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...asked Megan E. Popkin ’11 these kinds of questions in order to prepare her for her role in his most recent film, “Fell in Love with a Dead Boy.” The film, which will be screened this Saturday in the Carpenter Center, focuses on the experience of a young woman who loses her vision as she develops an obsession with John F. Kennedy ’40. Seeking to explore the boundaries between biography and fiction, Bethel created a fictional character comprised of elements of Popkin’s own life...
...small playing groups call themselves camerata,” explains Anna H. de Bakker ’10, who sings the alto part in the vocal ensemble, “and we were making a pun.” The program that Camerata Obscura will be presenting on Saturday May 2 at 2:30 at Adolphus Busch Hall, titled “Music of Lament,” showcases music’s ancient past. Camerata Obscura is a small group composed of five singers that come together for Arts First. “We’re small?...
...illusions.” Then he pauses. “They’re tricks, not illusions,” he says. Founded in 2001, the Magic Society currently counts about half a dozen active members, each an expert in a different kind of magic. On Saturday, the group will enchant audiences both young and old with their craft in the annual Arts First Magic Show. The group has talent, Miller says, and past shows have been very successful. “It is always a lot of fun,” he says. Members lose and find coins...
When it comes to comedy careers, Carol Leifer has been there, done that. Besides being a popular stand-up comedian, Leifer, 52, is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer for work on shows like Seinfeld, Larry Sanders and Saturday Night Live. But it's her personal résumé that is the main focus of her entertaining new book, When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win (Villard). Leifer's notable relationship history has included two famous former boyfriends (comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser), one not-famous former husband, a female partner for the past 12 years...
...pound gorilla in the room is the reason many poorer children don't get a good education is that education is not stressed at home. I am a teacher in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country, and the students have after-school programs and Saturday academy and even go to school during Christmas vacation yet remain way behind their suburban counterparts. Most of the parents would rather their kids be street smart than book smart. Arne Duncan cites schools that have longer hours as being more successful, yet there are plenty that aren't. If Duncan wants...