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...SEPTEMBER Swedish geographer Ulf Erlingsson argued in a new book that Atlantis is in fact Ireland, and the legend was inspired by the fate of the Dogger Bank, which sank into the North Sea in 6,100 B.C. SPRING 2005 A diving expedition led by French archaeologist Jacques Collina-Girard will try to prove that Atlantis lies just west of the Straits of Gibraltar. His team believes Plato exaggerated the city's splendors, and will look for signs of prehistoric civilization rather than temples of gold...
...Bertrand (Andy Riel), by dint of becoming the fastest checkout clerk on the Eastern seaboard, has been given the honor of making an inspirational speech, but before his speech he has gotten drunk and cloistered himself in the bathroom to vomit. He is encouraged by his co-worker Gary Girard (Kevin LaVelle) and tormented by the diabolical Stuart Steadfast (Greg Luzitano), who wants to steal his glory. Stuart’s momentary presence is the best part of this sequence; his cruel, demonic laughter is accompanied by melodramatic flashes of thunder and lightning. The rest of the sketch tends...
...surprise then that some of the best designs from the past are being dusted off and reissued for today's consumer. Maharam, a century-old textile manufacturer, recently introduced its Textiles of the 20th Century series, which includes fabrics by mid-century icons like Alexander Girard and Ray and Charles Eames. "The fact that these were designed 50 years ago and are still as attractive as ever allows people to feel like they're not investing in something that is going to look like 2004 three years from now," says company co-owner Michael Maharam. George Nelson's oversize...
Remy (Remy Girard) Is dying of cancer. But this voluble professor, whose job and joy it was to spill out his opinions while his students took notes, is not about to change his m.o. just because he's in a Montreal hospital bed. So he thunders on about the long-ago killing of "200 million" American natives by European armies--"The greatest holocaust in history happened right here"--and snipes that his businessman son (Stephane Rousseau) "is a puritanical capitalist, while I am a sensual socialist." If Fox News had a left-wing channel in Quebec, Remy would...
Organized by Women In Color, the event will bring themes such as gender, race, class and sexuality together with riveting art and entertainment. Student performers include new band Forced Premise (comprised of four Lampoon dudes) and singer-songwriters Liz Carlisle and Juliet Girard, as well as a spate of spoken word artists. Promises to be a funky and liberating show, with complementary coffee and donuts. 8 p.m. Friday. $3 door. Winthrop...