For Strauss-Kahn, 2 Concerts, and a Stay, in the Berkshires

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On the day Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest, the paparazzi followed him to an Upper East Side restaurant. (One tabloid said the bill for his party of four came to $700.) Later some tabloids, cable channels and Web sites said he was spending the Independence Day weekend in the Hamptons. (He wasn’t.)

But on Thursday, he turned up in another place many New Yorkers go to get away: the wide green lawn of the Boston Symphony’s summer home, Tanglewood, about 140 miles from Midtown Manhattan in Lenox, Mass.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn was back on Friday for a concert with Kurt Masur as the conductor and the cellist Lynn Harrell as the soloist. Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who had orchestra seats in the famed music shed, declined to talk to a reporter.

The Thursday performance was a recital by the Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider playing a 170-year-old instrument that was once Fritz Kreisler’s. Appearing with him was the pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar, who played a far newer Steinway.

full: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/nyregion/strauss-kahn-attends-two-concerts-in-the-berkshires.html

Hmm, why does he want to go out in public? Is he sure he can avoid the nasty looks, or are people confident enough to know he's probably an innocent victim of false accusations?

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1. DSK has all the right to kick it hard in the USA

Until he's proven guilty.

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2. Or maybe nobody gives a damn. They came for the music.

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3. Nasty looks for DSK in Tanglewood on a lovely summer evening?

Doubtful.