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TELEMANNIA. The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) performs an evening of G.P. Telemann’s colorful and brilliant multiple concerti for several instruments. One of America’s only undergraduate baroque orchestras, the HBCO brings these vivid works to life again, featuring Jon A. Daniels ’03, recorder, Na’ama Lion, baroque flute, Justin Haynes ‘03, viola da gamba, Brian K. Lee ’03, baroque violin and Seth Ament ’03, baroque cello. Directed by Robert Mealy ‘85. Tickets are $10, $5 for students...
...first retrospective of an African-American artist at a Harvard University museum, is also Delaney’s first retrospective since he passed away in 1979. It features 26 highly textured, vibrant paintings by the underappreciated 20th-century African-American expatriate artist, most of which are dominated by warm, vivid shades of yellow See full story in the Feb. 28 Arts section. Through May 4. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 to 5 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. Free. Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy...
...Ohia dig deep into heartland rock traditions, and the results are startlingly good. Opener “Farewell Transmission” is enough to sell you on the album right away. It’s an apocalyptic tour-de-force: seven and a half minutes of crunching guitar and vivid lyrics which culminate in the band chanting “long, dark blues” over a snarling guitar solo. The memorable refrain shows up again in “John Henry Split My Heart,” another epic rocker that ties up the album’s thematic...
...better than Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez at bringing a vivid cast of freaks, grifters, and phonies to their graphic realization? As one of the original coterie of "Zap" artists, Spain has been creating left-leaning comix about outcasts and the exploited since the mid-sixties. Part of a comix generation that made its reputation by breaking taboos, Spain's instinct for sensationalism - never have a smooth bust when you can have erect nipples - also perfectly match the pulp, exploitation origins of "Nightmare Alley." Drawing as he always has, with thick, black lines, Spain's technique graphically represents the dark tones...
...first retrospective of an African-American artist at a Harvard University museum, is also Delaney’s first retrospective since he passed away in 1979. It features 26 highly textured, vibrant paintings by the underappreciated 20th-century African-American expatriate artist, most of which are dominated by warm, vivid shades of yellow See full story in the Feb. 28 Arts section. Through May 4. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 to 5 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. Free. Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy...