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ITO EYE
Toyo Ito’s Masterpieces Of Design At The Bellas Artes Museum

(Jan. 21, 2005) It is hard to give a fair picture of good architecture through small exhibitions as the compressed version usually tends to flatten itself. Maybe Toyo Ito and his colleagues kept that in mind for “Toyo Ito Made in Italy” – the consistent theme of the exhibition takes his work to a completely different dimension.



Film Review


PREDICTABLE FOCKERS

(Jan. 21, 2005) Four years ago we all laughed when Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) met Jack and Dina Byrnes (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner), the parents of his beloved girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo) in the excruciating blockbuster “Meet the Parents.”

“Now Greg has to face a bigger challenge: introducing the formidable Byrnes family to his parents, sex therapist Roz (Barbra Streisand) and the eccentric former lawyer Bernie (Dustin Hoffman).



Theater Review


SOME KIND OF LIFE

(Jan. 21, 2005) “What’s this?” asks Winnie, squinting at an ant on the scorched ground in Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days.” “Looks like some kind of life.”


The ST Dairy


FOR RICHER FOR POORER

(Jan. 21, 2005) “Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are made,” proclaimed Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie, to muffled hoots of derision, at the nuptials of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer.


Cultural Announcements


THIS WEEK’S CULTURAL ANNOUNCEMENTS



Top Cultural Story
Courtesy of Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Toyo Ito's "Ripples." Fine design for tired behinds
Top Cultural Story
Courtesy of Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
From the ether: Toyo Ito's baffling "Clouds”
Film Review
Courtesy of Tracey Bennett/Dreamworks
Dustin Hoffman and Robert de Niro get familial in Meet the Fockers
Theater Review
Courtesy of Festival Teatro a Mil
Carlos Araya and Hernán Lacalle as Hamm and Clov in Beckett's "Final de partida"