“He’s been stripped naked, dehumanised and denounced as a traitor, yet thousands regard him as the hero of the WikiLeaks saga. Now a new play inspired by Bradley Manning’s years in Wales, which aims to put him in the pantheon of great Welsh radicals, will be staged in his old school.”
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Trompe L’Oeil Street Art For The 21st Century
“Argentinean 3D street artist Eduardo Relero has created worlds of wonder on pavements all over the globe.”
How To Make A Nutcracker Jewish
“Set in modern-day San Francisco, the story follows young Miriam – the equivalent of Clara or Marie in other productions – from a family Hanukkah party to a dream in which she witnesses the battle fought by Judas Maccabee, the reconstruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the arrival of Jews from all over the world for the temple rededication.”
E-Books Start To Evolve Significantly Beyond Paper
“Designed to take full advantage of the new technology, the best of them are far more elaborate and interactive than ordinary e-books that simply reproduce printed content. They are also generally more expensive, suggesting a whole new value equation for digital content.”
Architect’s Name Removed From High-Profile Spanish Project After Legal Dispute
“Following an acrimonious power struggle between local authorities and the administrators of the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre, it emerged this week that the architect’s name would be removed from the complex as a result of legal action from the outgoing board. When the centre opened in March in the northern Spanish city of Avilés, the local press billed it, with a strong dose of hyperbole, as Spain’s answer to Brasilia.”
Streb And Flanders: The Artists At Home
“For the last 40 years, nearly all of Elizabeth Streb’s time and energy has been focused on investigating the complex mechanics of human movement. In fact, as her partner, the journalist Laura Flanders, observed, Ms. Streb has been so intent on challenging the laws of physics that her concern for domestic matters has been roughly equal to the velocity of a sitting dancer: zero.”
Internet In A Suitcase
“A team of software engineers [is] developing open-source software to turn cheap wireless access points and Android smartphones into nodes on the network, which could then be used by dissidents to evade censorship and to spread low-cost connections everywhere around the world. Proponents of the plan include the U.S. State Department.”
Illinois Offers Tax Breaks To Broadway Shows
“The so-called Live Theatre Production Tax Credit, long sought by Broadway in Chicago, is designed to support Illinois engagements of pre-Broadway and long-running shows in theaters of 1,200 seats or more. It provides producers with tax credits in return for their spending in the State of Illnois; up to 20% of spending on such things as labor and marketing can be applied.”
Golden Globe Nominees Announced
Best motion picture drama nominees include The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse.
George Whitman, 98, Owner Of Paris’s Shakespeare & Co.
“[The] fabled English-language bookstore on the Left Bank in Paris [has been] a magnet for writers, poets and tourists for close to 60 years, … an offbeat mix of open house and literary commune.”