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Temple of Learning
Cover Feature, Current
In his 1941 short story “The Library of Babel,” Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges imagines an infinite series of hexagonal galleries filled with books that contain all human knowledge. The only trick is that the real books are mixed in with every possible variation of their text. Babel’s librarians go insane trying to find the books with actual meaning amid the nonsense.
by Claire Vail
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Lia Cirio’s parents say she came out of the womb dancing. “I was always moving around,” she recalls. “I had the little tutu pajamas and all that stuff. But my core childhood memory is going to ‘The Nutcracker.’ All I wanted was to be Clara.” Cirio is Clara. She’s also Princess Aurora from “The Sleeping Beauty,” Odette from “Swan Lake,” Nikiya from “La Bayadère,” and all the roles she has danced and portrayed over the course of 22 years as one of Boston Ballet’s principal dancers.
On Pointe: Boston Ballet Principal Dancer Lia Cirio
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After a decade and a half of leading The Celebrity Series of Boston, now Vivo Performing Arts, one of the city’s most influential cultural institutions, Gary Dunning is preparing to step away. Thanks to his long-term vision and thoughtful planning, the organization he leaves behind is adroitly positioned to serve the evolving tastes of Boston audiences.













