THE STANFORD ARTS REVIEW

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Star Shadows, No Viviré, Cold Virtues, and Oh, Inverted World!

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by DORIA CHARLSON 

Smuin Ballet’s winter program, a mainstay of the San Francisco Bay Area arts scene for almost 20 years, boasts five pieces — three revivals of Smuin’s own choreography, in addition to a piece each by Adam Houghland and Trey McIntyre. Despite the imbalanced program (the second half was much stronger than the first), Smuin’s troupe did not fail to entertain.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring: The Mauritshuis at the de Young

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by GEORGE PHILIP LEBOURDAIS

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. - Matthew 13:45

Kaart, kous en kan maken menig arm man. (Card [gambling], stocking [women] and jug [drinking] make many a man poor.) – Dutch Proverb

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