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...Night at the Busch-Reisinger,” with its multiple performance acts—including appearances by the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra Quintet and a spandex-clad courtyard performance by the Crimson Dance Team—was inspired by OUR HUAM’s goal of “bringing all the different arts together,” according to Chen. Spies-Gans also cited their desire to “push the bounds of what is considered a museum” as being at the heart of the event’s relaxed atmosphere. The usual hush...
...hoping more for Clint's exclusion from this quintet than Marty - or, at least, the admirers who want the best director of the past 30 years to finally get an Oscar. Five times nominated for Best Director but never a winner, Scorsese has lost three times to first-time directors (Robert Redford, Kevin Costner and Rob Marshall), once to Barry Levinson (Barry Levinson!) and once, two years ago, to Clint, when Million Dollar Baby snuck in and stole The Aviator's thunder. And its Oscars...
Weather Report were the Cream, and the cream, of the jazz world—a super-group of instrumental greats. Formed when saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist/composer Joe Zawinul left their prestigious positions in the Miles Davis quintet, the group, whose roster featured an ever-changing list of talented sidemen, began experimenting with the possibilities of jazz fusion—a bold mixture of rock music, funk, soul, and world music. In pursuing Davis’ experimental leanings as displayed on “In A Sentimental Mood” and “Bitches Brew...
...dance routine in the middle of the number, so the audience could hardly hear her closing vocal lines. Evan D. Siegel ’07 restored quality to the show with “A Quiet Girl” from “Wonderful Town.”A quintet then sang “The Best of All Possible Worlds” from the musical adaptation of “Candide.” This number shed some light on Bernstein’s goofy side, but still included difficult vocal parts. Cabell offered her last number...
...superficially similar quintet was actually full of quirks and idiosyncrasies that could be endearing, annoying, or both at the same time. Within the first two hours of meeting one of my roommates, she was measuring out contact paper with which to line her dressers, because they were too dirty for her refined taste. Conversely, another of my roommates would leave piles of clothes in the common room, forget to do laundry for weeks, and then, rather than actually going to a washing machine, simply go sans underwear. I love them both regardless...