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...intellect, to the senses, to the spirit." That is precisely what they do in this survey of down-home paintings, needlecraft, carvings and sculpture, like Clark Coe's wood-and-metal Man on a Hog. Most ambitious of all are the free-spirited constructions like James Hampton's altar assembled from garage-sale recyclings covered in silver and gold foil...
...Christmas tree traditionally every year. For any group who wants to put up their own holiday display, like a pagan altar, we provide matching funds," said Olivier A. Manuel '96, co-chair of the Adams House Committee...
Both the men and women in "Company" are ambivalent about love and commitment. Amy (Samara Levenstein, ideally cast) frets and over-analyzes her way to the altar to marry quiet, sensitive Paul (deftly played by Paul Siemens). On the other hand, Harry and Sarah (Doug Rand and Kate deLima) extol the virtues of life-long committment while barely disguising their hostility toward one another. DeLima perfectly captures her character's sexual frustration, which she vents in a hilarious scene about food-related auto-eroticism...
...chief witness, who just happens to be the foster daughter of Wenatchee's sole sex-crimes investigator, Robert Perez--of myriad acts of child abuse, allegedly carried out not in furtive encounters but in bizarre sex parties at their church. Lurid reports describe orgies and ritual sacrifice on the altar, with Roberson and his congregation of perverts shouting "Hallelujah!" after what D.E. calls "the wild thing...
...poodle collars, urine-filled snow globes or bare-bottomed Barbie dolls. Indeed, the items are often striking but decidedly noncontroversial. There is a plate decorated with one of Mapplethorpe's virginal-looking calla-lily photos (price: $125) and a sand-filled "remembrance box" designed by Finley as a "personal altar" to dead loved ones ($54). One can also buy a cardboard chair that supports a 250-lb. person ($35), as well as assorted candles, lamps, place mats, letter openers and dog toys...