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...with the guidance and support of the Learning from Performers program through the Office of the Arts—is dedicated to bringing guest musicians to Harvard for performances and workshops. In the two years since it was formed, the group has arranged visits from violinist and composer Mark O’Connor, banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck, mandolinist Mark Thile, and recently, the world-renowned bassist Edgar Meyer. Not only are these guests masters of their respective instruments, they are also known for their extraordinary ability to cross genres and styles in a way that HCAMA seeks...
...some that may never deteriorate, so there is a lot of variety there but you try to do as well as an institution can.”Currently, the Straus Center is making groundbreaking progress, using new techniques to repair five pieces from a mural cycle sent by Mark Rothko to Harvard in the 1960s. The murals, which were one of only three made, were displayed for almost a quarter of a century in the penthouse of the Holyoke Center. But overexposure to sun on this light-sensitive paint caused the mural’s color to dramatically change?...
...Storm. Before beginning league play, St. John’s won 13 of its first 14 games and appeared ready to make a statement on the national stage. But competition in the powerhouse Big East conference caught up to the Red Storm, which struggled to a 4-12 league mark. Most recently, St. John’s beat Syracuse in its first-round game in the postseason Big East tournament, but fell in the next round to Notre Dame—now a seven-seed in the NCAA tournament...
...female Montenegrin general (one whose Turkish enemies wanted her drawn and quartered) would take the apparent demotion to “housekeeper” so sedately, but in Boyle’s world, Wright pulls this line off not once, but twice.The figure of Wright provides the punctuation mark to a narrative that is told from almost every perspective except his own. The central character’s silence creates a whirling vacuum of misplaced, fervid emotion, as every other character struggles to ensnare Wright’s interest and attention. The foremost question of the book (what is Wright...
Lil’ Wayne sweeps the Grammy’s, she shows up at one of his shows only to get pushed away. The moral of the story is not to say no to Lil’ Wayne lest you end up poor and lonely. —Mark A. Fusunyan