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...Carpenter Center, the sole building in the U.S. designed by the Swiss native. Sharing anecdotes from the artist’s life, Weber, the author of a newly released biography, sought to introduce the man who was known as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris before his career took off. “Getting to know the man behind Le Corbusier is like getting inside a Swiss bank vault,” Weber said. His book is the “first to approach Le Corbusier in a narrative that goes through his life,” he told community...
...part of the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures Series, Brown spoke about art and dance with Richard Colton, a local dance instructor. What could have been a structured interview became an intimate discussion concerning her movement, her aesthetic theory, and her career. “You never have enough opportunity to hear artists talk. They interview more athletes,” lamented audience member Martha Armstrong Gray, Dance Director at the Cambridge School of Weston. “But I’d rather see Trisha move than talk.” In hushed tones, Brown alternated between...
...manic hodge-podge of songs. The noise heavy, Black Keys-esque opening track, “Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight,” suddenly jumps to the much folksier “Two Magpies,” reminiscent of McCartney’s solo career. The tone somehow shifts in the last three tracks to feature the more electro-ambient vibe for which The Fireman was originally “known.” Banjo and harmonica make random appearances, as do drum machines, hushed whispers, flutes, violins, and far too many...
...senior teammates—seemed to be headed towards an inevitable Crimson defeat. “I felt totally crushed,” Harvard’s former center says. “This was the most important game of my life, and I was realizing that my career was over.”But with 42 seconds left, destiny intervened, the momentum shifted, and the Crimson staged a comeback for the ages, establishing the 1968 Game as the series’ most-remembered episode. As the 40th anniversary of the legendary 29-29 tie, tomorrow’s 125th...
...Gates associates have made it clear that he is likely to stay if asked to by Obama, so long as he can keep some trusted aides. Gates, a career CIA man who served as president of Texas A&M University before coming to the Pentagon in December 2006, isn't even a registered Republican, according to Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada. (Gates' spokesman said Thursday he didn't know his boss's political registration.) Still, antiwar activists are growing concerned at the prospect of an increasingly hawkish Obama Cabinet featuring Gates as Defense chief and Senator Hillary Clinton...