Pop City:
The MTV show Rob Dyerdak’s Fantasy Factory just aired an episode that
involved cast members in tiger, leopard and panther costumes. A member
of the rock band The Flaming Lips recently donned a bear costume to
perform their song Bear on stage. The cat and bear costumes—as well as
two more bear costumes that will appear in a Volkswagen commercial to
air in the United Arab Emirates and a bear’s head that recently appeared
on the cover of Bloomberg Business Week—all hail from a warehouse
located on a secluded side street in Sharpsburg.
ThinkProgress:
The Family Institute of Connecticut’s Peter Wolfgang appeared on MSNBC
with Thomas Roberts this afternoon to discuss the controversy
surrounding a play featuring a same-sex kiss at Hartford Public High
School.
MAKE:
Among MAKE readers, we’re nearly unanimous in agreeing that the rise of
digital fabrication is a complete game-changer for crafters, hackers,
and tinkerers of all stripes. Laser cutters, CNC mills, and 3D printers
have altered the way we think about design, and raised the bar for
quality and precision in our work. I’m a passionate adopter of these
technologies, but am also wary of the cultural shift they represent as
they become more ubiquitous.I was talking to a friend about this
recently, voicing my disappointment in so many talented colleagues of
ours who stay strictly within software, afraid to pick up tools with
which they could alternatively realize their creations. His response
surprised me: “I’m more comfortable with a Wacom and Photoshop. I grew
up with computers and I can’t imagine creating with anything else. I
think digital fabrication is the future and I want to be a part of it.”
Playbill.com:
Meet house carpenter Charlie Rasmussen, the oldest active member of
Local One of IATSE. Charlie Rasmussen arrived on Broadway as a
production carpenter at the Broadway Theatre in 1950. Sixty-one years
later, at age 85, Rasmussen is in his office at the Broadway Theatre,
one floor below the stage where Sister Act has finished a Wednesday
matinee — and where he has been, since 1980, the theatre's house, or
head, carpenter.
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