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When Mullah Mohammed Omar announced on Feb. 26 that the big Buddhas were to be destroyed, Luis Monreal had a bright idea. Archaeologist, art historian and director of Fundació la Caixa , the cultural foundation in Barcelona sponsored by the Catalan savings bank of that name, Monreal decided to display a side of Afghanistan little known in Europe. In six months, a quarter of the time it normally takes to plan and mount an international exhibition, the Caixa Foundation, in tandem with the Guimet Museum of Asiatic Art in Paris, brought together 230 pieces from U.S. and European museums...
...Scardigli, who is a former Romance Languages and Literatures concentrator, said the best academic party she has attended was at Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Brad S. Epps’ apartment. The party celebrated the conclusion of Epps’ Spanish 135, a course on women writers in Barcelona...
Travel was not without complications: getting a train ticket from Barcelona to Italy proved much harder than we had anticipated. We forgot that Europeans go on vacation too, and that they tend to go at the end of July, just when we were trying to leave...
...have liked Billy Ray Cyrus’s “Achy Breaky Heart” back when I was in elementary school, but I don’t think that, after so many years, you can blame us for its current popularity in Spain. At dance clubs in Barcelona you can dance to a new version: “No rompas mi corazón, mi pobre corazón.” “Achy breaky heart” is at least a slightly more novel phrase than “poor heart...
...Segue to Striver's Row and this artfully appointed store carrying women's garments in sizes 2 to 22. Carefully chosen designs retail from $40 to custom wear at $500. A hot pink sequined top by Custo of Barcelona ($88) was only one of the "just right" accessories and fashion. Ask about upcoming shopping tours of Harlem...