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World-renowned musician Yo-Yo Ma ’76 will return to Harvard next fall, this time bringing with him musicians from across Asia and the Middle East as part of an initiative called the Silk Road Project...
...multi-year project, announced last Wednesday, is a collaboration between the Silk Road Project, Inc., the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Harvard College, and draws together influences from territories along the historical silk trading road, which stretched from China to the Mediterranean. Ma will be the artistic director of the program, and will have his first residency at Harvard from Sept...
...report from the Department of Homeland Security charges that the agency's sleek Transportation Systems Operation Center, which opened in the Washington suburbs in 2003, was plagued by mismanagement and overspending. The report charges that some of the $500,000 listed under "equipment and tools" was spent on silk plants and decorative artwork. And in addition to outfitting the building's four kitchenettes with swanky Sub-Zero refrigerators, the report cites 58 cases in which the project manager allegedly circumvented government spending rules by splitting credit-card transactions so that each would come in under a limit...
...explored Argentine tangos and Appalachian fiddle ditties, along with Mozart and Bach. On his newest--and 88th!--album, Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon, the world-renowned cellist collaborates with musicians along the ancient trade route that linked China and the West. Yo-Yo Ma spoke with TIME's Josh Tyrangiel from his home in Cambridge, Mass...
...DIED. JANET REGER, 69, women's underwear designer whose company brought back sexy, luxury lingerie to Britain; in London. Reger founded Janet Reger Creations in 1967, introducing a line of brightly colored, lace-trimmed under-garments in satin and silk. Women flocked to be fitted by Reger and men anticipated the company's racy sales catalogs. Reger's daughter, Aliza, now runs the company...