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Inside, in contrast to the sharp-edged angularities and cool-toned decor of Manhattan's Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, the Pavilion was all curves and warm shades of gold, coral and beige. The unusual dimensions of the auditorium-wider and shorter than most-gave a sense of intimacy seldom felt in a major concert hall; 90% of the seats were within 105 ft. of the stage, and each had clear sight lines...
...which had been scheduled for the Kirkland House Junior Common Room, but which overflowed into and filled the Kirkland dining hall. The Brazilian lectured from a makeshift podium fianked by Kirkland House serving tables while his audience sat at dining tables throughout the room. Glancing up at the Kirkland decor, Freyre remarked "I like the atmosphere here--not too formal--you have managed to capture the feeling of, perhaps, a Paris cafe...
...decor has changed, so has the mood. As the 19th General Assembly prepared to open this week, the euphoria flowing from last year's partial nuclear test-ban treaty was largely gone...
...Roxbury, Conn., and Saché, France, Calder builds up his balanced mobiles by trial and tumble. Says he: "It's like making a patchwork quilt. You can't predict." A mobile can be tiny as a hummingbird; others are so outsize that airports find them favorite lobby decor. One stabile, his Teodelapio in Spoleto, Italy, is the largest metal sculpture in modern times; it is 59 ft. high, weighs 30 tons, and trucks can pass underneath it. "If it's impeccable," he says, "it can be made into any scale...
...These Women, for all its faults, may well stand as a milestone in the career of Sweden's Ingmar Bergman. It is his first film in color. It is lavish in decor. Though it fails miserably, it is the work of a man who falls flat on his face with impressive aplomb. Behind a transparent disguise as a knockabout farce, it is Bergman's personal indictment of his own critics and public...