Word: sun
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Orginally conceived by Third Rock from the Sun star John Lithgow '57 as an arts dinner to be held in honor of undergraduate students and faculty, the celebration has evolved into a four-day arts festival whose purpose is to galvanize the arts community at Harvard. A grand production that stems from the dedicated efforts of over 2000 people, Arts First is the realized dream of a shared vision for the arts--both on campus and off. Producer Myra A. Mayman views "the power of the arts as bringing people together" and allowing them to "take risks and think creatively...
...essence, it's two hours of fluff. Not the dryer-lint variety either. We're talking sparkly, ethereal fluff here. Costumes by Academy Award winner Gabriela Pescucci and a setting under the Tuscan sun bake Titania's World in a glittery glow. Hoffman's only departure from The Riverside Shakespeare is his decision to set the romance in Victorian Italy--a transposition that further enhances the plot of romantic confusion. As the frilly dresses and neckties come off, the characters wander into a timeless forest netherworld, where sparkle is queen and the sprites are anything but virginal...
...LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT GOING BLIND FOR 17 MINUTES...
...VIOLENT FEMMES WERE ON STAGE BEFORE SINGING "BLISTER IN THE SUN" FOR 0 MINUTES...
...history doesn't ease many minds, nor does its new $5 billion deal with perhaps the next monopoly to get trustbusted, Microsoft, about extending Windows' current hegemony into all those set-top boxes. AT&T isn't promising exclusivity -- it says it'll honor TCI's old deal with Sun for some Java-run boxes, and promised Microsoft only a few "showcase cities" -- but Mr. Gates clearly has his foot in the door, and Netscape will tell you what generally happens after that. Will AT&T go under the government's knife again? It's early yet, but cable...