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...Harvard Museum of Natural History—Purcell’s “Egg and Nest” and Amanda Means’ “Looking at Leaves”—demonstrate the way that artists can reveal the aesthetics of the natural world, rather than simply record scientific data about it.“Each of the photography exhibitions that we have done has been designed to raise different questions about the way we see the world and to attract new audiences,” says Elisabeth Werby, the executive director of HMNH...
...blues genre, keeping the volume low as he crows moodily over his minimal strumming. Auerbach is a skilled guitar player with a wistful voice, and “Trouble Weighs a Ton” is certainly an unobjectionable song, but as an album starter, it falls a bit short. Rather than moving in its gentle simplicity, the song feels generic and a bit boring, crawling rather than coasting slowly along. Perhaps more than anything, it feels like Auerbach, whose love of blues rock almost burst from his past albums, simply isn’t excited by the slower paced song...
...that Israelis need to be convinced that the road to peace and the two-state solution will not jeopardize their security. Rashid Khalidi, professor of Arab studies and director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, said that the world powers should focus on building Palestinian political unity rather than delegitimizing Hamas. The panel was moderated by Harvard Kennedy School Professor R. Nicholas Burns. While introducing the speakers, Burns emphasized the effects of the 61-year struggle on the Israeli and Palestinian people. “The Israeli people have not known a single day of peace...
...first topics addressed by Ryan in the Q&A. “[Marsh] really felt strongly that we would never speak about it,” Ryan said, “because it was about reclaiming the towers for us, focusing on how the story began rather than how it ended.” Ryan also revealed how the star of the movie himself felt about watching his experiences play out on-screen. She recalled that Petit confessed his own nervousness to her: “I was on the edge of my seat thinking...
...recognition of his love for Sophia—are accentuated by soft blues and fiery reds.DeMita keeps the show quickly paced, throwing gag after gag at the audience and seeing what sticks. His direction is smart in this way, helping the more clunky jokes fall by the wayside rather than linger. The audience barely has time to figure out a character’s twisted logic or groan at a crude one-liner before the play races off to the next non sequitur. Despite a script that at times seems more like a silly Mel Brooks slapstick farce than...