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...There's joy in Packerville. In a deal to be made official this week, Green Bay's NFL archrival, the Minnesota Vikings, will trade Randy Moss, the greatest and arguably most troublesome wide receiver in team history, to the Oakland Raiders. Minnesota gets linebacker Napoleon Harris plus two draft picks in return for Moss, whose teammates have grown weary of his rock-star antics--in January during a play-off win against the Packers, Moss pretended to drop his pants and moon the Green Bay crowd (the fans are known for mooning the buses of opposing teams). Maybe...
...usually quiet galleries of Harvard’s Arthur M. Sackler Museum resonate with the sounds of more than 280 children, laughing as they embrace the joy of creating new art. Most of these children have been here before—and have joined the ranks of a growing number of participants in the “Sackler Saturdays” program...
...violin as a vehicle for his subtle artistic interpretation. Joining Buswell were his wife, cellist Carol Ou, and pianist Meng-Chieh Liu. In the Mendelssohn trio, the performers conveyed both the grand statements and the quiet nuances of the music, and their conversational demeanor on stage showed a simple joy of playing together. Liu’s quiet, thoughtful opening of the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata was another highlight. Throughout the recital, all three musicians demonstrated their mastery of both the musical concepts and the instrumental challenges...
...money to make us happy; we have an amazing capacity to set ourselves right. Peter Fischer Kloof, South Africa You should have included the pleasure of having a pet. We have so much to learn from animals. A beloved cat or dog is a constant joy, not only to families but also to the elderly and lonely. Along with my family and friends, my cats rank way up on my personal happiness list. Janet Parkhurst Cape Town Happiness is a gift, not a commodity. Even the poor have the ability to cultivate and share happiness. We can find pleasure...
...Hawks’ empowerment-through-music, though the message is much more visceral than the latter group of theory-enthusiasts’ frequent over-intellectualizations: “Let’s start to clap our hands to match something as loud as the dogs themselves…as joy is thrown to the wolves we’ll take it all back in song, as the root, as the main sail.” In this, Tiny Hawks succeeds where a lot of other so-called “post-hardcore” bands fail; by keeping the original...