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"Cirque du Soleil: Kooza," though not quite as magical as earlier shows, still has the power to make you gasp in wonder and joy.
The circus, as in Cirque du Soleil, has come to town with its big blue and yellow tent on South Broad Street. Cirque is full of music, exotic costumes and breathtaking acts of daring and skill.
Kite-flying dancers greet you at Cirque's big yellow tent on South Broad Street. Suddenly the world seems a festive place. Cirque's brand of circus is full of color and sound.
BOOKS
The German armies came within 20 miles of Moscow before a massive Soviet counterattack and the merciless Russian winter clobbered them.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
The budget of the Philadelphia Orchestra must be taking a beating in these last few weeks of Christoph Eschenbach's tenure. Extra money was spent on augmented firepower last week in Mahler's Symphony No. 8, with revenue lost on seats given over to choirs.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Searing is a great critics' word that must be used rarely and carefully. So much film stuff that's supposed to shock your soul is just special effects that may cook emotions, but doesn't leave them juicy.
NEWS
Kevin Carroll, 50, left the Army in 1979 and became "a slave to heroin." His addiction, he said, took him to low places. He's fished for meals from trash cans, slept on the streets, even curled up inside Dumpsters.