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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Strings Attached Yeung Fai will never forget why his father died. He remembers it every time he steps on stage, with a mismatched collection of hand-sized puppets. "In China, everybody wants to forget about this," Fai said. "But for me, I never forget." Fai's father, Yang Shen, was a puppeteer and victim of China's Cultural Revolution. He plays a central role in Fai's traveling puppet show "Hand Stories," opening Wednesday night at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York. Meet The New Masters Of Jazz From Dildos To Toes: The History Of Superhuman Creations (NSFW) Bollywood's First Superstar Dies 'Porgy And Bess' Sets Final Date Mona Lisa's Skeleton Found? BLOG POSTS Kim Witman: Lessons From a Land Hurricane In October 1787, the premiere of Don Giovanni was postponed twice due to unprepared performers and tough rehearsal scheduling (according to Mozart.) In July 2012, Wolf Trap Opera's opening of Don Giovanni was postponed twice due to a land hurricane. Andrew Lam: When Was the Last Time You Received a Post Card? The first few post cards I ever saw were scenes of Paris in winter. I recall a sun-drenched afternoon in my grammar school courtyard in Sadec, deep in the Mekong Delta where school children lined up to see real post cards from Paris mounted inside a glass box. Alina Gregorian: The Reading Series: Dana Ward's "The Crisis of Infinite Worlds" Dennis Miller: Love Me Tender: Elvis' Top 20 Songs, Part 1 I grew up in the '50s listening to Elvis. As a musician, I played Elvis songs. On my weekend radio program I had a regular Elvis spotlight. I know Elvis' music. But then, so does everybody, of all ages. Lira: We Call Him Madiba The rest of the world knows him as Nelson Mandela. We, as South Africans, choose to call him Madiba, his Xhosa clan name. Since I was a young girl growing up in the Daveyton township in Johannesburg's East Rand, Madiba has always been my hero.

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