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Live performance is part of the appeal. "There is this mystical thing that happens between the audience and the performer that is impossible to get from a DVD. It is an ancient thing that is very difficult to explain but you know it when you are there. As a performer I find that incredibly intoxicating," says Tate...
...would still turn out to be the mostly nice, libertarian, conformist, intelligent, and morally apathetic generation that we are today. After all, that’s who applied, and that’s who got in. This, actually, is Harvard’s problem, not the focus on ancient Greek history or African history. Why, for example, do all the Ph.D.’s come from liberal arts bastions like Reed College and Swarthmore, while the best and richest university in all the land is a mere feeder school, to use a familiar term, for the i-banks...
...infusion of hues in “Gods in Color,” one of the latest exhibits to fill the rooms of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, running from Sept. 22, 2007 to Jan. 20, 2008. The presupposed norm of white marble sculptures representing the purity of ancient Greece and Rome is washed away by the brilliant, bold, and rich colors that are now bestowed on replicas of these sculptures. EVERYDAY PEOPLE Obviously, color is pivotal in experiencing this collection, making “Gods in Color” a refreshing and thought-provoking look at Greek and Roman...
...CARCASSONNE: Latter-day élites can see just how merry life might have been for them in the Middle Ages by booking the medieval banquet at the Hôtel de la Cité, tel: (33-4) 6871 9871. Located within the southern French town's ancient citadel, the hotel is a splendid venue for you and 25 of your favored henchmen to feast on the likes of suckling pig, while jugglers, fire eaters, sword-playing duelers and other menials perform for your amusement. Afterward, sleep off the wassailing in the Villa, a discreet building that is the hotel...
...HOLY CROSS (2-2)Over the last six seasons, Brown has the most overtime losses (it lost in double-OT against URI last week) in the Ivy League with four. Princeton has the most wins with five. Harvard (3-0) is the only undefeated Ancient Eight squad in bonus time in that span and Columbia (0-1) the only squad without a win. Prediction: Holy Cross 30, Brown 17PENN (0-3) VS. GEORGETOWN (0-5)You know who was a good woman? The Chief on Carmen Sandiego.Prediction: Penn 26, Georgetown 13COLUMBIA (1-2, 0-1) AT LAFAYETTE (3-1)Also...