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...Savile Row and bespoke, for me, is a passion," he says. And his new 6,800-square-foot store is testimony to the street's revitalization. A mere 18 months ago, the British press was writing obituaries for Savile Row's tailors, whose hand-sewn suits typically start at around $6,000. Even some of the oldest and most august establishments were threatened by rents that had jumped 50% in 10 years. The street also faces growing competition, both from cheap Asian knockoffs and from expensive made-to-measure suits by luxury brands such as Tom Ford and Giorgio Armani...
...year's René Magritte and Contemporary Art show. Baldessari came up with a ceiling image of intersecting freeways and a carpet of sky and clouds. "Usually artists can't be compensated at market level for their time," observes Barron, "but Michael got Lexus to underwrite the installation. Michael's passion for art is infectious...
...ever. The strikers claim that they will continue their dissent in other forms. To starve oneself for a cause involves a great deal of resolve, conviction and (possibly misplaced) ardor. In the interest of protest’s legitimacy and its success, we hope that this amount of passion goes into less severe and lurid means of effecting change before protesters put their health on the line...
...ghost of a lost love, the dissonance of a musical trio, and the frustrations of a writer seeking to put his passion into words were all captured yesterday in the opening night of three usually neglected works by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. The three plays, originally produced in April 2006 to commemorate what would have been Beckett’s 100th birthday, were part of the inaugural series for the New College Theatre. Robert Scanlan, a professor of theater who knew Beckett personally, directed the plays, and Martin Pearlman, founder and conductor of the Boston Baroque, composed the music...
...intimate relationship between the owners and employees and the community they serve. “It’s a place in which booksellers are constantly feeding off each other and their own knowledge base,” she says. “There’s a passion for books that all of our booksellers have.” —Staff writer Beryl C.D. Lipton can be reached at blipton@fas.harvard.edu...