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...constantly invented to make consumers more comfortable with new goods such as clothing or cosmetic procedures. Harvard’s orgasm workshop works within the same economy. Those among us who would find an ally in the market should, however, remember that its friendship is fickle: commercial activity will adapt to conveying whatever political and cultural messages sell the product...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua | Title: Buy and Be Free! | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

Despite the half-hearted attempt to adapt the setting and costumes from nineteenth-century Russia to what appears to be the Hamptons, this production of the play still remains strikingly modern in its conflicts and emotions...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Despite Updates, ‘Seagull’ Soars | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

...Shoe Diaries before landing a job on NYPD Blue under celebrated writer guru David Milch. But struggling for years imbued him with an uncommon sense of purpose. After winning an Oscar for Traffic in 2001, Gaghan turned down seven-figure offers to write the fourth Indiana Jones movie and adapt The Da Vinci Code. Instead, inspired by an anecdote about an oil lobbyist in See No Evil, a memoir by former CIA officer Robert Baer, Gaghan decided to make a complex, journalistic movie about the politics of crude. "It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "So, You Ever Kill Anybody?" | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...premier campus fall event before the proliferation of fall House formals, drawing more than 4,000 students some years, according to executive co-producer Meghan V. Joyce ’06. “The Citystep ball has always been successful, but we’re trying to adapt to Harvard’s changing social scene,” Joyce said. Last year, the “Creative Black Tie” event was held at The Roxy, and tonight, the party will be at Axis, a trendy Boston nightclub. And to make the party fun for as many...

Author: By Andrea M. Mayrose, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Goodbye, Citystep Ball, Goodbye | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...this internal uproar spark the downfall of the Club? Did Martha, Abby, and Mary threaten to reveal The Club’s secrets? Or perhaps The Club’s death was inevitable—a species that could not survive due to its failure to adapt? The answer remains a mystery...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Doherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Old Girls’ Club | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

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