Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Theater Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Theater | Extending the Stage With Technology Supported by ByScott Heller Jan. 25, 2019 The creators of “Hamlet 360” describe the project as the rare instance where an entire play has been adapted to take advantage of the immersive possibilities of virtual reality. But plenty of other theater artists — from the experimental to the commercial — have been making use of new technologies. Sometimes their work is seen, or heard, on a traditional stage; in other cases the boundaries between stage and screen are blurred. Here are several recent examples. Don’t put away your phone The Builders Association, which has incorporated cutting-edge technology into its work for decades, encouraged cellphone use for its 2015 augmented-reality-aided production, “Elements of Oz.” After … [Read more...] about Extending the Stage With Technology
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H.W. Brands: “We Appreciate Presidents More After They Leave Office”
Not surprisingly, political historian H.W. Brands gets asked with some regularity about how history might treat President Trump. His short answer is that it’s too soon to tell. He’s also often asked about history’s ability to predict the future. “No present moment is exactly like something that came before, but neither it is entirely different,” says Brands, the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas. “This is why history is good for understanding things that happen in the present, but it’s not particularly good for predicting what’s going to happen next. So as a historian, I don’t know what’s going to happen five years from now, but once it happens, I’m going to explain why it was inevitable.” Brands’s latest book, Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants, is about the nineteenth-century … [Read more...] about H.W. Brands: “We Appreciate Presidents More After They Leave Office”
Invest in long-term plans to build retirement corpus
When it comes to our life, we ask a lot of questions. Particularly, when we think about our retirement, the first question we as is “When should I start planning for retirement?” If you are looking for the obvious answer, then you have to be ready to accept the truth. I do not say you have to believe blindly. If you want you can consult other retirees or financial advisors until you get the obvious answer. The obvious answer to the obvious question. Now, for the obvious answer to the question is “as soon as you get your first job”. You get your first job in your early twenties. Don’t forget it is the beginning of your life. You may think, you can start your retirement planning in the thirties, but at that time you will get married and maybe you will have a child. Then, you have to focus on your family, child’s education, your child’s marriage, and purchasing your dream home, etc. You can’t even think about future. Change is unchanged: … [Read more...] about Invest in long-term plans to build retirement corpus
Checking in with dinosaurs in Jurassic World film
Scene from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Picture: Supplied Scene from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Picture: Supplied Here’s the good news: Mind you, this movie is pretty ridiculous and the script (from Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly) is not very clever - I found myself rolling my eyes almost as frequently as I found myself smiling with genuine delight. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will not stand up to rigorous scrutiny, and yet it’s kind of an enjoyable, preposterous and thrilling ride that ticks through nostalgia beats like a shopping list. It’s a little sad how in this era of industrial franchise filmmaking a three-year gap between films actually feels like quite a bit of time - or maybe it’s just a testament to how gruelling the past few years have been - but, hey, it did at least seem like the right time to check in with those dinosaurs again, although I worry that our emotional investment in Owen’s connection with a velociraptor … [Read more...] about Checking in with dinosaurs in Jurassic World film
Film Review: ‘Jurassic World 2’ leans on nostalgia, contrivances
(AP) -- Here's the good news: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom " is more fun than "Jurassic World." It's not exactly a high bar, but still a welcome surprise. In the hands of a new director, J.A. Bayona, with Chris Pratt's high-wattage charisma on full blast and a fair amount of self-aware humor intact, there are certainly worse ways to spend a couple hours in the air-conditioned multiplex this summer. Mind you, this movie is pretty ridiculous and the script (from Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly) is not very clever -- I found myself rolling my eyes almost as frequently as I found myself smiling with genuine delight. "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" will not stand up to rigorous scrutiny, and yet, it's kind of an enjoyable, preposterous and thrilling ride that ticks through nostalgia beats like a shopping list. It's a little sad how in this era of industrial franchise filmmaking a three year gap between films actually feels like quite a bit of time -- or maybe it's just a … [Read more...] about Film Review: ‘Jurassic World 2’ leans on nostalgia, contrivances