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...laborer and two dozen other guys in work shirts and battered jeans are gathered in the basement of Eagle County's government building, hard by the vacation resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek and Copper Mountain. They're listening to instructor Gustavo Heredia explain bail bonds, warrants and plea bargains. Many in the crowd are recent arrivals from Mexico. None can speak English. And all are in trouble for such offenses as drunk driving, driving without insurance, spousal abuse and fighting. Four-fifths of them are in the U.S. illegally, but deportation is no big worry in the Colorado resort country...
Franck is known for her intimate knowledge of glazes. While she trained in Japan to learn how to mimic ancient Japanese glazes, her most widely known work is painted with "fresh" red-copper glazes of her own invention. In this show, however, most of the pieces are either black and brown earth-tones or white over blue and green underglazes. It is obvious from each of her pieces that she has masterful control over her medium-every slight change in color or variation in shape is deliberate. Though the show is united by the characteristic grace of her work, there...
...MEXICO'S COPPER CANYON FROM THE DESERT UP TO THE RIM OF A CANYON...
Refurbished World War II-era Pullman cars twist and turn from the sea-level Sonoran Desert to 8,000 ft. along the rim of Copper Canyon, crossing 39 bridges and plunging through 86 tunnels. Those who know this route from Los Mochis to Chihuahua, Mexico, rate it as one of the last great American wilderness areas south of the Arctic Circle. With stops at Divisadero and Creel, the Sierra Madre Express allows you to visit the Tarahumara Indians, distant relatives of the Aztecs and one of Mexico's last truly primitive people...
...Railway Co.'s $1,599 South Orient Express, a five-day, four-night "cruise on rails," as M.A.R.C. vice president Bill Brailey calls it. The South Orient Express includes five-course international lunches prepared by a master chef, but does not provide sleeping accommodations. A cheaper and unescorted version, Copper Canyon Limited, costs $1,100 for eight days and seven nights and allows you to customize your itinerary www.sierramadreexpress.com 800-666-0346; www.southorientexpress.com 800-659-7602). --By Janet Kang. With reporting by Ronald Buchanan...