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...habits die hard--especially at Harvard. Last month's minor furor surrounding changes in control of the Adams House "Oak Leaf," the weekly house newsletter, proves it. Some went ballistic, others were happy and a third group--maybe a majority--didn't really care. Still, Adamsians' reactions are a gentle sign that the non-ordered-choice lottery system has failed its mission and that the College should move toward full randomization...
...structure of this musical offers several opportunities for star turns. Jessica Walling is wonderful as Cinderella. A terrific actor, she is credible in a fairly ludicrous role. Walling makes Cinderella's conversation with origami birds and her prayer to an oak tree seem completely normal. Of all the characters in Into the Woods, it is probably Cinderella who changes the most. Walling does a good job of portraying this growing maturity, making it look both natural and logical...
...southeastern Indiana is littered with 1.5 million unexploded artillery shells; officials are torn between footing a $6 billion cleanup bill and simply padlocking the place and throwing away the key. In June a midnight blast equal to 4,700 lbs. of TNT rocked the sleepy Washington suburb of White Oak, Maryland, whose residents had long since forgotten the naval chemical-ordnance bunker in their midst. Says Ralph De Gennaro, senior specialist with Friends of the Earth: "Every day we learn more about the Pentagon's environmental pollution. The public still has only a piece of the puzzle...
...arrived is the presence of performers like Little Richard, who are more familiar on the adult circuit. Cabaret singer Michael Feinstein recorded Pure Imagination, 19 children's songs from musicals and films. Last summer, Disney released Country Music for Kids, featuring Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris and the Oak Ridge Boys. However they play it, this music isn't just kid stuff anymore...
When Morris joined Mikhail Barishnikov along with a small group of renowned modern and ballet dancers in the White Oak Dance Project, Dance Umbrella hosted the premiere performance. Now Morris works with Dance Umbrella six weeks out of every year as an artist-in-residence...