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...SOCIETY'S production at the Agassiz does full justice to Iolanthe. Here and there, of course, there are minor disappointments--probably due to lack of money rather than lack of talent. The scenery for the opening act in Fairyland looks fourth grade-ish: it consists of three huge white bedsheets painted green and hung as sylvan backdrops. The other set, though--Joe Mobilia's piquant idea of what the Houses of Parliament look like is much better, though whether Rarry or Pugin would recognize it is a good question...
...most of you have heard or read about THE JAR COLLECTION, the unique assortment of hand blown flint glass apothecary jars created over a century ago to house and display the remarkable collections assembled by Louis Agassiz during the first years of The Museum of Comparative Zoology...
...information from all over the world. Some became wedding presents in Bogota, others were acquired for the permanent collections of the Sandwich Glass Museum and The Corning Museum of Glass. Thirty are being set in wood plaques for a Pennsylvania glass firm, while another went to London with Agassiz's great-great-great grandson. Most of them, of course, simply become treasured mementos of the great age of Cambridge glassmaking, and remainders of a noted naturalist and traditions he fostered at Harvard. They usually end up holding herbs, tea, cookies, tobacco, sea shells, or just sitting in the sun where...
...each one is cataloged and numbered. Long after the last one is sold (nationwide sales have already eliminated five categories), our master catalog will pinpoint each owner and every jar. Each is accompanied with its certificate, signed by our curator, and a special illustrated booklet detailing the history of Agassiz, the collection, and the New England Glass Company, where they were made...
...past few years, is making his directorial debut If this show is up to the standard of past G & S productions, it may well be the highlight of the winter theater season. Buy your tickets now; by next week they'll be impossible to come by. At the Agassiz, December...