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...Northern Rock is more than just a bank in this city. While its logo is sewn into the black and white jerseys of Newcastle's players - the bank also sponsors the local rugby and basketball teams - its activities are woven into the fabric of the city, too. Aside from employing thousands of Geordies, the Northern Rock Foundation, which receives 5% of the bank's annual profits, has handed out $350 million over the last decade to more than 1,500 good causes across the northeast. From its $2 million endowment of the gleaming Sage Gateshead concert hall...
...building that resonates with sense of place while seeming up to date. Its entrance is in the style of a limasan, or traditional Javanese house - chosen because the Cemeti is intended to be a "home" for art, not a cold exhibition space. The humble materials used (timber, bamboo, woven bamboo) are welcoming, and natural light floods the premises. Unenclosed verandahs reinforce the connection between the building and the street. "Eko has a special concept that believes in letting the clients design their space," says gallery founder Nindityo Adipurnomo...
Taken together, these arrests deal a major blow to the Mafia. But this hydra-like organization, also known as Cosa Nostra (Our Thing), is so deeply woven into the fabric of Sicilian society that the Italian state is far from claiming final victory. "Cosa Nostra is built on a capacity to adapt to the time and situation, to camouflage itself and raise its head only when necessary," says a senior Palermo-based investigator who worked on the Lo Piccolo case. Lo Piccolo's takedown shuffles the deck in the organization, but hardly eradicates...
...postal worker and his mother an elementary-school teacher. After college at Catholic University of America, he spent two crucial years in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone. What impressed him there most was not the tribal art but the well-made things of everyday life: baskets, boats, woven fabric. From there he moved to Sweden for two years to study printmaking and to experiment on his own with sculpture. "That's where it became pretty clear to me," he says. "I was more interested in making things than in making images of things...
...Romantic ballet, this lack of plot is actually the greatest strength of “Serenade.” Balanchine’s choreography is spectacular because of its seamlessness. The 17 dancers are skillfully woven together in a technically challenging 40-minute ballet. And since there is little story to follow, the choreography requires particular attention to technique...