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...Dragons and Ashekian's case is Chungking Mansions, which a character in Connelly's novel describes as a "post-modern Casablanca - all in one building." Built in 1961, the building holds about 1,000 cheap guesthouse rooms, some with deceptively pleasant names like the New Hawaii and the Happy Guest House that mask the more typical reality of dingy rooms barely large enough for a bed. At any given time, there are some 4,000 residents living in 15 floors of apartments and 10,000 others passing through the complex's restaurants and dimly lit bazaar, which sells everything from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Crime Writer Tackles a Real Hong Kong Cold Case | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...popularity shows, Switzerland has yet to make its peace with immigrants, despite how central to the economy they have been and - with a falling birth rate and aging population - are still. Postwar Switzerland was built by Italian "guest workers," many of whom eventually won the right to settle, and today perhaps a quarter of the nation's workforce are non-Swiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Identity Crisis for the Swiss | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Every Tuesday at 7 p.m., Brother Blue hosted an open mic event at Out of the Blue Gallery in Central Square, where he invited guest storytellers to share...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Street Performer, Storyteller Dies at 88 | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...palpable difference in the Harvard dance scene now,” assistant dance director Kristin Ing Aune writes in an email. “While the Dance Program has always attracted talented dancers, we have increased visibility for a number of reasons: our accomplished graduate-ambassadors, performances, roster of guest artists, the Task Force on the Arts, the internet, word of mouth... dance is alive and well at Harvard...

Author: By Monica S. Liu | Title: Pointe of Departure | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...Since the choreographers are used to such a high level of talent, we really feel like we have to be on top of our game,” Walker continues, pointing out that the short residency of most guest choreographers often necessitates a grueling sequence of six-hour rehearsals on weekends that spill into four-hour sessions on weekdays. Two Sundays ago, Company members remained at the Loeb from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., going home exhausted and sore after a marathon session of hanging lights and setting up the theatre...

Author: By Monica S. Liu | Title: Pointe of Departure | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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