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Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble: "Make music, not war"
The Virginia Arts Festival presents Yo-Yo Ma and the "Silk Road Ensemble," in concert at Chrysler Hall, Feb. 25.
"Make music, not war" was easily the idealized subtext of the eagerly anticipated appearance of celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his "Silk Road Ensemble," performing as a prelude to the April opening of the Virginia Arts Festival's 10th season.
Ma formed the Silk Road Project in 1998 "...to promote collaboration and a sense of community among institutions, artists, and audiences who share a fascination with the transcultural artistic organization symbolized by the ancient Silk Road" which, some 2100 years ago, extended from Japan and China across Central Asia to India, Iran, and the regions associated with the Mediterranean Sea.
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Dresses dominate at New York Fashion Week
A woman's best bet for spring fashion success? It's still the dress. But the spring 2008 styles shown at Wednesday's opening of New York Fashion Week were more loose and feminine than the ladylike, polished fall fashions now in stores. Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. collection offered both mod frocks and sexy sheaths. BCBG Max Azria showed sheer, flowy dresses, while Abaete turned to '40s-inspired sheaths and halters for the collections shown at Bryant Park. .
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