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...well-told story is as good a vehicle for this as any. Gugu's house is in Zimbabwe. Her life revolves around painting, rain and stories. The distinctive colors of the local soil, landscape and decorations are vividly rendered and, along with the giant zebra in the courtyard, are not like anything American children are likely to encounter in their neighborhoods...
...residential life, to provide me with a complete personal environment. Which means that if one expects to have Christmas decorations in one’s home, even dining room, then Harvard should accommodate that. And if I want a sukkah (a Jewish temporary ritual structure) in my House courtyard, then the University should also allow me that (which in fact they do), and not force me to hide these parts of me for fear that someone with different needs or desires will feel bad that mine are being...
Still, Dido and Aeneas easily overcomes the few odd choices of its production team and fills the Fogg Courtyard with a top-notch production executed with talent and flair...
...production’s greatest innovations are in staging and utilization of its space. Performed in the Fogg courtyard, the production has to work with an odd space not designed for traditional performance. The director manages not only to conquer the difficulties of the space, but to use the surroundings to the show’s advantage. When a chorus of demon-like figures accompany the sorceress, they appear through the windows and Roman-style arches on the second and third floors. At times, the actors virtually surround the audience, with singing coming from behind the audience and thunder cracking...
...other standards. As such, even interpreted as a religious symbol, a Christmas tree represents only the celebration of a single holiday event—it is not an overt theological statement, as is a crucifix. Like the sukkah, or temporary shelter, that was put up in the Leverett House courtyard during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot earlier in the fall, the Christmas tree should be allowed to stay. Both are, and should be allowed as, legitimate expressions of religiously diverse House communities...