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...itself; what's new is the arrival of conceptual work in the dance establishment's mainstream. McGregor's Chroma, a starkly beautiful piece set in a minimalist box of white light, was the popular hit of the 2006-07 Royal Ballet season at London's Covent Garden, and led to his being appointed the Royal's resident choreographer - a radical evolution given that he has no formal classical-dance training. Other McGregor pieces are now in the repertoires of the Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet companies...
...exclusively by candlelight, the tapestry-draped main dining room is an ode to opulence: the seats are a rich red leather, the ceiling is gilded, and the walls are covered with oak panels salvaged from an old cathedral. The Secret Garden annex, meanwhile, is full of brass candlesticks and stone statues, and displays a series of painted doors that tell the story of Edinburgh's wine trade with France...
...that, sometimes I wish I could just walk through a garden or a forest and be happy. But no, when I do I want to take a picture, then I want to write a poem. Sometimes I wish I could just relax, and appreciate life without wanting to continually transform all the good that I see into something else. But I think that's why I've always talked about the blessing and curse of being an artist - you have this special gift, but on the other hand you're never satisfied. The only time I have respite is when...
...most definitely unequal across the board. The obligatory River Run many freshman blocking groups take part in on the eve of the lottery announcements in order to ward off chances of being “Quadded” (put in one of the three Houses a ways up Garden Street) is testament to this. (The next day of course, they’re all smiles as they’re welcomed to their new home of Pforzheimer House). Pride in your House assignment, one might go so far to say, is downright alien to the academic values to which most...
...Watching “The Wire” is a lesson in the frustrating compromises that go into everything from publishing a daily paper to convicting a killer to running a city (or country). And for all of us—from future politicians, lawyers, and journalists to garden-variety citizens—it has more than a few important messages about the real troubles that afflict this country. In the world of “The Wire,” as the final episode so beautifully and movingly showed, everything moves in cycles, and the system feeds itself...