Word: strikingness
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Anna Deavere Smith walked onto the Loeb Mainstage, sat down on a wooden bench, and stated, “We’re going to go hunting for grace.” “Let Me Down Easy,” which was conceived, written, and performed by Smith...
Case: Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations Hearing Date: Nov. 4 Background: In 2004, the FCC tightened its policy regarding expletives that had made it on-air during live broadcasts, prohibiting "single uses of vulgar words" where it had previously made allowances for "isolated and fleeting" incidents. The Commission...
Looking at a few examples of approved Intangible Cultural Heritage for comparison—the Songs of the Moon (traditional Swahili music from Zanzibar), bark cloth making in Uganda, the traditional medicine of the Kallawaya in Boliva—a striking difference between France’s proposal and the...
Particular landscapes can have a strong emotional impact on artists, and for first-time writer and director Lance Hammer, who screened his debut feature “Ballast” at the Harvard Film Archive on Monday, that locale proved to be the Mississippi Delta. The film, which has won...
By EVA M. DELAPPEContributing writerAndy Warhol was a dangerous combination of magnetism, fame, and power. His strong persona, coupled with his mechanical, industrialized production of art, made it easy for individuals involved in Warhol’s studio-cum-entourage—the Factory—to slip through the...