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Anyone who sits through A Mighty Wind, writer/director Christopher Guest’s latest entry in the mockumentary subgenre, will be tempted to make comparisons to Guest’s earlier work, This Is Spinal Tap. The classic parody of perpetually witless hard rockers finds its complement in both music and volume with Wind, which focuses not on the disaster-prone tour of a brainless metal band, but a disaster-prone tribute concert in memory of a late, legendary folk music producer. The premise is just the sort of odd episode that Guest has mined so skillfully in the past...
...colleges where Greek life dominates students’ social lives, and fraternities tap kegs in their very own houses, the role of the sweetheart is more active. Just ask Cara A. Sequino, a friendly sophomore who is the Sigma Chi sweetheart at the University of Miami, as well as a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. In a typically sweet-hearted gesture, she delivered candy and Britney Spears cards to the brothers in celebration of Valentine’s Day. She serves as a consultant on the coolness of the rushes during the pledge process and then attends...
...probably one of the best ethnic food cities in the country,” Stone says. “In Allston alone you have great Indian restaurants, and you have El Capital, a great Colombian restaurant. You’ve even got Sunset Grill with 100 beers on tap, burgers, and midnight Mexican buffet. Then there’s Café Belo, a Brazilian BBQ where you pay by the pound...
HARVARD DANCE PROGRAM. The Dance Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard presents “Dancer’s Viewpointe III,” the third installment of an annual series under the direction of Elizabeth Bergmann. Jazz, ballet, tap and modern dance all feature in these works by student and professional choreographers, performed by an ensemble of Harvard students. Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12 at 8 p.m. General admission $10, discounted to $5 for senior citizens and students (limit 2 per ID). Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office or by phone...
Many stations can afford to pay higher fees for NPR's programs these days because they have a broader base of listeners to tap. New York City's WNYC just completed its strongest winter fund-raising drive, reaping $1.2 million, and in the past six years its budget has increased nearly threefold, to $24 million. "We get very little government support," says WNYC president Laura Walker, 45, "but our listeners come through...