Carnegie Mellon program helps children communicate
TribLIVE: A tsunami of excitement erupts when Jimmy Mason enters the room. The no-longer-orderly group of youngsters who had been waiting quietly surrounds the Carnegie Mellon University senior, greeting him as though he were a rock star and clamoring for his attention. Within minutes, Mason and the kids — students in grades 4 through 8 at the DePaul School for Hearing and Speech in Shadyside — are scrabbling across the floor in a fast-paced game of red light-green light. Carnegie Mellon program helps children communicate
Who’s Afraid of the Dark?
Stage Directions: No light doesn’t mean no design in Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s presentation of Theatre in the Dark The Los Angeles, Cailf.-based Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, never a company to shy away from a challenge in its four decades of well-received work, is offering audiences a true sensory experience with their premiere of Theatre in the Dark. The production is a collection of pieces that are presented almost exclusively in the dark.
Ice Age Live is Painted with Light
Briefingroom on LiveDesignOnline: Luc Peumans from Genk, Belgium based creative visual design practice, Painting With Light, has designed lighting for the new “Ice Age Live” show, a vibrant stage adaptation of the 20th Century Fox ‘Ice Age’ animation movies featuring the same much loved characters and a new story.
Circus Roboticus, Or: This Actor Is A Serious Heavyweight : Monkey See
NPR: Whenever the military rolls out some revolutionary new robot, folks are quick with the Skynet jokes. But in recent years, some robotic-evolution experiments suggest that robotic rebellion might end in applause rather than annihilation. Take, for example, the robot KUKA — the hulking star of a French nouveau-cirque performance, Sans Objet, which premieres at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Friday. It's no special effect; it's a real robot, developed by the automotive industry in the 1970s.
How 'Angels in America' changed the national conversation
latimes.com: Queen Elizabeth called 1992 her annus horribilis. Bill Clinton defeated President George H.W. Bush and ended the Reagan era. Pope John Paul II lifted the Edict of Inquisition against Galileo, and the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-American team to win the World Series. In April, a Simi Valley jury found four LAPD officers not guilty in the beating of Rodney King and Los Angeles exploded. In August, Pat Buchanan rocked the Republican convention with his infamous "God's country" speech ("better in the original German," observed columnist Molly Ivins).
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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