Alexander B. Fabry
BY ITS COVER: Thunder Rolls
“The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid,” by Bill Bryson Lightning may not strike twice, but Bill Bryson, the
POPSCREEN: Fergie
Fergie “Fergalicious” Dir. Fatima Robinson What do you get when you cross Candy Land with an overtly sexualized one-time child
Lowry Talks Art In Emerson Hall
Director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Glenn D. Lowry, recently named the fourth most powerful figure in
The Business of Art, The Art of Business
“Selling out” is a complicated process. For some artists, merely succeeding is equivalent to betraying your roots. For others, it’s
Silk Road Project Drinks to the Music
In the third century A.D., the Chinese scholar and musician Ruan Ji began a 60-day drinking binge. Ji got smashed
Galleries Exhibit New Art in Beantown’s Old Heart
Newbury Street is Boston’s Fifth Avenue: luxury and tradition seem to ooze from the walls of its elegant brick mansions.
HUAM Snags Asian Rarities
The Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) have just acquired the Walter C. Sedgwick Collections of Japanese Buddhist sculpture and early
Leonard Bernstein
In September of 1980, Leonard Bernstein ’39 was in Lowell House’s Master’s residence, on all fours, bellowing the cry of
Katharina Cieplak-von Baldegg '06
In 1970, two Harvard students joined a band called The Modern Lovers. One was Ernie Brooks ’71, and the other
Han Yu '06
Han Yu ’06 meets me on the third floor of the Carpenter Center, with the low afternoon sun streaming through
United 93
Directed by Paul Greengrass Universal Pictures 5 stars How do you make a movie about a day most people will
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Boston Chamber Music Society
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Sunday, April 30th at 3:00 in Sanders Theatre. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 495-2222.
Getting Lost in the Digital Wallpaper
“Ars longa, vita brevis,”—life is short, art long—runs the ancient proverb. Ask artist Peter Smuts, whose show “The Human Pixel
Video Games More Vulgar Than Label Reveals
Video games rated “M” for mature audiences contain sexual content, drug references, and strong language not labeled on the box,
BookEnds: Computing Takes Quantum Leap
Is reality simply the result of a complex computer program, constantly running and churning out all the events that make