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...array of lecturers and panelists at the New College Theatre.The Ballets Russes harkens back to Great War glamour and intrigue—a time that recalls Proust, Joyce, Picasso, Stravinsky and Diaghilev all meeting for one legendary, mouthwatering dinner at the Paris Majestic, in the midst of the intellectual phenomenon that was the early 20th century modernist movement. Diaghilev introduced the novel idea that dance must exist not on its own but as a climactic collaboration between first-rate painters, musicians, and composers. The willingness of men from Picasso, Matisse, and Rouault to Ravel, Debussy and Stravinsky to collaborate with...
...office and told her she should intern at the prestigious Bell Labs, where he had done research as an undergraduate.The experience resulted in her joining Bell Labs as a member of the technical staff after she received her doctorate.“Bell Labs was a unique phenomenon in the history of science,” says Federico Capasso, a professor of applied physics at SEAS who was at Bell Labs with Murray. “You were working at the frontier of science and technology—it was a whirlwind of innovation and invention...
...turned to with their fourth album, “Now We Can See.” That is, to put it bluntly, no direction at all.Since forming in 2002, the Thermals have enjoyed a relatively comfortable living on a fan base fattened in no small part by the Pitchfork phenomenon. Unique among the bands in that tent, however, the Thermals cultivated a certain sound of fetishized outrage that looked faithfully back at the examples set by the impassioned lyrics of Joe Strummer and the infectious hooks of Buzzcocks singles. Their first album, “More Parts Per Million...
...needs tabloids when there’s Twitter? Posting a shocking 1,382 percent increase in visitors year-over-year since February 2008, Twitter is the latest phenomenon in the recent surge of social interaction applications that have transformed the very idea of communication. A steady stream of constantly updated, readily available information has accompanied the emergence of an increasingly exhibitionist public. Moving beyond the sphere of interpersonal relations, this trend has crept into the artistic realm, raising questions about the status of art and its exhibition in society.Once predominantly a static creation relegated to the gallery or stage...
...does one other thing too: it regulates fever. Generations of parents of autistic kids have reported that when their child runs a fever, the symptoms of autism seem to abate. When the fever goes down, the symptoms return. In 2007, a paper in the journal Pediatrics reported on that phenomenon and confirmed that, yes, the parents' observations are right. What no one had done before, at least not formally, was tie it to the locus coeruleus - that is, until Drs. Dominick Purpura and Mark Mehler of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine published the idea this week...