Word: backlit
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...York City's Lexington Avenue, was Starwood's first W ever. The 10-year-old hotel has just finished a complete bed-and-bath renovation of all of its 688 rooms and suites. Some swanky touches: brand-new pillow-top beds with white duvets, headboards inlaid with backlit photos, flat-screen TVs in every room, ceilings painted aubergine, LED lights around the windows and bed that allow you to create mood lighting. To mark the occasion, from now until Dec. 31, the hotel is offering a "Renovation Package," including a head-to-toe Bliss Spa gift set, two glasses...
...European melodies emerged to complement the African chant, finding common ground between the two distinct systems of tonality.The video accompaniment further emphasized the common ground between the two traditions, showing parallel shots of a priest gesturing with a prayer staff and a symphony conductor waving a baton. The priest, backlit by torchlight flickering through plumes of smoke, held the maqwammiya like a microphone as he chanted.But Astatke resists the temptation to blindly search for an Ethiopian counterpart to every European tradition. Although some first-generation immigrants may accuse him of polluting Ethiopian culture, Astatke deliberately avoids isolating the Ethiopian elements...
...polished and professional. Turning the Dunster House dining hall, grand as it is, into a useable venue for opera is no small feat and the set designed by Thalassa G. Raasch ’09 is a success because its functionality makes the most of a challenging space. A backlit screen offers the opportunity for stage director Matthew M. Spellberg ’09 to display two locations to the audience at the same time. The one major set change is seamless as two large doors open to replace a living room with a garden landscape.The talented cast fills Raasch?...
...polished and professional. Turning the Dunster House dining hall, grand as it is, into a useable venue for opera is no small feat and the set designed by Thalassa G. Raasch ’09 is a success because its functionality makes the most of a challenging space. A backlit screen offers the opportunity for stage director Matthew M. Spellberg ’09 to display two locations to the audience at the same time. The one major set change is seamless as two large doors open to replace a living room with a garden landscape.The talented cast fills Raasch?...
...Coco Banana, Cargo and Angel, each competing with its neighbors to be bigger, brighter and louder. But on the other side of the road, the offices and shops are shuttered and dark by late evening when revelers start pouring out of taxis. Only one discrete neon sign is visible, backlit white letters above a small stairway picking out the name, "Destination," Beijing's premier gay club...