Word: elegante
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DIED. Tapio Wirkkala, 69, Finland's foremost designer in glass, ceramics, wood and metal, and a pioneer of the elegant, functional Scandinavian look; of a heart attack; in Esbo, Finland. Combining a hands-on knowledge of industrial production techniques, a sculptor's sensibility and a craftsman's intimate familiarity with...
In one of the ART's stronger seasons, the consistently superb sets have been the real standouts. Michael Yeargan, the set designer for the gorgeous King Stag, has created an elegant English courtyard, complete with gazebo and statuary, that Broadway would have had difficulty matching at twice the budget. It...
Some new drinking and socializing trends involve no alcohol at all. The "power tea" is starting to catch on with businessmen in big cities. Rather than gathering for whiskey at the cocktail hour, executives are collecting in hotel lobbies from The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla., to the Mansion in...
Ashkenazy takes an elegant approach to the cycle, caressing the music with an exquisite tone and spinning it out with an effortless technique that lets the music speak unimpeded. In the robust First Concerto and the rippling Second, Ashkenazy pays homage to the music's Mozartean wellspring in a clean...
The theater is a medium of illusion, and among the dreams it fosters is that the clock can be turned back and the ravages of time denied. Film and TV close-ups reveal the smallest encroachments of age; the stage keeps a civilized distance between seemingly ageless performers and happily...