Word: folke
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...Among the new arrivals, only the restaurant Canteen might appeal to both the bohemian crowd and financial folk. "Is this a chain?" asked my Friday lunch companion. Not yet, but it's easy to imagine blond wood and tweedy green-upholstered clones being assembled out of flat packs across the land. Canteen offers freshly executed traditional British fare - macaroni and cheese, meat pies and all-day breakfasts - served with a mission statement that boasts of the kitchen's organic and local sourcing...
...through his later decades, wonderfully entertaining as he was. This is Armstrong the force of nature--exuberant, inspired, irresistible. His ringing, soaring trumpet improvisations in the 1920s not only established him as jazz's first pre-eminent and pervasively influential soloist but also propelled jazz from a shambling, collective folk music into an art form. Many versions of these indispensable sides are available; the four-disc set from London-based JSP offers the best remastered sound...
...music lessons through the OFA’s subsidy program, and during one year helped to produce the Arts First Guide. Carlisle is graduating with a degree from a joint special concentration in ethnomusicology in partnership with the Folklore and Mythology department; her thesis was appropriately written on a folk festival. She will also be the Undergraduate Speaker at the June 8 Commencement. After graduation, Carlisle will stay connected to Harvard as a Masters’ Assistant in Quincy House. In addition, she hopes to work with the OFA in some sort of mentor program. Until then, this Saturday will...
...Modern dance in general is appealing because it reflects upon life’s feelings and experiences so that anyone not rehearsed in dance techniques or history can relate,” says Chan. Other troupes performing include the South Asian Dance Company, which will incorporate folk and modern dance from South Asia, Dance Edge, a local company that displays the work of amateur choreographers, and the Harvard Philippine Forum, which will mix traditional cultural dance with new versions set to Ciara’s “One, Two Step,” among other hip-hop staples...
Other troupes performing include the South Asian Dance Company, which will incorporate folk and modern dance from South Asia, Dance Edge, a local company that displays the work of amateur choreographers, and the Harvard Philippine Forum, which will mix traditional cultural dance with new versions set to Ciara’s “One Two Step,” among other hip-hop staples...