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...Woody Allen movie that propagandizes crabby old guys attracting cute young women. This is not a comedy scenario; it's a criminal offense, right? Except that in Whatever Works, Allen has taken his usual ingredients--mismatched pairings, the collision of the bitter and the sweet, an abiding love for Dixieland jazz, classic Hollywood movies and his hometown--and somehow made his freshest film in ages. After four pictures abroad, two of which (Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona) were pretty good, the 73-year-old writer-director has found new vigor and warmth in his old surroundings. Melody's perky...
Find yourself wanting to just whistle some Dixie? Jonesing for some jazz? Then, get your fix during Arts First weekend at the Harvard Dixieland Ensemble’s “New Orleans to New England: Dixieland and Early Jazz” performance tomorrow in Memorial Church. The 10-member ensemble will present an array of ragtime, traditional jazz, and Dixieland favorites, including “Down By the Riverside,” “Alabama Jubilee,” “Royal Garden Blues,” and “Eyes of Blue...
...Respectably French”Carpenter Center3 p.m.Juggling is Serious BusinessScience Center3 p.m.Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall3:15 p.m.Japanese Tea CeremonyTearoom3:30 p.m.Your Favorite StarsCambridge Queen’s Head3:30 p.m.Bluegrass/Celtic/AmericanaHarvard Yard Stage3:30 p.m.Brahms G major SextetPaine Hall3:30 p.m.New Orleans to New England: Dixieland and Early JazzMemorial Church3:30 p.m.Selections in Choral Works: From Josquin des Prez to Ralph Vaughn WilliamsAdolphus Busch Hall 3:30 p.m.Ivory Tower Season ShowcaseCarpenter Center3:30 p.m.A Space AdventureScience Center C3:30 p.m.Mozart Violin SonataPhillips Brooks House3:30 p.m.Vocal Jazz by VoxJazzDudley House3:30 p.m.Music from Fresh AireHolden Chapel3:30 p.m.Dance FestivalLowell Lecture...
...your film to match a song in your MP3 library, and it gets more difficult. SmartSound Movie Maestro ($50) makes it easy by automatically layering in your sound track. The basic software package offers a fair variety of styles, from Blockbuster (heavy orchestra, eerie synth) to Vacation (steel drums, Dixieland brass), but the best stuff comes from the six optional Movie Music CDs ($30 apiece). The drawback is that you're stuck with their music; the program doesn't enable you to use tracks from a personal collection. But if you want a snap-to-fit sound, this...
...father played a lot with Dixieland bands…he was very ambitious,” Acher says. “His dream was always to have a Dixie band with his two sons...