Word: darkeness
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...work of French dramatist Jean Genet, whose plays are usually associated with Antonin Artaud’s theater of cruelty, and of the style of director Jess R. Burkle ’06, whose spring production, “Knock,” was lauded for its dark comedy. However, I wasn’t prepared for the abject violence of this new script, nor the calculation with which Burkle’s cast and crew approached it. It never lifted my spirits, but its intelligence and precision were overwhelming...
...mesop - Ethiopian tables woven from colored straw - are outside under the palm trees. Soft light is diffused through red and orange velvet umbrellas, and the air is filled with an exotic mix of frankincense, mosquito coils, popcorn and coffee. The dark brew is part of the spiritual and social life in Ethiopia, and patrons can order the coffee ceremony, a half-hour ritual where the beans are ground and roasted in front of you. "We make coffee to satisfy all the senses," says manager Foster Sanga. "You can see, smell, hear, touch and taste it." But it's the food...
...Emergency Wedding Dresses, which both come with pop-up crinolines in an easy-carry bag. At No. 18 Rue des Chartreux, Shampoo & Conditioner, tel: (32-2) 511 0777, is the creative lab of young designers Aude de Wolf and Vanessa Vukicevic who draw their inspiration from contes noirs (dark tales). "Our style is somewhere between little girl and dangerous woman," says Russian-born Vukicevic. Further along at No. 37 is Le Vestiaire, tel: (32-2) 474 601 490; le-vestiaire.com, a workshop and showroom for the quirky casual wear of Caroline Foulon, Valérie Berckmans and Daniel Henry...
...ancient city of Tyre, sitting on a promontory built by Alexander the Great, is famed worldwide for its wealth of archeological treasures. Yet in the past week, Tyre, one-time home of the entrepreneurial Phoenician seafaring race, has become a casualty of the dark side of history, a place of fear, destruction and death caught up in the age-old hatreds of the Middle East...
...city's fabled and glamorous nightlife is almost gone, too, but the Lebanese dark sense of humor remains. In Torino's, a bar in the funky Gemayze district, the bartender, Michael, has written "Raad-1" - a type of rocket Israel claims is being used against it - on the chalkboard usually reserved for announcing the daily specials. Below that: "Shlomo Go Home...