07/19/2002
Paid access archiveFord Tackles Russian Role
When Harrison Ford stars, the audience expects a hero. But ""K-19: The Widowmaker"" is different. Set aboard a Russian nuclear submarine on the verge of a meltdown, it's a true story from the Cold War that's driven by an unusual Ford role.
Cool Cruising Meets Hot Jazz
For a truly unique opportunity to hear some of the country's best jazz, board the four-deck Karl Marx riverboat Friday for a river cruise and 24 hours of nonstop jazz.
Quirky Music Comes Up From the Underground
Street music, long since a recognized art form in the United States, is fast becoming one in Russia as Moscow prepares to host its first international festival of street music.
Two Dark but Gripping Performers
American writer Ruth Margraff week will bring two of her works to the American Center at the Library of Foreign Literature this week.
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During the Age of Enlightenment, a number of scientists experimented with a tantalizing problem: Could the human brain be mimicked mechanically?
The Shops to Head for When It's Showtime
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Beers and Buddhism in Mongolia
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Some Rock With Your Sushi Rolls
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Getting Tangled in a Fresh Web
Fresh, a newly opened club near Baumanskaya metro, beam visitors back to the early 1990s, when club design was dictated by wild New Russians in colorful blazers with gold buttons.
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The Republic, glutted on the blood of conquest, fell into decades of corruption and conflict, lost its treasured liberties and submitted to tyranny.
Ford Tackles Russian Role
When Harrison Ford stars, the audience expects a hero. But ""K-19: The Widowmaker"" is different. Set aboard a Russian nuclear submarine on the verge of a meltdown, it's a true story from the Cold War that's driven by an unusual Ford role.
- Cool Cruising Meets Hot Jazz
- Quirky Music Comes Up From the Underground
- Two Dark but Gripping Performers
- Centering a Century on Dostoevsky
- Of Chess-Playing Machines & The Mysterious Human Mind
- The Shops to Head for When It's Showtime
- Cook's Corner -- Diminutive Desserts
- Beers and Buddhism in Mongolia
- Some Rock With Your Sushi Rolls
- Getting Tangled in a Fresh Web
- Global Eye -- Criminal Intent
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