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...case in point. Born in a tiny 100-seat theater in Wellington, Vula now comfortably fills the Sydney Opera House's Playhouse space. Its success has been buoyed by a growing international demand for Pacific stories, with playwright Toa Fraser's film version of the Fijian family epic, No. 2, recently taking out the audience prize at Sundance. And when Nawalowalo takes Vula home to Fiji for the first time next month, she'll begin researching her next work, Masi, named after the Fijian word for tapa cloth-making. To this age-old tradition, one can already see Nawalowalo bringing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lunar Attraction | 6/12/2006 | See Source »

That effort has evolved into the Cheesecake Factory's epic epicurean tasting trips. Twice a year, Overton and his team of R&D chefs visit the best restaurants in New York City, London, Singapore and other cities. A recent New York itinerary included Mario Batali's Del Posto, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's Morimoto and Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Spice Market. A weeklong trip might include three lunches and dinners every day, during which they often taste every item on the menu--plus snacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catering To the Melting Pot | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...yard scoring scamper by O’Hagan.With its title hopes still alive, the team traveled to Yale for The Game needing a win and a Brown loss to last-place Columbia to lock up a share of the crown. Harvard did its part, winning 30-24 in epic, comeback fashion in a historic 122nd playing of the rivalry. But Brown also took care of business, handling the Lions 52-21 to lock up the championship.After the thrill of beating Yale wore off, some recognized what could have been. “There was definitely the exhilaration of beating Yale...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Repeat Title Just Out of Reach After Strong Finish | 6/5/2006 | See Source »

...sharply. According to University Police Captain Matthew F. Toohy, over 5,000 members of the University operated automobiles. But there was no place to put them: as the number of cars in the Square expanded, parking facilities barely grew at all, and congestion in Harvard Square began to reach epic proportions. Most Harvard motorists had to navigate a series of hurdles as they tried to park their cars, including the ever-present threats of tickets and towings, and a 1930 city ordinance that prohibited overnight parking on public roads.HELL ON WHEELSThe students who had cars found resourceful ways to deal...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Car Crunch | 6/3/2006 | See Source »

...well-attended BookExpo buzz panel, Vikram Chandra's massive debut novel (1,000-plus pages) was championed by HarperCollins' publisher, who promised that the book will "do for Indian literature what 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' did for South American literature." Amazon.co.uk gives a preview of the tome: "This epic novel draws the reader deep into the life of detective Sartaj Singh and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publishing's Next Page Turners | 6/2/2006 | See Source »

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