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How Many Easters Remain for This Century-Old Boys’ Choir School?
At the St. Thomas Choir School in Manhattan the other morning, more than two dozen boys, dressed in matching white polo shirts and gray pants, gathered in a gymnasium to rehearse hymns for Holy Week services, as their predecessors have for more than a century. When Jeremy Filsell, the church’s
Hurry up and wait: Servers speed-walk through Paris, reviving a century-old race
Servers take off for the “Course des Cafes” in front of City Hall in central Paris on Sunday. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images Servers take off for the “Course des Cafes” in front of City Hall in central Paris on Sunday.
Haruki Murakami opposes destruction of nearly century-old baseball baseball stadium in Tokyo
Author Haruki Murakami says he’s strongly opposed to the redevelopment of a historic and beloved Tokyo park district that would remove his favorite jogging path and tear down the nearly century-old baseball stadium where he was inspired to become a novelist. The plan approved earlier this year by Tokyo Gov.
Colorado Opera House Attic Holds Century-Old Painted Sets
LEADVILLE, Colo. — One summer day three years ago, Wendy Waszut-Barrett stumbled onto quite the discovery at the Tabor Opera House, high in the Colorado Rockies. “I still get excited about it now,” she said in a recent interview, “and I get all flushed.” Waszut-Barrett, a specialist in period theatrical