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...after an impolitic comparison of Stalinist Russia to Nazi Germany, Kennan retired from the government and joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., where over the course of the next 50 years he published books devoted to twentieth-century diplomatic history. Two of them—“Russia Leaves the War” (1956) and “Memoirs: 1925-1950” (1967)—won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize...
Actress Jada Pinkett Smith joined the Kuumba Singers, the Harvard Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán, and a diverse array of other cultural groups to perform at the twentieth annual Cultural Rhythms show in Sanders Theater Saturday...
...TWENTIETH CENTURY...
Boston Baroque performs works from the pre-twentieth century canon, but like the Handel and Haydn Society its repertoire is not limited to the Baroque. The group has been described by the magazine Stereo Review as “perhaps the outstanding period-instrument ensemble in this country.” This season, in addition to Bach and Vivaldi, the group will also perform works by Gluck and Beethoven, composers from the classical era. What this ensemble does to promote baroque music in particular, however, is thrilling. Trust...
...Touching on all the major events of San Francisco's, and America's, early Twentieth Century history, "Four Immigrants" has remarkable power as a personal account of events that shaped this country. Surprisingly, it also works as a prescient foreshadowing of issues that continue to be relevant at the start of the 21st century. As you might expect, the very first panel shows the four guys on the deck of a ship looking toward the shore of the new land. "Here we are lads, U.S.A., land of opportunity," says Charlie. Such optimism gets a very quick reality check...