEST: Marie Alonzo – Harvesting Rocks: Dancing during this Pandemic
(Healing through Dance: Hula and Duncan works. Creativity and modern dance in an island.)
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Marie Alonzo is the founder and artistic director of Tangerine Dance Collective, a modern dancer, choreographer, author, scholar and educator. Born in the Philippines, Marie was raised in Italy and eventually settled in New York City attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts earning her BFA an...2021-03-141h 18
27Speaks27Speaks: You Won't See It On Mulberry Street Anymore; Dr. Seuss And Cancel CultureWelcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks.
The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island.
In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by book reviewer and former educator Joan Baum, who penned a Viewpoint column in this week’s paper on the controversy surrounding the decision to stop publishing six Dr. Seuss books, for a discussion on the books and the so-called cancel culture.2021-03-1239 min
PolicyCastGarbage in, garbage out: Dissecting the disinformation that clouds our decisionsSome choices are easy. Some are hard. Some are momentous, which is how many people are describing today’s US national election. Yet all of the choices we make have one thing in common: Our decisions are only as good as the information we have to base them on. And with the rise of disinformation, misinformation, media manipulation, and social media bubbles, we’re finding it increasingly hard to know what information to trust and to feel confident in the decisions we make.Harvard Kennedy School Professor Matthew Baum and Joan Donovan, the research director for the Shor...2020-11-0342 min
Pop Fiction WomenRebecca Baum & 'Lifelike Creatures': Complicated Conversations SeriesNO SPOILERS in this conversation with debut author and friend of the pod Rebecca Baum discussing her novel Lifelike Creatures
*** Lifelike Creatures, set in rural Louisiana, is anchored around 13-year-old Tara and her mother Joan, who is an addict. One day there is an industrial disaster on their property and Joan becomes the accidental hero of the town, the face of a class action lawsuit and the community at large. Tara sees her mother with new eyes. As they get closer to a settlement, Joan collapses under the pressure and has a spectacular fall and Tara must decide if she w...2020-09-1453 min
Flicks with The Film SnobGrand HotelMGM’s star-studded 1932 film typifies classic Hollywood style.
In what we now call the classic era of Hollywood film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had more stars than any other studio. In 1932, as if to prove that fact, production chief Irving Thalberg put a whole bunch of them in one big movie called Grand Hotel. The result typifies the period of Hollywood glamour, and it ended up winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
Grand Hotel was based on a play, and that in turn was based on a Vicki Baum novel about two days in the life of a...2020-05-0803 min
The Best Pick movie podcastGrand Hotel (1932)Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 14: Grand Hotel (1932) Released 1 August 2018. For this episode, we watched Grand Hotel, written by William A. Drake from his play, adapted from the German production Menschen im Hotel, written by Vicki Baum. The director was Edmund Goulding, the producer was Irving Thalberg and the all-star cast included Greta Garbo (who wants to be alone), John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt. Grand Hotel won Best Picture, which was the only Academy Award it was nominated...2018-08-011h 09The Best Pick movie podcastGrand Hotel (1932)Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 14: Grand Hotel (1932) Released 1 August 2018. For this episode, we watched Grand Hotel, written by William A. Drake from his play, adapted from the German production Menschen im Hotel, written by Vicki Baum. The director was Edmund Goulding, the producer was Irving Thalberg and the all-star cast included Greta Garbo (who wants to be alone), John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt. Grand Hotel won Best Picture, which was the only Academy Award it was nominated...2018-02-141h 09
HDO - JazzX5HDO 337. Improvisando aquí y allá… Léandre – Minton, Freenetics, Noble – Silver, Gallardo…La entrega 337 de HDO está centrada en propuestas cuyo factor común es transitar por terrenos de la improvisación. Suenan Léandre – Minton (Joëlle Léandre – Phil Minton; FOU Records, 2017); Underground PM (Freenetics: Ferrán Besalduch, Joan Antoni Pich, Pep Mula; Discordian Records, 2017); Home (Steve Noble, Yoni Silver; Aural Terrains, 2017); imatges (Jesús Gallardo; Liquen Records, 2017); Mein Freund der Baum (Florian Stoffner, Paul Lovens, Rudi Mahall; Wide Ear Records, 2017).
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Get BookedPiece Yourself Together With ButterAmanda and Jenn discuss books for grieving, romantic comedies, ADHD reading and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by Ecco, publisher of Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson and our Romance mailbag giveaway.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.Books DiscussedThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumBl...2017-01-2555 min
Los Búfalos NocturnosE10 La furia de las imágenesHoy hablamos de imágenes. Imágenes estáticas capturadas por el objetivo de una cámara fotográfica. Imágenes que nos rodean allá donde vamos, instantes que recogemos casi compulsivamente, consumimos de forma bulímica, compartimos frenéticamente y desechamos sin pensarlo demasiado.Frente a esa avalancha de fotografías, Los Búfalos Nocturnos apuesta por esas otras imágenes cargadas de significado, con una historia detrás, una intención y una lectura que va más allá del arrebato consumista. Fotos que nos hablen de nosotros mismos, de nuestras pulsiones más profundas, que nos ayuden a entender...2016-10-1328 min
Los Búfalos NocturnosE10 La furia de las imágenes<div>Hoy hablamos de imágenes. Imágenes estáticas capturadas por el objetivo de una cámara fotográfica. Imágenes que nos rodean allá donde vamos, instantes que recogemos casi compulsivamente, consumimos de forma bulímica, compartimos frenéticamente y desechamos sin pensarlo demasiado.</div><div><br></div><div>Frente a esa avalancha de fotografías, Los Búfalos Nocturnos apuesta por esas otras imágenes cargadas de significado, con una historia detrás, una intención y una lectura que va más allá del arrebato consumi...2016-10-1300 min
Dame is a Four Letter WordEpisode 9: Dames MathematicaAda Lovelace and Emmy Noether - Dames of Mathematics
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Further Reading:
Ada Lovelace
"Ada: The Enchantress of Numbers" by Betty Toole (2010)
"The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron" by Joan Baum (1986)
"Ada, Countess of Lovelace, Byron's only Legitimate Daughter" by Doris Langley Moore (1977)
"Ada: A Life and Legacy" by Dorothy Stein (1985)
Sketch of the Analytical Engine by L. Menebrea. Notes by Ada Lovelace. (1843)
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Lost in BarcelonaA invierno frío, Lost in Barcelona cálido
Esta semana en Lost in Barcelona... os proponemos una agenda cultural y de ocio cálida para hacer frente al frío invierno. Primero, una exposición: "Helvética. ¿Una nueva tipografía?" en el Disseny Hub Barcelona. Un preestreno, el que nos ofrece el Instituto Francés de Barcelona de "La cinta blanca", la última película de Michael Haneke y que podremos ver en todos los cines a partir del próximo viernes. Un concierto, que son dos: Manel y Joan Miquel Oliver en el Palau de la Música. Y para finalizar...2010-01-1306 min