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...Folk the world over have been journeying to sacred sites since the Bronze Age, and a new exhibition could tempt latter-day pilgrims to make the journey to Oxford, England. "Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey" runs at the Ashmolean Museum until April 2. It includesa 15th century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the 13th century casket that once held the relics of Canterbury's martyr St. Thomas Becket, as well as rare objects such as a 5th century sandstone head of the Hindu god Shiva and a 13th century Buddhist plaque from Burma, above. Pilgrim mores...
...Folk the world over have been journeying to sacred sites since the Bronze Age, and a new exhibition could tempt latter-day pilgrims to make the journey to Oxford, England. "Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey" runs at the Ashmolean Museum until April 2. It includes a 15th century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the 13th century casket that once held the relics of Canterbury's martyr St. Thomas Becket, as well as rare objects such as a 5th century sandstone head of the Hindu god Shiva and a 13th century Buddhist plaque from Burma, pictured. Pilgrim...
...been equally unorthodox—he opens his newest album, “Goulash,” with an electrifying adaptation of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir,” then launches into Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s Romanian folk dances. Haimovitz will perform Friday at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theatre with special guest UCCELLO, an ensemble he formed with three of his cello students at McGill University. Eclecticism defines Haimovitz’s career. He had an early start: at 14 he soloed with the Israel Philharmonic under...
...didn’t intend to do medical history” at first, but since her subject worked with sick patients and pregnant women, Ulrich said she “couldn’t very well interpret [Ballard’s] work without getting pretty interested in folk medicine, herbs, and the kinds of things she was involved...
...Sometimes what we call ambition is simply talent so great that it cannot contain itself. Mozart, Einstein, Paul McCartney and Bill Gates come to mind. But in other cases, ambition is just greed. Many of the famous folk in your story fit the latter category. Ken Taub St. James, New York...