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DIED. Katherine Dunham, 96, anthropologist and choreographer who founded the first black modern-dance company and influenced artists from Alvin Ailey to James Dean with her Dunham Technique, a blend of Afro-Caribbean folk, classical and modern movement; in New York City. The exacting "Miss D" worked on Broadway and in Hollywood, and staged sensual, often political pieces--1951's Southland depicted a lynching--that delighted and jarred audiences. The National Medal of Arts recipient was equally ardent about the world in which her art was received. She founded a school in impoverished East St. Louis, Ill. In Haiti, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 5, 2006 | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...Primal Scream, but the sight was especially surprising for Adams resident Selah Piper.After all, most three-year-olds rarely see college students in the buff.“The events at hand were at eye level for her—and she doesn’t miss anything,” Selah’s mother, Adams House residential tutor Lilly B. Piper, said. “Thankfully,” she added, “my husband got to her in time”—and prevented the pre-schooler from getting an early introduction to anatomy.For...

Author: By Patrick S. Lahue, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Little Rascals Roam Harvard Halls | 5/26/2006 | See Source »

...college back then, and couldn't miss the similarity between the poems I was studying and the ones Dylan was creating. The connection was particularly acute in "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," his 1962 updating of the medieval ballad "Edward My Son," in which he compressed its seven questioning verses into five ("Where have you been?... What did you see?... What did you hear?... Who did you meet?... What'll you do now, my blue-eyed son, my darling young one?"), building a Chartres of apocalyptic imagery. Dylan once said he didn't know if the world would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bob Dylan at 65 | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

...your flight details and see if other members are on your flight. If you meet your match, a $5 per-person fee is charged per round-trip. AirTroductions customers meet at the airport and check in together. "I remember sitting on this one flight and next to me is Miss Texas. My four-hour flight took about 14 seconds," says Shankman. Way to fly the friendly skies. airtroductions.com

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seatmates | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...cook Bill Nicolson. They are also not paid during Christmas vacation, intercession, and spring break. As a result, dining hall workers are often forced to use their 10 paid vacation days to lessen the impact of the unpaid weeks during intercession and spring break. “If I miss a week’s pay I can’t pay my bills,” said Nicolson. “I save money out of my weekly pay check while I’m working at Harvard so that I can get by over the summer...

Author: By Peter R. Raymond, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SLAM Backs Dining Workers | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

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