Lectures tagged "Fashion"


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Boston Theater Now: New Artistic Directors
Diane Paulus
October 21, 2009
01:09:07
Greater Boston's Jared Bowen moderates a roundtable discussion of Boston's evolving theatre scene with the Hub's newest artistic directors: Kate Warner of the New Repertory Theatre, Peter DuBois of the Huntington Theatre Company, and Diane Paulus of the American Repertory Theater.
Crafting Carmen: Creating a New Opera
Esther Nelson
October 14, 2009
00:47:16
Boston Lyric Opera’s General and Artistic Director Esther Nelson, Director of Artistic Operations Nicholas Russell, Director of Production Dan Duro and Carmen’s Stage Director Nicholas Muni share what it takes to get an opera to the stage, and discuss all that goes into creating a new produ
Madeleine Albright: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box
Madeleine Albright
October 1, 2009
01:24:39
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussed her new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box, with former Governor of Vermont and author of Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead, Madeleine Kunin.
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Jiggle: (Re)Shaping American Women
Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino
March 13, 2008
00:37:25
Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino discusses her book, which spans the fields of women's studies, cultural studies, and media studies as it examines the significance of women's embodied experience with the most intimate feminine foundation garments.
Exploring Harry and Eleanor Callahan
Chip Simone
November 8, 2007
01:18:39
Photographers Chip Simone and John McWilliams, personal friends of the late photographer Harry Callahan, joined Julian Cox to discuss the artist and his muse, Eleanor, as teacher and artist, and to feature examples of their own work.
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of Fashion
Caroline Weber
March 10, 2007
01:12:38
Caroline Weber tells the story of how Marie-Antoinette's clothing choices helped make and unmake her reputation, altering the very course of French history. Weber, author of Queen of Fashion: What Marie-Antoinette Wore to the Revolution, presents a new vision of this ever-fascinating French queen.
Needles and Pens: Sewing Diaries of Four American Women
Karen Herbaugh
February 22, 2007
00:42:37
Karen Herbaugh discusses how the sewing diaries of three New England women and one young girl provide insight on everything from fashion and sewing to relationships and language at the turn of the 20th century.
When the Girls Came Out to Play: American Sportswear
Patricia Campbell Warner
February 15, 2007
00:31:52
Patricia Campbell Warner, professor of theater at UMASS Amherst, discusses her new book, When the Girls Came Out to Play, and the distinctly American style known as sportswear.