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...executor Dmitri to destroy the manuscript. Dmitiri does not seem to be inclined to obey, setting off a debate over which is more important - an author's last wishes or the pull of literary posterity. Will next year's tentative release of David Foster Wallace's novel The Pale King, for example - just a year and a half after the writer's suicide last September - ensure his spot in the pantheon of great 20th century authors? Or will it simply prove to be exactly what it is - an imperfect, unfinished work? Still, at least Wallace has his editor...
While the Lowell House dining hall may pale in comparison to the grandeur of the world famous “Teatro alla Scala” in Milan, both can proudly boast of producing engaging opera on a grand scale. True to its billing as Harvard’s “flagship annual opera,” the Lowell House Opera (LHO) offered an impressive production of Giuseppe Verdi’s four-act masterwork “Otello” for its 71st annual show, especially considering the constraints of its venue. The LHO’s production?...
...burg called Desert Hot Springs, Hope Springs was renovated and reopened by two designers in 2000. Today, its 10 rooms encircle three pools fed by springs beneath the property. With polished concrete floors and platform beds, the rooms are spare, but the pleasures behind the property's pale green stucco walls are not. Customers come again and again to get lost under the clear desert skies and enjoy the hotel's stylish details - such as oversized robes with HOPE stitched in silver on the back, and a decadent breakfast served poolside every morning. "There's never been any advertising...
...walk up the stairs of Eliot tower, toward a pale blue practice room with a romantic Cambridge view. He opens the door, grabs a chair and pulls out the endpin on his cello. As he resins the bow, he lectures on the subtle differences between bows...
...gracefully across the stage, and a couple circle one another, skipping imaginary jump ropes.The curtain opened to a collective gasp in the last piece, “Diamonds,” revealing a stage that at first glance did in fact resemble the interior of a diamond; a pale blue backdrop contrasted with the white-gold curtains, setting the scene for female dancers dressed entirely in white. “Diamonds” is danced to the quintessential Russian composer Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 3.” The dance is in the classical Russian...