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...modeling a colorful array of getups. The theme of this year’s show, hosted by BlackCAST (Community and Student Theater), was “Elements of Desire,” with four acts centered on Earth, Fire, Water, and Air motifs. Each scene displayed a different color scheme: Earth models wore brown-tones, Fire models wore red-tones, Water models wore blue-tones, and Air models wore metallic tones. The show began with a performance by two teenagers from the Center for Teen Empowerment and a presentation of a check for $5,000 to the Center, located...

Author: By Synne D. Chapman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eleganza Show Wows Crowd | 4/27/2008 | See Source »

Virgin's airlines operate more like a loose regional federation, connected by the Virgin brand (an extension of Branson's lighthearted persona in a red-and-purple color scheme) but otherwise owned and operated independently. Each has its own business model--different services for different customers in a different set of cities--but they can work together as needed. Virgin Atlantic, V Australia and Virgin America, for example, plan to share a first-class lounge at LAX and thus reduce overhead. Virgin America, V Australia and Virgin Blue can decide on a whim to allow some of their flight attendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Branson's Flight Plan | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...markets has done little to halt Frances' declining creativity. But not only do Albanel and her supporters contest the idea that French cultural vibrancy is fading; they also have a nice retort to free-market enthusiasts decrying her plan. Albanel's project is roughly based on the "Own Art" scheme launched in Britain in 2004 by Arts Council England. The program is credited with having created 10,000 new, mostly middle class modern art collectors in just three years, and inspired a similar program in the Netherlands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Art for the French | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...international community to act in a timely and adequate manner, non-state actors play a major role in providing assistance to vulnerable Iraqis. Militias of all denominations are improving their local base of support by providing social services in the neighborhoods and towns they control. Through a 'Hizballah-like' scheme, the Shi'ite Sadrist movement has established itself as the main service provider in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Sadr Tightens the Screws | 4/15/2008 | See Source »

...Rough sleepers," as homeless people are known in Britain, are sheltering incognito at many of the world's major airports, says Sandie Cox of Heathrow Travel Care, the organization overseeing the one-year pilot scheme. Chicago's O'Hare instituted a homeless outreach in the 1990s. Several others, including Newark-Liberty in New Jersey and Los Angeles' LAX, have done the same. Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe, has more delays than most major hubs; the catalog of errors accompanying the March 27 opening of the $8.5 billion Terminal 5--including some 250 canceled flights and 28,000 pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: London | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

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