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...works of painting, sculpture, and decorative art that represent a consistent use of geometric construction and bold colors. Heilmann’s work shows a remarkable stylistic consistency, though Heilmann is careful to discount the importance of chronology when discussing her work. For instance, the 67-year-old New Yorker still creates work that evokes the free spirit of art in the 1960’s—as evidenced in 2005’s “Surfing on Acid,” a painting dominated by red, green, and yellow oozing over a hot pink background that recalls...
...Spencer B. Lazar ’07 says his reasons for taking the course “stem from a general skepticism about wine connoisseurs.” Years ago he read a New Yorker article questioning the ability of even the most trained connoisseurs to tell the difference between red and white wine under certain circumstances. “I had doubts of my own, and wanted to explore the contents of the article,” Lazar says...
...important too, of course, as many others have pointed out already, that we teach our students enough economics to read the business page, enough science to read the Science Times, and enough sense of irony to be able to get the jokes in the New Yorker. But when we do this we must be sure to keep it in the context of the overall purpose of a general education: to give students the tools for thinking seriously about what they should aspire to in attempting to live the best life possible for them. If we do this we will retain...
...Cambridge. Calls to Philadelphia-area hotels did not yield any confirmation of Faust’s location, and Faust’s cell phone was turned off throughout the evening. Her daughter, Jessica Rosenberg, also had her cell phone off and could not be reached at the New Yorker, where she works. Individuals connected to the University and the search process stayed quiet as well. Several members of the Board of Overseers contacted by phone refused to comment, as did the University’s official spokesman. Two of the other presidential search finalists—Provost Steven E. Hyman...
DIED. Whitney Balliett, 80, dean of jazz criticism, mostly for the New Yorker, whose vivid, sensual and impressionistic writing on the exploding medium mirrored the exuberance and cadence of the music itself; in New York City. His prose made palpable the styles and physicality of performers like drummer "Big Sid" Catlett (whose "huge hands ... reduced the drumsticks to pencils") and trumpeter "Doc" Cheatham (whose solos were "a succession of lines, steps, curves, parabolas, angles and elevations"). Defining his role as appreciative witness as opposed to stern judge, he and writer Nat Hentoff in 1957 put together TV's The Sound...