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...they are lucky, novices may actually see one of Mars' ice caps or its broad, bright plains, but conditions would have to be perfect. Even without a telescope or a guide, there will be no mistaking the brilliant red starlike object that rises in the east just as the sun is setting and continues to climb higher throughout the evening. With Venus currently hidden by the sun's glare, only the moon will outshine Mars...
...when television is dominated by made-up competitions pitting brainless pretty people against other brainless pretty people--Fear Factor, Survivor, etc.--it is the brilliant uglies of the World Series who have provided some of the best human drama of the summer. On every episode, intelligence is rewarded, hubris is punished, millions of dollars change hands, and luck makes a cameo. Perhaps most shocking of all, people are watching. According to Nielsen ratings, World Series (ESPN, Tuesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.) has averaged 1,248,000 viewers during its eight-week run, which ends with a grand finale...
Chaiken with Child has brought the designer new customers, who then stick with Chaiken clothes after they have had their babies. That kind of opportunity is not lost on Gap, which is putting its maternity clothes into stores already stocked with the proven babyGap line. "It's a brilliant strategy," says Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Black. "She's buying maternity clothes and baby clothes. Then the baby clothes turn into kids' clothes, the kids' clothes turn into adult clothes. It's a growing market, no pun intended...
...MASH and Network for a mass audience. It's a familiar thesis--see Peter Biskind's 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls--but well fleshed out with interviews with big names (Scorsese, Coppola, Altman) who rise to the always daunting challenge of explaining why their work was so darn brilliant. The best insights come from actress Julie Christie, who distills the theme of '70s movies--"the quest for freedom"--while pointing out that said quest meant a lot of angry testosterone, making the era better for actors than actresses...
...second piece in Hershey Felder’s “imagination in music,” Romantique transports the audience to a momentous summer evening in a country house outside of Paris where Delacroix, Chopin and George Sand have gathered. Set in 1846, the play is a brilliant fusion of Sand’s revelatory writings, Delacroix’s poignant art and Chopin’s masterful music. Runs Friday, August 1 through Sunday, August 17. Tickets $45; $35 for students, senior citizens and subscribers, available in advance through the ART box office. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle...