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...rose-and-white-columned façade of Russia's famed Bolshoi Theater has stood shrouded in construction curtains and spiky scaffolding for four years - and it looks to stay that way longer still, as the sudden resignation of the theater's musical director has pitched the future of the Bolshoi and its multimillion-dollar renovation into disarray...
...state media was filled with scenes of young Uighur men smashing buses and attacking pedestrians. After thousands of Han gathered to retaliate on Tuesday, the official press has shifted to a narrative of racial harmony, running stories of Uighurs who protected Han during the rioting. But despite the façade of unity, many fear the anger will inevitably bubble up again. "Of course it will continue," says a 71-year-old Han retiree who lives near Xinjiang University in the far south of Urumqi, where Uighur rioters smashed shops and cars on July 5. "Han were beaten, people...
...used mainly dark colors and lots of leather - a material that was hard to come by in the G.D.R. and that the designers would pick up straight from the manufacturers. Photos on display in the Berlin exhibition show the clothes against a backdrop of old staircases and rundown gray façades, making for a dark fairytale-like mood full of neo-Romantic pathos. "We somehow loved the morbidity of the G.D.R.," filmmaker Wilms recalls. "But it was only the façades that were crumbling; the people were young and beautiful...
...Although surrounded by Bauhaus beauties, the Montefiore is actually a renovated mansion from the earlier 1920s Eclectic period, festooned with a mishmash of European, Ottoman and Arab architectural motifs - from bijou Juliet balconies and an intricate filigreed façade to soaring Levantine arches and domes. Owners Mati and Ruthie Broudo have kept the rooms period-appropriate using antique 1930s furniture, including original pieces by German Bauhaus design firm Thonet. (See Time.com/Travel for city guides, stories and advice...
...owners have expanded the original grounds through the acquisition of a neighboring 16th century former convent. The buildings are located on a tranquil street a 15-minute walk east of the city center, where the hotel's discreet façade, distinguished by the Della Gherardesca crest above the portal, betrays little of the aristocratic grandeur within. However, the lobby - accessed via a courtyard bordered by a loggia and decorated with 15th century bas-reliefs of classical scenes - is a reminder of the magnificence that seven arduous years of restoration can bestow. So are the suites, which incorporate original frescoes...