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Through the Crystal Ball of the Chancellor's Residence brings you
inside the original 1928 Chancellor's Residence at 1803
Hillsborough Street to share the vision and the family life of each
of the university's leaders, from President Brooks to Chancellor
Woodson. Just as the glass globe on the newel of the staircase near
the front door reflects a panoramic view of the rooms, the
furniture, and the world outside, the house too is a crystal ball
through which we can view North Carolina State's history through
most of the twentieth century. Treasured photographs from the
albums of the house's former residents convey the spirit of each
family. The idea for this book was born in late 2011 as Chancellor
Randy Woodson and his wife Susan moved from the residence to ""The
Point,"" the new residence on Main Campus Drive at Centennial
Campus. The stately Georgian Revival house had projected the
dignified image of the leaders of the institution since its
completion in 1928, and Susan wanted to celebrate the role of the
old house during its eighty-three years. The old chancellor's
residence on Hillsborough Street will be renovated and expanded as
the home of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. The Gregg's
collection of over 25,000 objects includes major holdings in
textiles, clothing, ceramics, folk and Native American art,
photography, design, decorative arts, and self-taught art. The
museum will be able to present more of its holdings as well as
special exhibits in the 15,000-square-foot addition designed by the
Freelon Group architects of Durham. This book also honors the other
buildings and the plan of the historic North Campus along
Hillsborough Street. Using documentary images from the NCSU
Libraries Special Collections Research Center and recent images by
photographers Edward T. Funkhouser, Roger Winstead, Craig McDuffie,
Roger Manley, and others, it explores the university's
architectural roots, beginning with the 1887 construction of Main
Building (Holladay Hall), when one building held the entire
college. During the Roaring Twenties, nationally known architect
Warren Manning transformed the campus into a modern, harmonious
ensemble of Neoclassical Revival educational buildings, Colonial
Revival dormitories, gymnasium, and landscape courtyards. The
former chancellor's residence stands as one of the final elements
of the transformed campus, which served the university well until
its growth boom after World War II.
This lavishly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive view of a
community that is called by some the ""southern part of heaven.""
Ruth Little tells the story of Chapel Hill's ""town"" and ""gown""
from the earliest architecture of the town and campus to the
imposing public and university structures of the early twentieth
century and the modernist subdivisions built from the late 1950s
through the 1970s. The culmination of years of architectural survey
work by several researchers, ""Town and Gown"" makes excellent use
of both documentary and current photographs of individual
structures. An 8-page color insert contains photographs by State
Historic Preservation Office photographer, Bill Garrett, showcasing
the most important and widely recognized of Chapel Hill's
buildings. Historic cartographer, Michael Southern has added maps
of the campus and selected Chapel Hill neighborhoods, making ""Town
and Gown"" useful as a carry-along guidebook. This volume marks a
major addition to the literature of architectural history and the
preservation of place. Everyone who has a fondness for the
community of Chapel Hill will treasure it.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Be Wonderful is a major step forward in giving everyone the choice
to live in continuous happiness and fulfilment. This important work
is unique in two ways. It combines spiritual and mystical wisdom
(ancient and modern) with leading edge personal and emotional
growth techniques. Its second gift is its practicality. It guides
you step-by-step to simply develop the skills, which open you to
experience your full joy and potential. With this book you can
develop 7 skills, which enable you to: * Be fully present to the
miracle that is your life. * Manifest effortlessly all you truly
need. * Find and walk your highest path and life's work. * Release
stuck negativity, flowing your thoughts and feelings into divine
harmony. * Live life as play. * Have clear and loving friendships
and relationships. * Clearly and consistently hear divine guidance.
* Transform struggle to live in ease and peace.
This book introduces young people to the theatrical processes
behind the scenes of one of the country's best known and best loved
theatres. The Young Vic is famous for its hugely successful
productions of classic and modern plays, which have attracted
widespread critical acclaim. Here Ruth Little, the theatre's
associate artistic director, looks at the processes involved in
staging a theatrical work with young people from transforming
stories into action in GRIMM'S TALES, tackling classical dialogue
in DR FAUSTUS, developing character in RAISIN IN THE SUN, or
staging a musical in SIMPLY HEAVENLY. Each chapter is based on
actual work led by professional directors at the Young Vic and
includes multiple ideas for how to enthuse young actors and
directors with the possibilities of theatre, including costume and
design, running rehearsals and much, much more.With a preface by
the Young Vic's Artistic Director, David Lan, THE YOUNG VIC BOOK is
full of insights from actors and directors who have worked at the
theatre including Jude Law, Lennie James, Frank Dunlop and Barbara
Houseman.
Five of the best plays from the first decade of the twenty-first
century produced by the Royal Court Theatre, London. Royal Court
Plays 2000-2010 is an essential anthology for anyone interested in
the best work from the most important new writing theatre produced
during the last decade. Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge is a
touching and comic play about love, war and teaching. Produced in
2000 it was revived on the West End in 2008 and has become a
turn-of-the-century classic. Roy Williams' play Fallout was written
in response to the killing of Damilola Taylor and the McPherson
report into racism in the Metropolitan Police and is an essential
play exploring how black teenagers are drawn into violence and
mutual mistrust. Motortown is about the 'war on terror' and the war
in Iraq. Described as 'an instant modern classic, the first major
anti-anti-war play of this era' (What's on Stage) Simon Stephens'
play examines the effects of the war on individuals. Mike Bartlett
emerged as one of the most exciting young writers of recent times
when his play My Child premiered in 2007. A play about fatherhood,
broken families and what it means to be a good parent, it was
heaped with praise: 'Brutal, thrilling...unmissable' (Evening
Standard). The final play, Enron, is an epic satire about the
notorious rise and fall of Enron and its founding partners, written
by Lucy Prebble. A huge hit and acclaimed by critics and audiences
alike, the play transferred to the West End in 2010 and opened on
Broadway that same year.
'The Royal Court has been at the centre of British cultural life
for the past 50 years, an engine room for new writing and
constantly transforming the theatrical culture' - Stephen Daldry.
For half a century the Royal Court has been at the cutting edge of
British theatre. Established by George Devine as a 'writers'
theatre', the Court has consistently provided a platform for the
most vital dramatic talents of the day. Illustrated throughout with
photographs from the plays, and reproduces documents and rehearsal
notes from the original productions, "Inside Out" considers the
most notable productions from the tenure of each successive
artistic director since the Court opened, and includes interviews
with actors, writers, designers, technicians, and directors
themselves.It lays bare the truth about controversies over
productions like Look Back in Anger, Saved, Perdition, and Shopping
and F**king, the closely fought battles over funding, and
remarkable internal struggles between huge and competitive
personalities at the heart of the Court. "Inside Out" combines a
probing history with a unique collection of original and revealing
anecdotes from everyone involved in the story of this most
influential and important of cultural institutions.
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