Designing a theatre with a flexible configuration is hardly a new idea. Yet the cost of labor to change configurations is so high that theatre managers usually end up sticking with just one or two layouts. To avoid that trap, architects Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus took cues from sports arenas.
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Genuine Buried Treasure: Large Stash Of 1,300-Year-Old Gold Found In England
“A harvest of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver so beautiful it brought tears to the eyes of one expert, has poured out of a Staffordshire field – the largest hoard of gold from the period ever found.” A leading British Museum archaeologist compares the find’s importance to that of Sutton Hoo and the Book of Kells.
A ‘Bizarre Union Of Dr. Frankenstein And Georgia O’Keeffe’
“Forget the notion of a reverent nature photographer tiptoeing through the woods, camera slung over one shoulder, patiently looking for perfect light. Robert Buelteman works indoors in total darkness, forsaking cameras, lenses, and computers for jumper cables, fiber optics, and 80,000 volts of electricity.”
Singer-Actor Andy Hallett, Of TV Series Angel, Dead At 33
“Hallett was beloved by Angel fans, not least for taking his role – that of an unnamed green-faced demon with a penchant for karaoke and mind-reading – and running with it.”
If We Can’t Recycle One Way, We’ll Do It Another
As the price for recycled materials falls along with the economy, some artists are taking advantage. One crochets strips of plastic shopping bags (she prefers Target’s) into baskets; another has made a bra from old TAB cans; a third transforms frozen orange juice containers into surprisingly attractive lanterns.
First-Time Novelist Wins Booker Prize
Beating out such veterans as Amitav Ghosh, Sebastian Barry and Philip Hensher, 33-year-old former Time correspondent Aravind Adiga receives the £50,000 award for his debut novel, The White Tiger.