Word: young
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...single image delved into anything deeper than a smitten heart or a sweet longing for home. Only late in life did Rockwell's work begin to turn from ingrained nostalgia to a grittier reality, most notably in The Problem We All Live With, a 1964 painting of a young black girl on her way to school escorted by federal Marshals. His commonfolk, humorous and brave and spiritual to the core, became icons to generations. Yet a lifetime's work--nearly 4,000 smartly rendered pictures--never brought Rockwell acclaim in the inner circles of art that embraced everything from Cubism...
...What does a retired ballerina do for an encore? Suzanne Farrell, whose cool lyricism and blazing virtuosity redefined American ballet in the 1960s and '70s, has put together a troupe of 16 young dancers to perform her stagings of works by Jerome Robbins, Maurice Bejart and her mentor, George Balanchine. The repertory includes Meditation, which Balanchine made for Farrell, then 18, in 1963. Until now, no other woman has ever appeared in Meditation. "Dancers have asked to do it in the past," she explains, "and I always said no. But then I suddenly thought, What am I saving...
Last week I stood on the sidewalk with my two favorite young cousins and watched as one of those giant moving vans pulled up to their front door. Before we knew it, five guys in backward baseball caps were waltzing the family couch down the front steps and into the truck. Mom and dad were still packing boxes; no one could find the key to the front door; and the family cat was under the porch, threatening to join the ASPCA. Moving day had arrived. The kids had seen the new house (it's nice). They had toured...
...really impressed with these young, talented filmmakers who aren't afraid to push the line when it comes to entertainment. As a moviegoer, I found watching an entertaining movie worth every penny of admission. I was scared out of my mind! SARA MILLER New City...
...should also get on the record that the non-stock-optioned young people I know seem to be showing no signs of suffering mightily from the new disease that I've been reading about--"millionaire angst," a condition that can apparently disable an otherwise healthy and prosperous 28-year-old who, while stripping paint from what ought to be a perfectly adequate starter house, can't keep himself from dwelling on the fact that a contemporary of his in Silicon Valley is starting with a house that costs $9 million...