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...LOEB last Thursday evening one wished that Mildred Dunnock in her recitation of a selection of Emily Dickinson's poems, had stepped aside to let Emily Dickinson through. As it was, she played the part of the the dragon guarding the gate...
...season, citizens and patrons were busy proving their devotion. In what other major American city would the mayor set aside a big chunk of downtown (Union Square) and invite 10,000 for a musicale? Where else would Jesus Freaks mingle with bankers and hard hats to watch Fafner the Dragon chase Wagner's Rhinemaidens and the clowns from I Pagliacci on specially constructed mini-stages? Who else but Adler could persuade Prima Donna Joan Sutherland to brave both the crowd and the city's infamous outdoor air-conditioning and sing Ah fors' è lui and Sempre libera...
INDIANA. One high point of Wallace's characteristically helter-skelter campaign in Indiana was a $25-a-plate lunch at the Indianapolis Hilton, which drew, among others, Grand Dragon William Chaney of the state Ku Klux Klan and Frank Thompson, head of a local John Birch Society chapter, who listed Wallace's credentials: "He's American, he's Christian, he's experienced." Humphrey did not start campaigning in Indiana until seven days before last week's primary, and at that he had to divide his time between Indiana and neighboring Ohio. Humphrey squeaked through...
...being a difficult performer to work with. Like Maria, she has had a troubled private life that has made her something of an untouchable flower in lotus land. "Miss Weld is not a very good representative for the motion-picture industry," complained Gossip Columnist Louella Parsons, Hollywood's dragon lady, when Tuesday was 16 and the star of a seemingly endless series of sex-at-the-beach type minipics. Actually, Tuesday's sins-odd clothing, bare feet and open love affairs -would have seemed quite normal a decade later. Her chief offense was to be hip too soon...
...University of Bridgeport will open a $5 million arts center with Neil Slater's Again, D.J., a rock-flavored updating of the Don Juan legend. Last week at Washington's Kennedy Center, a contingent from the University of Hawaii staged a 16th century Peking opera titled Black Dragon Residence, using tapes of authentic Oriental instruments and singing in English. Three other of last week's highlights...