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...Confessor Brings the Flood Neko Case (Anti) Flame-haired alt-country chanteuse Neko Case is quite possibly the most versatile vocalist on the scene: she is an exhilarating power-pop balladeer, a smoldering lounge singer, a credible gospel soloist, and an expert interpreter of country-western standards. On her newly released album, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood,” Case’s versatility is showcased over the course of twelve stellar tracks that run the gamut of musical genres. This diverse array of songs is unified by Case’s uncannily expressive vocals...
...over computer screens, carefully devising the patterns for each shoe?some entail as many as 70 different pieces. Down the hall, the modelist carves up each style's last by hand, a technique few manufacturers actually have in-house. Finally, the leather pieces will be chosen by the company expert, Antonio Ripani, who presides over more than 20 million sq. ft. of hides?calfskin, anaconda, gazelle, ostrich, crocodile?in a giant storeroom alongside the factory. After the patterns are cut by hand with an X-Acto knife, the shoes will be stitched and molded and blown dry on a special...
MENTION PARISIAN JEWELER VAN CLEEF & ARPELS to an expert, and he or she will rhapsodize about the company's enhancement of stones with the minimum use of metal, and its famous clientele, including such style icons as Marlene Dietrich, Princess Grace of Monaco and the Duchess of Windsor. But the real gem of Van Cleef is the craftsmanship?the seemingly invisible settings, and the sway and movement in the designs. Today the pieces are created as intricately as they were when the house, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, opened. All the high jewelry pieces are still made...
...MOHAND CHAND & SONS, GOVIND GEMS, NP JAIN, RM BUMB read the signs on the shop stalls. Pitliya Jewellers has a table with a plastic washbasin filled with pearls. Jain families?members of an ascetic religious group that observes strict dietary rules?run the businesses; Muslims are the expert craftsmen. Later I notice a poster of Mecca in a workshop where four men facet lemon quartz in a weird green glow. Gauri Shankar Dangayach, production manager of one of Gem Palace's cutting units, leads De Taillac down several side streets with open gutters and into one of a dozen look...
...theatre in the march section, which effectively captured the attention of audience members below. The main attraction of the night was Levin’s rendition of the Mozart “Piano Concerto No. 24.” The performance by Levin, Harvard’s leading expert on Mozart, was an excellent follow-up for anyone who took Literature and Arts B-52: “Mozart” that he taught last semester. His technical and musical skill enabled him to infuse the music with beautiful phrasing and even improvise stunning cadenzas on the spot. Although there...