Dance / Ballet Print - 'the Swan (2 Versions)' - Clearance

Dance/Ballet Print/Photo11 x 14" C Print - signed.lustre finish paper, 1/2" white marginDancer: Amy A. The Dying Swan

Does “Bridge” rate as one of Spielberg’s best? Not entirely, since it’s overly drawn out, notably near the end. But that’s a minor complaint for a mature drama that demands rapt attention and prefers studied execution over frenetic pacing. One distinct pleasure is watching Spielberg reunite with Hanks for a fourth time. Hanks’ likability fits snugly with the character of Brooklyn lawyer James Donovan, a decent family man who’s pitched into the political schematics of spy trading. He’s been saddled with a no-win case, defending alleged Soviet spy Rudolf Abel (Rylance), a soft-spoken artist who cinches his belt too tightly above the waistline and adopts the look of a nerd rather than a threatening agent.

Donovan realizes it’s not an appealing assignment, and his wife (Amy Ryan) is none too pleased he’s leading the defense, In fact, everyone is hostile toward Donovan, who wants to see a fair trial even if a let’s-get-him judge and public don’t, To no one’s surprise, Abel winds up with a guilty verdict, But the trajectory of his fate changes when the American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (Austin dance / ballet print - 'the swan (2 versions)' Stowell) is shot down over Russia while he’s surreptitiously snapping pictures, As the Russians slap the American spy with a 10-year sentence, the Berlin Wall is going up and dividing East and West, Meanwhile, an unfortunate American student, Frederic Pryor (Will Rogers), gets caught in the middle and is arrested in East Berlin, assumed to be a spy..

This eventually fuels a complex, grand plan for a spy swap, a delicate dance that teeters on the verge of collapse at any moment, and an insistence from Donovan to make Pryor part of the exchange. Spielberg and his screenwriting team relish conveying the machinations that went into the deal-making, demonstrating how uneasy political times led to finessed, chesslike maneuvering to retrieve spies in an intense trade-off at Glienicke Bridge in 1962. The cast is ideal. While Hanks is as good as ever and makes us root for a man who wants to do the right thing, it is Rylance who stands out. From Spielberg’s metaphorically dense opening sequence in which his character is painting a self-portrait of his vexingly low-key responses to his attorney, Rylance creates an unforgettably unique individual.

Adults and children filled the library to enjoy Korean dance, music, martial arts, crafts and traditional food, along with the official presentation of the collection by the Honorable Consul General of the Republic dance / ballet print - 'the swan (2 versions)' of Korea Dongman Han, The donation, which includes about 1,900 new and gently-used books, is spearheaded by the Tri-Valley Korean American Parents’ Association and covers a wide spectrum of reading material, said Sandy Silva, assistant director of library services, “There are materials for children and materials for adults,” Silva said, “Most of it is print, but there are some DVDs, They also are donating subscriptions to a Korean magazine and newspaper, There’s quite a nice assortment in terms of children’s books — picture books, fiction and nonfiction, And this is just the beginning; this will be an ongoing effort.”..

The idea for the donation came from members of the parents’ group, which has served the Tri-Valley Korean community for 13 years, said spokeswoman Seungmin Im, of Pleasanton. “We started with a small group of moms who were in a new environment in America,” she said. “We started with a book club for children … (now) we have a children’s choir, children’s orchestra, a moms’ choir and sometimes we offer seminars for parents with a speaker. We recently offered a Common Core seminar for Korean parents.”.

The organization numbers about 300 families, and operates 60 book clubs for children in elementary through high school, The group serves many needs, with long-term members working to help newly arrived families learn about their new country, “Most of the families are immigrants,” Im said, “It’s hard to adjust to a new place, If dance / ballet print - 'the swan (2 versions)' someone has lived here for a long time or has new information, they can help with that … if someone needs a translator for the school district, we offer that, too.”..

The donation of Korean-language reading material was an effort to fill a basic need, she said. “We want to have Korean books in local libraries because there are so many of us in the Pleasanton area, but it’s not easy to find Korean-language books,” she explained. “We have a small library at our office, but we thought having them for the public would be great. We asked for some help from the (Korean) consulate in San Francisco. We got donations for this event and some materials from the Korean embassy and government, but most of the books are from our families.”.

The parents’ group dance / ballet print - 'the swan (2 versions)' also received support from the Overseas Korean Foundation, Librarians carved out room for the collections despite a chronic lack of shelf space, said Silva, “We had a Korean collection, but it was quite old,” she said, “That was a children’s collection; we didn’t have one for adults, So this creates a collection for adults and replaces the collection for children.”, The library hopes to add a sampling of Korean music to the collection and to expand the resources over time, in part with ongoing donations from parents’ organization, It all will be well-used by the Korean community, Silva said..

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