Posts Tagged ‘Patience Young’
Cantor Arts Center’s French summer
Six exhibitions highlight five centuries of French art from private and permanent collections. Staff members pick their favorite works.Never mind that King Francois I of France pre-dated Bastille Day by more than 200 years. The sophisticated and extravagant School of Fontainebleau style that developed under his royal command is something to celebrate and see during the month of France’s La Fête Nationale. Francois’ 16th-century prints, le quatorze juillet, on view through Sunday, are part of…
Read MoreA year of high notes for Stanford’s Chocolate Heads
In this third and final installment of the Chocolate Heads series, the students and director of the movement band reflect on practice and performance.The Chocolate Heads movement band had a banner year, by any measure. They collaborated with jazz great William Parker, workshopped with neuroscientists and synesthetes, staged an underground performance at Cantor Arts Center, dazzled an audience at Bing Concert Hall, partnered with the a cappella group Talisman on an original composition, and finished the year with a spring…
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