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...GRANGE PARK OPERA Near Winchester in Hampshire, the theater is a converted orangery, the mansion itself houses the restaurant. Fields and woods make the perfect backdrop for a picnic - eat in the big tent or a private Indian pavilion (but make note: if you bring more than one servant, you must book a separate pavilion for them). At season's end, some productions move briefly to Nevill Holt in Leicestershire, a medieval house with a theater in the old stables. Rare treats this season are Michel Legrand's 1964 marriage-of-convenience saga Les Parapluies de Cherbourg and Sergei Prokofiev...
...quality of the discussion, and the level of involvement and interest there, was inspiring for me. So I’m definitely looking forward to getting back in the classroom.” That excitement, however, extends beyond the bounds of the classroom. Against the backdrop of mounting partisan fervor, the political landscape will likely be ripe for impassioned back-and-forth. “It’s going to be a pretty politically charged spring with lots of jockeying on both sides of the political aisle because you don’t have a president or vice-president...
...white Southerners. In '92 Ross Perot declared on the set of Larry King Live, in keeping with his spontaneous nature. Al Gore tried out Carthage, Tenn., in 2000, but his home state ultimately rejected him. Contenders for 2008 will want to stress their strengths, and TIME has some backdrop suggestions for the candidates who haven't yet made it official...
From Out of Africa and Cry Freedom to The Constant Gardener and Catch a Fire, Hollywood has paraded its love for stories about Africa--as long as they're mostly about white people. The poignant suffering of the blacks is a backdrop to the play of Danny's mixed motives. And, honestly, that's enough, since DiCaprio, here as in The Departed, proves himself the most watchful and watchable actor of his age. Since his teens, he has known how to make moral dilemmas seem both profound and sexy, and at 32 he just keeps getting better...
...GOOD SHEPHERD Period thriller set against a backdrop of a secretive New England society known for its barbaric rituals: Yale University's Skull and Bones THE DEPARTED Profane thriller set against a backdrop of a secretive New England society known for its barbaric rituals: Boston's Irish...