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Modernist celebration of (highlight now) the vernacular is another theme that crops up repeatedly in The Art of Celebration. Gerald Murphy's "Razor" (1924), for instance, is a "signal work in the evolution of a self-conscious American vernacular art," a celebration of "small technological advances and the utilitarian elegance of industrial design." After High Modernism has run its course, Appel points to the resurrection of the vernacular in the wake...
Their attitude can be infectious. My entryway's study breaks are becoming the highlight of my week. I arrive at Pennypacker after working at the Poetry Room for five hours. The last thing I feel like doing is being cheerful about anything. Were I to go home, I would probably yell at my roommate...
...highlight for the Crimson, however, was a remarkable performance by junior Brooke Donahoe. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native stopped 23 shots, breaking a record set in 1987 by former Ivy Player of the Year Tracee Whitley. Whitley made 18 saves against Boston College...
...gloriously celebrated in SAY IT WITH MUSIC at New York City's ritziest nightclub, Rainbow & Stars, on the 65th story of NBC's building in Rockefeller Center. A cast of seven led by Kaye Ballard performs 47 songs in just 60 minutes, yet gets the flavor of each. A highlight: Manhattan Madness, a 1932 musing on urban glitter and horror that could have been written last week...
...Movies may have been his downfall, but that doesn't mean ex-Washington Mayor MARION BARRY will turn his back on them, especially when one will feature his life story. Barry has visited Tinseltown for a meeting with producer Ron Samuels, who wants to make a film that will highlight events in Barry's life such as the civil rights movement and his spell in jail. "He has had a fascinating life," says Samuels. It all is on hold until after D.C.'s Sept. 15 election, when Barry could return to public office by winning a city council seat...