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Monthly Archives: September 2007
But you knew that
You Are Bert Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable – even if you don’t love them! You are usually feeling: Logical – you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a … Continue reading
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What it means to be civilized
The center-right Economist takes an unexpected but eloquent stand against torture in a leader this week: A hot, total war like the second world war could not last for decades, so the curtailment of domestic liberties was short-lived. But because … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties
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Hollywood calling
From the very start of his career, [Michael] Haneke’s films have been calculated to shatter the viewer’s complacency to a degree rarely seen since the early work of Mike Leigh or perhaps since the politicized days of the French New … Continue reading
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A man to be reckoned with
I’m enjoying reading Eric Newby’s A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush. Newby, perhaps the last of the rank amateur explorers, has perhaps seen a small bump in sales of his books as a result of his recent demise. Newby … Continue reading
Posted in Quotable
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At the park: 11
I got some good information at the public meeting on September 21 on the planned wetland restoration project at Huntley Meadows Park. We heard from Park Manager Kevin Munroe, FCPA staff naturalist Charles Smith, and Park Resource Manager Dave Lawlor. … Continue reading
Posted in In the Field
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Movie picks
Edward Copeland has released his collaborative 100-best list of foreign films. I’ve no real quibbles with anything in the top 25, but I find the high ranking of Wings of Desire at #41 inexplicable. This movie is perhaps the art-house … Continue reading
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Il miglior fabbro
Having recently chided a local reviewer, I think it’s appropriate to give some props to another local critic who does a damn fine job: Bob Mondello, who reviews for NPR’s All Things Considered and the Washington City Paper. Consider his … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and Internet, Film, Theater
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Silver Line progress report: 1
Virginia Governor Tim Kaine headed up a bipartisan group to announce $300 million in cuts to Phase I of the proposed Metro expansion to Dulles Airport and beyond in order to meet Federal Transit Administration cost-effectiveness guidelines, as reported by … Continue reading
Posted in Transit in D.C.
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The Unmentionables
Bruce Norris sets his bitter comedy of post-colonial race and economic relations in the villa of Nancy (newly blond company favorite Naomi Jacobson) and Don (Charles H. Hyman), somewhere in West Africa. It’s a comfortable, attractive place, but we can … Continue reading
Buy a map
Via ArtsJournal: John Barry nurses his grudge [corrected the link] about being stuck in Baltimore covering theater at $55 a pop. He focuses on a college production of Tom Stoppard’s Hapgood that he showed up for in the middle of … Continue reading
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At the park: 10
Plans are firming up for a $2 million project to restore the main wetland at Huntley Meadows Park, reports Frederick Kunkle. The scheme calls for a 300-foot wide earthen dam across Barnyard Run, 3 feet high and somewhat downstream of … Continue reading
Posted in In the Field
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Perfectly good
Paul Graham realizes some things about stuff: Another way to resist acquiring stuff is to think of the overall cost of owning it. The purchase price is just the beginning. You’re going to have to think about that thing for … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development
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Upcoming: 5
Big Sit! birding events are scheduled for October 7 at Huntley Meadows Park, sponsored by the Northern Virginia Bird Club (see the August edition of the newsletter for details), and for October 14 at the National Wildlife Visitor Center at … Continue reading
Posted in Birds and Birding
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33 Variations
Moisés Kaufman interweaves the musical mystery of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations for solo piano with the story of Katherine Brandt, current-day musicologist entranced by the enigma of how the piece came to be: why did Beethoven, solicited in 1819 … Continue reading
Fear Not
Jeff Bagato visits the room-sized construction by local folk artist James Hampton, The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly, with Metro Connection.
Posted in Art and Architecture, Local News
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