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...people who attend the HRO concert on Saturday will hear Stravinsky’s original score for the first time. The piece’s technical difficulty and demanding instrumentation often force orchestras to eliminate certain parts; however, HRO will be performing the piece in its full orchestration, a feat of which they are deservedly proud. HRO president Jimmy F. Collins ’07 writes in an email, “I’m sure the audience will [be] pleased to know they are hearing the piece as Stravinsky intended it.” Now in their 198th...
Plus, all of this is kind of a dated argument, in a way. The real snobs that I know sound suspiciously like you, my friend. They tend to be the ones who, in a dazzling feat of meta-snobbery, decide that Pitchfork’s opinions are anathema, and doubt themselves if they agree with this merry band of traveling hipsters...
...rout of Holy Cross (3-12-0, 1-3 Patriot). Recording 10 shutouts in a season and breaking the previous record of nine, held by Tracee Whitley ‘88 since her own record-breaking season of 1987, is a tremendous feat on its own. To do it in 13 games is simply unprecedented. “[Shields] was solid today as she is game in, game out,” Crimson coach Stephanie Erickson said. “She’s a very special keeper with her abilities [but] also with how she leads the team...
...WithinDirected by Joseph CasteloMagnolia Pictures4 Stars“The War Within” is an ambitious and courageous film. It is ambitious because it endeavors to engage the sympathies of a Western audience for an Islamic terrorist, and it is courageous because it attempts this feat in a political climate where terms like “monster,” “killer,” and “evildoer” dominate the discourse on terrorism. In “War,” there are no monsters. There are only men and women whom circumstance...
...ordinary that have a ‘Wallaceness’ to them, a task that you could really do without.” It seems Park’s good taste is widespread: last week, “Were-Rabbit” topped the U.S. box office, a feat that can’t possibly go unnoticed by the DreamWorks execs. Sadly, tragedy struck the very next day, as a warehouse fire destroyed almost all of the figurines Park had been developing since the eighties. What this means for the future of Park’s company, Aardman Animations...