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...early work with the AIDS virus. Matthew F. Basilico ’08, the HAC president, said HAC members had worked hard over the past week to promote campus-wide awareness of the debilitating disease, which, to date, has killed more people than all the wars in the 20th century combined and continues to kill 3 million people each year worldwide. The general level of apathy is something we need to combat,” he said. “The future leaders of the world are here, and we want to make sure the future movers and shakers...
...unique kind of theatrical experience. It’s not your typical musical and it’s not your typical opera,” Goldman writes. “It is very accessible to the audience even though it was written at the turn of 20th century, and it is a lot of fun to watch.”The HRG&S Players began planning the production of “Ruddigore” seven months ago, and hired Krause, a professional operatic stage director and opera singer. He is supervising a cast and crew that have...
...City's Upper East Side, he knew he was sharing his love of Viennese art and design with the world, but he probably didn't think he would be setting a fashion trend. The Wiener Werksttte and the Secessionist movement that came out of Vienna in the early 20th century are influencing fashion and home design. Fabric manufacturer Maharam has reissued the fabrics of Dagobert Peche, and young designers like Proenza Schouler are picking up on the colors and graphic detail of the period...
...ZEISEL A sensuous, multifunctional shape with a pedigreed past is reborn. Originally created in 1952 by the world-renowned Hungarian ceramics designer Eva Zeisel, the Classic Century teapot makes a comeback in a creamy neutral. Zeisel, considered one of the foremost designers of the 20th century, created sculptural pieces with rounded curves, arches, teardrops and wave motifs. Out of production for many years, during which it became a collector's item, this timeless piece of high-fired earthenware was resurrected exclusively for Crate & Barrel...
...take the utopian aspiration of the Jacobin revolutionaries for an eternal truth. In 1790, Father Henri Gregoire pointed out that most French citizens did not speak French, and he made a long list of the various regional dialects and languages spoken in France. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many immigrants settled in France. Among the 10 most common family names in France today, one can find “Garcia...