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Late one Dec. 24, a boy finds a train stopped outside his house. A conductor beckons him aboard. It is the first of many astonishments in The Polar Express + by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin; $15.95). Other surprises include club cars full of similarly dazed children in pajamas and nightgowns, woods full of wolves and, finally, the frozen sea of the polar ice cap--Santa Claus country. Van Allsburg has given the commonplace a legendary air, and the boy's return seems every bit as gilded as the elves, Santa's airborne sled and the homeward-bound express train, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Shelf of Small Wonders | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

Greater Boston Yourth Symphony Orchestra: Eigi Oue, Conductor, Gardner Museum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: December 12-18 | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Bach's B Minor Mass: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, conductor, Symphony Hall, Friday at 2, Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: December 12-18 | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Thomas G. Everett, conductor of Harvard's Wind Ensemble, described the composer's visit as a "great opportunity for students to hang out and rub shoulders with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Composer to Celebrate Birthday at Harvard | 12/4/1985 | See Source »

Boston Symphony Orchestra: with guest conductor Jahja Ling, Symphony Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: November 14-20 | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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