Word: midnighters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hands together. It did. First Arafat reached out, then after what seemed like endless minutes, Rabin responded. Simple, shattering. Berlin Nov. 20, 1989 It was a combination of the fall of the Bastille and a New Year's Eve blowout, of revolution and celebration. At the stroke of midnight on Nov. 9, thousands who had gathered on both sides of the Wall let out a roar and started going through it, as well as up and over. West Berliners pulled East Berliners to the top of the barrier along which in years past many an East German had been shot...
...voyeur, he captured lovers - like those in Couple at the Four Seasons Dance Hall, Rue de Lappe (circa 1932), pictured - prostitutes and brothels, some "like a chapel lit up for midnight mass." About 190 drawings of a "born draftsman," as Pablo Picasso labeled him, will also be on offer, alongside a dozen of Brassaï's sculptures; prices range from about $250 to $100,000. Not bad for the night shift. www.brassai-succession-millon.com
...city after dark to be the top prizes. Toying with deep blacks and light, Brassaï pictured extraordinary cityscapes. A voyeur, he captured lovers - like those in Couple at the Four Seasons Dance Hall, Rue de Lappe (circa 1932) - prostitutes and brothels, some "like a chapel lit up for midnight mass." About 190 drawings of a "born draftsman," as Pablo Picasso labeled the artist in 1939, will also be on offer, alongside a dozen of Brassaï's sculptures; prices range from €200-80,000. Not bad for the night shift. www.brassai-succession-millon.com
...force when Khatami delivers a speech on the “Ethics of Tolerance in the Age of Violence” at the school’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets to the event are available via a lottery that closes at midnight tonight...
...Price of a marriage license in Clark County, Nev., which decided last week to close its Las Vegas licensing office from midnight to 8 a.m. as a cost-cutting move, ending the long tradition of impromptu late-night marriages...