Story By: by Mark Mobley At age 75, composer Philip Glass is as busy as ever. Philip Glass turns 75 tomorrow. Impossible, you say? Given his two dozen operas, reams of orchestral music, virtually uncountable film scores and scads of projects in every discipline, isn’t he like 90 or 100 or 110? Or, judging by [...]
By PETER PLAGENS Boston Under director Malcolm Rogers, this city’s Museum of Fine Arts has become—and I mean this mostly in a good sense—a kind of upscale, tasteful carnival. The museum gives its attendees a rather deft and snappy mix of popular fare (Dale Chilhuly, Richard Avedon, “Dream Cars” of the 1950s and ’60s), acquired [...]
Story By: by Gigi Douban If there’s a test for it, chances are a storefront lab is eager to help you have it done. – Michael Wilkes, professor of medicine, University of California, Davis – Kevin Hein, a lawyer who represents lab franchisees “It’s another way for people to take control of their own health [...]
DENVER, Colo. $709,000 A 2,900-square-foot house with four bedrooms, two full baths and two partial baths on 0.1 acre in the Washington Park neighborhood View Slideshow Shanna Adams This Tuscan-style home in Newcastle, Calif., is listed for $715,000. DETAILS: This Tudor home has a second story addition with two master suites and a laundry room. [...]
By CECILIE ROHWEDDER London Many of Twenty8Twelve’s clothes—like ripped jeans, oversize tops and scarves—faintly evoke the style of its famous backer: actress, model and paparazzi-magnet Sienna Miller. But, shhh, the brand isn’t advertising that Miller sister’s connection. Enlarge Image Close William Widmer for The Wall Street Journal Savannah Miller is creative director of Twenty8Twelve, started [...]
Regis Philbin has sold his Greenwich, Conn., home for $3 million, according to public records. Regis Philbin has sold his Greenwich, Conn. home for $3 million. It originally came on the market in 2008 for $5.9 million. The 6,000-square-foot home has a tennis court, swimming pool and a gazebo. Candace Jackson has details on The [...]
By STUART FERGUSON Winter Park, Fla. In the Morse Museum of American Art’s jaw-dropping 12,000-square-foot wing devoted to Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s huge estate on the North Shore of Long Island, there are layers and layers—of materials, of meaning, of history. A walk through the first-floor galleries (upstairs are offices and an expanded library) [...]
Qatar confirmed its exclusive role in the automotive world thanks to a thrilling second edition of the Qatar Motor Show, which succeeded in revving up the enthusiasm of the public. With results that exceeded even the most optimistic expectations, the six-day-long event was able to attract more than 120,000 enthusiastic visitors. The formula adopted by [...]
The World Economic Forum in Davos has ended with worries about the economy, but hopes that the eurozone crisis is under control. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, warned the Davos leaders that this was "not just a eurozone crisis, it's a crisis that could have… spillover effects around the world". [...]
Story By: by Mark Memmott The cable news networks have been replaying a pretty spectacular crash from Thursday’s snowmobile freestyle event at the X Games in Aspen, Colo. Coming so soon after the death of freestyle skier Sarah Burke following a training accident, 22-year-old snowmobile freestyler Colten Moore’s crash may make you shudder for a [...]