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...cited the tale of 12th century monk Eversham Abbey, who was said to have seen Christ bloody in heaven and attempting to drink his own blood while in a trance...
That the monk would dare to swallow Christ’s blood, that this act would engender joy and the notion that Christ would be bloody and disfigured in heaven, she said, testifies to the violent turn religion took during the Middle Ages...
IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE. Where would you like to visit after you die? The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 155th spoof takes you through Heaven, Hell, and Limbo in a production of Divine Comedy proportions. Meet Rabbi Noah Fense, Nun Taken, and the Roman General Curtis Interruptus. Hilarious. Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets $25 weekdays, $27 weekends. Group discounts available. Through Wednesday, March 19. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke...
...match made in mythological-heaven. In Greek lore, Pleiades is a group of seven sisters renowned for their beauty and immortalized by Zeus as a constellation. In the Harvard Bookstore, Pleiades is an obscure literary magazine published by Central Missouri State University. And in the Harvard social milieu, Pleiades is a recently formed quasi-sorority. FM played matchmaker, uniting the social club and the magazine to explore their eponymous obscurity...
Serious actress, sex goddess. Movies haven't seen that combo since the era of Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale, when European stars commuted between homegrown and Hollywood films. A later generation had less luck: Isabelle Huppert's first big U.S. film was Heaven's Gate, and Isabelle Adjani's was Ishtar--two signal flops of the '80s. Penelope Cruz has yet to look comfortable in a U.S. film. Bellucci knows the odds, and she has the ambition. "It's so difficult for a European actress to have the chance to work internationally," she says. "But if you want to make...