The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from December 2002:
PHOTOS OF CHURCHES ARE STEEPED IN NEW ENGLAND'S PURITAN PAST
Dec 01, 2002; ... The best exhibition of architectural photos in years is tuckedaway in the inconspicuous Jackson Homestead, home to the NewtonHistorical Society. The title is "Classic New England Churches: Photography of SteveRosenthal." From the late '70s until he semi-retired a year ...
MARGARET BROUCEK
Dec 01, 2002; ... WAKEFIELD RESIDENT MARGARET BROUCEK'S FIRST SHORT FILM, "YOURBETTER BUTCH FASHIONS," SCREENED AT 10 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONALFILM FESTIVALS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S BOSTON GAY AND LESBIAN FILMAND VIDEO FESTIVAL AT THE MFA. A low-budget, do-it-yourselfdigital-video effort, the film ...
A ROLE IN `LEPERS' ACCENTS HIS VARIED TALENTS
Dec 01, 2002; ... Actor Chris Burke had taken his bow and was heading home from aperformance of "The Lepers of Baile Baiste" one night last month when a woman who had just seen the play stopped him in the BostonCenter for the Arts lobby. "She said, `I don't know whether to hug you or hit you,' " ...
A MUSIC SCHOOL TUNES IN TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS
Dec 01, 2002; ... Marilyn Morrissey vividly remembers the day in 1989 when she firstwalked into the Community Music Center of Boston. She wanted toarrange for her oldest child, Sean Ryan, to take piano lessons. Shehad already visited another music school where she had made anappointment and her son was ...
GIVING LOCAL CHOREOGRAPHERS A LEG UP A PROGRAM FUNDS AND SHOWCASES NEW WORK BY FOUR ARTISTS
Dec 01, 2002; ... A year and a half ago, the veteran Boston choreographer MarcusSchulkind dismantled the company he'd had here for a decade. Therhythm of his life until then had been to save money all year, moneyhe earned by teaching dance, to put on a one-weekend production thatused up all of it - ...
FOR THE RECORD
Dec 01, 2002 ... * Correction: Because of inaccurate information supplied to theGlobe, no credit appeared with the photograph that accompanied lastSunday's ...
FABRIC OF HOPE FROM A BACKGROUND OF POVERTY AND ABUSE, NIKE DAVIES-OKUNDAYE HAS BECOME A MISSIONARY FOR NIGERIAN CRAFTS AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
Dec 01, 2002; ... HANOVER, N.H. - It is a chilly 30 degrees here one recent Sundayafternoon, at least 50 degrees colder than it would be in Nike Davies-Okundaye's home in Nigeria. But her charisma warms a casual audience-participation event at Dartmouth College's Hood Museum, wherechildren coming in from ...
THE RAP ON DETROIT FOR MOST AMERICANS, THE CITY IS A SYMBOL OF RACIAL TROUBLE AND URBAN BLIGHT, BUT EMINEM'S `8 MILE' LOOKS UNDER THE GRIME AND CAPTURES ITS VIBRANT SPIRIT EMINEM'S `8 MILE' RINGS TRUE IN HIS HOMETOWN
Dec 01, 2002; ... Over the past few weeks millions of people got a glimpse of themost misunderstood city in America. Buoyed by Eminem's undeniablecharisma, "8 Mile" succeeds in portraying its gritty Detroit setting.Known for poverty, crime, and racial violence, Detroit is not a placethat many people ...
A STIRRING LOOK AT AN EARLY RUSSIAN MASTER
Dec 01, 2002; ... Sergei Eisenstein has long endured as the most famous of earlyRussian filmmakers, thanks in large part to his masterful "BattleshipPotemkin." Lesser known, but no less influential, is AlexanderDovzhenko, whose 1930 silent "Earth" is one of the best films evermade, and as much of a link ...
GOING TO DISNEY LAND NEW RELEASES PROVIDE AN ANIMATED LOOK AT WALT, HIS STUDIO, AND THE EARLY DAYS OF MICKEY MOUSE
Dec 01, 2002; ... Disney's animation division has its attention squarely focused onone thing at the moment: promoting its new "Treasure Island" riff,"Treasure Planet." After that, priority items include the Dec. 3 DVD/video release of "Lilo & Stitch" and February's theatrical release of"The Jungle Book ...
IN THE DEBATE OVER FREE EXPRESSION, A CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ISSUES CONFERENCE KEYS IN ON COPYRIGHTS, CORPORATE FUNDS
Dec 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Say "free expression," and most US citizens think ofthe First Amendment. But a recent conference at Columbia Universityon free expression in the arts began with the assumption that currentchallenges to artistic freedom may be more complicated, moreinsidious, and less easily ...
FALLING HARD FOR `PRIVATE RADIO' SOFTWARE
Dec 01, 2002; ... A half year into my deepening relationship with iTunes, it's hardto tell which I like more, having my own private radio station or theway it feeds my obsessive tendencies. Both are pretty sweet. First, let's be clear we're talking about iTunes 3, which soimproved upon the ...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC DRAWS THIS FAIR LADY BACK ONSTAGE JULIE ANDREWS TO COHOST FLEETCENTER `CHRISTMAS' SPECIAL
Dec 01, 2002; ... The chance to work with Christopher Plummer again has JulieAndrews performing at a feverish pace, traveling to more than a dozencities to host "A Royal Christmas." The holiday extravaganza starsCharlotte Church, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, theWestminster Concert Choir, and ...
FROM HOLLYWOOD, TIPS FOR INDIE FILMMAKERS
Dec 01, 2002; ... Area filmmakers will have the chance to learn about theindependent film and distribution market from one of its leadingexperts on Dec. 12. Peter Belsito of Film Finders(www.filmfinders.com) a database for film rights tracking, willdiscuss festivals, markets, buyers, and sellers at an ...
`VELOCITY' DIRECTOR MAKES MOVIES AT HER OWN SPEED
Dec 01, 2002; ... Things fall apart. Rebecca Miller knows this. By her estimation,this is a good thing. Chaotic shifts tend to bring out the best inartists. On a dreary afternoon, she's sitting on the edge of a hotel sofawith a baby passed out in her arms, convinced the center cannot hold.The baby ...
OVERHEARD
Dec 01, 2002 ... 'I DON'T USUALLY LIKE THE NEW MUSIC. BUT THIS WASN'T BAD.' NOV. 23AT SYMPHONY HALL, DURING ...
MATURE MITCHELL
Dec 01, 2002 ... Matthew Gilbert's review of Joni Mitchell's "Travelogue" is goodfrom the perspective of his coherent grasp on her music and catalog(Living/Arts, Nov. 19). But Mitchell's voice sounds much better on"Travelogue" than on "Both Sides Now," and the orchestration isbeautiful. Her direction is ...
AS MILITARY BRAT, ACTRESS REINVENTED HERSELF
Dec 01, 2002; ... Linda Powell struggles with the same perceptions of Yelena, thecharacter she's playing in American Repertory Theatre's "Uncle Vanya"that an actress did in 1903. Yelena is the beautiful, young wife of an elderly professor. Whenthe two visit his family's estate, several men fall in ...
IN THE EMBRACE OF AN `UNCLE' DIRECTOR PULLS AUDIENCE IN TIGHT FOR CHEKHOV PLAY
Dec 01, 2002; ... CAMBRIDGE - Rain beats down hard against the windows at theAmerican Repertory Theatre. Outside it's gray, dreary, and, well,wet. A real Chekhov kind of day. A perfect setting, in fact, to talkabout "Uncle Vanya" with the man who's going to direct it. Janos Szasz (pronounced ...
WHO'S SORRY NOW?
Dec 01, 2002; ... We all have regrets. For some, it's that extra piece of cheesecakeafter dinner. For others, it's caving in to parental pressure to goto medical school instead of pursuing your real dream, raisingostriches for meat. And as we have learned, even judges have regrets.That's the case with ...
SURFACE ARTERY PROCESS GOING FORTH FROM THE DRAWING BOARD
Dec 01, 2002; ... The 12-year logjam on developing the Surface Artery is breakingup. Maybe it's no coincidence that this is happening as the Big Dignears completion, as the matter of what shape the new downtowncorridor will take is rapidly becoming more than an academicquestion. On the ...
EXPLORER SPAWNS NEW STAR OF FORD'S LINEUP
Dec 01, 2002; ... Transfiguration: To alter the outward appearance. - The AmericanHeritage College Dictionary. The auto industry has long had a quietly spoken, similar term. Rebadging: To take one car, fool around slightly with itsexterior, give it a different model name, and foist it on the ...
SMALL CONDOS FACE TOUGH CHOICE ON MANAGEMENT ISSUE
Dec 01, 2002; ... Q. This query is prompted by a recent column on management fees ata 10-unit condominium. One of the owners was concerned that theassociation's management fee was too high, but I think the moreimportant question is whether an association that small should bepaying for outside management ...
ARTIST'S LOFT A BRIGHT SPOT ON CHELSEA'S WATERFRONT
Dec 01, 2002; ... CHELSEA - Four years ago when Anne Sasser first saw the second-story loft on this city's waterfront, it was love. "I walked in, looked around and knew I wanted it," Sasser said. Today, Sasser, owner of the Diablo Glassblowing Studio and owner/broker of Castle Real Estate Group, ...
WEB REALTORS CLICK AS HOME BUYERS HEAD ONLINE FOR BETTER DEALS, TRADITIONAL FIRMS TAKE NOTE
Dec 01, 2002; ... Pamela Kellogg of Bedford is shopping on the Internet for a home. Not uncommon these days. What is unusual, though, is that she islogged on to eRealty.com, a fledgling national firm and a newcomer toMassachusetts. "I like going on the eRealty Web site at any hour and poring ...
PORK PULLED TO PERFECTION WHEN IT COMES TO BARBECUE, BOZO'S DOESN'T CLOWN AROUND THE SMELL GOT YOU SALIVATING? IT'S BOZO'S
Dec 01, 2002; ... Barbecue bragging rights are serious business in the South. Boastabout your dry-rub Memphis-style pork ribs in Texas, and you can findyourself in trouble with the beef-rib-and-brisket crowd. Sing thepraises of Tennessee pulled pork in North Carolina, and you may finda surly Tar Heel ...
A FINE NEW ENGLAND PALETTE
Dec 01, 2002; ... Several masterworks with New England connections are included inChristie's fall auction of American paintings, drawings, andsculpture, the company's largest sale ever dollarwise in thiscategory. The auction to be held Thursday in New York is expected to bringbetween $51 million ...
COLD CABIN, WARM HEART HEAT FROM THE WOODSTOVE REACHES ONLY SO FAR, BUT THE GLORIOUS SCENERY MAKES THIS SPOT WORTH THE CHILL
Dec 01, 2002; ... CHARLEMONT - In the darkness, snow falls in tiny flakes that glintin the moonlight. The feathery branches of hemlocks slap the air,buffeted by a stiffening wind. Through the thick evergreens, a longrectangle of pale yellow light stretches out on the frozen ground,cast from a cabin ...
FOR THE RECORD
Dec 01, 2002 ... CORRECTION: BECAUSE OF REPORTING AND EDITING ERRORS, A PAINTINGBY SALVADOR DALI WAS MISIDENTIFIED IN A STORY LAST SUNDAY ABOUT THEDALI MUSEUM IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. THE PAINTING PICTURED, AND THEONE IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION, IS "THE DISINTEGRATION OF ...
HOLIDAY SHOPPING IN CANADA COULD MEAN COOL SAVINGS
Dec 01, 2002; ... With Christmas bearing down upon us, here's an idea that combinesa getaway with holiday shopping: Go over the border and throughcustoms to Canada. Not only does our friendly northern neighbor offer supremeshopping, the current exchange rate makes the US dollar worth 40percent ...
YULETIDE TOURS DEC. 6-11
Dec 01, 2002; ... PHILADELPHIA IS A CITY OF TRADITIONS. FOR ONE THAT BEGAN 30 YEARSAGO, GARDEN CLUBS, FLORAL AND INTERIOR DECORATORS, COMMUNITY GROUPS,AND VOLUNTEERS DECK THE HALLS OF FAIRMOUNT PARK'S SEVEN 18TH- AND19TH-CENTURY ESTATES. BUILT AS SUMMER VILLAS SO THEIR OWNERS COULDESCAPE THE CITY'S HEAT, ...
CURRIER, IVES, AND NEW ENGLAND DEC. 7-FEB. 28
Dec 01, 2002; ... CURRIER AND IVES COULD BE CONSIDERED THE NORMAN ROCKWELL OF THEIRDAY. "AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, THE LITHOGRAPHERS FOCUSED EVERYTHING ONNEW ENGLAND, TRYING TO CAPTURE THE INNOCENCE AND THE IDYLLIC,IDEALIST WORLD BEFORE THE WAR," SAID KAREN CONWAY, ASSISTANT CURATORAT HERITAGE MUSEUMS & ...
WINTERFEST DEC. 7-14
Dec 01, 2002; ... SMALL IDEAS OFTEN BECOME BIG EVENTS. IN 1971, TWENTY FRIENDS INFORT LAUDERDALE DECIDED TO SHOW OFF THEIR YACHTS OUTFITTED WITHHOLIDAY LIGHTS BY CRUISING FLORIDA'S INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY. NOW850,000 SPECTATORS "OOH" AND "AAH" AT 100 BOATS OF ALL SIZES ANDSTYLES CRUISING THE 10-MILE PARADE ...
WRIGHT FLYER THROUGH FEB. 25
Dec 01, 2002; ... NEXT YEAR, A BRAVE SOUL IS GOING TO FLY AN EXACT REPLICA OF THEPLANE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MANAGED TO GET AIRBORNE IN KITTY HAWK,N.C., FOUR TIMES ON DEC. 17, 1903. THE ATTEMPT IS THE FINALE TO THENATION'S "CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT," A YEARLONG CELEBRATION WITH BIGEVENTS IN OHIO, NORTH ...
NEW YEAR'S EVE DEC. 31
Dec 01, 2002; ... TO GREAT FANFARE TWO MONTHS AGO, THE GERMAN CAPITAL UNVEILED THERESTORED BRANDENBURG GATE. NOW THE LANDMARK IS THE CENTER OF THECITY'S SILVESTER OR NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION. "WELCOME 2003" ISSLATED TO BE EUROPE'S BIGGEST YEAR-END PARTY, CAPPED BY A GRANDFIREWORKS DISPLAY AT MIDNIGHT ON ...
`FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF US' DEC. 10-JAN. 26
Dec 01, 2002; ... THERE ARE DOCUMENTS, ARTIFACTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT RECORD THENATION'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OVER MORE THAN 200 YEARS. THE GILDERLEHRMAN COLLECTION AND THE MESERVE-KUNHARDT COLLECTION, PRIVATEHOLDINGS OF SOME OF THE RAREST AND MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE MATERIALS,GO ON DISPLAY AS PART OF "THE ...
TAMALE FESTIVAL DEC. 7-8
Dec 01, 2002; ... THE TAMALE IS A HOT COMMODITY AT THE 11TH ANNUAL EVENT IN THECOACHELLA VALLEY OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY NEAR PALM SPRINGS. LAST YEAR,MORE THAN 100,000 TAMALE LOVERS DEVOURED 300,000 VERSIONS SOLD BY 80VENDORS. A MEXICAN CHRISTMAS TRADITION, A TAMALE USUALLY IS CORNMEALDOUGH FILLED WITH GROUND ...
CONNECTICUT WATCH MUSEUM TAKES YOU ON A TRIP THROUGH TIMEKEEPING
Dec 01, 2002; ... WATERBURY, Conn. - In 1917, the Army commissioned the company weknow as Timex to outfit doughboys headed "over there" with a wristversion of its Yankee pocket watch. The Yankee had been the firstwatch the average person could afford (retail price: $1), and theArmy's version would become ...
SHAKERS SALE WILL DRAW CROWDS
Dec 01, 2002; ... NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine - Although the doors of the annual ChristmasFair at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village don't open until 10 a.m.on Saturday, Dec. 7, customers will start lining up outside as earlyas two hours ahead of time. Many of them return every year, and lookforward to the wait ...
FROM THE BIRTH OF A GUITAR TO THE MAGIC OF ITS MUSIC
Dec 01, 2002; ... MEMPHIS - The Gibson Beale Street Showcase offers a triple treatfor those who appreciate the sensuous, almost feminine beauty of anelectric guitar, and the eclectic mix of American music that putMemphis on the map. A block from Beale Street, the hub of the city's thriving ...
BLUES STILL BUOYS A DELTA TOWN BLACK, WHITE, NATIVE OR NON, THEY COME TO SING OR TO LISTEN A MASTER BLUESMAN SHARES HIS KNOWLEDGE
Dec 01, 2002; ... It was just past midnight, and the sound coming from inside TheBlues Station juke joint was a mixture of brilliance and raw nerve. Legendary Delta bluesman Johnnie Billington, 67, was setting offrockets with his red guitar. Beyond the stage, the drinking crowd of30 listened closely ...
A PATH THROUGH GULLAH COUNTRY WHERE SO MANY AFRICAN SLAVES ARRIVED, DESCENDANTS STILL PRESERVE THEIR HISTORY
Dec 01, 2002; ... Alphonso Brown is sitting in the driver's seat of his tour bus andtelling one of his famous folktales as visitors settle in theirseats. Then, without warning, unfamiliar words pour out of his mouth,lilting into a rapid melodic blend of Old English and West Africanwords and ...
TRAVEL.BOSTON.COM THIS WEEK ON THE GLOBE'S WEBSITE
Dec 01, 2002 ... Chilly in Chile Skiers need more than skis, poles, and lift tickets. They needinformation: weather reports, resort information, snow conditions.Get this and more delivered directly to your e-mail box everyWednesday by signing up for SkiMail at travel.boston.com. As a bonus,every ...
AN ITINERARY MOSTLY INTERIOR
Dec 01, 2002; ... "My ideal method of writing a travel book," British fiction writerJenny Diski tells us at the outset, "would be to stay at home withthe phone off the hook, the doorbell disconnected and the blindsdrawn." Yet, she ventures out anyway, risking "what a proper travel writerhopes for: ...
MEN DANCE THEIR WAY TO A NEARLY FREE CRUISE
Dec 01, 2002; ... I should have listened to my mother. Back in the seventh grade, I tried to persuade her to let me skipballroom dance classes. But she would always say no, telling me thata man who could dance well was worth his weight in gold. She was right, as usual. Today, single men who ...
ZIPPING ACROSS THE US
Dec 01, 2002; ... Paul F. Alphen of Westford decided a while ago to create a familytradition: a road trip with each of his two sons between their juniorand senior years in high school. This summer, Alphen took Paul C., 17, on a whirlwind cross-country trip, hitting 17 states in about 2 1/2 ...
ART 'N' FACTS
Dec 01, 2002 ... Thanks to Louise Kennedy for her wonderful article announcing theopening of the Museum of Science's exhibit "The Quest forImmortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt" (Living/Arts, Nov. 20). It'sgreat that she pointed out how unique the artifacts were to thepeople who owned, purchased, or ...
MISFIRE
Dec 01, 2002 ... The caption under the picture with Ty Burr's review (Weekend,Nov. 22) says "The assassin character shows the casing from thebullet that he says killed President Kennedy, in "Interview With theAssassin." The picture shows a hand holding a cartridge casing. Though you can have a ...
DALY AFFIRMATION
Dec 01, 2002 ... Matthew Gilbert wrote: "If you had an enemy you wanted to torture,with whom would you lock them up at 10 p.m.: Dennis Franz of `NYPDBlue' on Ch. 5 or Tyne Daly of `Judging Amy'? Just wondering." (TV/Radio, Oct. 29). It's time Gilbert cut Daly some slack. The problemis not with Daly, but ...
MOXIE
Dec 01, 2002 ... A pox on Matthew Gilbert's house. Had he read Mark Fuhrman's book"Murder in Greenwich" or, for that matter, his "Murder in Brentwood,"he would come away with a better opinion of Fuhrman's investigativeabilities. Instead, Gilbert chose to sneer at him. Fuhrman was soughtout by Dominick ...
DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER
Dec 01, 2002 ... I disagree with Matthew Gilbert's review of the movie "Murder inGreenwich" (Weekend, Nov. 15). The movie was well done, and he seemedto miss the point: how a crime was solved and a murderer brought tojustice. Gilbert was too focused on his obvious dislike of anythingto do with Mark ...
NO PIGEONS
Dec 01, 2002 ... Kudos to Matthew Gilbert for his article about "Will & Grace"(Arts & Entertainment, Nov. 17). I agree with most of it, butdisagree with his statement: "Like Hayes and Mullally, McCormack andMessing are doomed to be pigeonholed as their characters on "Will &Grace," an ...
LITTLE HOUSES, LITTLE VICTORIES
Dec 01, 2002; ... Minnie Walcott had to decide: shuffle into a temporary home during a publicly subsidized renovation of her Allston apartment, ormove to a new neighborhood. "I thought about moving somewhere else, but this is my home, thisis where I raised my children," said Walcott, an ...
MOMS CRY: CAN'T A BUS WAIT FOR US?
Dec 01, 2002; ... Ask the grass-roots group Women of Action whether mothers pushingbaby strollers should be allowed to use bus wheelchair lifts toboard, and its members point to the MBTA's bus operations rule book. Ask MBTA officials the same question, and they point to the rulebook, ...
LIFE BEYOND THE HORIZON
Dec 01, 2002; ... TIRED BUT PROUD, CRISTIN CLARKE SURVEYS THE BRILLIANTLY COLOREDWALLS OF THE NEW FRIENDS CHILDCARE CENTER, ALREADY COVERED WITHSCIENCE POSTERS, PICTURES OF THE CHILDREN, AND HOOKS FOR CLOTHING. Only six months ago, Clarke, now chief operating officer at Friends,and other parents at JP ...
SEVEN DAYS
Dec 01, 2002; ... SUNDAY 12/1FROM THE WEST BANK TO HERE. PIANIST DANIELBARENBOIM, MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANDCOAUTHOR WITH EDWARD SAID OF A BOOK ON TRANSCENDING POLITICALDIFFERENCES THROUGH CULTURE, WILL PERFORM MOZART, BEETHOVEN, ANDLISZT IN A SOLO RECITAL. 3 P.M., SYMPHONY ...
DEEPENING ROOTS LIKE THE IRISH AND ITALIANS BEFORE THEM, EASTIE'S LATINOS ARE FORESAKING HOMELAND DREAMS TO MOVE FROM RENTING TO OWNING -- HOMES, BUSINESSES, EVEN BURIAL PLOTS
Dec 01, 2002; ... Maria Consuelo Agudelo, her husband, Reinaldo Restrepo, and theirsons joined a wave of Latino immigrants moving to East Boston adecade ago for the relatively cheap rent and short commute todowntown jobs. This year, they joined another neighborhood trend: They bought ahouse on ...
PANTRY: `MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND LESS FOOD'
Dec 01, 2002; ... The only sounds just before 4 a.m. on East Cottage Street are theoccasional hum of a passing car and the soft whir of Ronald Tirrell'selectric wheelchair. Hooked to an oxygen tank, playing Pac-Man and video poker, he'sthe first one waiting outside the Little House food pantry ...
RADIOHEAD ON THE RINK
Dec 01, 2002; ... No snowflakes fall as dusk darkens the Boston Common. Yes, thereis the sound of children laughing, but the siren of a distantambulance obscures that. And the music to which some three dozen skaters circle the outdoorrink? Not Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite." Try Radiohead's ...
FYI
Dec 01, 2002; ... Q. Holiday table conversation: Did Boston's Puritans celebrateThanksgiving with the Pilgrims of Plymouth? Weren't they basically ofthe same religious sect? - J.S., Dorchester A. If the topic was the first Thanksgiving, the one legend saysoccurred in 1621 (though Plymouth historians ...
FORGET THE GAP; I'LL STICK WITH GRANDMA
Dec 01, 2002; ... We were born 65 years and an ocean apart. She grew up in EasternEurope lucky to have running water. I live in an age of cellphonesand online dating.Yet my 91-year-old grandmother - who fledHitler and survived open-heart surgery - is my world. On Thursday, my mother and I will ...
TIMELESS FRIENDS
Dec 01, 2002; ... Why is it these last weeks of the year seem to go by in a blur?Thanksgiving is just over, the house is still full of guests, it'sHanukkah, and the Christmas holidays are looming. Time is suddenlyprecious - not enough time to get together with friends, to talk overthe year's events, to ...
FRANZ KAFKA IN THE HAUS
Dec 01, 2002; ... Where else could you impersonate a dung beetle and fit in? The Kafka Bash, of course. At least 80 people packed the Goethe-Institut's meeting room lastweekend, munching on apple struedel, Linzer tortes, and cookies withschlag (a kind of whipped cream), as well as downing Czech ...
AMIDST THE CANNOLI, A SMALL SLICE OF ASIA
Dec 01, 2002; ... There are no Italian flags in the window of this North End shop,no chocolate cannoli in a pastry case, no T-shirts touting Rome'ssoccer team. Instead, rows of Kim Pham's Asian-inspired fashion creations cutfrom emerald green, ruby red, and sapphire blue silk brocades linethe ...
A NEW BERTH ON DECK FOR PILOT SCHOOL? POPULAR LYNDON MAY SET SAIL FOR SHAW'S BUILDING
Dec 01, 2002; ... Support is growing for a proposal likely to be considered by theBoston School Committee to phase out the Robert Gould Shaw MiddleSchool on Mount Vernon Street and move the popular Patrick Lyndonpilot school into the Shaw building. The idea has grown out of the School Department's ...