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Long celebrated by satirist David Williamson as a makeover metropolis consumed with change (Emerald City, Up for Grabs), Sydney also harbors a pluckier spirit; its citizens can hunker down, when fired by a sense of injustice, and fight. That's the message of two new plays strutting the Sydney stage, both inspired by recent public events. 'When people get together," says Harbour's retired wharfie Sandy (Peter Carroll), 'they can give each other the courage to dance through the flames...
...trip to Bangkok is complete without a tour of the city's opulent wats, or Buddhist temples. Tourists are awed by the Emerald Buddha at Wat Phra Kaeo and marvel at Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn . But for those who know where to look, Bangkok and its environs also offer a selection of weirder wats. Consider Wat Hua Krabu, an unassuming temple in the seaside suburb of Bang Kunthien. Stacked amid the incense and amulets are more than 5,000 buffalo skulls, deposited by Thais in the hope of speeding their favorite beasts of burden to a happy reincarnation...
...Europe got curiouser and curiouser in December, as O2 Ireland fired up its 3-G network and CEO Danuta Gray declared that "a limited number of customers" are already using it. It's limited, all right: 25 to be exact, or six phones for every million people on the Emerald Isle - and there won't be any more anytime soon. O2 flipped on its 3-G switch now because Irish regulators require it do so by the end of the year. After all the phone talk, an O2 spokesman said the first significant commercial use of 3-G will...
Patrick Swanson and George Emlen transport audiences to Scotland as directors of this annual performance. With amazing performances from The Auld Reekie Singers, The Laird’s Consort, The Revels Bairns, soloists David Coffin and Jayne Tankersley, Emerald Forman, Highland Dance Boston, The Pinewoods Morris Men and The Cambridge Symphonic Brass this promises to be a breathtaking event. Be prepared to sing and dance as audience participation is more than encouraged. 8:00 pm. Tickets $40, $30, $20 for Adult, children under age 12 $32, $22, $12. Sanders Theater...
...Wizard of Oz. That's the touchstone here, not just in the war of a few good guys against a vicious aerial host but in Neo's trip to the Machine (Emerald) City to meet its virtual vizier--who, as seen on a giant screen, looks a bit like the Oz wiz in the 1939 movie--and learn how to get home...