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A Race is on to Record the Untold Stories of Aging Holocaust Survivorsnew

Until the Iron Curtain parted, the Holocaust stories like Lupyan's and others' from the former Soviet republics went largely untold on the world stage. But now, there is an urgency to record survivors' stories while a dwindling number still are alive to tell them.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  10-06-2009  |  History

What the Detroit 'Riot' Meantnew

Forty years on, the city's root problems remain.
Metro Times  |  Jack Lessenberry  |  07-24-2007  |  History

Christmas in Chile, 1973new

I was 13 years old when I spent a holiday season in the shadow of the 1973 coup d'etat.
Metro Times  |  Mariela Griffor  |  12-20-2006  |  History

Las Vegas Stripnew

Vintage vixens of yesteryear meet up with the neo-burlesque starlets of today at the 16th Annual Miss Exotic World Pageant, one big glittering bridge to the ecdysiastical generation gap.
Metro Times  |  Sarah Klein  |  06-07-2006  |  History

Paradise Regained: Detroit's Legends of Burlesque Reminiscenew

The most famous exotic dancer in the history of Motown, Lottie The Body, and fellow stripteaser Toni Elling recall the glamourous days of burlesque in the 1960s and the struggles they faced as African-American dancers.
Metro Times  |  Sarah Klein  |  08-03-2005  |  History

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