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When it's happening: June 20 at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. Schoenberger will be holding a small white satin Bible that the brides of her family have carried for four generations. The processional music will be the same as the music at her parents' wedding. Her sister, Elena S. Schoenberger '02, also a Crimson editor, is the maid of honor. His sister, Rachel M. Zimmerman, is a bridesmaid...
...have a confession to make. When I read poetry, I like to be romanced. I like a poem to take my hand, twirl me around, offer me wine and roses and seduce me into its satin-draped bedroom for the night. I want poetry to move me beyond myself. I want poetry to offer itself up to me body and soul and say "take me, love me and sigh because I am beautiful, sigh because your heart rips apart when I speak...
...maybe it was that my feet hurt. A hectic Harvard schedule, three-inch heeled boots and hard cement walkways don't usually combine to produce happy feet at the end of the day, and Friday night was no exception. So when a satin and linen-clad chanter from Monk's ensemble recited a 20th century Hasidic saying in a soothing voice, I felt like I was receiving free counseling for the world-weary. "Put off thy shoes from thy feet," he chanted as contented audience members rustled with laces, "put off the habitual which encloses your foot and you will...
...decadent sequins and satin that make up Velvet Goldmine eclipse everything else in the film. Recalls director Haynes: "When she agreed [to work on Velvet Goldmine], I started leaping up and down because I knew how important the costumes were to this film. Sandy's work is impeccably rich." Powell's best move in Goldmine, albeit the quietest, is ensuring that rock-star Brian Slade, the film's lead character, never looks all that different offstage than he does when he's performing. His lover and rival Curt Wild opts for black behind the scenes, but Slade believes in glam...
Another was a format that many dubbed aladylike chat. In Atlanta, Wilson and alumnae satin a circle...