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...Sputnik in the title is derived from a character who confuses it with novelist Jack Kerouac (a beatnik), a hero of the heroine who turns out to be quite spacey herself; a pun is also intended since sputnik in Russian means "fellow traveler." Sumire, a compulsive wanna-be writer, is loved by a young male teacher but she herself has an unrequited crush on an older woman. On a trip to a Greek island with her "girlfriend," the sapphic Sumire disappears "just like smoke." And what has started out as a boy-loves-girl-loves-girl love story winds...
When Marissa Acosta walks through the Square, she treads a path that brings her first to the character she calls “Peter the Russian guitarist.” She moves on toward “Lawrence the Loud Kid,” and finally in the direction of “Loony Balloony” and “Juggler’s Corner...
...unstable political climate, Paris thrived. Paris embodied cosmopolitan sophistication and chic innovation. A motley crew of artists, intellectuals, bohemians, musicians, socialites and hangers-on soaked up the atmosphere and added to the legend. It was into this electric world of jazz, fashion and culture that Huene, an aristocratic Russian emigré, found himself. Before long he was the chief photographer of Paris Vogue, and a symbol of the very world he captured so beautifully on film. In 1930, Huene met Horst in a cafe and became both his artistic mentor and his lover. He taught Horst the tricks...
This weekend as scores of goblins, ghouls, Russian prostitutes and other creatures of the night spilled out onto the streets of Harvard Square to wreak havoc in celebration of Halloween, I was reminded of the need we have to reinvent ourselves. For one night, we donned masks, capes and make-up to forget ourselves momentarily, indulging the secret passions of our collective, and often invisible...
...CUBA Russia Closes Base Russian President Vladimir Putin said military officials had decided to close the Lourdes radar station in Cuba, which was set up in the 1970s and costs Russia $200 million a year to maintain. The U.S. welcomed the move, but Cuba said the issue had not yet been resolved. Around 1,500 Russians are based at the center, which houses electronic intelligence equipment and provides Russia with 75% of its military and strategic information about...