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...overcast afternoon in the tony New Jersey enclave of Short Hills, dozens of patrons have packed into the Wentworth Gallery to celebrate an art opening. Glasses of chilled chardonnay are served in the white-walled space as a battalion of gallery assistants respond to customer queries about abstract works in shades of blush and marigold. But make no mistake: this is not your average academic art exhibit. A quick scan of the attendees reveals lots of big hair, tight jeans and hints of rocker-girl décolletage. The sound system throbs with the refrain "Lick it up, lick...
...Though his work is overlooked by critics, Stanley's terms suit the Kiss Army just fine: on Feb. 28, dozens of them turned up at Wentworth, inside the swank Mall at Short Hills, to buy art, meet Stanley and stick out their tongues as much as possible. As well-coiffed ladies scrutinized $2,000 totes at the austere Fendi boutique across the way, Stanley mingled with fans and clients, signing autographs, chatting amiably about color palette and pulling swooning women to his fuzzy chest for photo ops. "I met him once at a box-set signing, but this...
...John certainly wasn’t a recluse,” said former Lampoon writer Eric B. Wentworth ’54, “but he wasn’t a highly gregarious guy.” He didn’t have time to devote to politics or parties, according to Wentworth, who lived in Lowell House with Updike...
...Word travels outside the Square as well. Corrie Reyes of Wentworth, Mass. bought tickets with her friends after seeing Comedy for a Cause listed on the events calendar of Boston.com...
...explains, was “not so much imposing as magnetic,” so that “if not all in attendance captured his full meaning, they still believed they were in the presence of genius.” For educator Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, he follows Thomas Wentworth Higginson in describing her as “desultory, dreamy, but insatiable in her love for knowledge and for helping others to it.” Rather than putting words into the mouths of figures from the past, Gura brings their words to life, surrounding them with his own close...