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Though originally conceived as a direct portrayal of Asian-American experience—the first show being partly set in San Francisco’s Chinatown—Identities has developed a different relationship with this community in the past two years. Another creative director Jane Chun ’12, a Crimson magazine comper, says she partly used fashion to respond to the current social, political, and economic climate. “Why do women want to dress this way? Why are certain trends occurring? These greater questions extend from fashion to a much larger stage. Yes, fashion...
Before shows can even try to answer these greater questions, each group must garner attention, secure creative participation and, of course, raise money. The three shows face two main challenges in finding funding on campus: none is a stand-alone organization, and all find themselves unable to apply for Undergraduate Council grants due to their charitable status. These shows thus find themselves obligated to look beyond the obvious sources for financial support...
Unlike the other two shows, Eleganza does not receive funding through their connection with Black C.A.S.T. “They are our formal umbrella, but we don’t really have financial ties to them,” Oladipo says. Still, Eleganza’s multicultural make-up can still attract sponsors. “For companies that are looking for diversity recruiting, they are really interested in our models so we give them resume books with profiles of all our executives and models,” she adds...
...Based on two upcoming festivals in the Boston area, breaking down conventional barriers is the new “it” thing to do in the performance art world. The 2nd Annual Harvard Playwrights’ Festival and the 1st Annual Boston-wide Emerging America performance festival have this goal in mind as they prepare for large Spring celebrations and collaborations. The Playwrights’ Festival seeks to bridge gaps between different pre-professional aspects of undergraduate theater, while Emerging America hopes to build a connection between three professional companies and the Boston public...
Goldstein’s novel flits between two storylines in the life of affable academic Cass Seltzer, one in his present, the other in his past. Presently, Seltzer is contemplating an offer to assume a post at Harvard University, having achieved unexpected fame with his book, “The Varieties of Religious Illusion.” The combination of this secularist tract—and its appendix refuting 36 arguments for God’s existence—with Cass’s clear-eyed empathy for religious belief has turned him into an overnight celebrity, dubbed by Time...