NFTRW Weekly Top 5

Here are the top five comment generating posts from the past week:

Regulations hurt Booth tradition

The Tartan Online: "As an alumnus, I have fond memories of Spring Carnival and, in particular, Booth. I was never part of a fraternity, so Booth gave me an opportunity to work with other members of an organization to build something great that would be enjoyed by hundreds of visitors. Booth gave me an opportunity to meet alumni and general Pittsburgh residents. Booth was collaborative, spontaneous, and open. Booth was fun. However, as Carnegie Mellon becomes increasingly paranoid and restrictions are added to the process, I worry that bureaucracy is destroying much of what Booth is at its core.

Posted by David at 4/11/2011 01:08:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Kevin Spacey calls for arts funding in Congress

Seattle Times Newspaper: "Kevin Spacey performed some impromptu 'street theater' Tuesday to ask Congress for continued funding of the National Endowment for the Arts amid calls for deep budget cuts. Spacey was supposed to testify in the House during a hearing that was canceled at the last minute for budget negotiations to avoid a government shutdown. Instead, he performed a version of his testimony for arts supporters

Posted by Dale at 4/11/2011 01:37:00 AM <-- Comments Here

"The Alice Project" Re-imagines Lewis Carroll Classic with Blending of Performance and Technology

CMU Drama School Blog - post-gazette.com: "On April 14, “The Alice Project” takes Lewis Carroll’s Victorian sensibility and drags it kicking and screaming into the present-day to be tattered and transformed. Directed by faculty member Marianne Weems, this highly anticipated interdisciplinary performance explores the character of Alice through a modern-day lens of technology. The production uses layers of multimedia, including several live cameras, projection surfaces and soundscapes on an overwhelming three-story steel maze of a set that fills the Philip Chosky Theater.

Posted by David at 4/08/2011 02:32:00 PM <-- Comments Here

The Power of the List: Essential Lists for Productivity

Lifehack: "If there is anything that I have learned from trying to become “more productive” and “doing” GTD over the last few years is that you are only as productive as the weakest part in your system. Your system can be anything really; it doesn’t have to be a mass of expensive online and digital tools, it can be a crappy notebook and pen as long as you are using and reviewing as much as you need to keep things out of your head and moving forward.

Posted by David at 4/08/2011 02:07:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Set Designer - This Is My Job

Popular Mechanics: "Whether it's Stephen Colbert's head on Mount Rushmore or ray guns made from plungers, if you can think it, Michael Bednark can probably make it. The set designer tells us the tricks (and tools) he uses to construct props and set-ups for photo shoots and TV commercials.

Posted by David at 4/09/2011 02:41:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Polish Congress disputes Toronto theatre’s version of WWII massacre of Jews

The Globe and Mail: "A Toronto theatre company mounting a controversial play about Poles and Jews during the Second World War has declined a request from the Canadian Polish Congress that it “withdraw” background historical material from the play’s program.

Posted by Dale at 4/11/2011 01:34:00 AM <-- Comments Here