Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worth it to ignore section work tonight. The Boston Conservatory is trotting out the big guns to tickle the ivories with the second installment of the "Piano Masters in Recital" series. Acclaimed Greek pianist Dimitri Toufexis will perform works by Debussy, Chopin, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Gershwin. 8 p.m. Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston. 912-9122. FREE...
Jeanne remembers that after the a cappella concert, "I really wanted to go to the Acropolis, this Greek restaurant my parents had gone to on their first date at Harvard. I was shocked that Brain actually agreed because the whole idea of going to that restaurant was pretty serious. So we walked down Mass. Ave. for two hours trying to find the restaurant, then realized that it had closed a long time ago. So we went to a convenience store and bought cheese and fruit to have a picnic in Brian's room...
EUREKA! A millennium-old manuscript, below, the oldest copy of a work by Greek mathematician Archimedes, sold last week at auction for $2.2 million. Works from other scientists also did well...
Boys play the game too, with Spiderman, Darth Vader, Batman and Zorro emerging as the most common trick-or-treaters. At Boston Costume, Puritan Boy outfits and Greek tunics sat untouched while a bevy of boys with tired parents weighed the dilemma of Superman versus the bleeding monster. Closer to home, Michael Zanger-Tishler (age 3 3/4, son of Abby Zanger, Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures) said he was dressing up as a fireman because "that's what I am!" The delightfully precocious boy was happy to eloquently detail his outfit...
Sappho, the famous ancient Greek lesbian poet, is coming to Newton. Really. Well, she'll be represented by local composer Patricia Van Ness, who will present a talk entitled "Sappho, Beauty and Medieval Music Devices: Composing a Premiere for Full Chorus and Soprano Solo." 2 p.m., Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St. 499-4868. FREE...