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...thought that if we got a hundred people and a thousand dollars, it would be a miracle," says John Paul Womble, director of development. The event sold out and the Alliance eventually moved to the much larger Armory. Nervous about filling such a large space, Womble got in touch with North Carolina resident Tammy Faye Bakker Messner - yes, that Tammy Faye, former wife of fallen televangelist Jim Bakker - and asked if she'd call the numbers. She agreed, and the Armory sold out. "Talk about surreal," says Womble. "I was standing on stage with Tammy Faye Bakker and 12 drag...
...such as those on drama—were lifted. “Everything was restricted. Afterwards, the drama was written as a celebration of the return of freedom. This parallels the ’80s,” says Poppel. The genre as a whole uses parody and a touch of flamboyance to tell its story, and is notorious for its sexual explicitness. As it was written, “The Way of the World” consists of five acts; although Birnbaum chose to cut an hour of text from the play in order to make it more digestible...
...Romeo and Juliet” so special? LB: I think the thing about the balcony scene that makes it so good is that it’s a scene that shouldn’t ever happen, because where Romeo and Juliet are, they just want to be touching each other. In any other situation, they would just be kissing, and there would be no words. But that can’t happen because of this distance, so they have to use the language to touch each other. The language literally becomes like a caress... CH: The make-out session...
...real and imaginary worlds.In pursuing art as seriously as she has, Salazar recognizes that it is an unceasing quest for inspiration.“It’s a sort of a constant search,” she says. “Sometimes you feel really out of touch with art and then you see something and you feel inspired and excited, and there are lots of possibilities for your...
...want to jeopardize the farm with premature publicity. But in a promotional video posted in December on an environmental blog, Shope said that a sustainable farm would be a good way to connect undergraduates to their environment. “Students are often very out of touch with the land,” she says in the video, which includes interviews with faculty and students, as well as a vocal tribute to the project. “And building a farm in an urban community could be a model for other schools to potentially follow.” And according...