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Before his death, he'd asked that the kids who had gathered petitions on his behalf sign their names on his casket. Clad in shiny parkas, jean jackets and sneakers, they autographed with magic markers in the Italian-flag colors of green and red: Riccardo, Jacopo, Eva, Alessia, all bid goodbye with messages of "Ciao!" and "Con affetto." Pastor Gioele Fuligno, a Baptist minister, led the funeral rites with a fire-and-brimstone sermon that stunned the Catholic crowd. Strangely, though, it all seemed to make sense to the 100 or so townsfolk in attendance. All of it except...
When the Denver Art Museum's new Daniel Libeskind--designed addition opened in October, the architectural reviews were mixed, but none of the critics said the place made them queasy. Then the visitors came. As they climbed to the upper floors of the titanium-and-granite-clad structure, which echoes the silhouette of the Rockies, some began feeling dizzy and nauseated. The likely culprits: a plunging 100-ft. atrium and walls slanted at odd angles. "If you have walls tilting toward or away from you, that disrupts people's balance," says University of Colorado architecture professor Taisto Makela...
...Year's Eve, or Reveillion, is one of Rio de Janeiro's most important holidays, second only to Carnaval. Extravagant beachfront celebrations unfold along Copacabana, attracting some 2 million revelers clad in white (to bring good luck and peace in the coming year). Live music ranging from samba to rock blasts from four stages along the beach. New Year's is also a day to honor Iemanjá--goddess of the sea and mother of the waters--with ritualistic offerings stowed in small wooden boats and launched in the surf. Tradition holds that if the goddess is pleased with a boat...
...major role in turning Boston into a significant destination in the contemporary art world.The ICA, designed by New York-based architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is both a strikingly beautiful building and the celebrated avant-garde design team’s first undertaking in the United States. The glass-clad structure thrusts over Boston Harbor, the top floor firmly cantilevered 80 feet beyond the building’s footprint, above a harbor-side promenade. The traditional neoclassical museum entrance is inverted: two sweeping sets of steps rise from the open water to meet the museum, but imposing marble is replaced...
...military man of the idyllic island nation of Fiji, is haunted by the memory of the day in 2000 when 30 of his own disgruntled soldiers came to kill him in his office at Queen Elizabeth Barracks in the capital of Suva. The military chief escaped the black-clad invaders and their gunfire, but he lost face as his flight was captured by video cameras. The would-be military assassins were allies of the men who had tried to overthrow the government the same year. During the past six years, Bainimarama has neither forgotten nor forgiven the actions...