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'Art Beat' With Sean Rameswaram

December 24, 2010
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(Dec. 24) CHRISTMAS AND THE RELUCTANT DRAGON Nothing says Christmas like The Reluctant Dragon at The Kennedy Center's Concert Hall Friday afternoon. The Choral Arts Society of Washington rings in the holiday with a full orchestra and a mystical tale about a boy with a seasonally apt undertaking: He has to save Christmas. Expect holiday standards, sing-alongs and a couple of Belgian carols thrown in for good measure.

(Dec. 26) A SEASON FOR GIVING If you like to celebrate the season by giving, there's a chance Sunday night at Arlington's Iota Club and Cafe on Wilson Blvd. The venue throws a benefit show to save Arlington's insolvent, but totally awesome, David M. Brown Planetarium. Iota enlists an army of local musicians to help the cause.

(Dec. 26-31) PUPPETCRACKER If you haven't yet had a chance to catch a presentation of The Nutcracker, you're in luck. The region's premiere puppet interpretation of the perennial holiday favorite is playing at The Puppet Company Playhouse in Glen Echo Park Sunday through New Year's Eve with larger-than-life, but smaller-than-human characters and marionettes.

Music bed: "The Winter Solstice" by Sufjan Stevens

Arts & Culture

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James Gandolfini Dies; 'Sopranos' Actor Was 51

Actor James Gandolfini, 51, has reportedly died. Variety magazine reports that he suffered a "sudden stroke." The cause of death is not yet known with certainty, but HBO says the actor may have suffered a heart attack.

Food

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And The Winner Of The World Food Prize Is ... The Man From Monsanto

The prize is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for food and agriculture." And this year's winners include Monsanto executive Robert Fraley, a pioneer in genetically engineered crops. If there's a single person who personifies the company's controversial role in American agriculture, it's probably Fraley.

Politics

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How Ted Cruz's Father Shaped His Views On Immigration

The Texas senator says giving a path to citizenship to immigrants in the U.S. illegally would be unfair to immigrants who followed the rules, like his own father, 74-year-old Rafael Bienvenido Cruz. He portrays his dad as a kind of Cuban Horatio Alger.

Technology

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In More Cities, A Camera On Every Corner, Park And Sidewalk

A growing number of cities are using surveillance cameras in the hope of fighting crime, but all that video is almost useless without powerful search tools to sort the material. The municipal camera trend is proving to be big business for companies that design video analytics software.

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