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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shivering in the wind. Then the percussion enters, muted yet enriching the sound, and finally the melody--simple and repetitive but constantly branching off in unexpected and spontaneous harmonies. You trace the saxophone's part much as you are drawn by a strand of gold in a piece of cloth. It glows and enriches the fabric and the fabric, (or musical backing) in turn, keeps the shimmer from ever becoming brassy...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: JAZZ | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

...Massachusetts. Called the "HOOKERS' Masquerade Ball," the organizers are extending a special invitation to people concerned with the rights of sexual minorities in the state. It will begin at 8 p.m. at The Club, 823 Main St., Cambridge. Tickets cost $5 and can be bought in advance at Cloth-ware in Cambridge, with the proceeds going to fight for decriminalization of the trade...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: MISCELLANY | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

...former designer and illustrator, Cosindas knows how color moves. The still lifes on show, assemblages of dools, flowers, cloth, objects belie their name. A series like "Asparagus" makes evident the potency of what seems a simple green stalk, and the fertility of Cosidas' imagination...

Author: By Eleni Constantine, | Title: galleries | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...series of energetic variations on Man Ray's 1920 Enigma of Isidore Ducasse (a sewing machine wrapped and tied in sackcloth and rope), it gave Christo the base for more grandiose and original schemes. In 1969 he went to Australia and used 1 million sq. ft. of synthetic cloth to wrap a mile of rocky coastline. In 1972 he hung an orange curtain a quarter of a mile wide and 365 ft. deep across a scenic valley named Rifle Gap in Colorado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Christo: Plain and Fency | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...candidates equal technical treatment. The separate lenses trained on the two were perfectly matched. ABC, which handled the split-screen debate as well as the final one, constructed two identical, fully furnished cottages in its largest New York studio so both men could prepare in comfort. The background cloth for the split sets in New York and Los Angeles was bought by ABC from the same mill. After the set was painted in New York, cans of the same paint were taken by Production Service Director Fred Schuhmann in an airplane to Los Angeles, to be used there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Re-Viewing the '60 Debates | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

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