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Govan, 44, solves problems for a living. An East Coast art star who is best known for his work turning an abandoned factory into the Dia Art Foundation's showplace in Beacon, N.Y., in 2003, he was hired 22 months ago to bring his magic to LACMA, a museum that even its most prominent backer, collector Eli Broad, calls "very tired...
...influence, Romney turned to Kennedy once again. "I asked for his help on certain legislators: 'Could you give a call on this one?'" Romney says. On March 22, 2006, Kennedy did more than that. He went to the floor of both the house and the senate on Beacon Hill and spoke in very personal terms about the battles with cancer his son and daughter had faced. "This whole issue in terms of universal and comprehensive care has always burned in my soul," Kennedy said. The Federal Government had failed the country on health care, he told the politicians , but "Massachusetts...
...says the latter.One of the group’s earliest and most infamous practices was their nighttime trips to serenade the young ladies of the Boston area.According to a Time Magazine article from March 29, 1943, their lantern-lit jaunts took Pierian members from Brattle Street to Beacon Hill. The HRO website quotes orchestra records from 1840:“It came to pass in the reign of Simon the King, that the Pierians did meet in the tabernacle. And lo! A voice was heard saying, Let us go serenading and they lifted up their voice...
...China is visible from space. Although LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault was unable to reverse that on a trip to the ancient world's most ambitious building project last Friday night, LVMH did succeed in floodlighting a fashion runway atop the wall, lighting up the stairway to the beacon towers at Juyongguan Pass, as well as the surrounding mountain tops and, to the surprise of some Chinese guests in an audience which included movie star Ziyi Zhang and the granddaughter of reformist leader, Deng Xiaoping, branding the hillsides with projections of Fendi's double F logo. Before the first...
...Arrow Theatre. Box office at 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. “Student rush” offers $15 tickets the day of the show, if available. 3) BOOston! If you want to get to know Boston a little bit, this might be just the ticket: a walking tour of Beacon Hill on Halloween night, highlighting the neighborhood’s mysterious history. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meet on the steps of the State House, Beacon Street, Boston. $15. 4) Hitchcock and Hymns? Cozy up inside magnificent Trinity Church and watch the Alfred Hitchcock classic...