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...performance.The play chronicles the life of a modern Hester—re-imagined by Parks as a homeless African-American woman living under a bridge with five illegitimate children—and her interactions with various figures of society who exploit her for their own gains.The decision to perform “In the Blood” came after director Faith O. Imafidon ’07 and several other cast and production members were exposed to Parks’ works through Assistant Professor Glenda R. Carpio’s course on Contemporary African-American Literature.“Faith...
...reigning NCAA Champion Harvard fencing teams posted mixed results in their season debut at the Garret Penn State Collegiate Open this weekend, with the women’s team racking up an impressive tally of successes while a slightly limited men’s squad put on a lackluster performance. The Crimson’s women foilists set a blistering pace for the year to come, as junior captain and reigning junior world champion Emily Cross placed No. 1 and freshman Arielle Pensler finished No. 4. All four competing Harvard foilists finished in the tournament?...
...series called “The New Group Therapies.”“Here in the museum, the whole situation that [these objects] were created for is not present,” says Reyes. “You see a document that is a record of that performance.” One of the videos in the series, entitled “Instant Rock Star,” features several prop guitars of varying shapes and sizes which become active pieces of art when Reyes invites passersby to use them and perform to a song of their choosing...
...currency.Such sexual leverage facilitates relationships in “Seinfeld” as well—when Jerry presses George to explain why he stopped seeing a woman just because she beat him at chess, he says, “I don’t see how I could perform sexually in a situation after something like that.” But Larry David’s characters are so well-defined—by their self-centeredness and neuroses—that such behavior never undermines the verisimilitude of the drama. Part of Rhimes’ trouble is that...
...this traditionally Republican state has been changing demographics. Sixty percent of the state's growth since 2000 has come from the Northern Virginia suburbs outside Washington - areas that are heavily Democratic. In 2005, Democrat Tim Kaine easily won the governor's race in Virginia; though he didn't perform as well in rural areas as outgoing Democratic governor Mark Warner did in 2001, he compensated by running very well in Northern Virginia...