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...brains behind the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub, the night was a resounding success, and the pub’s patrons included a “good mix” of undergraduates and recent graduates. The day after the pub’s grand opening festivities, Corker was speechless—he had lost his voice after staying the entire length of the pub’s maiden shift from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. “One of my favorite moments was overhearing the following comment: ‘I have never seen half the people...
...doubleheader at Brown prevented the Crimson from seizing a two-game lead atop the Ivy League’s Red Rolfe Division.The two teams entered the weekend tied for first place. Senior relievers Jake Bruton and Jason Brown combined to allow eight runs—including a grand slam and a three-run blast—and turn an 8-4 Harvard lead into a sudden, deflating 12-8 deficit. The bullpen meltdown wasted a gutsy outing by junior Shawn Haviland and a scrappy, come-from-behind effort by the lineup. “They battled hard for the entire...
...reason to see “Ask Me Anything.” As the unfeeling, self-involved Fitzwilliam (a guy who asks Nick to bring him a pillow stuffed with “crisp fifty dollar bills” on a whim), Greaves was magnificent, bringing a kind of grand narcissistic vision to a character who would otherwise be merely petty. He was the highlight of any scene in which he was onstage, including a long scene in which he did nothing...
It’s not every day that a former principal dancer of the foremost classical ballet company in the nation comes to teach a master class at a place that values physics over pliés and government over grand jetés. Nevertheless, former New York City Ballet (NYCB) principal Heather Watts is in the middle of a stint as visiting lecturer on dramatic arts in the Harvard Dance Program, instructing a new ballet class on technique and repertory. Last semester, Watts taught an academic class at Harvard on the work of George Balanchine, the renowned choreographer...
...first caught Oldboy at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Grand Prix du Jury, or second prize. (Only Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 finished higher, copping the Palme d'Or.) The Jury that year was headed by Quentin Tarantino, and at the closing night ceremony, when Tarantino read out the Oldboy award, he proclaimed that his panel was "delighted" with its choice...