The London film festival, the first under the stewardship of director Sandra Hebron, has come to an end, with good houses, a respectable list of premieres and a well-received, lively selection.
Aside from the Goya etching, "Figuring Women" includes a diverse if lively selection of artwork ranging from antique and African sculpture to modern and contemporary paintings, drawings and prints.
Produced by Joan Hershey, the programs feature an unexpected and lively selection of dance, with introductions by Stephen Petronio, Gus Solomons Jr., and Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer.
She has assembled a lively, varied selection of songs and dances by Dowland, William Byrd, John Bartlet, John Coprario and Charles Tessier that include either texts or music that Lady Rich was known to have inspired or performed.
A late Brancusi, the regal "Fish" of 1930, indicates the precedent for this lively selection, where nearly everything is from the same inter-war decade, 1929-39.
Après Après-Ski Park City's Main Street has a lively and varied selection of party spots that makes bar-hopping a snap.
On the vegetarian hors d'oeuvres plate, a lively and colorful selection of assorted salads included pickled onions, paper-thin shavings of fresh fennel with oranges, and mustardy grated carrot.
In her opinion, it would help if the required reading lists included livelier selections.
And for a lively take on the verse of Shakespeare, it is hard to go past the late Ted Hughes's selection.
