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...PARIS??My first morning in Paris, I decided to start off on the right foot and take a jog through le Jardin du Luxembourg. This is a park created by Marie de’ Medici to remind her of her home in Italy, a park so strictly groomed that it reminded me nothing of my home in the wild New York woods. At dinner with my host family the night before, I had caught a glimpse of what lay ahead of me for the month of June. Having carefully considered the amounts of Camembert involved, I figured...
...place that’s state-of-the-art.”The renovations are set to start just prior to the 2008-2009 school year. The building will be redesigned by Italian architect Renzo Piano, who is best known for the edgy design of Paris??s Centre Georges Pompidou.The most fervent support for the project comes from the Student Friends of Harvard University Art Museums, an undergraduate group which coordinates events with the museums and promotes the museums’ collections. “We’re excited for the renovation,” Alexis...
...Enlightenment itself. He quickly became estranged from many former friends, and soon after persecuted by the authorities. After his 1762 critique of religion in “Emile” he fled first to Switzerland, then to Britain, and then, after a bizarre spat with David Hume, back to Paris??where he now lies in the crypt of the Pantheon.In choosing to present rather than to judge Rousseau’s character, Damrosch effectively frees the reader from judging. People who have heard of Rousseau sometimes feel compelled to stake out one of two positions on his personal...
...possible to stray into the realm of introspection without winding up mired in deadly tedium.His 1975 film “The Passenger,” now remastered and redistributed, is no exception. Starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider—of “Last Tango in Paris?? fame—this film is evidence of the love of the director for his art and his meticulous attention to the most minute of details. Every single element of this film has obviously been painstakingly thought out, and the result is simultaniously intelligent and breathtakingly beautiful. The movie...
...work choreographing and dancing in smaller Paris dance venues, Maxwell was eventually asked to choreograph, sing, and star in Ophelie Song, a “rock opera” based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and told from Ophelia’s viewpoint. The production, which toured Paris?? Café de la Danse, New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, received critical attention and good reviews...