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Nicole M. Gandia ’09 and Lino A. Gonzalez

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

Nicole M. Gandia ’09 and her fiancé Lino A. Gonzalez first forged their relationship over a love of salsa dancing.


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Burn After Reading

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

If winning Best Picture at last year’s Academy Awards for “No Country for Old Men” made Joel and Ethan Coen


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Sketches of Spain: El Greco at the MFA

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

When Philip III ascended to the Spanish throne in 1598, he was 19 years old and uninterested in the responsibilities


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Counting Crows

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

When the Counting Crows didn’t win the Oscar for Best Song in 2005 for “Accidentally in Love” from the movie


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Doctor: Medical World Flawed

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

At the ripe age of 41, surgeon and writer Atul Gawande has a lot to brag about. In addition to


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'21,' an MIT Story, Shoots at Harvard

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

Accustomed to the presence of intellectual superstars around campus, Harvard students barely batted an eyelid yesterday at the prospect of


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Telling Secrets, Making Art

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

Hans Tutschku is an artist who defies classification. Although his first profession is composing, this associate professor of music and


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Boston Tries To Be Fashion-Forward

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

“Red is the new Libertine. Platinum is the new Marie-Antoinette. Leather is the new luxury. Veiling is the new seduction.


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'Quixote' a Fluffy Romp

By Claire J. Saffitz  • 

Boston Ballet’s revival of “Don Quixote” is a fluffy, lighthearted romp that forgoes a sense of plot in favor of

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