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...which opens in Memorial Hall today. An imaginative artist who experiments in many types of media, Biggers’ innovative and bizarre work has been shown in museums around the world, including the Tate Modern in London and the Whitney in New York. His 2007 piece, “Blossom,” is a 15-foot tall reconstruction of a tree whose trunk penetrates and supports a life-size piano; this oddity is characteristic of Biggers’ large installation pieces, which have touched on subjects ranging from the state of hip-hop to Eastern mysticism...
...Constellation,” an installation on view until December 2, and “Stranger Fruit,” a performance piece which will be shown only once on November 18—was influenced by a combination of Chinese calligraphic painting, Japanese cherry blossom festivals, the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, Negro spirituals, and cosmology. This creation was commissioned by the Public Art Program, a sector of the Harvard Office for the Arts...
...Dennis Barbour once served as mayor of Carolina Beach), is a talented shooter on the Special Reaction Team, which trains for the possibility of events like the Nov. 5 shooting rampage. She is a passionate fan of Twitter, and once news of her actions spread, her followers began to blossom in number - among them country singer Dierks Bentley, who posed for a photo with the petite officer at the fort's annual July Fourth FreedomFest. The photo is posted on her Twitter page, along with a brief biographical quote: "I live a good life ... a hard...
...speed-dating event, conversations were limited (only 3 minutes long), and participants were supposed to check off the names of individuals they were interested in. A guy and a girl who checked off each other would be notified the next day. And only then a perfectly paired romance would blossom...
...walk-through crash course in Australian wine. You stroll from room to room, sampling some of the country's best vintages and pairing them with great food. In the Aroma Room, your descriptive vocabulary will be expanded by an education in 50 kinds of scent, from caramel to orange blossom. In the Tasting Theatre (admission $45) sommeliers decant six top Australian bottlings in hourly tastings as the winemakers responsible for each one talk you through it in a video presentation (there's also a separate program of tastings with vintners in person). In the Wine Journey Room...