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...most well-known exhibitions include “Treasures of Tutankhamen” in 1977, “Treasure Houses of Britain” in 1985, and “Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration,” a 500th anniversary show of Columbus?? 1492 voyage and Brown’s final accomplishment as the Gallery’s director.In organizing these exhibitions, Brown paid acute attention to detail and respected each person’s contribution to the project, according to Daniels, who worked with Brown in the eighties...
...cast of multi-cultural twenty-somethings.)But all of this success was bittersweet, as the show’s writer and composer, Jonathan Larson, died suddenly from an aneurysm shortly before its debut. The specter of his loss haunted each performance and lent them a funerary solemnity. Unfortunately, Chris Columbus?? cinematic adaptation of the musical is a devastating betrayal of Larson’s creative legacy, retaining none of its source material’s verve, intensity, or gravitas. Perhaps this should not shock; Colombus is the auteur behind the “Home Alone” series.Columbus...
...first edition in English, the non-profit Dalkey Archive Press gives this loud and incorrigible work by Mexico’s most famous novelist a much-deserved rebirth in American bookstores. In the nine months preceding his birth on Oct. 12, 1992 (the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus?? arrival), Christopher reconstructs the web of romances and hatreds, schemes and coincidences that caused his conception and will shape his destiny. He begins, naturally, with his parents, but their tumultuous relationship and checkered pasts necessitate layer upon layer of plot that eventually include everyone from an anarchistic hippie-rock band...
...rationale behind this selection is elusive. Could it be because Columbus?? best-known previous cinematic outings, the first two “Home Alone” films, were also set in the mean streets of New York...
Early reports from the group’s Ohio chapter—which sent 150 volunteers to election sites in Columbus??indicated that polling stations were overwhelmed by massive voter turnout...