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Production Designer Stuart Craig’s sets are a sumptuous feast for the eyes. His Diagon Alley, crammed with gossiping ghoulies and tantalizing shops, bustles with excitement. Gringott’s Bank oozes ghoulishness and Hogwarts stands eerily and majestically tall, with its moving staircases, talking portraits and stately halls. The visual effects are amazing as well. The talking sorting hat makes clever use of computer graphics, as does Harry’s invisibility cloak. But without a doubt, the most thrilling scene in the entire movie is the Quidditch game between the Gryffindor and Slytherin Houses. Set against...
...presidential campaign. The party, to be held at a D.C. nightclub on the first anniversary of the 2000 election, will steam some Democrats who, even in this era of high bipartisanship, claim the election was stolen from Al Gore. But the hosts, who include ex-campaign advisers Mark McKinnon, Stuart Stevens and Ed Gillespie, were more worried about wartime appropriateness. They ran the idea by the White House; it okayed the fete but wanted security tight. Inside, guests will get jiggy with a band called Nailing Jello. Quipped an invitee: "Are they trying to remind us of how hard...
...between art and science is narrowing. Certainly, Presence: The Ephemeral in Focus, now at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, would suggest that art and science are a match made in heaven—or in this case, the Elysian Fields. British couple and collaborators Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey have perused the DaVinci-esque tradition of artist as scientist and scientist as artist. The astounding works they have created are grown out of their combined efforts as both. Their show is currently on view in the back gallery of the Gardner, just beyond the museum’s wonderful courtyard...
...Isabella Stuart Gardner artist-in-residence program, established in1992, continues the tradition of giving patronage to artists held by Gardner, the museum’s creator. More than 30 visual artists, writers, musicians and composers have participated in the program since its inception. During their month stay, the program encourages contemporary artists to study and take inspiration from some aspect or piece in the museum’s collections. Out of that inspiration the resident artist creates his or her work to be presented at the end of the stay. Lectures and community events are also an integral part...
Although Loeb Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Stuart L. Schreiber has taken over the chair of the department this past year, the improvements will still continue, says Tony R. Shaw, director of the department...