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...After Stone spoke, he turned the platform over to Craig Armstrong, composer of the original score for the film. The crowd seemed attentive and somber as Armstrong performed the elegiac theme to WTC, but the moment was short-lived. As soon as Armstrong launched into his second number, the restaurant returned to its previous state of noisy reverie. An encore was unnecessary. Everyone in attendance heard the message loud and clear: The Race...
...call Kristi at 617-491-6568 to reserve a spot. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 30-November 1. 1271 Cambridge St., Cambridge. 3)Boston Babydolls: Out for Blood If you’re like FM, you’re pining for some good, local burlesque action with a Halloween theme. The Boston Babydolls promise not to disappoint with their “Out for Blood” revue. Putting new spins on some Halloween favorites and going “toe to toe with Mummy Dearest,” this risqué Halloween treat should satisfy the horror/dance enthusiast...
...traveling nurse Kyle M. Griffith to consider yellow pipe cleaners and foil. Griffith’s wanna-be costume? “Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Showers.” Surprisingly, such creativity is the exception rather than the rule among Oona’s shoppers. Hollywood-themed costumes abound: “Everybody’s pirate wants to be Johnny Depp,” says store owner Kathleen M. White. Sunday morning alone she sold two Marie Antoinette costumes, inspired by Sofia Coppola’s recent ouevre. According to White, even the tubes of fake...
...conductor of HRO, and conversed with both the audience and musicians. In the middle of the opening piece, Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, soloist Jonathan Gandelsman took the classic work in an entirely surprising direction. Instead of playing a traditional cadenza, Gandelsman switched to a distinctly Chinese theme. Playing over a sustained drone from the cellos and pentatonic bird-calls from the violins, his solo was a stark contrast what would be expected. Gandelsman had bent a note here and there during the piece—his first cadenza had sounded slightly odd, though not oriental. These bent...
...welcoming or begrudging newcomers? We've always been of mixed minds about immigrants, and that's because immigrants bring both bads and goods. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson - you can find them one week welcoming immigrants and the next week saying there are too many. It's a strong theme in American life to be ambivalent about immigration because there are benefits that we see and there have always been costs paid by the locals. What role has the media played? Immigration in modern America started to reach mass numbers in the 1960s and has been growing ever since...