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...productions’s set and costumes were some of its greatest strengths. The set, designed by Stephany Y. Lin ’11, successfully captured the feeling of a dream-like, enchanting forest with its painted border and two trees made with incredible texture. Change in setting was signified gracefully by a switch in backdrop, particularly when the silhouettes of a forest became one of a city to indicate a move from the forest to London. Costume designer Antonia M. Pugilese ’12 emsured that the fairy costumes were appropriately sparkling and whimsical. The costumes...

Author: By Stephanie M Bucklin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Iolanthe' Delights | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...assured them that such a tragedy "won't be repeated". Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos had earlier submitted his resignation, but Karamanlis has refused to accept it, as the fragile center-right government tries to avoid collapse under the weight of the riots. (See pictures of Greece ravaged by forest fires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Greece Is Wracked By Riots | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...Unlike some fandroids, Ackerman actually got married. His wife Wendayne, four years older than Forry, translated SF novels by the German authors Karl Herbert Scheer, Kurt Mahr and Walter Ernsting. She died in 1990 and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., under the marker "Wife of Mr. Science Fiction." On his MySpace page, Forry wrote: "My life companion, Wendayne (the only one in the world) Ackerman, as the aftermath of a mugging in Italy, died some years ago, but not before translating 150 sci-fi novels from French & German, moonlighting while teaching for 20 years at university...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sci-Fi's No. 1 Fanboy, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies at 92 | 12/6/2008 | See Source »

...cites Art Nouveau designs as inspiration for her concept.“‘Iolanthe’ has a very fantastical, imaginative premise, so I wanted to create a sense of other-worldliness,” Lin says. The first act is set in a forest, while the second takes place in London, although the change between the two acts is minimal to preserve the same whimsical feeling throughout the show. Using Miller’s advice and the unique demands of the Agassiz Theatre’s odd dimensions as her starting point, Lin took into account...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Fairy Parody of Party Politics | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...film “Defiance,” about Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, combines Zwick’s dual interest in epic storytelling and intimate human drama. The film documents the amazing true story of the Bielski brothers, who helped thousands of Jews seek refuge in the Belarusian forest and escape the Nazis. Zwick was inspired to document this unique and moving narrative after a friend showed him an obituary in the New York Times for Zus Bielski, one of the brothers. “It was a story of a familiar moment but a very unfamiliar story within...

Author: By April M. Van buren, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Defiance' Mixes History, Humanity | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

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