Gatz narrator Scott Shepherd recalls Gatsby reading feat
New York AP reports on Scott Shepherd who memorized all 49000 words of The Great Gatsby for the word for word stage piece Gatz by Elevator Repair Service. The eight hour endurance performance returns to The Public Theater with Shepherd at a desk as colleagues recite along.
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Degas and the Nude reshapes a ballet icon in Paris exhibit
Paris readers are invited to the Degas and the Nude show at the Musee d Orsay, a landmark monographic display of the artist’s naked female figures spanning 50 years. The exhibit features 170 works from major museums, including loans from Boston, Chicago and New York, and pairs late Impressionist works with Naturalist studies.
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Bed Burial of 7th-Century Teenager Reveals Early Christianity
Archaeologists near Cambridge uncovered a 650 to 680 AD bed burial containing a teenage girl about 15, a gold cross with garnets, an iron knife, and a bead purse. The find, one of few bed burials in Britain, suggests a shift from paganism to Christianity and indicates aristocratic status. Further dating and isotopic work may reveal her origins.
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