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...spirit of the election season Boston Secession presents a concert dedicated to the music of war—- “Weapons of Musical Destruction.” The group features Lassus’s “Tragico tecti syrmate,” Billings’s “Chester,” Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass,” Vaughan Williams’s “Dona Nobis Pacem,” and works by Handel, John Adams, Kurt Weill, and Pete Seeger. Tickets $25-$35. First Congregational Church...
...Mackenzie, the daughter of the President (Michael Keaton), who yearns for a normal life. She leaves for college, where she realizes quickly her dream will be hard to achieve, but luckily meets and falls for her hunky resident advisor, James (Mark Blucas). There are some phenomenal moments in the spirit of the great teen movies of yore, but sadly not enough to carry the audience through. Ultimately, First Daughter takes itself too seriously and is not compelling enough to be serious...
...brutality of the theater’s empty seats is perhaps understood only by those who had seen it in its heyday, like Tsai, and it is to get toward that spirit that he cites oldies music and films like Dragon Inn throughout his film. The original Dragon Inn was a wuxia pian (martial arts movies) 1966 bestseller in Chinese, which opened the door to a new wuxia genre with its simple melodies and lyrical setting in the old inn in contrast to the spectacular clamor of those which came before...
...Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder With the U.S. presidential race in its final days, here are three great books that capture the campaign spirit: The Making of the President, 1960 by Theodore H. White (Pocket Books; 481 pages) The classic election read - a riveting account of one of the closest contests in U.S. history, and a manual for understanding American politics. Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson (Flamingo...
...parents and family members about how beautiful it was, I expected nothing less than heavenly cities and villages. Instead, I saw crumbling buildings, old roads and grey, aging refugee camps. But there was something special at the time; there was fresh wind in the air, and a young spirit in the streets ready for a new beginning. It was going great for a few years, elections were happening and I saw my parents vote for the first time in their lives. And there was the olive harvest every year, and there were weddings, new kids in the family and life...