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Latin musical culture is achieving mainstream status in United States, with Hispanic pop singers performing in both English and Spanish; among them are Ricky Martin, who became acceptable to English-speaking audience only after recording in English, and of Elvis Crespo, who records in Spanish; photos (M)
Article appraises Jean Nouvel's proposed development of Brooklyn waterfront area between Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges with particular emphasis on starkly contemporary hotel that would rise 9-stories on waterfront pier; photo (M)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra to end its season with 12-concert Shostakovich Festival; will feature Mstislav Rostropovich as conductor or cellist or both in seven concerts; Metropolitan Museum of Art to exhibit Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings and drawings from collection of Dr Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, friend and patron of artists; Houston Ballet to open spring season, Houston; Spoleto Festival USA to present North American premiere of Kurt Weill opera Die Burgschaft, conducted by Julius Rudel; photos (M)
John Tierney The Big City column, noting New York State Legislature's recent repeal of New York City's commuter tax, discusses various reasons why New York City should secede from New York State; contends main reason for such move would be financial (M)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr article, part of series Writers on Writing, defends the growth of creative writing programs at American colleges and universities; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 19, 1999, covering May 24, 1999.
Tim McGraw
TLC
London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)
Various Artists
Shania Twain
1999Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor[†]
Tarjei Sandvik Moe is a Norwegian actor. He rose to fame with his portrayal of Isak Valtersen, the main character in the third season of Norwegian teen drama series Skam. His acting, and the third season of the series as a whole, received widespread critical acclaim for a non-stereotypical display of homosexuality, and resulted in him and co-star Henrik Holm winning two prestigious Norwegian awards.
1999The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.[†]
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal was an ad hoc court located in The Hague, Netherlands.
In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]