Bale Theater paper aims to provide a sustainable stage actors
Paris-based architectural firm Studio and scenography Andrew Todd has produced a proposal for a new theater mainly of recycled paper. Paper Bale Theater can be built and disassembled relatively easily and cheaply, and will feature everything needed to stage a play or a show. paper Bale Theater is a concept of circular theater seat 135 [...]
June 20, 2013
Frustrated veterans plead for help with ‘the wait we carry’
Frustrated veterans plead for help with ‘the wait we carry’ President Barack Obama greets Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran Eilene Henderson in Section 60 of Arlington National …“Imagine this is you.” The words have barely appeared on the screen, over footage of what seems to be an American military convoy, when there’s an explosion. “Your life [...]
June 20, 2013
Darley’s approach strikes gold at Ascot
Bloodlines victory Majestic. approach the edges of the Dawn on Tornado to win the challenges of St. James’s Palace at Royal Ascot. Photo: AP Royal Ascot cemented his place as one of the major events on the world opening day on Tuesday, when one of many highlights was undoubtedly the approach of dawn regain its [...]
June 20, 2013
End to Fed stimulus, China slowdown rattles swathe of world investments
1 of 8. Employees of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) work at the bourse in Tokyo June 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai By Richard Hubbard LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:34am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve’s explicit signal it will stop pumping money into the world economy and data showing China’s [...]
June 20, 2013
Blackhawks beat Bruins 6-5 in OT, tie series 2-all
Blackhawks beat Bruins 6-5 in OT, tie series 2-all BOSTON (AP) — The Blackhawks are heading back to Chicago having regained home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup finals and with a renewed faith in an offense that took more than 120 minutes to push a puck past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. “It’s time to put [...]
June 20, 2013
‘Masterpiece’ prepping ‘Breathless’ medical drama
‘Masterpiece’ prepping ‘Breathless’ medical drama NEW YORK (AP) — “Masterpiece” is prescribing a new drama set in a London hospital in the early 1960s. The series, “Breathless,” will put medical practice at the brink of the tumultuous ’60s. Set in a busy gynecology unit, it inhabits a world where abortion is illegal and the new [...]
June 20, 2013