Word: thingness
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...lead into conversations with kids about what beauty is all about. Some talking points: Pencil-thin princess waists are not real. And it's possible to look good without butt-length, straight hair. I'm having a hard time selling my daughter on that last bit. For one thing, she refuses to believe that Tiana has curly hair, despite numerous viewings of the trailer. "She's wearing a wig?" she suggested...
...continents away in her future. Nowak was first hooked by the pull of Africa when she was a young child and her father brought home a National Geographic CD of African music. Growing up in East Aurora, a small town outside of Buffalo, NY, this was a thing of rarity. “Where I live is pretty isolated and white. My parents made an effort to expose us to cultural things,” she says...
Allston Brighton Arts Bridge was originally conceived as a part of a class at HGSE. The founders were able to transform their fantasy assignment into a functioning non-profit due to a grant from the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund. “I think a big thing for the four of us is that we are fundamentally doers, not just talkers,” said Kimberly L. Dawson, one of the four Allston Brighton Arts Bridge founders...
...guest was overhead using some language that would merit howler. When she called a certain twin (which one? doesn’t matter) a name that rhymes with witch, she showed her true colors as a diva. Seems like the vodka went straight to her underaged head. Good thing her driver wisked her promptly back to Brown...Someone was naughty this past weekend when they got a little too frisky on Santa’s lap, causing Mrs. Claus to get her panties in a twist. Mrs. C. proceeded to get wasted on eggnog and slap an innocent...
Blair Underwood: The one thing I would say to you is [that] there is always a dual conversation to be had in terms of a career in the arts. There is a conversation in regards to the arts themselves and the craft and the work and there’s a conversation on the other track about the business and the industry itself. The methods that I like to share with most individuals who plan to pursue the arts as a career is to constantly and consistently follow and work on the craft as an artist. You also simultaneously have...