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Although he is a representational painter (he cites Edward Hopper as an influence), Howe's work is not photographic. A more expressionistic canvas, "Attic Apartment" shows a tall figure standing in a small room defined by sharply slanted ceilings. Howe refers to Edvard Munch as an influence for this more psychological piece...

Author: By Tara B. Reddy, | Title: Looking at Leverett: How Howe Sees His Surroundings | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

...mansion where he stayed in Palm Beach. Frank Sinatra crooned from records in the background. There were daiquiris and pompano and deep talk about the Soviet menace. Kennedy weighed the Soviet leaders and their diplomats, then suddenly said, "You know that they have an atomic bomb in the attic of the Soviet Union embassy up on 16th Street? If war comes, they are going to trigger it and take out Washington." He had a kind of half-grin on his face. His guests looked incredulous. "That's what they tell me," insisted Kennedy. "The bomb was assembled from parts brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency A Sly and Wry Humor | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...film, life is a circus without surcease. Come inside, children of all ages, where (in Amarcord) the snowflakes are as fat as pancakes, where (in The Nights of Cabiria, 1957) streetwalkers dance like schoolgirls and (in Juliet of the Spirits (1965), God may be waiting for you in the attic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringmaster and Clown: Federico Fellini (1920-1993) | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...Jour se Leve" at 7:30 p.m. Barricaded inhis attic room, as the police wait outside, aworker who has shot a man recalls the eventsleading to the killing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

Harvard Film Archive. "Lyrical Nitrate/Bruce Conner Films" at 7 p.m. "Lyrical Nitrate" is a tribute to early cinema, constructed from color tinted and toned nitrate films found deteriorating in the attic of an Amsterdam theatre. "Garden of Scorpions" at 9 p.m. "Garden of Scorpions" is the story of a soldier, who, through love, becomes a capitalist tool. $5 for students. Carpenter Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

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