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...leader guides his hand as he begins to hack a man to death with a machete. “I am seeing each drop of blood and each drop of sweat flying here and there. I am hearing the bird flapping their wing as they are leaving all the tree,” Iweala read. “It is sounding like thunder.” Born in America, Iweala comes from a Nigerian family. The novel is the product of his senior creative-writing thesis, which he completed under the tutelage of Visiting Lecturer on African American Studies...
...Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department lit an evergreen tree decorated with lights and ornaments. And while this was the 64th time city officials have lit a tree, it was the first time ever that the evergreen in question was described as a “holiday tree” rather than a Christmas tree. The name change was done ostensibly to secularize the tree and have it appeal to Boston residents of all faiths. The actual result, however, was to illustrate how much politicians pander to political correctness. As mentioned previously, the lighting...
...Blodgett Artists in Residence performing a program of Beethoven, Michael Torke, and Dvorák. Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. 8 p.m. $20 general admission, $10 students. (CNC)Sand Machine. Boston folk-rock band Sand Machine plays selections from their EP “Running of the Tree Frogs Week.” A cross between late Beatles, The Band, and Neil Young, Sand Machine will play alongside fellow Bostonians The Gulf, Freighttrain, and Medina Sod. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. $10. (JSA)Railroad Earth with Honkytonk Homeslice. This staple of the American roots music scene presents...
From the day after Thanksgiving all the way through Christmas Eve, Messiah sing-alongs, holiday concerts, and carolers may seem as common—and overdone—as candy canes, eggnog, and presents under the tree. But before you turn against holiday music altogether, Harvard has an array of concerts this season that deserve a look...
...Asian poet. With “Zodiac” animals are not depicted as fearful or inhumane, often the case with Western depictions, but playful. This same nature is epitomized in the working of a two-panel folding screen known as “Gibbons Playing in an Old Tree along the Bank of a Stream.”This screen door is both practical as a household appliance and artistic, with monkey-like creatures configured with naturalistic brushes. Its premise is that a number of the animals are linking arms under a tree branch hoping to reach...