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...Blue is a fledgling "art service organization" with a snug little clubhouse seven blocks down from the Middle East. Besides hanging work in their own space, they like to hold mini-exhibitions of local artists in unlikely places around Central Square (US Trust Bank, Au Bon Pain, 1369 Coffeehouse) by means of which they hope to ambush the unsuspecting passerby with art. They offer figure drawing on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings at $8 a pop. This gallery is so supportive and cozy as to be nearly maternal, and, if you make a call and go over with a proposal...
...nearly time to go. I'm still thinking about that ankh-ampersand-lollipop looking name. What does Mayte call him at home? "I never called him Prince when I met him," says Mayte, from her snug position on his lap. "Now I realize that names don't matter. For example, I don't know your name...
CAPE FEAR The evergreen fashion conundrum: Will it be passe before you pay for it? Last year's shoulder-hugging shrug is as good as donated. This season the cape is back, but not as we knew it: ponchoesque, snug, midriff baring (perfect for that elusive frozen-tummy, toasty-collarbone feel). There's even a summer cape. Trade it in for a new shrug come next year...
...most memorable scene was a sexually charged chess game between Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Audiences will feel rooked by the remake--it lacks the original's kitschy cool--but they'll surely remember "the Dress": a black peekaboo number worn by Rene Russo that is snug as a body stocking and virtually transparent. Like the diaphanous gown Marilyn Monroe donned for J.F.K.'s birthday, Russo's outfit is a sheer delight. "The costume designer just brought it in one day, folded up to the size of a handkerchief," recalls Russo, who gazed through the gossamer and asked...
...doesn't even seem to attend war anymore; Kosovo showed that a push-button war could be casualty-free, at least for those who pushed the buttons. Routine phrases today such as "living on the edge" and "pushing the envelope" only indicate how smooth most surfaces are, and how snug most envelopes...