Word: minds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rode the Green Line to the Museum of Fine Arts for the Boston Jewish Film Festival, I nursed similar expectations. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you prepare yourself to watch films that treat "Jewish themes," as the program booklet put it? The Holocaust. I, too, looked forward to a series of Schindler's Lists and documentaries. Arriving at the Museum, I discovered that few of the films listed in the program booklet had anything at all to do with what most consider the watershed experience of Jewish culture. "Jewish themes" went beyond the Holocaust...
...part; while I could appreciate all that I saw, I could never really belong. My grandmother gave me a delicate gold crucifix on a chain when I made my First Holy Communion (the gift is a tradition on the Italian Catholic side of the family), and it crossed my mind that perhaps I should have worn it. In a sense, I wanted my crucifix to be my excuse, my reason for not getting the subtle jokes and for keeping to myself in the film discussions that followed the screening. At the last minute, I thought better of advertising my Catholicism...
...Waltzes are basically failsafe for any equipped pianist, but one might have hoped for a bit more gusto from Ohlsson, whose suavity in these three miniatures was at times offputting. The Minute Waltz (at 1:53, mind you) sounded tossed-off, although with a hilarious ending, and the third of the set had nothing to recommend it. Only the ravishing C-sharp minor, trademark of Rachmaninoff and Rubinstein, demanded close listening. Ohlsson privileged the left hand at times when other pianists wouldn't, and sculpted a middle voice between the melodies...
...Taking a cue from the Mahabharata--a seminal Indian text containing many of the major stories of Hindu mythology--Roberto Calasso (here translated from the Italian by noted scholar Tim Parks) has combined the stories from all aspects and ages of Hindu culture to recreate for the reader "the mind and gods of India...
Whether a student is interested in architecture or not, the speakers at the Graduate School of Design are generally worth listening to. My only advice would be, unless you do not mind sharing breathing space with a stranger, to arrive early...