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...small Cape Cod town of Cotuit (pop. 3000), a man with "lots of curly black hair" entered the Isaiah Thomas Books and Prints store on the morning of June 23. From behind the counter, the store's owner, James A. Visbeck, eyed the stranger...
...beguiled by Charlotte's grace, her easy imperiousness, her ease with languages, her virtuosity at the piano. And she refuses to accept what is evident to all: that Charlotte, now on the cusp of womanhood, is a dwarf. The townspeople pretend to ignore it. But one fellow, the aging stranger Ludovico D'Andrea (Marcello Mastroianni), sees Charlotte's disability as a sweet eccentricity, like a birthmark or an overbite. Ludovico has been courting Dona Leonor in his fashion, and someday he will be a doting stepfather to the girl. He will propose, won't he? Of course he will...
...same time, Davis is no stranger to traditional European forms. "We can appropriate European art in the same way Europeans did ours," he says. "That's what is so much fun for me: I'm stealing their stuff." He has occasionally steered away from overtly African-American subjects: Under the Double Moon (1989) is a science-fiction adventure about telepathic twins; Tania retells the story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. Both operas demonstrate Davis' sure confidence with harmonic and melodic techniques that combine elements of both black and European tradition. "I didn't want to be boxed...
...show got off to a slow start as Garcia seemed to be having trouble getting comfortable. Throughout both "Feel Like a Stranger" and "They Love Each Other," he would start off on a solo only to stop, adjust a knob, step on a pedal, etc. Not until the third song, "Minglewood Blues," did the band settle down and start to rock. People often forget that, among other things, the Greatful Dead are a great rock 'n' roll band. "Minglewood" was followed by "So Many Roads," a slow ballad that ended with some rousing and soulful singing by Garcia. After switching...
Weld resident Charles E. Sims '98, who also saw the man, said he complimented the stranger on his crimson-and-white striped shirt. Sims said he asked the man where he was from, and the man did not answer...