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Almost from the magazine's inception in 1923, the cover of TIME has been a cultural touchstone in American life. The famous and the infamous, the heroes and the scoundrels, the significant trends and the momentous events of the day have appeared on it, portrayed by artists and photographers who gave TIME its signature visual style. Today's magazine covers evolve from that traditional style. Where art and illustration once prevailed, we now see almost exclusively photography, a medium that imparts immediacy and often suggests exclusive access to high-profile subjects. Today's covers portray concepts, ideas and trends...
...date, the piece is slated to be performed during Boston Ballet’s upcoming season. This scene took place on March 19 during the latest installment of Boston Ballet Dance Talks, a collaboration between the Office for the Arts (OFA) at Harvard and Boston’s most famous professional dance company. The program was established when Mikko Nissinen first became artistic director in order to facilitate exchange between Harvard and Boston Ballet, and to introduce Boston Ballet’s upcoming season to potential audience members.In the first row of seats sat Nissinen, Margaret Tracey—famed...
...with the stories of the most familiar names in the musical genre. And if we have made these men into hip-hop moguls that are worth upwards of hundreds of millions of dollars, then certainly we should spend the time to understand their history, what has made them so famous. Yet by focusing on these well-known entities, Reeves is forced to pass over some of the lesser-known trends in hip-hop which are just as relevant to formulating a black power ideology and shaping popular culture. For example, there could have been an in-depth examination...
...interviewer Howard E. Gardner ’65 waited to begin their conversation last night on the role of music in the world, the famous cellist took in the room and said, “This is like a wedding.” Ma displayed good humor and genuine affection for both his interviewer and the crowd that gathered to see him in the Radcliffe Gymnasium as he explained his attitudes towards the cello, culture, and the world at large. Gardner, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, introduced his interviewee as “the pre-eminent cellist...
...might not come across otherwise, the campaign changed the pre-event soundtrack Thursday before the speech at Cecil Field Naval Air Station. Instead of the McCain road show's usual songs like U2's "City of Blinding Lights," the speakers played "Danger Zone," the Kenny Loggins pop song made famous in the film Top Gun, a story of another hot-dog naval aviator who overcame immaturity and adversity to serve his country with honor...