Pop Culture
Erin Morrison-Fortunato on July 11th, 2007
Snatching up a neatly folded piece of notebook paper flittering at your feet or plucking a crumpled piece filled with chicken scratch from the pocket of an airline seat could lead to the discovery of a hidden world, a look into another person's secret life. Share it with the world!
Pop Culture
Erin Morrison-Fortunato on May 22nd, 2007
A picture of the World Trade Center, a plane aiming at the towers. The image itself was sickening; I understood the impending destruction. But a sad sentiment scrawled across the image makes this a more horrendous sight: "I wish you'd gone to work that day." At first, the meaning of
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Erin Morrison-Fortunato on April 18th, 2007
Watching TV is a passive activity. But you can spice up a boring evening of vegging out in front of the boob tube by participating in the time-honored tradition of the television drinking game.For those of you in the 21-and-over crowd who have no fear of a wicked hangover in
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Erin Morrison-Fortunato on February 20th, 2007
It's a cool-glass-of-lemonade-on-the-porch, stick-your-arm-into-the-barrel-and-grab-a-pickle kind of trip. You'll need to pack your imagination. As Thornton Wilder determined, the set of Geva's production of Our Town is minimal, keeping the audience focused on the timeless tale.Looming gray brick walls with gaping black doors create the blank screen against which Grovers Corners
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Erin Morrison-Fortunato on January 23rd, 2007
It's a popular myth that as women near the age of 30, a soft but ceaseless ticking begins to haunt and drive them: the biological clock. But in the play Tick, Tick...BOOM!, as the lead character Jon's 30th birthday nears, he begins to hear a ticking of his own. A
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Erin Morrison-Fortunato on January 16th, 2007
Looks can be deceiving. An apartment with the feel of a cozy cottage appears to be a happy home: a glowing fireplace, a kitchen filled with spices, a cage housing a chirping canary. Sepia-toned lighting transforms the flat into an antique photograph, charming and warm. Bouncing German marches play, setting
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Erin Morrison-Fortunato on December 13th, 2006
Imagine surviving the terror of the Civil War, the strains of poverty, the fear of disease and death, and the pain of lost love, all while living through the most horrific occurrence of all: puberty. Stirring in sisterhood, romance, kindness, charity, and fulfilled dreams proves that Louisa May Alcott sure
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Erin Morrison-Fortunato on December 6th, 2006
Kids and the Ku Klux Klan make for an unsettling mix. When author Karen Hesse confronts this conflict in her young adult novel Witness, it makes for a powerful story filled with tension and fear. It's 1924 in small-town Vermont. Leanora Sutter, a young African-American, and Esther Hirsh, a Jewish
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