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...Christmas. "Painting in Renaissance Siena" is not only a delectable exhibition; there is also a chance that one might be able to see it, given the relative lack of interest in the 15th century. It is, in a way, a show for escapists -- for what could be more pleasant than to flee the brutish realities of modern life for the enameled, fictive grace and small harmonious scale of these predella fragments and miniatures by Sassetta, Giovanni di Paolo and Girolamo da Cremona...
There is one miscalculation -- a libidinous brother, heavily played by Jon Lovitz -- but it is ultimately redeemed by the four dab hands who wrote this comedy. Richard Benjamin has directed a pleasant holiday surprise. The fable is sweet without being cloying, light without being too airy, suspenseful and sexy without being so much so that a parent has to distract himself with a lot of guidance...
...Have a pleasant holiday; see ya in 17 days...
Make every party pleasant...
Many of those elected with Julia mirrored her reaction. Most showed pleasant surprise and said that election to Phi Beta Kappa had never been one of their goals. "Why would anyone set Beta as a goal? It is the work that goes into it that matters," said Celia Wren of Quincy House said...