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Monday, April 15, 2024

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Lunar Gala: A night to remember

The Tartan: I’m embarrassed to say that it took me almost three years at Carnegie Mellon to make it to the famed Lunar Gala. Given the hype I’ve heard, I was expecting to enter the show and be magically transported to some ethereal time and place. In retrospect, this was an unrealistic expectation, but I still really enjoyed the show. This year’s Lunar Gala, “Liminal,” focused on the spaces between spaces — transitions between states.

 

Huey Lewis Lost His Hearing. That Didn’t Stop Him From Making a Musical.

The New York Times: After Huey Lewis learned that a syndrome of the inner ear called Ménière’s disease had caused him significant hearing loss and left him unable to play or hear music, he faced the difficult task of having to tell his friends and peers.

Immersive The Lord of the Rings Musical To Make US Premiere

Playbill: A new production of the 2006 stage musical The Lord of the Rings is coming to the US. Adapted from the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy, Paul Hart's production will be presented in collaboration with Chicago Shakespeare Theater this summer from July 19 to September 1.

What Is the Male Gaze?

nofilmschool.com: One of the topics Hollywood is coming to reckon with now is the question, "What is the male gaze?" Throughout the history of movies and TV, we've seen a lot of things made from the heterosexual male point of view. That perspective has not always been respectful of women characters or the female body.

Safer table saws may get mandated, possibly preventing severed fingers

NPR: One day about 20 years ago, Tom Noffsinger experienced every woodworker's worst nightmare: One final cut on his table saw before knocking off for the day turned into a trip to the emergency room. It was afternoon, and he'd been in his shop since morning. "I was a little tired. I should've quit," Noffsinger says. "I ran my hand right into the blade and nearly cut my thumb off."

 

 

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