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...though, the European invaders have been exonerated as the carriers of at least one disease to the New World. Scientists said last week that they had found DNA from the TB bacterium in the mummified remains of a woman who died in the Americas 500 years before Columbus set sail from Spain...
Unlike the increasingly popular Enya, who has not yet worked out how to perform without being surrounded by tape recorders (she tracks each song hundreds of times to get the sound of "Sail Away" and the like), McLachlan's more acoustic better adapted to the stage. She tours regularly, and will be coming to the Somerville Theater March 28, and while the Monday after spring break may not be a time when most of us will be thinking about attending concerts, the album itself merits a listen. With Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlan broods and croons her way towards well...
...postdefeat pout -- is too big to sign autographs, accept a stuffed teddy bear or stop and chat with a thigh-high champion of tomorrow. Most practice sessions are like high school afternoon scrimmages: come along and stay behind afterward to hear from the source what it feels like to sail along the wind in a grand spread eagle. The end of all that may have begun last week...
...designed by Chuck Adomanis, is outstanding. The Agassiz stage becomes the quarterdeck of the H.M.S. Pinafore: A large folded sail looms above the stage, rope-ladders dangle from the balconies, varnished wood planks completely cover the floor, and a big mast and two staircases link the upper and lower decks of the ship. In the second act, the night sky is simulated by two back-projected slides, making stars twinkle. Gas lamps and the nicely-decorated captain's room add small details to this vivid environment...
With Ricardo and two others, Raul is arranging to buy a motorized boat to sail to Miami, where a brother recently landed on a raft. The youths have paid out half the 30,000-peso price, but have no idea how they'll get the rest. "I want to be free!" shouts Raul. "I want to go to a hotel for a vacation. I want to take a car and drive into the countryside. We are Negroes in our own country; we are slaves." His voice rises close to hysteria as waiters in the ; restaurant pretend not to hear...