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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Valery Panov, Ballet Star Who Fought to Leave the U.S.S.R., Dies at 87 by Trip Gabriel

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews.

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Pittsburgh Center Honoring Playwright Finds Itself Short on Visitors and Donors by Trip Gabriel

The $42 million August Wilson Center for African American Culture appears to be a victim of mismanagement by its senior staff and board of directors, who failed to find a wide enough audienc…

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