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...stop at shops featuring handicrafts, antiques and trendy clothes along the hutong, or lane, leading up to Yinding Bridge, before enjoying some authentic Vietnamese cuisine at Nuage, tel: (86-10) 6401 9581. This restaurant club has a stunning view of the lake area and the nearby ancient Drum Tower, which was built in 1420 and used to signal the time during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. For after-dinner cocktails, the Alpha Omega Club, tel: (86-10) 6612 9898 is on the west bank of Shichahai and within walking distance of Nuage. A pop cover band plays...
...usual power-pop, the song is gorgeous, which compensates for the video’s slightly creepy couple and lack of action. Plus, the old-movie production touches (scratched lens, frames with fuzzy black edges) are interesting enough. Still, it’s hard not to long for their drum-heavy days, and Tobias Bluth too. But, alas, to quote one of their classic songs, the laws have changed. —Jessica R. Henderson
...Government and International Studies.The zither is a large stringed instrument used in East Asian music; with or without frets, it is something like a cross between a lap guitar and a harp. IIIZ+ combines zithers from China, Japan, and Korea, along with a changgu, a type of Korean drum. The zithers featured in Wednesday’s show were about five feet long and made of various woods.More than just combining zithers from three different geographical locations, the ensemble aims to set itself apart from popular conceptions of traditional Asian music. “We’re a very...
...Anbar Province. It gave the Baghdad government a photo-op to make points about national unity, and so the Shi'a dominated government sent a representative to Sunni Ramadi. "With unity, victory is possible," said Iraqi Defense Adviser Mowaffak al Rubaei, clearly referring to bin Laden's attempt to drum up support for a renewed anti-American uprising...
...casual observer of President Drew G. Faust’s installation ceremony could not help but chuckle at the aesthetic incoherence of the Brahmin formalities interspersed with multicultural drum and jazz numbers. The attempt to merge harmoniously Harvard tradition and international diversity into a single program, with its discordant rhythms and awkward transitions, certainly fell short of the mark...