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After leaving the party for ideological reasons in 1957, Nelson returned to carpentry and built his current home in Truro. He has remained a committed Marxist, but he is quick to note the different interpretations of Marxism. He says about the Soviet Union and China. "The main thing is that they are not a model for us" and he faults them for their repression of dissidents. "A more native type of Marxism" best suits the U.S., Nelson says, and he favors the Western European Communist parties which support civil liberties and work within the democratic processes...
Among the pieces of note is an untitled collection of stained glass rondels of different colors by Claire Steinert. Marion Kofman shows a plexiglass work called "Reflective Images" which forms fascinating patterns on the mirror below it. The Dorothy Gray wood constructions called "Timeline I and II" are interesting because Gray uses pieces of bedposts, stair railings and mirrors to show progression through time. The unusual Medium Award for the week goes to Patricia Verant for her sculpture of a giraffe made with epoxy glue and coconut shells...
...side note: Berkeley, an Andover graduate, took time off last year, and among other jobs he worked for the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. He must have felt at home with the show he put on yesterday...
Oliver's Story (note the original title) takes its rightful place on a literary scale with its inconsequential predecessor, but it weighs in at a whopping 264 pages, more than twice as long as Love Story. The problem is that Segal cannot make the same trick work twice. His style is exactly the same as in Love Story, but the sequel has neither the wit nor the brevity that made Love Story the dubious achievement that it was. Oliver's life as a widower simply is not interesting enough to fill that many pages. Perhaps the only encouraging thing about...
Across the street, meanwhile, at Lowell House, Puck is also recognizing mortals for fools. Song is the key note here with Benjamin Britten's full-scale opera of A Midsummer Night's Dream being staged in all its glory. Performances also begin tonight and run through Saturday at 8:30 p.mm...