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Stephen G. McCombe, former president and founder of the Harvard University Security, Parking, and Museum Guard Union (HUSPMGU) and longtime Harvard employee, died in September of multiple organ failure. He was 59. As HUSPMGU president, McCombe frequently pitted himself against the University administration during negotiations for better pay and the unfolding of a discrimination lawsuit filed in the 1990s by a fellow guard. McCombe retired under pressure in 2003, when his health required him to carry around an oxygen tank. He suffered from diabetes and a weak lung. His post, particularly in later years, placed him at the heart...
...sextacular single “I Turn My Camera On,” as well as some of the most profoundly consistent albums of this century, return to Boston with opener Mary Timony. Avalon Ballroom, 15 Landsdowne St., Boston. 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. $18.25. (BBC)Midday Organ Recital. Whether you like pipe organs or just want to listen to relaxing melodies over lunch, check out Nancy Granert, organist at the Midday Organ Recital presented by the Harvard Organ Society. Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St.. 12:15 p.m. Free. (TMN)The Colored Museum. BlackCAST, the black...
...Demo versions of album highlight “Sofa King” featured a soulful organ groove, replaced on the album by a denser and more exciting soundscape of shimmering violins and flutes, over classic breakbeats and superlow bass...
Finally, the course will consider an array of end-of-life issues, including physician-assisted suicide, organ donation, and treatment of the dead...
...Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.” The organ seems misidentified when the eyes and, in the case of NTFU, the lower extremities, not the lungs, of visitors are most affected. The grotesque becomes something like pathos, intriguing our sympathies and altering our perceptions—the images of this war, previously censored but now presented on sites like NTFU, will...