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...When We Were Kings (1997) dir. Leon Gast...
...Autumn De Leon...
...MARK: What turns a top-notch opera singer into a full-fledged star? The perfect part and director can't hurt. Take baritone Mark Delavan in the New York City Opera's pratfall-packed production of Verdi's Falstaff. His sly acting and fat-bottomed voice--supported by Leon Major's lickety-split staging--have opera buffs buzzing about why he's not singing at the Met. Who cares, when you can see him in the role of a lifetime right...
...Threads of Dissent" tapestry exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Oct. 22,1999-Jan. 30, 2000) is either a contradiction in terms or a play on words. The show brings together modern tapestries by six contemporary artists--Murray Walker, Lilian Tyrrell, Leon Golub, Edward Derwent, Wojciech Jaskolka, and Jorge Pardo--who use the antiquated medium of tapestry-making as a vehicle for social commentary. Although criticisms of modern society is touted as the exhibition's concept, the show in reality places more emphasis on 'descent' rather than 'dissent'--more preoccupied with showcasing the at times overly-forced geneology connecting...
TIME contributor Leon Jaroff was founding editor of DISCOVER, in which his "Skeptical Eye" column skewered bogus science