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HONR 212 - Disciplines and Knowledge
This course considers the nature of knowledge and its organization into disciplines.
Among the questions to be discussed are: What is a discipline? How are disciplines
formed and reformed? What questions to given disciplines seek to answer? What kind
of thinking does a given discipline promote? How are theories and facts related?
Readings will be drawn from politics, science, anthropology, philosophy, psychology,
and economics.
Satisfies the collegiate requirement in composition.
3 semester hours. Mr. Parker.
HONR 218 - The 2000 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective
(continued -- credit only awarded to students who completed the first term in Spring
2000) A year long examination of the communication activities of the 2000 presidential
campaign. Students will consider Presidential elections since 1960 and the political
communication research on them as a backdrop to the 2000 campaign. Class meets weekly
for 90 minutes; students will enroll in this class in Spring 2000 and Fall 2000,
receiving credit in Fall.
Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement in the social sciences, and counts
as a group I course for the major/minor in political science.
3 semester hours. Mr. Sheckels.
HONR 221 - The History of Scientific Thought from Pythagoras to the Principia
This course is a study of the historical development of scientific ideas in the
mathematical, physical, and astronomical sciences, from antiquity to the close of
the seventeenth century. Since this is an interdisciplinary subject, it requires
skills from more than one area, and should be of interest to anyone studying history,
philosophy, physics, or mathematics. Students will be expected to analyze and interpret
both primary and secondary sources, make considered evaluations of their scientific,
philosophical and/or historical significance, and construct cogent arguments in
essay form.
Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement in history.
3 semester hours. Mr. Rice.
HONR 222 - Love and War in the Middle Ages
This course will sample a variety of romances from the late Middle Ages, beginning
with the Arthurian romances of Chretien de Troyes in the twelfth century and concluding
with Thomas Malory's retrospective Le Morte D'Arthur in the fifteenth century. A
highly versatile form, romances appealed to courtly, tavern and manor house audiences
and attempted to reform and entertain the present by valorizing the past. This course
will attend to the narrative art of the romance, its literary representations of
love and war, and its commentary on a range of social issues.
Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement in literature.
3 semester hours. Ms. Goodwin.
HONR 223 - Sociology of Genocide
This course examines the phenomenon of genocide from a feminist sociology of knowledge
perspective. The course examines the precursors and determinants of genocide and
examines how this results in the attempted annihilation of a specified group of
Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement in the social sciences.
3 semester hours. Mr. Spraggins
HONR 224 - The Politics of Popular Culture
This honors course addresses the ways in which political messages are inseparable
from the popular culture of any given era. Students will explore popular culture
primarily in the American political context, but this course will also include a
comparative focus on the ways in which artists, filmmakers, and musicians in other
countries have used their mediums as commentary on their own political systems.
Satisfies the collegiate requirement in fine art OR partially satisfies the collegiate
requirement in the social sciences.
3 semester hours. Team taught: Mr. Doering and Ms. Bell.
HONR 123 - The Ascent of Man
A seminar on the turning points in the cultural evolution of humanity, as surveyed
by Jacob Bronowsky. ``Man ascends by discovering the fullness of his own gifts .
what he creates on the way are monuments to the stages in his understanding of nature
and self.'' - Jacob Bronowski. After viewing and analysis of the television series,
students will be assigned the task of updating a segment of the series or adding
a new episode.
Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement in history.
3 hours. Mr. Porter.
HONR 169 - Creation
Perhaps the best-known passage of the Hebrew Bible is Genesis 1:1 In the beginning
God created the Heavens and the earth.'' This course will consider the role played
by the concept of creation in Israel's religious traditions, the mythic background
against which that concept must be viewed, and the implications of the idea of creation
for contemporary life and thought. In the first half of the course, students will
read the biblical creation texts from the Psalms, prophets and wisdom literature,
as well as from the opening chapters of Genesis, considering these texts against
the backdrop of ancient Near Eastern creation myth. The second half of the course
will consider the relationship between the theological study of creation and the
scientific study of origins. Readings, films, and guest lecturers will provide ideas
and information to be considered in depth in weekly discussion groups.
Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement in philosophy and religion.
3 hours. Mr. Tuell.
HONR 225 - Discovering Women in the Biological Sciences
This course will examine the contributions of women to the scientific discovery
of major principles in various biological fields. Basic biological principles in
the various fields will be introduced, and biographies/autobiographies and scientific
publications of women working as scientists in those fields will be studied. The
course will also explore the history and politics of women's involvement in biology
and examine how science has viewed women. The status of contemporary women scientists
and the difficulties they have encountered will be investigated. Laboratories will
parallel biological topics covered in class.
Partially fulfills the collegiate requirement in laboratory science as a Life Science
course, and counts on the major/minor in women's studies.
Three class hours and three laboratory hours each week. 4 hours. Ms. Falls.
212 - Disciplines and Knowledge - This course considers the nature of knowledge
and its organization into disciplines. Among the questions to be discussed are:
What is a discipline? How are disciplines formed and reformed? What questions do
given disciplines seek to answer? What kind of thinking does a given discipline
promote? How are theories and facts related? Readings will be drawn from politics,
science, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, and economics. Fulfills the collegiate
requirement in composition. Three hours. Fall, 1999 and 2000. Mr. Parker.
213 - Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations: The American South and South Africa
- Explores the dynamics of race and ethnic relations within the context of the American
South and South Africa. Special emphasis on the social construction of race and
ethnicity, patterns of racial and ethnic stratification, the dynamics of inter-racial
conflict, and community efforts to achieve racial justice and/or inter-racial harmony.
Partially fulfills the collegiate requirement in the social sciences, and counts
on the major/minor in sociology. Three hours. Fall, 1999. Ms. Hubbard.
214 - Warfare in Antiquity - Much of ancient history is military history, and much
of Greek and Roman art and literature treats wars, warriors and their impact on
society. This course will examine the practice of warfare in the Greek Polis, the
Macedonian Kingdoms, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire. Themes include the
technical aspects (logistics, intelligence, strategy, naval warfare, and armor),
but also examined are the literary and artistic interpretations of war and the sociological
and psychological aspects. Partially fulfills the collegiate requirement in history.
Three hours. Fall, 1999. Mr. Daugherty.
215 - Zen and the Creative Act - This course investigates the connections between
the Buddhist concept of Zen and the notion of creativity commonly used by visual
and conceptual artists. Students study meditation techniques and other physical/mental
strategies to accomplish artistic and expressive work. Includes trip to Zen Mountain
Monastery in upstate New York. Fulfills the collegiate requirement in fine arts.
Three hours. January, 2000. Mr. Berry.
216 - On the Threshold of Modernity: Vienna at the Turn of the Century - This course
uses the backdrop of late 19th century Vienna, famous as the breeding ground for
a wealth of cultural production in the arts, music, literature, philosophy, and
psychology, and for artistic products and ideas that paved the way for the modernist
period. Also noted for the disintegration of an old order which produced various
secession movements whose innovation was also accompanied by a nostalgia for the
traditions that artists were challenging and trying to overcome. Many of Vienna's
most famous intellectual talent broke with their 19th century traditions. In this
interdisciplinary course, students will examine examples from the various fields
of cultural production and study the meanings in them and their significance within
the artistic traditions. Individual fields are studied separately while keeping
an awareness of their intersections and the interplay between politics and culture.
Themes addressed include: ambiguities of gender, rebellion against authority, psychological
readings of human nature, ornamentalism vs. functionalism, tonal vs. atonal music,
and representations of the Other. Literature, philosophy, art, music, and architecture
will be examined. Fulfills the collegiate requirement in fine arts. Three hours.
Spring, 2000. Ms. Herrmann.
217 - Death and Dying: - This course develops the social and cultural sources of
our hopes, values and fears toward matters of dying and death. Beginning with historical
and cross-cultural analysis of death orientations, the course proceeds to sociologically
develop the role of religion, philosophy, psychology, science, politics, and medicine
in shaping our orientations toward war, abortion, suicide, environmental destruction,
organ transplants, euthanasia, funeral ritual, and capital punishment. It concludes
with analyses of the experiences of those who die and those who survive, including
Kubler-Ross's studies of the stages of death, the out-of-body sensations reported
by those surviving clinical death, and the normal experiences associated with grief
and bereavement. Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement in the social sciences,
and counts on the major/minor in sociology. Three hours. Spring, 2000. Ms. Gill.
218 - The 2000 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective- A year long examination
of the communication activities of the 2000 presidential campaign. Students will
consider Presidential elections since 1960 and the political communication research
on them as a backdrop to the 2000 campaign. Class meets weekly for 90 minutes; students
will enroll in this class in Spring 2000 and Fall 2000, receiving credit in Fall.
Partially fulfills the collegiate requirement in the social sciences, and counts
as a group I course for the major/minor in political science. Three hours. Spring
and Fall, 2000. Mr. Sheckels.
219 - Salmon, Science, and Society - Declining salmon populations over most of the
20th century have impacted the 9 million inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest where
salmon are a symbol of geography, a way of life, a delicacy, and an indicator of
ecosystem health. Solutions to the salmon problem are difficult because of their
migration, reliance on high quality fresh water habitats, and use of ocean habitats
with their impact on industry, agriculture, municipalities, and sport and commercial
fishing among other considerations. This course explores the problem and whether
a solution can be found that simultaneously satisfies the demands of biology, economics,
and public policy. The question will be researched in class, and on a trip to the
region during Spring Break, students will explore the ecosystems involved and discuss
our ideas with the people struggling to prevent extinction of a fish, a symbol,
and a way of life. Partially satisfies the collegiate requirement as an interdisciplinary
laboratory science. Four hours. Spring, 2000. Mr. Gowan.
220 - Recreational Mathematics: The Literature of Popular Mathematics and Problem
Solving - A thorough reading of several of the books that are written for the general
public on mathematics. Popular books by Martin Gardener and Ian Stewart will be
read and the problems in them explored and solved. These books propose problems
that can be explored and solved with very little mathematical background but are
none the less nontrivial. These problems give the student insight into the type
of mathematical problems that have been studied for centuries and have led to the
development of modern mathematics. Problems will come from the fields of graph theory,
chaos, tilings, logic, geometry, topology, probability, and fractals. Partially
fulfills the collegiate requirement in mathematics. Three hours. Spring, 2000. Ms.
211 - Love and Other Romantic Relationships: An Exploration of the Myths and Reality
of Love in our Time - C. Hughes
210 - Contemporary Chinese Film - T. Inge
209 - Such Was Life: The Interaction between Art and Society in 19th Century America
- E. Terrono
208 - The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 - T. Peyser
207 - Whistlin' Dixie: The Problem of Southern Identity - M. Malvasi
206 - Zen and Tibetan Buddhism - L. Geisler and D. Headrick
205 - Live Long and Prosper: The Evolution of U.S. Health Care and Health Policy
- R. Resnick
204 - Geometry of the Universe - B. Torrence
203 - Art, Letters, and Faith - L. Freeman
202 - The Rise of the City in Europe - J. Camp
201 - Physics of Sports - W. Franz
200 - Reflections of the Holocaust in Art and Literature - E. Hostetter
199 - Remembering the Maine : America's Imperial Century - B. Turner
198 - The Clouds of Desert Storm: The Ongoing Implications of the Gulf War - Fischbach
197 - The Voices of Sub-Saharan African Women - Sheckles
196 - Dante's Inferno in Translation - M. Parker
195 - Writing Selves - M. Scott
186 - But Some of my Best Friends are _____: The Psychology of Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Klaaren
175 - Media and Politics: Through a Glass Darkly - H. Davis
141 - Her Infinite Variety: The Life and Times of Cleopatra VII of Egypt - Daughtery
194 - Violent America - Wessells
193 - Better Living with Chemistry - Henderson, Monroe, Moores, Schreiner
192 - Celluloid Heroes Down Under - T. Sheckles
191 - Feast and Famine: Food in Literature and Culture - M. Scott
190 - Ancient Athletics - Camp
189 - The Broken Brain: Explorations of Clinical Neuroscience - Dementi, K. Lambert
188 - Chaos and Fractals: Making a New Science - Geisler
187 - Writing: The I of the Text - Goodwin
163 - Rituals: Myths in Action - Mattys, McCaffrey
132 - The View From Below: Encounter Between Church and Society - Andrews
123 - The Ascent of Man - Porter
185 - Faulkner, Fiction, and Film - Inge, Payne
184 - Origins of Civilization - Fisher
183 - Longing for Harmonies - Spagna
181 - Counting on the Computer - Rabung
180 - Bookworms and Bibliofiles: Readers in Literature - Brayman-Hackel
169 - Creation - Tuell
150 - Will They Live Happily Ever After?: An Introduction to the Fairy Tale - deGraff
139 - Writing: Public and Private - Berger
114 - From Camelot to Watergate: The Disintegration of Political Consensus - H.
179 - The Arab Israli Conflict - Fischback
178 - Devine Julius - Daugherty
177 - Serial Fiction: The Example of Dickens - Parker
176 - Love in the Middle Ages - Goodwin
174 - Good Lives: A Comparative Cross Cultural Study - Beatty
154 - IDEAS! - Berry, Winegar
173 - Roman History and Art through Numismatics - Houghtalin
172 - Politics and the English African Theater - Sheckles
171 - Slavery and the Meaning of American History - Malvasi
170 - Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science - Monroe
168 - Post Modernism - Marshall
167 - Psychology and Science Fiction - A. Hughes
165 - Global Social Issues and the Human Prospect - Wessells
164 - Urban Problems - Lang, Williams
162 - From Roaring Twenties to Depression Thirties: American Culture between the
Wars - Watson
161 - Human Heredity: Principles and Issues - King
160 - Life's Simple Pleasures: A Biological and Psychological Analysis of Hunger,
Thirst, and Sexual Motivation - Lambert
159 - Southern? Or Post-Southern? - Marshall
158 - Lord Clark's Civilization: A Reappraisal - Kissane
157 - Democracy 2500 - Fisher
156 - Savage Indignation - Daughtery
155 - Science and Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Borgwald, Schreiner
153 - Prosperity and Depression: Business Cycles and Stabilizing Policy - Lang
152 - The Philosophy of Emotion - Serniak
145 - Radicals and Revolutionaries: From Hus to Ho - Porter
127 - Life: Its Origin and Evolution - Falls
108 - National Security Policy: National Defense and Arms Control - Unger
151 - Modeling Life - Shea, Yeates
149 - The Solar System - Borwald
148 - Murder, They Wrote: Detective Stories by International Authors - Gaudry, Hudson
147 - History of Terrorism - Coury
134 - A Land in Turmoil: Contemporary South African Literature - Sheckels
128 - Walt Disney's America - Inge
146 - Leadership and Social Transformation - Wessells
144 - In Search of Space: The Alienation of the Black American and Colonized African
- Hilliard
143 - Going Up: Space Exploration from Sputnik to Challenger - Franz
142 - Human Nature: Culture, Evolution, and Development - Winegar
140 - Wisdom: A Comparative, Cross-Cultural, Interdisciplinary Study - Beatty, Chappell
126 - Live Ones: A Survey of Fiction by Living Authors - Parker
138 - The Mind in Dialogue With Itself: The Individual and Society in 19th Century
British Autobiography - Pendleton
137 - Stellar Astronomy - Spagna
136 - Octavio Paz: A Poet Creates - Worth
135 - Writing and Passing the American Constitution - Scanlon
133 - The Calculus: Who, How, and When? - Offenbacker
129 - Science Is? - Conway, Serniak, Catudal
131 - The 20th Century in Film - Mcilwaine
130 - Cross Cultural Perspective on Human Development - Winegar
124 - A Radical Guide to Economic Reality - Harsh
125 - The 19th Century: Origins of Modern Art - Berry
122 - Wisdom: A Comparative, Cross Cultural Study - Beatty
121 - Thinking and Writing in Liberal Art Disciplines - Sheckels
113 - Madness in Literature, or Beauty and the Beast - Hillard
111 - New Man-New Land: The Frontier and the Theme of Innocence in American Literature
- Watson, Oliver
120 - Of Revolution - Scanlon
119 - William Faulkner's South - Inge
118 - The Organization of Musical Time - Brock
117 - Oedipus' REal Complex: The Impact of Rational Humanism on 5th Century Athens
- Daughtery
116 - Food for Thought: The Biology and Chemistry of Nutrition - Dementi, Debardeleban
115 - Drawing the Exterior from the Interior - Witt
112 - Persuasive Speaking - Sheckels
110 - Computer, Self, and Society - Wessells, Palesis
105 - The History of Science - Miller
104 - The American Dream: Texts and Contexts - Seymour, Edwards
107 - Your Land IS My Land: A Study of Exploration, Migration, Aggravation, and
Assimilation - Challis
106 - Is Life Worth Living : The Problem of Meaning in Contemporary Philosophical
Anthropology - Bollinger
109 - Concepts of Freedom - Beatty
100 - Honors Seminar in the Humanities - Daugherty
101 - From Prometheus Bound to the Andromeda Strain: Society's Image of Scientists
in Literature - Baerent, Conway
102 - Heroes and Anti-Heroes: Heroines and Anti-Heroines - Haynes, McCaffrey, Worth
103 - Music Revolutionaries - Ward

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Renaissance Faires and Wild West Shows Collide in the Satiric Ren Faire! A Fistful of Ducats
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The headlines in March 1965, much like those of today, screamed racial struggle, violence and tragedy. On March 7, which later became known as Bloody Sunday, hundreds of civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery were blocked, beaten and shot with tear gas by Alabama state troopers. Moved by the footage flooding the news channels, two women travel to Alabama to join the civil rights movement. But once there, they discover that the movement's challenges, much like their own, are more complex than they realized. Company member Amy C. Buckler directs this 20% Theatre Company Chicago world premiere by 20% artistic associate Laura Nessler. Learn More
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Across the street from Prop Theatre is Chief O'Neill's Pub. Excellent food and drinks!Outside Agitators dining • Sep 22 2014 star this tip starred
The weather was hot & sunny. I wore T-shirt and capri's. This was definitely a casual venue..Take the Cake dress • Sep 01 2014 star this tip starred
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Overall this play was brilliant. Very funny and clever. The only reason I am not rating it 5 stars is due to the vulgarity. I am NOT easily offended so that isn't the issue, rather it is because the naughty parts did nothing to enhance the production. The writing and acting is so good that the crudeness could be left out completely without detracting from the experience. If it could still be as funny but skip offending some wouldn't that be more desirable?
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Pretty raunchy, but what do you expect of the Elizabethan era? It was fall out of your seat funny.
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Not sure what to expect when I got there.......left with a belly full of laughs, great performance with enough quirks that had me talking about the play to others, cleverly done- I applaud it.
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While the story line was quite humorous and the acting itself was good-I didn't realize how crude the language and jokes would be. From the description on Goldstar, I didn't see anything like that at all, unless I missed it somewhere. A little...continued
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"Kyle Hamman's production reaches—lunges, even—beyond the usual Factory lampoonery, evoking Mel Brooks's genre parodies like Blazing Saddles while displaying wicked wit, satisfying comic timing, and fantastic swordplay." -_Time Out Chicago _(four stars - Critic's Pick)
"Lowbrow humor pairs well with high-class execution…" -The Chicago Reader
"…an 85-minute hybrid of spaghetti western and Elizabethan swordplay."-Chicago Theater Beat (Three Stars)
_ WARNING: In Traditional Factory Tradition, this play is Traditionally raunchy … be warned! _
About the Ticket Supplier: Factory TheaterFounded in Chicago, Illinois in 1992, Factory Theater is a theater organization dedicated to the writing, directing, performance and production of original works written by ensemble members that are accessible to inexperienced as well as seasoned theatergoers. Since 1992 the Factory has produced more than 60 productions that have been enjoyed by both critics and audience members.
Factory Theater bridges the gap between critical acclaim and audience accessibility. Most of their shows have received rave reviews and awards by various publications including The Reader, New City, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and L.A. Weekly, among others.
In 1998, Factory Theater opened a branch company in Los Angeles, California, and many of their ensemble members relocated out west to pursue careers in film, television and screenwriting and to help create a national presence for the company. Factory Theater has also taken trips out to New York on two separate occasions - in 1998 their After-Dark award winning production of The Vinyl Shop was the hit of the Fringe Festival, and in 2001 Factory was invited to the H.E.R.E. space in Soho by PSNBC to perform The Death And Life Of Barb Budonovich, a short version of their production Varations On Death.
The Factory attributes its success to hard work, dedication, and love for theater. Those attributes continue on in the Factory's vision of writing and producing new works to provide their ever-growing audience with laughter and inspiration.


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On Monday, 12/3, I was honored to deliver The Land of Stories in Los Angeles with Ashley, Tamela, Michael and Brian! We delivered 20 books and 1 audio CD to each place and they were all so excited by the donations. At CHLA, the books went to their Literary Healing program and we even got to give a book to a child and his mother that were in the lobby. At Ronald McDonald house, I was told that the books would be given to some of the older children at their holiday party. They had received more donated gifts for younger children, so they were thrilled to get something for the older kids. At Shriner's, we were told that the books would be given to children and added to their permanent library for families to read!
Such an amazing day—amazing weekend, actually! Thanks for letting me be a part of it!
That was such an amazing day! So glad that I was able to be apart of it.


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by Scott Penzarella on July 24, 2012
The day dawned thankfully hazy and not too hot. Chef Ritchie had whipped up eggs, potatoes, homemade muslei, fresh fruit and yogurt for the morning feast. Five alpha males set off at 8:30 to get some extra miles in before our planned meet up spot in Olot. The balance of us prepared for the ride in a leisurely fashion and hopped into the vans at around 9:45. In a masterful piece of choreography, the alphas arrived mere minutes after we had suited up and rolled into the square, having already clocked an impressive 35 miles.
Our group of 17 riders was an energetic force wheeling out of town for our first climb that began after about a .003 mile warm up. The road turned upward--as did the heat--though to be sure, I was once again thanking whomever controls the weather (Scott? Colin?) that it wasn't 105 or any other obscene three-digit number that the first week was cursed with.
The grade was relatively gentle--4% to 6%. And the roads? The roads need a full poetic praise-filled paragraph all their own. As any half-cognizant person is likely aware, Spain, like her erstwhile Greek cousin, has found herself in a bit of a financial bind of late. She can't pay the rent, the phone company is gonna cut the line, and the German landlord is knocking with increasing fervor. Unemployment is rampant, street protests flare and swirl, accusations fly. But the roads? They are perfect. Like butter. A pothole is a most unusual creature, and I imagine that should one appear on a Spanish thoroughfare, the locals might gather around stroking their chins in a thoughtful pose considering the aberration before them. These people know how to prioritize their spending. No job? Go for a ride--the roads are great!
The landscape was reminiscent of Southern California (the good parts--Santa Barbara, etc.), but with the occasional thousand-year-old castle thrown in just to keep you on your toes. Ron, Rachael, Petra, Deanna, Scott and I crested the climb together and there was much rejoicing. We picked up James on the descent, and oh-what-a-descent. Again, the roads smooth as silk, the only potential hazard the ill-placed cow splatter which I assume would be rather slippery at 40+ mph.
A bit of a hand-gesture misunderstanding at the bottom of the descent led half of us to head for the town square and wait for the others, while the others were wondering why we were so god-forsaken slow, and where the heck were we anyway? They say that 90% of human communication is non-verbal (or maybe its 56%, but in any case, "they" say it's a lot...). While this is probably true, a nod, a wink, and a point "that-a-way" from Colin as he rides in the 100% percent opposite direction might have dictated an actual verbal exchange in this particular case.
In any event, we soldiered on and after another beautiful-if-challenging climb, and another grin-inducing descent, we found our troops assembled at a delightful long table in town brimming with water, beer, pizzas, salads, and a plethora of happy SV patrons. Except Mike. He was still "out there" somewhere. He was eventually retrieved and brought back into the lunch-fold. After lunch, half of the crew jumped into the van, and half needed yet more pedaling so rode home with full bellies and cramping legs. These people are made of steel. I enjoyed the steel of the van that carried me back to the pool.
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Kevin Cardona Environmental Project Manager, Unibail RodamcoINSA of Lyon Engineering Degree, HEC Specialized Master in Sustainable Development (Class of 2007) « There is not one day when I don't learn a new thing »
> Why did you choose the HEC Specialized Master in Sustainable Development?
Sustainability seemed and still seems to be the only answer to face the crisis caused by this illusion that economical growth, as we conceive it since the industrial revolution, can be infinite in a finite world. I needed concrete answers and ideas for new economical models to face resource depletion and our dependence on fossil fuels to apply this knowledge in my field of predilection: building industry and city development.
> What are the most important things you gained from this master (from a personal or professional perspective)?
The two main reflexes that I've learnt are open-mindedness and thinking out of the box, which is a great strength in my professional life.
> What does 'sustainable development' mean to you? How would you describe it?
Sustainability is all about seeing issues of the world with a long and middle-term eye, more common sense and a bit of morality. I would define it as value creation, in the noble sense. Creating businesses with positive externalities and understanding that "price" is never enough to define "value" which is something I've learnt with Alan Fustec and his notion of "intangible capital".
> Courses, conferences, meetings, outings… What are the most significant memories of your time at HEC Paris?
Definitely encounters I've made from fellow students to teachers and experts. Coming out from a technical world where everyone was made from the same wood, you enter a world of social and cultural mix and you learn in one year more than in many.
> What advices would you give to students who aspire to subscribe to the MSc in Sustainable Development?
Subscribe to the MSc in Sustainable Development if you want to invent and/or take part in tomorrow's successful businesses.
> Could you describe your current job position? What are you supposed to do, what aims you have, what kind of issues you have to deal with?
As Environmental Project Manager, my role is to assist the project development teams at European level to achieve the best sustainable design and get recognition for their work by achieving the best levels of environmental certifications. Main issue is always to find the right balance between environmental efficiency, economical viability and positive externalities.
> Why did you choose this job?
At first I chose this job because I had the opportunity to work with some of the most incredible architects of our time and on complex large scale projects which is very demanding and exciting.
> What are the most enjoyable things in your job?
There is not one day when I don't learn a new thing. Most of all, the quality and professionalism of most of the people I work with stays my main everyday driver.
> Was money the first condition of your choice? If not, could you explain your decision?
Unibail-Rodamco gives you the chance to have responsibilities very fast, to deal with high level professionals internally and externally. Other proposals that I had, even better paid, were not worth missing out on such an experience.
> What advices would you give to students who aspire to work in the same area as yours?
I believe it is important to challenge yourself as much as possible. Real Estate industry is a way to deal with many different fields of competencies (financial, technical, legal, marketing, political, communication…) and build assets that exist, over time, in a sustainable way.
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The Dark Night in Denver: Groping for Answers
- Friday, July 20, 2012
The news hit the airwaves like a sudden onslaught, and the truth began to sink in. It has happened again. This time, 50 people shot while attending the midnight premier of the last in the Batman sequence, The Dark Knight Rises. According to press reports, a 24-year-old man burst into the crowded theater, wearing a gas mask and carrying an arsenal. After deploying what is believed to be tear gas, he opened fire with a shotgun, a rifle, and two handguns. At least 12 people are dead, and dozens are injured, many critically.
Over 100 police officers responded to the scene in Aurora, just a few miles from Columbine High School, where in 1999 two high school students killed 12 fellow students and one teacher in a rampage that also injured 21 other students. That school massacre became a milestone in the nation's legacy of violence. Now, yet another Denver suburb joins that tragic list.
The inevitable media swarm focuses on the data first — the who, what, when, and where questions. Then they, along with the public at large, begin to ask the why question. That is always the hard one.
The same vexing but inescapable question comes every time a Columbine happens or an Anders Behring Breivik attempts to justify his mass homicide. How could such a thing happen? How could a human being do such a thing?
There is no easy answer to this question. The easy answers are never satisfying, and they are often based in the confused moral calculus of popular culture. We assume there must have been a political motivation, a psychiatric disturbance, a sociological pressure ... anything that will offer a satisfying explanation that will assure us. Wave after wave of analysis is offered, and sometimes some horrifying clues emerge. But the moral madness of mass homicide can never be truly explained.
Christians are driven by instinct to think in biblical and theological terms. But, how should that instinct be guided?
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First, Christians know that the human heart is capable of great evil. Human history includes a catalog of human horrors. The twentieth century, described by historian Eric Hobsbawm as the century of "megadeath," included a list of names such as Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Pol Pot, and Charles Manson. But those murderers did their killing from a distance, at least usually. Those who carry out the murders themselves are even more haunting to us. The young man arrested in this case, 24-year-old James Holmes, looks disarmingly normal.
The Fall released human moral evil into the cosmos, and every single human being is a sinner, tempted by a full range of sinfulness. When someone does something as seemingly unthinkable as this, we often question how anyone could do such a thing. The prophet Jeremiah spoke to this when he lamented, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick, who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)
Human beings are capable of unspeakable moral evil. We are shocked by such atrocities, but only because we have some distance from the last one. We cannot afford to be shocked when humans commit grotesque moral evil. It tells us the truth about unbridled human sin.
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Second, we must be thankful for restraints on moral evil. Christians must not underestimate the potential of any human being — ourselves included — to commit moral horror. We know ourselves to be sinners, and we know ourselves to be capable of sins we do not actually commit. Why do we not commit them?
God restrains human sinfulness. If the fullness of human sin was set loose, humanity would destroy itself. God restrains human evil by several means. First, he has created us in his image, and at least part of this image is what we call conscience. The moral conscience is a powerful restraint on human evil, and for this we must be exceedingly thankful. At the same time, the human conscience is also warped by the Fall and no longer fully trustworthy. We have developed the capacity to ignore the conscience, torture the conscience, and even misdirect the conscience by moral rationalization. Nevertheless, the restraint of the conscience is fundamental, and for that we must be very thankful.
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December 2, 2005
Roseville Barnes & Noble Closing(Filed under: Business)
I'm still not sure why this is such big news, but the Roseville Barnes & Noble is closing. No, not the giant Har Mar store with the cafe, music section and one of only a handful of used sections in the country. It's the Rosedale Marketplace store located across the street from Rosedale Mall.
When it opened in 1990 it was the first Barnes & Noble "superstore" outside New York. But only five years later the Har Mar store opened, less than two miles away and three times the size (14,000 square feet vs. 44,000). It's a wonder the smaller store lasted as long as it did.
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Druid dude said...
"This Reinard clown and those like him need to go back to the WoW general forums where they belong. That crap used to not fly here at all. This place is getting more and more like WoW general every day. So to you and those like you, go away. You are not wanted here. You don't fit, you don't belong."
If by not belonging you mean the ability to call a spade a spade and bring an opposing viewpoint, then I think I would rather not fit in than being just another "yes man" and blindly agree with an extremely shallow viewpoint.
I love how a comment that happens to not go along with the popular opinion of the small readership of the site (no matter how mature or immature the comment may be) elicits an equal response to the contrary. The interesting thing is that somehow one response is crap and barely fit for WoW General and the other is valid and belongs, yet they are both about on equal level with each other.
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Rob HallstromThursday, July 27Las Vegas to San Diego, via Lake Havasu CityCaesar's Palace. The last checkpoint of the day and the end of the road for Funke. I will co-pilot the remainder of the rally with Claus. First car in is the red 996 Turbo driven by Tove Christensen, brother to Hayden Christensen (aka Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader). Hayden is also taking part in a Ferrari F360. The main entrance is soon overrun with dozens of exotic sports cars. The Brabus is there among the pack leaders. It's been a long drive, yet they are still clearly pumped with adrenaline from the day's rush-and way too many cans of Red Bull.
As with all the other overnight stops, social dining culminates in after-hours escapades. Vegas is no different, beginning with a casual poolside dinner at Caesar's Venus swim club, followed with a gathering at Treasure Island's Tangerine nightclub. The night is all too short.
The next morning, our first stop before heading out of town is a quick visit to Carroll Shelby's nearby museum and manufacturing facility at the Las Vegas International Speedway. The place is undeniably impressive and demands a visit. Cars are all hand assembled, similar in fashion to any respected European coachbuilder. Being so close to the raceway, we're all given the opportunity to burn off a couple hot laps.
We're then handed our next destination point: Sandbar & Grill in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
"Isn't this where they put the London Bridge?" asks Claus.
"That's the place," I reply, "but it'll be an extremely short visit."
We make a beeline for Interstate 40 and soon lead the pack, accompanied by a modified Mercedes CL600 and a black Ferrari. We're on a mission and desperately want to win this leg.
And we almost do, but for a mix-up at the Bridge and because the Bullrun organizers have not yet posted any checkpoint signage. It's Tove in his red Turbo who again takes first place. We grab our next destination card, some fruit and a few bottles of water, and we're back on the road.
The W Hotel in San Diego is next and there are two ways to go. We take the less populated route via Imperial County, just miles away from the Mexican border. There are some great open stretches where we let the Brabus run hard into the horizon. Even in triple digits, the car's massive power output via its twin superchargers continues to pull with incredible force. Equally impressive is the ride at these speeds: exceptionally quiet and well behaved. You would think you're barely cracking the speed limit. Unfortunately, this isn't the case and I end up pulled over by a CHP. Luckily, he writes me up for only 75. Claus is actually the lucky one, having slipped under the radar the entire trip without a single ticket.


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After Party by Zenobia Renquist
The game is over, everyone has left and the house is clean. Tawnie is ready for a good night's sleep, but Hudson is ready for sex. There's no reason they can't both get what they want.
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Hudson grinned at the way the men almost drooled at his hot little wife. And she was hot. Tawnie was in rare form with her knees pulled to her chest and her ass bouncing against the bed as she stuffed a dildo as deep as it would go. But then she always upped the ante when she got a new patron. This week it had been Keith. He was the newest addition to the poker games — a buddy from Hudson's job — and had been coming for the last month. That was long enough for Ben to feel Keith out and see if the man would want in on a little something-something before the games.
Ben ran the show. He was the doorman, the cameraman and the cashier. Each guy forked over fifty bucks to watch Tawnie. And watching was all they did. The man who touched Tawnie would lose that hand to Hudson's sledgehammer. Hudson didn't mind them getting off while they watched. He didn't mind Doug's little ritual kiss on the inside of Tawnie's upper thigh so long as that kiss didn't get any closer to her pussy than it already was. One more inch and Doug would be sipping his food through a straw for the rest of his life.
Let them watch and see everything they couldn't have. And Hudson knew the men wanted her. He'd known it long before these little get-togethers had started. Every poker game Hudson had cleaned up because the guys couldn't keep their eyes off his wife.
It wasn't like Tawnie flirted or strutted around in skimpy outfits. She usually wore sweatpants and loose cotton shirts when the guys were over and only spoke to them long enough to find out if they wanted more food or another beer. But each man had acted like she was walking around naked and inviting him to the bedroom.
When the get-togethers started, Hudson's winning streak took a hit. The guys could concentrate after getting an eyeful of every inch of Tawnie's body. And being watched turned Tawnie on more than anything else. She would never admit it to Hudson, but he benefited from her new recreation. Tawnie liked her toys but she preferred a hot, hard dick stuffing her hole.
She had gotten bolder over the months. No more tapping her shoulder at night and having her roll over with a tired sigh, like sex was some chore she had to endure. Not his wife. Not anymore. Tawnie jumped him whenever she got the urge — while he watched TV on the recliner, in the shower after he got back from the gym, in the mornings right after his alarm went off before he could hit snooze. Oh, she definitely liked to get hers.
He wasn't complaining. In fact, the video wasn't doing it for him tonight. Why settle for a picture when the real deal was in the next room?
Hudson was about to eject the disc when Sean, one of the men watching and wanking, held up a small, beaded rod for Tawnie to use. Hudson snorted. "Anal? Good luck with that one, buddy. Tawnie doesn't…" He trailed off and let his mouth fall open as Tawnie not only nodded at Sean but let him insert the rod into her asshole.
"Well, I'll be damned." He chuckled as he shook his head. "You little slut. You never let me play with that hole and it belongs to me." He ejected the disc, put it in the protective sleeve, and then filed it away in his locked file drawer with the rest of the collection. Each disc was labeled with the date and the names of the men who had been present — Ben's handiwork. Hudson wasn't that organized but he only had to look at a date to know what was on each disc. He kept his favorites near the front.
If Tawnie ever found his stash, she would be pissed at him and Ben. Then the real fun would begin. Once she got over her little side business not being as much of a secret as she thought, Hudson was guessing the hot sex would go nuclear. Ben had already said he wanted a front row seat after Tawnie got wise. Hudson didn't mind an audience. And he already knew Tawnie didn't either.
But first, Hudson wanted to explore Tawnie's little foray into anal play. He stroked his hard dick, not bothering to put it away as he walked to the bedroom. He was more than ready to be buried deep in his wife and relieve the ache in his balls.
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Puzzling that "alternative medicine" and "homeopathy" are treated here as synonyms. That seems a gross over simplification. Under the heading of "alternative" I think of things like acupuncture.
"Alternative" subsumes lots of things, but homeopathy gets a lot of attention here because it is the ultimate form of quackery.
Acupuncture is VASTLY less fun to mock. Sure, study after study has shown acupuncture to be roughly as effective as placebo (the benefit mostly comes from getting personal attention, making it less effective than a regular, old massage... Still, that has some effect if what ails you is stress, but not so much if what ails you is kidney disease or something like that.), but whatever. At least you get to lay on a table and get personal attention for a while, which can be nice (needles are less nice IMHO, but whatever). I'm sure there are plenty of people who do acupuncture because they find it relaxing or whatever and not because they think it cures disease, making mocking it much more problematic ('cause if you don't think it cures disease or should be required learning in med school, then what you do with your time is your business...)
Homeopathy, however, has hilarious, horribly reasoned pseudo-science behind it, and study after study shows it being EXACTLY as effective as placebo. A sugar pill with a "homeopathic remedy" on it is just as effective as a sugar pill without a "homeopathic remedy" on it. AND, on top of all this hilarity, homeopaths really do believe that what they do is equal to real medicine, and should be taught to doctors. THAT is why we focus on it. Partly 'cause it is MUCH more hilarious, and partly because it is also much more threatening to public health.
No the reason you enjoy mocking homeopathy is because you think you know something about it-but you clearly don't. You obviously haven't read the studies that show homeopathy to have performed better than placebo over and over, in fact performing better than conventional medicine in many instances. So your mocking is out of ignorance. Mocking homeopathy also seems to be largely the domain of middle class white males who flatly refuse to try it or look at the evidence, preferring instead to look to corporate funded science for their information. So assured in their white middle class arrogance that they have no need to experience something for themselves.
'The only source of knowledge is experience'. Albert Einstein
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Just out of interest Mr Kohler, you say:
"...homeopaths really do believe that what they do is equal to real medicine, and should be taught to doctors. THAT is why we focus on it [homeopathy]."
Ah yes, I keep forgetting that skeptics organise, often with backing from big pharma, to swarm all over articles like these with misinformation, mockery and lies. We are talking about people's health here. It is not a place for misinformation, mockery and lies.
'WE' indeed. Would that be an acronym for Wankers Endemic per chance?


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Green-Wood Historic Fund's Seventh Annual Fundraising GalaPresented by Green-Wood Historic Fund
Earl & Gina Ingoglia Weiner will receive The DeWitt Clinton Award for Excellence -- the Green-Wood Historic Fund's highest honor -- at the seventh annual fundraising gala taking place on September 18, 2014 at Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark located in Brooklyn. The evening will feature cocktails alfresco followed by a seated dinner in one of the city's most historic natural landscapes and an award presentation. The event's silent auction will include "a brief live auction of six outstanding items" – unique items and experiences, each with a special tie to Green-Wood and its history. The honorees will give remarks and all proceeds will support Green-Wood's new Visitors Center in the historic Weir greenhouse, plus the myriad public programs it offers every year, including trolley and walking tours, programs, concerts and outdoor theater. As Brooklynites for more than 45 years, Earl and Gina have been lifelong champions of arts and culture and have dedicated themselves to theater, history and historic preservation, education, and beautiful landscapes in our city. Together, they create a perfect tribute to DeWitt Clinton, who was a devoted supporter of the cultural growth of the city and the state of New York. In addition, this year marks Earl's 30th anniversary as a Green-Wood trustee. Attire is business casual and guests should enter at Green-Wood's main gate at 25th Street and 5th Avenue in Brooklyn.
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Cyber Security Conference 2014Presented by New York Insitute of technology
Amber, Join us for NYIT's Cyber Security Career Panel& Info Session
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New Rochelle Humane Society Paws for A Heart Gala Dinner 2014Presented by New Rochelle Humane Society
What: New Rochelle Humane Society Paws for a Heart Gala Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 Location: Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle, New York
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Sat Oct
Steve Schlackman ~ 'La Clave de Cuba' solo show openingPresented by Emmanuel Fremin Gallery
Steve Schlackman ~ 'La Clave de Cuba' solo show opening
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Mon Sep
Ligne Roset Annual SalePresented by Ligne Roset
Ligne Roset offers 15% off their entire collection for their annual sale.
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New York Cares Autumn AffairPresented by New York Cares
The New York Cares Fundraising Committee presents the Autumn Affair on Thursday, September 18th from 7 p.m to 10 p.m. at 1 Oak, 453 West 17th Street, New York, NY.
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Fri Sep
The Art of Influence in Sales: How to Create Opportunity and Build DemandPresented by Workforce Professionals Training Institute
Topics Include: • The step-by-step process to selling • Strategies to sell a non-profit and overcome stereotypes • Pitching your organization/program in 30 seconds • Meeting the decision maker: what to say and what to do within an hour after the meeting • Cold Calling—When and how? • The science of using LinkedIn for prospecting and canvassing • Techniques to be a resource and not a burden • Skills to sell yourself and your ideas so they lead to the results you want
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Sat Feb
MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY'S MAD. SQ. ART. PRESENTS FALL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION BY TONY CRAGGPresented by Madison Square Park Conservancy
Mad. Sq. Art, the free, contemporary art program of the Madison Square Park Conservancy, presents a dynamic Fall exhibition featuring commissioned artworks made by internationally renowned sculptor Tony Cragg. Cragg's Walks of Life, consists of three monumental bronze sculptures positioned on three lawns in the Park. Caldera in the west gravel section of the Park, Mixed Feelings commanding a northern lawn, and the immense and elegant Points of View on the Park's Oval Lawn.
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Fri Sep
LADIES NIGHT w/DJ WebStarPresented by tastemakerevents
LADIES NIGHT w/DJ WebStar This Thursday September 18th @ PLAY LOUNGE 77-17 Queens Blvd Elmhurst, NY 11373
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The following shows have received ratings of at least four stars from Times readers.BROADWAY OFF BROADWAY
33 Readers' Reviews
August 16th, 201212:51 pm
Tracy Bennet is a dynamic performer but she's too energetic and young to be convincing as the 48 year old Garland The show is reminiscient of the superior Lopped about Tallulah Bankhead
Since so much has been written about Garland, this production doesn't offer anything new or deep so the total effect iis one of pointlesssness.
— Brendan033, NY
June 4th, 201211:26 am
— linda leven LINDALEVEN - DOT - COMOM, NEW YORK
June 3rd, 20122:16 pm
Yes, "End of the Rainbow" is not a very good play in that there's not much more drama or conflict on view other than watching Judy Garland implode -- and in that regard it could indeed be considered exploitative -- but it's nonetheless a riveting evening, made even more so by the extraordinary Tracie Bennett. At first I thought she simply was doing a Garland impersonation, all mannerisms and tics, but at some point it started to work for me. (I can't believe that Garland was ever this "on" 24 hours a day, but this is the theater, so one expects some license to be taken.) And while I've not been impressed with the recordings I've heard of Bennett as Garland, I have to say that in person she sounded eerily like her. (Her voice was pretty ragged the night I saw the show, but that huskiness worked perfectly.) Bottom line this is an amazing tour de force. Bennett never stops acting singing moving living crying shouting for nearly three hours and it's really something to see. This kind of committed, naked no-holds-barred performance is precisely what live theater is all about -- as I can imagine were Garland's concerts -- and it was a privilege to witness. The supporting cast and production are exemplary. Go.
— dcrazmo, NYC
May 19th, 20124:46 pm
See it in all its brilliance and feel the pain of addiction through this incredible performance.
— barb, wilton, ct
April 23rd, 20129:13 pm
Stunned by the negative reviews, but it's a Barnum & Bailey world! I have always loved Judy Garland, and I'm a straight woman, go figure! If any of this had been played to exploit or disrespect Judy or put her through the ringer one more time, I would have interrupted the performance and been escorted out. Quite the contrary, this is a portrait of the last months of a woman who was outrageously abused from the cradle to her early death -- and yet gave more than she took from this existence. Excellent cast. Tracie Bennett is a marvel -- playing Eleanor of Aquitaine is one thing, who's going to say, "are they kidding, she never ate roast boar!" But to take on someone who will always be with us on film and tape? Who is an American icon? Talk about asking for it! But that's the kind of courage actors need to have. Brava, Ms. Bennett! This is a role that will make your career, but be careful, it can also destroy it if you get too caught up in it. Don't sing Judy songs on chat shows or cabaret nights, even for charity! Move on to the next thing, right after you win the Tony! And thank you for coming out for an encore (maybe it's planned, but how would I know that?) after a matinee -- you had to be on the stage again in about 3 1/2 hours, that was very generous, planned or not. Go see this, people.
— kennicott, Jersey
April 23rd, 20129:13 pm
As an old stagehand,(32yrs.), and having written for nine "blogs",and a defunct entertainment mag in the 80's, I find that reading the precision of direct thought to "paper" still marvels me. Without sitting in the velvet seat the voices slapping off the wall of the spotlight position is precise. The flirt of back-light peeks at the Actress's figure. Those of us that don't get to witness New York's wealth of theatrical talents, or to grab our no-line spectacles to be IN that moment through the skills of "An EDUCATED" is tragic... EXASPEROUS. When this does get to "The Cornfields" I'll have a waymarker for the journey. Looking to see the ticket prices at this RAINBOW'S END. This was a beautiful artistic "CARROT".
— omegetymon, Columbus, Ohio
April 22nd, 20121:22 pm
I see everything on Broadway, and last night's performance, (Sat. April 21st), was the performance of a lifetime. I finally got to see the live Judy Garland concert I never got to see as a youngster. The mood was electric last night. The audience wanted more and more. Tracie Bennett "was" Judy, and I sense she felt it too. To quote Judy from her Carnegie Hall album, "We could've stayed all night."
Whenever I think Broadway is done with, along comes something like this to keep it alive.
Thank you, Ms. Bennett.
— Theater Junkie, New York, NY
April 18th, 20126:38 pm
I will never forget this show. Simply put Ms. Bennett gives the performance of a lifetime. See this show and you will never be the same. Thank you Tracie for the tears and laughter and paying the ultimate homage to the tragic loss of one of the worlds greatest talents. I WILL BE BACK TO SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN!!
— Kevin, Montreal, Canada
April 15th, 20127:46 pm
I had the good fortune of buying tickets to a preview of "End of the Rainbow" and left the theatre totally speechless. As a fan of the late Judy Garland, I was a little apprehensive about seeing a play about the late legend and icon. Tracie Bennett embodied the late Judy Garland in every way. There is no doubt that Miss Bennett will win a Tony for her wonderful performance. After the play, I waited at the stage door with many people and Miss Bennett was nice enough to sign autographs for waiting fans, she is a real trouper.
Highly recommended.
— Lon, St. Petersburg, Florida
April 15th, 20127:46 pm
Not a good play. Tracie Bennett was best when not singing. Tom Pelphrey was totally blah. Michael Cumpsty, a fine actor, was totally wasted in this show. There were no redeeming qualities in any of the characters. I was just happy when the play was over, and I could leave.
— DG, New York, NY
April 12th, 20121:55 pm
THE Broadway performance of the year- Tracie Bennett is unbelievably believable as Judy Garland!
The play smoothly transitions from Garland's Ritz Hotel suite to the Talk of the Town nightclub with a live band. The woman sitting behind me kept looking through her Playbill to find the play notes- Act One and Act Two settings and year with a listing of songs. She thought that her program was missing a page.
Those expecting a traditional play with a serious plotline, please be advised that "End of the Rainbow" just provides a precious glimpse into a legendary performer's last months, warts and all. After seeing many Judy Garland impersonators over the years, both men and women, forget 'em. This is the ultimate performance with truly showstopping numbers. Wow.
— Twocents, Manhattan
April 9th, 20124:32 pm
I saw the play and found it very disturbing that people are still exploiting this woman 40 plus years after her death. The video clips of her in that last year were nothing like this wildly manic performance given by Tracie Bennett. In them, Judy is subdued and reflective. She often talked about her kids, whom she worked her butt off to support -- no mention of them is even made in this play. Her voice was nearly destroyed by then (Bennett's is oddly pitch perfect and never cracks). I don't get why anyone would pick the last 6 months of her life to focus on and why, if they did, they couldn't manage to imbue this characterization with any humanity. I spent most of the evening cringing, and embarrassed at the few points where the audience laughed. They should have written a play about Garland's comeback in the early 60's focusing on the period between Carnegie Hall and her triumphant, if ill fated, TV show. I would have enjoyed seeing Bennett knock that material out of the park.
— mh12987, New Jersey
April 9th, 20124:32 pm
The End of the Rainbow was very enjoyable, but its lead, Tracie Bennett, is simply stunning as Judy garland, of whom I knew little coming in to the theater. Highly recommended- as a matter of fact, I have already bought a ticket to go again.
— Ken, Rancho Mirage. CA
April 9th, 201212:54 pm
One of the BEST performances I have ever witnessed on broadway. This is a terrifying brilliant and moving portrait of Judy Garland. Tracie Bennet will definitely win the Tony award!! BRAVO!!!
— Jim, New york,NY
April 6th, 20125:48 pm
Tracie Bennett is extraordinary and how she does what she does eight times a week is amazing. That being said, this felt more like her cabaret act expanded into a weak play. At the end of the day (or should I say rainbow), what is the point of this piece? Also, while her singing was amazing and dead-on, her spoken dialogue was not spot on at all. Why didn't they get her a speech or dialect coach? Her vowel placements, while close, were not right. The quivering in her voice started to sound to me more like Katherine Hepburn than Judy Garland. Little tweaks here and there could have tightened it up into a trans-formative performance and while I believe she accomplished this when singing, the scene work and dialect just weren't there.
— bwb, New York, NY
April 5th, 201210:57 am
The play itself has a very week script consisting of the usual boy meets girl stuff that went out 70 years ago. The performance by Ms Bennett though earnest was so frenetic, you'd almost forget that the real Judy Garland looked so labored in her decline...not ready for cheer-leading try outs.
I'm sure she barfed in real life but I could have done without the dramatization
Admittedly my expectations were high, as was my disappointment
— sruben, NYC
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
In the course of his review, Mr. Brantley confidently informs us about the "perilous, bipolar energy that so often animates great performers." Later, he diagnoses Bennett-as-Garland's "Come Rain or Come Shine" as "terrifyingly manic."
As if we needed any new ones, here is yet another example of the wrongful equating of great talent with psychopathology, which is destructive to both art and the people who make it, and utterly without scientific merit. The fact is there is no proof that the highly creative are any more prone to bipolar disorder than anybody else. But for a host of reasons it's what everybody prefers to think. And it always makes good copy.
— Dr. Judith Schlesinger, Tarrytown, New York
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
Tracie Bennett has given the performance of the year. it is unlikely that you will see this in any other musical of 2012. She embodies Judy completely, as evidenced by the physicality she brings to the role and the astounding vocals. i left thinking that she created the mega star performance that Judy was known for. And frankly, her performance was so thrilling that i thought how will she be able to do this night after night without turning to ritalin herself ? people on the blogs say that it is a train wreck and that Tracie's performance was difficult to watch but they are missing the point. JUDY WAS A TRAIN WRECK. it's difficult to watch because it is a tragic story. I felt so sorry for Judy. All the drag queens and judy worshipping gays who write on these blogs have created a romanticized Judy in their heads that bears no resemblance to the real deal. Like Elvis, the real story is not the performances but the tragedy consequences of stardom. Tracie Bennett nails it. The Times review tells you everything you need to know. i
— jane, bronxville.ny
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
As one who has sat through more than my share of Judy Garland "tribute" artists at the bars and lounges I've visited over the years, I found Tracie Bennett's performance to be a striking departure. Often, attempts to channel Garland take place beneath a veneer of adulation, making the acts I've seen more about the impersonator's devotion than about Judy herself.
There is no way to be prepared for the level of authenticity Bennett inhabits. As I told someone on the street after Saturday night's performance, even if you've heard only one Judy Garland song in your life, Bennett's precise tonality, angst, and expression will be immediately evocative, for anyone.
Of course, the more acquainted one is with the Garland oeuvre, the more devastating your experience watching Bennett chew and swallow the scenery – an absolute necessity in this case. Fierce is an overused adjective, but my God – watching her tear through "Come Rain or Come Shine" is like watching the woman throw herself off a cliff. Such is her seeming disregard for the toll that number must surely exact on her body.
After the fellow denizens of the bars and lounges I've visited (well represented Saturday night, who would have guessed) make their pilgrimage, I hope a much wider audience finds its way to the Belasco. This show demands to be seen – and should be recognized as absolutely one of the top attractions on Broadway at the moment.
— Brian, Philadelphia
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
30 years as a theatre fanatic and I can safely say this was the most insufferable production I have ever seen on Broadway. Terrible writing and performances. An insult to the memory of Judy, her family and fans. Horrendous. Sure to die a quick death.
— FrankB, CT
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
Having seen Judy Garland in the movies as well as live in concert my husband and I were flabbergasted by Tracie Bennet's performance. I have rarely seen such acting in the theater. This show is a must for theater lovers.
— Aljumara, Manhasset, NY
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
We'll be the first to admit it: we are not big fans of Judy Garland. When it comes to tragic female singers that are addicted to pills and booze we prefer Whitney, Amy, or even Janis. Maybe it's an age thing, we really don't get the appeal of Ms Garland the gay icon. So going into London transfer of End of the Rainbow Broadway currently playing at The Belasco Theatre we were a bit reluctant about spending the next two hours getting to know this Judy better. At the end of this Rainbow did we find a pot for gold or an empty treasure chest?
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— AndrewAndrew, New York City
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
The theatre of the last years of Judy Garland was to be in the same city where the known and expected last performances of this overcapacitated legend were occurring.
No reality or recreation can come close to near it.
This production creates a clash and an arguement that only non theatregoers could not see that this is a rehash of "Piaf" in concept and comes disastrously close to a stage bio of Natalie Wood.
One of the profound and pleasurable experiences to be had and has been had for centuries is that extraordinary sensation of respect for the theatre.(And hello to include the history of the "mechanicals" in Shakespeare to the slapstickers of vaudeville) ) Here; here with this may very well begin a knowledgeable public circumspection that that historical respect is not theirs to be held for any approaching "final insult" - which this kind of musical "Hedda Gabler"(!) flags like a crazying head of a Seventh Avenue procession.
— la.melb, Australia
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
I haven't seen the show and had no reason to doubt Mr. Brantley's judgment until I watched the video that accompanies his review. If this excerpt is to be believed, Ms. Bennett does the most dumbfoundingly off-kilter imitation of Judy Garland I've ever seen.
— JW, Brooklyn, NY
April 3rd, 20128:23 pm
I was blown away by the performance of Tracie Bennett as Garland. She looks a lot like her subject and she nails the singing in the dozen or so songs she sings. But I sometimes cringed at her accent in the dialogue which had a vaguely Eastern European tenor to it, sounding like Bette Midler doing Sophie Tucker. But Bennett was marvelous and is the reason to see this play.
It's a play with music -- the scene sometimes changes to the cabaret space where Bennett is backed by a five piece jazz combo. Garland's accompanist Anthony is played with a Scottish burr by the Bway veteran Michael Cumpsty, last seen by me this past summer in Much Ado About Nothing in Red Bank, NJ. He often plays the piano while Garland is rehearsing in her room. (We decided that Cumpsty is not actually playing.) Bennett puts her all into the songs, especially in the performance scenes, much the way Garland did.
I told Tracie Bennett after the show (and she was eager to hear) that I saw Judy Garland in concert twice -- first, a great show at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in the summer of 1965. And then a very sad concert at the Baltimore Civic Center in February 1968, about a year before the play takes place. Garland headlined a triple bill. The first act was Woody Allen doing stand-up. Tony Bennett was the second act. We waited about 45 minutes for Garland. Then Tony Bennett helped her to the stage. For about 15 minutes she slurred professions of love for the audience, until she gained enough composure to begin singing. It was a painful experience.
It's somewhat pedestrian as a play, perhaps because I'm so familiar with the plot. Quilter gives us a fascinating look at addiction -- Garland's overwhelming need for booze and pills. Deans, played by the handsome Tom Pelphrey, keeps Garland on the wagon -- until his meal ticket is jeopardized and he becomes her enabler. She gets more emotional support from Anthony, a sympathetic gay man. A poignant tale with some glorious singing.
— Lloyd Targer, Manhattan
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