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Friday, February 17, 2012
Garlic Shrimp – Not Necessarily In That Order
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Question, is it better use groundnut oil (peanut oil) instead of olive oil as it can withstand more heat?
- February 17, 2012 at 1:32 PM
do you think my memmory is that bad?
this is just like what you did with the bay scallop dish inspired by the italian place you worked at as a dishwasher...why did i remember that? - February 17, 2012 at 1:50 PM
- Puro y Eterno Amor said...
Hummmmmmm!!!! Delicioso!!!
- February 17, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Looks awesome! Will be making this, this weekend. Thanks again Chef!
- February 17, 2012 at 2:04 PM
this looks delicious!
but where i live shrimp are very expensive and hard to find,so
do you think i can use lobster instead? - February 17, 2012 at 2:26 PM
i HATE parsly, what other herb can i use?
- February 17, 2012 at 3:05 PM
- Teeny said...
That is some great looking shrimp, but I really think you could have put some more on top of the toast, it was what only 3 or shrimp high.
- February 17, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Chef...is that garlic not fresh? Out of a jar maybe?
- February 17, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Chef John said...
It was freshly minced, but I did it early so mixed with some evoo to keep it from oxidizing.
- February 17, 2012 at 4:53 PM
- sandi said...
Looks so delish! Is there a place where we can get the written cooking instructions as well as the ingredients list? I love watching your videos but I'd like to have the written instructions when I actually make this dish.
- February 17, 2012 at 5:04 PM
My mouth is watering after watching this video.
- February 17, 2012 at 5:37 PM
What is the difference between this and the traditional shrimp scampi? It seems to have pretty much the same ingredients.
- February 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM
Mire lemon bread? That isn't something you made, is it? I would love to see a recipe for that.
I'm trying to picture what lemon bread would taste like. Probably good. - February 17, 2012 at 6:49 PM
- Chef John said...
I will try and demo that.
- February 17, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- Birder said...
I'm curious about Varg's question as well... why not use an oil with a higher smoke point, or combine the olive with another oil to at least raise it?
- February 17, 2012 at 10:49 PM
- Chef John said...
you certainly could, but i like the flavor of olive oil and butter. It works fine!
- February 17, 2012 at 11:11 PM
- 1Bigg_ER said...
This would go well with the butter beans or Udon noodles. Saturday dinner!!
- February 18, 2012 at 2:21 AM
- KPeff said...
Reminds me a lot of the little shrimp toast squares I sometime get at dim sum. The only difference might be using green onions instead of parsley.
- February 18, 2012 at 4:24 AM
Chef John. I like shrimps and i like garlic, but i don't like garlic shrimp. can i use lemon and chicken?
- February 18, 2012 at 7:32 AM
- Villy said...
I use capers very often, even in omelet. But have not used the brine like that. Sounds great! Thank you Chef!
- February 18, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- JUDY PACZKOWSKI said...
Mary misses the whole point. What a goofy question. If you don't like garlic and shrimp, why look at the recipe? If you don't like parsley, use cilantro. It's MEYER lemon, which you can buy in oil form. I plan on purchasing a Meyer lemon tree to plant this spring. Chef John, you could have used a bigger piece of toast or used two slices. I'm cooking this tonight with pasta, so I will be using more lemon and caper juice, as well as more oil and butter so the shrimp AND pasta will be nicely coated. I will also take the tails off for easy eating. Thank you for sharing an easy peasy recipe. I like anything with garlic.
- February 18, 2012 at 11:59 AM
- JHReid said...
Yo Chef J, I wasn't able to use the Caper Brine tonight in this recipe, I'm not sure if I missed out on a crucial ingredient, can you tell me what flavours I didn't get?
Also could you suggest an alternative as I don't think I'll ever get round to buying a jar of capers.
Thanks again my parents loved this dish! - February 18, 2012 at 3:50 PM
- JHReid said...
Yo Chef J, thank you for this lovely dish, my parents really enjoyed it!
Quick question, I don't think I'll ever get round to buying a jar of capers so I didn't get to add the brine while making this tonight, what flavours did I miss out on and are there alternatives?
Cheers! - February 18, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- Chef John said...
Just like a pickle brine. Basically salt water!
- February 18, 2012 at 4:09 PM
- Lodey said...
John, just wanted to say I enjoy your videos and will be making this one in the near future.
I was wondering if you had any neato recipes for shaved pork? I'm at a loss for what I can do with it. - February 18, 2012 at 4:56 PM
- The One Who Is Enlightened said...
Chef John, this recipe is perfect for a home sick Italiano! It made me feel as if my Nonna was right there in the kitchen! Lots of garlic and an excellent use of herbs definitely make this dish compare to my Nonnas recipes, just don't tell her that!! I do have a request for you though. Can you make something that's really Rustic Old School Italian? I want to blow their socks off with one of your amazing recipes!!
XOXO - February 18, 2012 at 8:05 PM
- 1Bigg_ER said...
Quite delicious over cream zucchini.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:01 PM
How different would it taste if we didn't use capers?
- February 18, 2012 at 10:42 PM
I review Foodwishes daily and truely appreciate you and this site! Why are the tails left on while cooking? Thanks again
- February 20, 2012 at 8:34 AM
- Dr. Rice said...
I have all the ingredients ready and am going to cook this tonight for a Lent-friendly dinner. I am not a big fan of Shrimp but my wife loves it.
- February 24, 2012 at 4:28 PM
- Matt Smith said...
I made this tonight, chef, and it was fantastic. So simple and flavorful and just right for the little warm spat were having in the NE.
The videos lately have been really really good and my girlfriend and I are always trying your stuff out. Thanks for all the great content over the years! - February 24, 2012 at 7:39 PM
- S/V Blondie-Dog said...
Made this dish and served over some thin pasta and it was superb!
I can't believe all the times I'd previously cooked shrimp without tricking it up a little bit with some additional flavors.
Even I couldn't mess up this dish. - March 4, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- Arbo Doughty said...
Chef John rocks the house again! Hey even if you did steal it from some Hollywood chef or something or other, you'd THE MAN. Besides the video blog is priceless! I carry Chef John with me whenever I'm stumped at the grocery store for the night's meal or...some tasty treat that can't be beat. Tune in tomorrow. Same time! Same...err... shrimp channel!
- March 6, 2012 at 11:25 PM
Chef John, This recipe looks amazing! I cant wait to make it. I absolutly love all the videos i see that you make! Thanks for sharing with us!
- March 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM
- Natalie Lee said...
i tried to make this recipe. It was awesome. Thank you Chef!
- March 21, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Another winner John! Awesome! Loved it. Keep up the great job :) Joe V.
- April 6, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Your Meyer Lemon Bread did not look like a sweet bread loaf.........was it? I can only find sweet Meyer Lemon Bread recipes. Please advise.
- May 8, 2012 at 4:50 PM
- Chef John said...
Just add lots of grated lemon zest to any bread recipe. That's it!
- May 8, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Novice cook here, who stumbled upon your website. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the garlic shrimp cooking technique (and caper brine secret). So delicious!!!
- May 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Stephanie said...
Found this recipe via Pinterest, and it sounds delicious! I added a little caper brine to my potato salad yesterday (also delicious). I wouldn't have thought to add it to something without capers, though. Thanks for sharing your secret!
- July 5, 2012 at 7:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
I found this recipe while surfing the food wishes blog and I tried it for 4th of July. Amazing!! I mixed it with some penne pasta and it was a hit! Beautiful side dish to the burgers. Thanks, Chef John!
- July 10, 2012 at 10:01 PM
is it ok if I use precooked shrimp? I'm not able to get my hands on any fresh raw shrimp at the moment.
- July 13, 2012 at 2:04 PM
- Chef John said...
Sorry, won't work here. Re-cooking pre-cooked shrimp is usually a very bad idea. They get mushy and tasteless.
- July 13, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Can't wait to try this one! Quick question -- do you suggest salted or unsalted butter?
- July 31, 2012 at 9:40 AM
- Chef V said...
This recipe was FANTASTIC! My whole family was so impressed! Looking forward to more of your ideas!!
- August 6, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- KPeff said...
Cooked a couple pounds of this stuff for my mom's birthday dinner the other day. We started with a big green salad and served the shrimp & sauce with some dirty rice. So good.
- September 3, 2012 at 5:08 AM
- The X-man said...
I just made this recipe sans parsley for me and my roommate's dinner tonight. Holy wow is this good!
Thanks Chef John! - September 11, 2012 at 12:05 AM
- Ewan Macpherson said...
I made these for a pre-dinner snack, they were amazing. And, I've discovered a new food group, capers :) thanks Chef John!
- September 22, 2012 at 10:22 PM
- melaniaangelial said...
chef, i don't think i have italian parsley in my country, can i just change the parsley into another herb? or can i just not use the herb? tq, chef :)
- October 10, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Chef John said...
of course!
- October 10, 2012 at 1:34 PM
This turned out fabulous!! Love!
- October 18, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Unknown said...
just had this for dinner its really quick and tastes great. Will make again soon. Thanks for posting this.
- October 18, 2012 at 7:44 PM
- Unknown said...
Just made this for me and my son it turned out great and tasty. will try again soon. Thanks for posting
- October 18, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- Unknown said...
2 thumbs up just for how good this looks, can't wait to try it!! Sssooo glad I came across your channel on YouTube, my favorite one since I did.. Thanks agipain chef
- October 24, 2012 at 10:40 AM
- Unknown said...
Chef John,
My wife and I just made this dish. It was the better than any restaurant shrimp we can remember.
We voted for you! - December 10, 2012 at 9:31 PM
- Dante said...
- March 9, 2013 at 9:45 PM
- Cher said...
I did exactly as the video this was a hit with my Christmas surf and turf dinner.
- May 26, 2013 at 6:44 PM
- Cher said...
I did exactly as the video. This was a hit with my Christmas surf and turf dinner.
- May 26, 2013 at 6:45 PM
- Chef John said...
- May 26, 2013 at 7:30 PM
- Joe said...
I served this on a bed of sautéed kale and it was incredible!
- May 29, 2013 at 9:42 PM
- Unknown said...
Gambas al ajilo, the best meal ever!
- June 3, 2013 at 9:41 AM
- Marz said...
Is there anything that can substitute for caper brine? I had a jar of capers but they'd been there so long I tossed them, and I have everything else in the house for this. I have a lot of vinegars and Asian ingredients too. Fish sauce maybe?
Also do you have any idea once capers are opened how long they last? I bought that just tossed jar for the sake on one tsp then hadn't used them in ages. - July 9, 2013 at 7:38 PM
- Chef John said...
you can pickle juice, or just an extra pinch of salt.
- July 9, 2013 at 11:19 PM
- Unknown said...
Omg I am huge shrimp lover! I absolutely love this recipe. Thank you so much for posting this! The taste is just amazing!
- August 2, 2013 at 7:31 PM
I just made this, only had pre-cooked, pre-peeled and frozen shrimp. The initial sear took five minutes while all the water cooked out, then when I heard the familiar sizzle of the oil, I began with your instructions.
It turned out good, had to add more salt, lemon and paprika to give it a boost. Then I ate everything straight out of the hot pan. Was nice.
I probably won't make this again as it's too close to chicken piccata, my most common Foodwishes dish. Look forward to your other shrimp recipes though DAMN this was quick and easy. My weakness. - August 23, 2013 at 7:53 PM
- Rachel S. said...
yummmmm....this was the second time I've ever cooked shrimp, and this will probably be the only way I ever cook shrimp from now on. Such an amazingly flavorful dish. I thought I had capers in my fridge, but didn't, so I just omitted that part. And used a whole lemon's juice. Each shrimp was garlicy, lemony and spicy in all the right ways. Served it with spaghetti, steamed veggies and crusty french bread. Thanks Chef John!!
- January 9, 2014 at 12:08 PM
- Gloria Kelley said...
I'm making this tonight for the 10th time and it gets better every time I make it. This is one fantastic shrimp dish. And you're right John- you need a lot of garlic.
- March 3, 2014 at 8:46 PM
Made this for my husband's birthday. We both loved it! Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe. I'm really appreciated it =)
Definitely will try soon again! - June 9, 2014 at 8:57 AM
- Gloria Kelley said...
Leaving out any of these ingredients or changing any of the ingredients will give this dish a different flavor. I wouldn't change this for the world. I live on capers so I always have caper brine available and yes it does give the sauce a great kick. The only change I made was to add some lemon zest because I love the flavor of lemon. This is one of the best shrimp dishes ever. I'm having a Fourth of July seafood party this weekend and this is going to be one of my main dishes. This recipe made me a big fan of yours Chef John.
- July 1, 2014 at 3:41 PM
- cookinmom said...
Made this tonight and it was delish! I served it along with pesto linguine and a salad...yummm!
- July 8, 2014 at 8:09 PM
- Petunia said...
My first time cooking shrimp and this was the recipe I chose. I doubled all ingredients since I was making 2 pounds of shrimp. Served this for my friends dinner party, and for a side dish I actually made the roasted Brussels sprouts and onions, which I also got off this site. Both were delicious, but the shrimp were the star of the show. My friends said the shrimp was garlic-y and amazing, with just the right amount of heat and spice to it. I had never made shrimp before and I was nervous about working with it because I heard shrimp can become very rubbery if you overcook them. Honestly though your recipes are freaking great, and the prep and cooking process is so easy with your detailed instructions. Thank you for posting your recipes, my friends think I'm a culinary genius! ... I'm really not at all lol.
- July 17, 2014 at 10:13 AM
- Gloria Kelley said...
Petunia, I made this over the Fourth of July weekend and my friends freaked out. They absolutely raved. I served it over linguine but made a double batch of the sauce. It was absolutely to die for. Try it that way.
- July 17, 2014 at 1:30 PM
- Alan said...
Thank you so much for this recipe. It was super simple and quite good. I didn't quite get the shrimp as brown/golden as your video. I think I just had too much moisture in them. Thank you for all the nice videos you create.
- August 4, 2014 at 8:09 PM
- Kris said...
Made this tonight and it was superb! So easy and hit the spot. Thanks
- November 10, 2014 at 9:20 PM
- Meli said...
Chef John, first of all, I love you.
Yesterday was my boyfriend's birthday and I made him this recipe along with an entrée of your Tuna Tartar, and we had some guests over. OMG, was the reaction of all... Thank you so much for sharing your recipes and making the videos so easy to follow, I love that you are genuine and even throw a little humor in the mix. I LOVE YOU...seriously. You are my now cooking GURU.
Melissa (from Chile) - November 27, 2014 at 6:04 AM
- Gloria Kelley said...
I swore I wouldn't change a thing about this recipe after having made it several times as written but I got a craving to try cilantro and lime instead of parsley and lemon. It was absolutely fabulous. I lean toward the parsley and lemon but if you don't like parsley try it with the lime and cilantro. A note here, the cilantro as well as the parsley must be perfectly fresh.
- November 27, 2014 at 1:14 PM
I made this for Sunday dinner along with Chef John's garlic spaghetti, yes I love garlic. Totally delicious. Good alternative when your family does not like tomato sauce.
- March 8, 2015 at 7:32 PM
- CalicocatKnit said...
Chef John's garlic shrimp recipe is the best! I really like it and especially my husband..Thank you Chef, I am your biggest fan..
- March 22, 2015 at 9:15 PM
- Gloria Kelley said...
The last couple of times I made the garlic shrimp I made a bit more sauce and poured it over linguine. I can't even begin to tell you how delicious that was.
- March 23, 2015 at 2:49 PM
- Alex Bellido Rivera said...
I make the recipe but I use dill for the green instead of parsley
- October 17, 2015 at 1:42 PM
- Unknown said...
What size shrimp did you use?
- November 10, 2015 at 9:32 AM
- nurfilzah said...
I just made this! Delicious! Thank Chef. John
- January 24, 2016 at 8:48 AM
- rodentraiser said...
This. Was. To Die For! What do you mean, 4 small servings? I ate the whole pound of shrimp by myself and was ready to make a second pound when I realized I was out of garlic. This is, hands down, the best shrimp and garlic recipe I've ever tasted. And I love shrimp, so I've tasted a lot of them.
And I'll bite, that caper brine did add something extra to the sauce. However, since I've discovered I don't like capers, I'm going to toss them and keep the brine. Maybe the dog will eat them.
I have a question, though. How on earth do you peel those shrimp and still leave the hard tail on them? When I peel shrimp, I hold them by the tail, get my nails under the shell and pull. The whole shrimp comes out. And I'm left holding the shell by the tail. It worked out fine for me - I just ate them with a fork and shoved the whole shrimp into my mouth (yeah, I couldn't get them to my taste buds fast enough). But nosy minds need to know. - June 27, 2016 at 2:04 AM
- EricGN said...
Does it really have to be olive oil? I live in a country where olive oil is expensive and rarely use. We use palm oil or vegetable oil instead. Can I substitute it with those?
- September 2, 2016 at 10:48 PM
- Gloria Kelley said...
I often use peanut oil because it has a high smoke point. With all the garlic and lemon going on you'll never notice the difference in flavor if any.
- September 6, 2016 at 11:52 AM
- wheeler said...
Hmmm... Am I blind, or are there no written instructions? :/
- January 12, 2017 at 12:44 PM
- Gloria Kelley said...
This recipe is now in ALL RECIPES. I make this dish on a regular basis and it is truly the best shrimp recipe I have ever had.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/allrecipes.com/recipe/220597/simple-garlic-shrimp/amp/?client=safari - January 12, 2017 at 3:08 PM
- SMK said...
I made this tonight as an appetizer and it was awesome.
- March 13, 2018 at 6:54 PM
- Gloria Kelley said...
I'm having this tonight for dinner over linguine for the sixth time. I can't get enough of this incredibly delicious recipe .
- March 26, 2018 at 6:37 PM
- John M said...
This is the best recipe I have found on the internets for garlic shrimp, our goto recipe for quick meals, or to impress family and friends. Thanks for showing how.
- November 29, 2018 at 3:43 PM


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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Blue Sky Buzz: Try All & Era...
Friday a whole new era begins for the Disneyland Resort...
Those that have seen World of Color know what I'm talking about. Having seen it three times now, I can tell you that it's a game changer for the resort and the theme park. Starting this week, DCA will make its first, bold step toward becoming a Disney destination, not a Disney abomination. You can already see some of the changes in how the park is being marketed in the new commercials and billboards for the event. It truly crosses the line that ends the Pressler Era for good and moves forward into a bright future for Disney Parks the world over.
So, what is it that is so different? First off, scale. The scale of this endeavor is big. Really big. More than any project so far seen in this park. When this show is seen by the public it will give them a sense that things have changed. Things are different in Disney's Second Gate in California. There's now a reason to come through those turnstiles. I've seen the show three times myself and it's incredibly beautiful with one of my first reactions to it as how different it feels from anything else that the Mouse has tried to pull off there since the 2001 park opening. It doesn't feel like a stopgap measure, as many other "events" have. This feels amazing and spectacular, an entertainment show that you would see in a park like Disneyland itself were it to have the real estate to actually pull it off. That is going to be one of the great benefits of the bay at Paradise Pier. And it's going to be a great alternative to those that have seen entertainment over in the Rivers of America and are looking for something else.
The one thing that some people will be critical of is the narrative of the show. There is none. Being as almost everything that Disney does from attractions to films, a storyline is usually involved, but WOC is a string of beautiful scenes combined with powerful, cutting edge technology that are connected by nothing else. And no, Disney wasn't trying to be lazy. There actually was a storyline in the beginning of the concept and it survived all the way through much of the testing phase. But it didn't work, so bits were replaced and changed as the show was worked on. If you've seen some of the videos on YouTube and think you've seen it then realize that you probably haven't. There have been at least five versions on display during late night testing and this is the final version for the opening. Missing is the little character known as "Squirt" that was supposed to be making an appearance throughout the scenes as a water creature that was going to tie certain scenes together. All of the scenes of paper mache animation as well. The Cheshire Cat scenes may have looked good on the small screen, but spread out over three hundred feet they didn't look near as attractive and so they were cut. It will probably have little tweaks made over the coming years and add/drop scenes just as "Fantasmic!" has done. There is even early, blue sky talk of having customized shows for specific events, like Christmas or perhaps Halloween as time goes by. But that won't likely happen the first few year, just like "Toy Story Midway Mania" was designed so programs could be switched out and new things added in little time, so will this show do/be eventually.
Come this fall, the front entrance will start to become a mess of walls and construction like many other parts of the park and a little more than a year later, Disney fans' eyes will drink in an incredibly detailed, lovingly crafted and themed new front entrance that evokes the idealized version of the Los Angeles Walt saw when he stepped off that train looking for his American dream. This Christmas will not likely be very themed in DCA as the room/space that could be used in very limited, but once the front area is turned into something far better than a gaudy extension of The Block in Orange, you can expect something during the holiday season to rival Disneyland's Main Street decorations. A very California Christmas I would say/imagine. With themed entertainment that the park is working on making guest feel like they've gone back in time to what it must have been like in an earlier part of the Golden State's holiday history. Events that park goers experience during Holidays 2012/13 are going to have them looking back on what was DCA when it opened as a faint, drifting bad dream. The young ones that first enter the park then will have to be told that all this wonder as a far better sight than what they remember a decade ago. They won't believe you.
And about that time, as the first phase of the Extreme Makeover comes to a close, people will start to see the improvements coming to the original park start to take place as well as the announcement of an addition Disney hotel if attendance and spending continue to rise from current levels. But that's another story for another posts (just like the beginning of the second phase of expansion at DCA which won't start till probably 2014 or so).
The future is bright for Southern California over the coming decade and we Disney Fans/Geeks can look forward to the evolving plans finally turning what was said to be a resort into an actual one...
39 comments:
Great article. Can't wait.
Try all and era?
Trial and error?
Funny and clever, Honor! - June 10, 2010 at 6:07 AM
well, i'm still one that greatly likes the scenes of california murals that are at the current gate, and will miss them more than pretty much anything next time I visit. I did take advantage of being there in 2009 and taking plenty of pictures.
- June 10, 2010 at 6:10 AM
You have very low expectations for a Disney park, Acroyear70. Might I suggest Six Flaggs or Knotts Berry Farm instead?
- June 10, 2010 at 7:00 AM
I still hate the new entrance concept. Why make it look like WDW's studios park? DCA will be a unique park with it's own identity and rides, although it does share many rides with the Florida counterpart.
I'm a bit skeptical about the new watershow. Not sure how much of a game changer it is. DCA already has a great show called Aladdin and it did nothing to advance the park. The park will get better with the new rides and attractions, but a new watershow is just done at night for a small audience. Whatever happened to 9,000 people who can see it? It's down to 4,000 now, and only 2 shows per night, with most of Paradise Pier rides closed. - June 10, 2010 at 7:03 AM
- Justin said...
I heard on the radio this morning that you can watch the entire premiere of World of Color streamed live over the internet: http://www.ustream.tv/worldofcolor
- June 10, 2010 at 8:06 AM
The complaints of a lack of story line are without merit. Honestly, beyond the "Mickey battles the villains, good combats evil" angle, what story is there to Fantasmic! Not much.
- June 10, 2010 at 8:43 AM
I have a question concerning BIG changes at DL or DCA 2.0 when Bob Iger himself said, "I think, once we get through this period, we're probably going to drop down to what I'll call a more steady state," Iger said. "We don't really project — save for Disneyland Shanghai, should be we successful in completing that agreement and building the park — we don't really project anything as significant as this collection of investments on the [capital expenditure] front over the next decade."
That sure sounds like this is it for awhile. - June 10, 2010 at 9:16 AM
I question your sources concerning DCA 2.0 and other BIG capital expeditures when Bob Iger himself said,
"I think, once we get through this period, we're probably going to drop down to what I'll call a more steady state," Iger said. "We don't really project — save for Disneyland Shanghai, should be we successful in completing that agreement and building the park — we don't really project anything as significant as this collection of investments on the [capital expenditure] front over the next decade."
That sure sounds like they are done for awhile to me. - June 10, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Doopey said...
If you think in terms of the billion-dollar DCA makeover, the two new cruise ships (a HUGE expenditure), the new Hawaii resort, the WDW Fantasyland expansion, and the Hong Kong expansion, then what Iger is saying is pretty reasonable. That's ALOT of money getting spent right there. Dropping down to "a steady state" as Iger puts it, doesn't necessarily mean there won't be more investment in the parks, just not at the level listed above.
If Universal sees a significant uptick in attendance and WDW sees a corresponding decrease in attendance b/c of Harry Potter, then they will have to put more focus on Orlando, but I expect they will take a "wait and see" approach on that. - June 10, 2010 at 10:42 AM
It's too bad the paper animation was, er, cut. I was looking forward to those.
http://www.meganbrain.blogspot.com/ - June 10, 2010 at 10:46 AM
World of Color was just a mediocre hodgepodge of films, with nothing tying them together. The music was only as good as the films they came from and what sounded like new orchestrations were nothing special. There is far too much ambient mist in the air for the projections to be seen clearly at least from anywhere but center seats. It is a huge spectacle, and todays super size society may well eat it up (when they used all the flame throwers at once, the audience went nuts), but aside from the huge technological feat that World of Color is, there's absolutlely nothing special about it. I know it's not true, but it looks like it was designed by a comittee not a showman.
- June 10, 2010 at 11:12 AM
I'm told that the Maliboomer is going to be dismantled this fall. Is that true? The Pier's skyline will be much nicer without it.
Thanks! - June 10, 2010 at 2:13 PM
So, is it pretty sure that the show had 'heart' and story to it until Iger came and ripped it to shreds to turn it into a hodgepodge of movie clips to sell more DVDs and toys?
I'm surprised more people aren't going on about this. When the show was first pitched and Davison gave his runthrough, the show was about sweeping emotions/visuals and integrating Disney animation into the fountainwork. Now it has been reduced to play by play clips of movies on screens with fountains around them.
Honestly people, this show has been nuetered. It's downright sad to see what it ended up as when so muc h was worked on and shown...
Any takers? - June 10, 2010 at 3:15 PM
"I know it's not true, but it looks like it was designed by a comittee not a showman."
It WAS designed by a showman, but the committee got involved and desecrated the shows integrity. I've seen it twice in person and think that the fact that there is no real narrative is not the shows weakest point, It's the flow of it. When I listen to Steven Davison's original walk-through he did in the BSC over a year ago, I hear a show that has great flow similar to Fantasmic with an epic score that will tie everything together like the fireworks. What we got was a ginsu'd version of that. It doesn't need a storyline to be a great show, look at RDCT, hailed as Disney's best firework show anywhere (also designed by Steven), with no narrative, just a hodgepodge of Disney ride audio with a fantastic score.
Do I think WOC is "mediocre", not the least bit. From a technical and visual stand point, WOC is ion's ahead of any water show that has ever been produced, not to mention MANY "WOW" moments. Which gives me hope, that in the coming months and years the show will change and evolve into what it was meant to be. - June 10, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Spokker said...
There are two ways to look at World of Color.
First is the technical view. This part is amazing. All that crap in the water, all those spouts and gizmos, makes for a really incredible visual experience.
Second is the content. I'm not looking for a big plot where "things go wrong" or "one of our dinosaurs is missing." But what World Color lacks is the motivation for why anything in the show actually happens. Fantasmic!'s storyline isn't Shakespeare, but we have this whole concept of Mickey's imagination that turns into a battleground between good and evil. Disney attractions usually have some kind of motivation. Pirates of the Caribbean for example, takes place in a different time period in New Orleans and takes us back into the time of Pirates. Disney attractions transport us to a far off land, a past time period or a fanciful realm.
World of Color just feels like we are standing around in Southern California watching some visually impressive tech. The show is entirely dependent on Disney film nostalgia. It might as well open with, "Hey guys, remember Toy Story???"
The Up scene is a perfect example, offering only two catchphrases after the colorful and impressive balloon projection. Again, great tech, but what does it all mean?
World of Color is definitely for people who go to Disney parks primarily to see the characters. Those who are into the original attractions, less into synergy, may enjoy the show, but probably won't connect emotionally with it.
Of course, people are still in the World of Color honeymoon phase, so expect heavy blowback to any criticism of the show, even if you say it's still a good show. It's still a good show! - June 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- Spokker said...
Kyle, speaking of Remember... it sort of goes against everything I said about World of Color, but I mostly gave it a pass since it was the 50th and all.
However, it does flow a lot better than World of Color does. In fact, a subtle structural element is the train, which we can imagine is transporting us to the different Disney lands.
But see, even Remember... had a motivation. It was the right time and the right place, basically.
But Disney theme parks are not museums. They are not tributes unto themselves, but that's what World of Color feels like, another tribute. Another Partners. Another circle jerk of Disney proportions.
Maybe we can save those for the anniversaries. - June 10, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- Spokker said...
"I know it's not true, but it looks like it was designed by a comittee not a showman."
I think you've summed up my thoughts perfectly. Here is what Disney should do. Let Steve Davison really fly. Give him the complete auteur license to do what he needs to do to blow people away with not just a technically impressive spectacle, but a coherent one as well. - June 10, 2010 at 4:29 PM
- Spokker said...
"If Universal sees a significant uptick in attendance and WDW sees a corresponding decrease in attendance b/c of Harry Potter,"
Well, Universal is where the movies come to life, and by early accounts they really hit a home run with "Harry Potter Land." It'll probably do some damage.
However, you might see residual effects. People who visit Universal will probably visit Disney World too. However, in the past it was "We might as well see Universal on our Disney trip."
Today it's, "We might as well see Disney on our Universal trip."
Either way, those guests will probably spend more at Universal. Disney is not the top dog anymore. Universal has, at the very least, leveled the playing field a lot.
Kuka arms can do that, I think. - June 10, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- Honor Hunter said...
Just so you know guys...
Iger didn't gut the show. The main thing he wanted changed was the music. He preferred something a little more modern compared to the classic 60's opening.
The things that were cut out were with Davison's approval. Many of those scenes looked fine on a normal screen, but blown up they didn't look as good as he wanted and some of them looked downright cheap. So they were cut. No need to make Iger out to be the villain here.
But I think the show is fantastic and will likely evolve somewhat over time just as "Fantasmic!" has... - June 10, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Any news on hollywoodland? PHASE 2 FTW!
- June 10, 2010 at 7:31 PM
- Spokker said...
Hey Honor Hunter, are you breaking your NDA? Or, who is breaking their NDA to talk to you? Not expecting an answer, but just curious.
- June 10, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- Honor Hunter said...
As for the Phase Two of DCA...
I've never said it would be like Phase One, as in almost a billion put into it.
By then it won't need that much. P2 should be between 200-400 million depending on how the company and the economy are doing. If the economy is still in the tank then you never know, it might be delayed, but there are a few things that could/would/should be done around the middle part of the decade. Nothing is final as I always say.
And we all know that you're the one breaking the NDA to speak with me, Spokker...
;) - June 10, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- Spokker said...
They should build a giant statue of Huell Howser at the entrance to the park. Then I'd sing DCA's praises.
- June 10, 2010 at 10:09 PM
- Honor Hunter said...
You are a strange, little man, Spokker...
- June 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM
I'm the anonymous who said it looked like the show was created by a committee, just so everyone knows. A few more things to say:
I will concede that I was in the front row a bit over to the right, and from there, really couldn't see much of the show. Perhaps if I was further back, I would have been more impressed and many of my complaints wouldn't be valid. There were moments I felt like, wow, this probably makes a beautiful scene if I could take it all in. But I still say, as Spokker said, it felt very hodgepodgy. There was no motivation. Unlike Remember, there was nothing linking the films that were depicted, except their "Disneyness". I guess they were all films that did pretty well at the box office, but that's not necessarily enough. It's not like Fantasmic where you can say each film depicted was truly a Classic, even the newer ones used like Beauty and the Beast and Mermaid. I think all the Pixar bothered me. While Up and Wall E are very very good films, they seem to stand out like sore thumbs amid all the musicals depicted. And don't get me started on Heimlich- Bug's Life ages worse and worse as the years go on. I think that was the Jump the Shark moment for me.
I think just a little narrative would do it, or lyrics that essentially say, we're going to take you through the colorful films you've grown up with, or something like that. I mean, that's what they're doing, and we as an audience can see that common thread for ourselves, but we can also see the likely possibility that they just strung together every possible film, and without the Creative team taking the lead and telling the audience which possibility is true, I as a cynical person choose the latter.
And was it just me or was the sound system really crummy? I felt like I was sitting in front of one really blown out speaker? I couldn't hear any attempt at surround sound. But perhaps that was just a glitch on the night I saw it. - June 10, 2010 at 11:05 PM
I've watched Fantasmic! since its premiere in 1992. The story itself and music DID NOT CHANGE or EVOLVE. Maybe, the presentation itself as in different fireworks finale, lighting upgrades to the barges, a full-bodied dragon, Ursula barge to Flotsam and Jetsam jet skis, has changed. The PLOT, hence, the SHOW, has stayed true for the past 18 years.
I just don't understand how the author can state "It will probably have little tweaks made over the coming years and add/drop scenes just as "Fantasmic!" has done."
Add or drop scenes? The scenes are still the same... - June 10, 2010 at 11:58 PM
- Kevin S. Willis said...
"He preferred something a little more modern compared to the classic 60's opening."
Any time I hear that, I know that's wrong. Of course, I'm the one who'd like to say a new gate at Disneyworld entitled Retroland (done in the 1950s Disneyland style). A place to put all the old and "retired" rides, or versions thereof, and versions of restaurants and stores, and to sell mostly retro or nostalgic stuff. Plus a few classic tie-ins (like a 1950s style McDonalds featuring the 1950s menu and containers, that sort of stuff).
If I had been Micheal Eisner, Retroland would be up and running, and we'd being tooling around in 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea right now. And Mission to Mars. And I would have freed up the space in Tomorrowland and moved Carousel of Progress there. Sigh.
BTW, While my lack of time and money to travel is often depressing to me, at least I know that the next time I get back to Anaheim, DCA will be super-awesome. - June 11, 2010 at 5:51 AM
- Capt. Tomorrow said...
I guess I should be surprised by all the negative commentary regarding WOC, but quite honestly I'm not. Out of all the Disney sites I follow so far Honor is the only one that gets it. It's a water show people! There doesn't have to be a story, a plot, or "underlying theme", it just needs to entertain people. And by people I mean the park visitors that manage to make it to the park once every few years if even that; NOT the 50 mile radius APer's who are at the park almost every weekend and harp on every little detail. Enjoy the spectacle and be done with it.
- June 11, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Spokker said...
"There doesn't have to be a story, a plot, or "underlying theme", it just needs to entertain people."
So much for the "themed" park concept, then. Hear that Disney? no more themes. Capt. Tomorrow is letting you off the hook.
"NOT the 50 mile radius APer's who are at the park almost every weekend and harp on every little detail."
I heard that something like 40% of Disney's business is annual passholders, and it's not an accident. Disney is going for the passholders and it shows. - June 11, 2010 at 6:00 PM
I agree. WoC is a WATER (fountain/laser/light/fire/music) show . I think that if they had shortened it to around 18-20 minutes, removed all (or most) of the animation projections and condensed the show to sharp, concise segments that take advantage of the outstanding new water/light/laser effects held together with strong musical elements (the Pirates of the Caribbean segment as an example), the show would be a success. - June 11, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Spokker said...
"the show would be a success."
The show is a success. I even like it. But it's not a bad thing to point out some criticisms. - June 12, 2010 at 1:35 AM
I haven't seen the show in person, but I've seen it in its entirety on the 'net. Now I know it's not the same as seeing unfold before you, with full sound and splash and lasers. But I have to say this: the show's opening is spectacular. I got goose bumps when I heard "Walt Disney presents!" and Mickey's Fun Wheel lit up and the fairy dust erupted all over. That was AWESOME. And the show went on from there and was good. But then came all of the meaningless film clips that were pretty blurry and made no sense and frankly looked like a Disney informercial. Mufasa's death scene was not only pointless but depressing. The smoochy stuff afterward seemed a jarring juxtaposition and also made no sense. The finish was nice, so overall...it's a pretty good show. But man does it lag in the middle. I think it's technically amazing in some spots, but overall I've changed my mind about making a special trip to California to see this. I'll probably head over to Florida for WDW and a few days' side trip to visit Universal to check out a boy wizard named Harry Potter...
- June 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM
- Capt. Tomorrow said...
To Spokker: I like how in your reply to my post that you conveniently leave out the part where I say that it's just a water show, just like a parade is a parade and doesn't need any grandiose "theme" or "plot" or "story" that you evidently think they should have. And as for that 40% of Disney's business being from APers, would that not be the people that are paying like 9 bucks a month for their pass and who aren't staying in the resort hotels and who aren't having dinner in the Blue Bayou and who aren't buying all those souvenirs?
- June 13, 2010 at 7:50 AM
I have a point to make...and some things to say:
Capt. Tomorrow, I'm an AP and I LOVE to have Dinner at the Blue Bayou and I hope to stay at the Grand Californian some time soon when I can save up the money... I realize I'm the exception not the rule, but thats not my point.
I haven't been to the park to see WoC yet so I really shouldn't review the show, but from the videos I've seen I'll probably agree that the show could use some extra structural support... however that's not my point either.
THE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE is that there is a factual error in this review when Honor Hunter implies that "All of the scenes of paper mache animation" were cut from the show. Megan Brian's paper animation, in fact, does appear in the show in the "Under the Sea" sequence in the form of fish and other sea creatures that sing and dance and and in the "A Whole New World" section she also created the beautiful palace that Aladdin and Jasmine fly over. The only paper animation that was cut that I'm aware of was a result of the removal of the "Alice" scenes.
I just wanted to make that clear.
Thanks. - June 13, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Honor Hunter said...
Imaginastic, the scenes that were cut I was referring to are the ones on the large background sprays...
The wide angled ones. I'm not counting the ones that appeared on the globes.
There's a reason they're on the globes. They looked bad and weren't believable on the large screens.
There are several other scenes that were cut and rearranged as well. Not to mention the deletion of poor, little Squirt.
But the show will be tweaked over time and in a year or so we can look forward to those Holiday versions of WOC as well. It took five months to program this one and it won't be changing for a while... - June 13, 2010 at 11:27 PM
About Little Squirt Honor, can you provide any specific reasons as to why that particular story and personalization of the show was dropped? It seems to me that the show only suffers from simply being just clips presented to the audience and that having a simple host with a little bit of personality would fix that rather quickly.
Also, did anyone catch Little Squirts appearance at the end of the post show sequence? He bows to the audience. I thought that was pretty great. Little Squirt still lives... - June 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM
"Imaginastic, the scenes that were cut I was referring to are the ones on the large background sprays... The wide angled ones. I'm not counting the ones that appeared on the globes. There's a reason they're on the globes. They looked bad and weren't believable on the large screens. "
Those globes didn't improve things any and need to go altogether. Most of the images on them were redundant, but ALL of them were out of character for the show as the animation on them was TOO sharp and clear in relation to the rest of the show, which was softened by the projection on water jets. - June 14, 2010 at 10:52 PM
"There's a reason they're on the globes. They looked bad and weren't believable on the large screens."
I think anyone could have told them that 2 years ago. Pretty much everyone who knew about it thought the whole paper was stupid. - June 18, 2010 at 2:36 PM
I know that I'm late here, but I wanted to mention that even though World of Color may not have a clear, traditional story, the clips are not random;
Under the Sea transitions into Crush surfing,
Dory speaking whale transited into the flying whales of Fantasia 2000, and so on
I think its fair to say that World of Color is a journey through different moods and emotions. And at one point, the villains clearly take over and the mood gets dark.
I just wish that clips from Bolt were in the show. After all, all of the other most recent Disney and Pixar films were included,
(WALL-E, Up, The Princess and the Frog)
Perhaps Bolt was one of the things that got cut?
In general though, I like World of Color. it is clearly a hit with guests, and that's all that matters.
And I agree, Spokker is a strange little man. - August 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM


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The political battle raging on Cairo's streets is focused on President Mohamed Morsi's autocratic actions in his efforts to rush through his draft constitution, but the anxiety of those on the street are equally based on the content of that constitution. One of the most bitterly divisive disputes is over the question of women's rights in a post-Mubarak Egypt, and its resolution could have profound consequences not only for tens of millions of Egyptian women but also for the rights of women in post-revolution Tunisia and Libya. Thousands of women were at the forefront of the protest marches that poured into Tahrir Square in January 2011, and many expressed the view that in joining the struggle to bring down Mubarak, they were fighting also for their personal liberty.
But whether that goal is achieved could depend on how Egyptians vote on Dec. 15, and after that, on how judges interpret the resulting constitution. Many activists deem women's rights a political litmus test that determines whether leaders are willing to put civil rights above religious edicts when the two are in conflict. For Egyptian women, the outcome of the constitutional dispute between Islamists and secularists could affect their ability to inherit property, to pass on citizenship to their children, to earn equal pay for equal work and even to make decisions independently of male family members. "The role of women in society has been a contentious issue since the start of the transition," Isobel Coleman, director of the women-and-foreign-policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote on Dec. 4. The draft constitution, she argued, "does not proactively provide for equality."
(PHOTOS: Islam's Soft Revolution, Led by Cairo Women)
That, perhaps, is no surprise; nor does the U.S. constitution explicitly guarantee women's equality. And only four women sit on Egypt's 85-member constitutional committee, which has spent months locked in debate over the draft document. Of its 236 articles or paragraphs, Article 2 cites Islamic law as "the principle source of legislation," while Article 4 gives the role of interpreting that law not to the courts, but to Islamic scholars at Cairo's al-Azhar University. Those scholars are not mentioned in Egypt's 1971 constitution, which is now being replaced, although the old document does state that "the principles of Shari'a are the main source of legislation."
Women's organizations have for months pressed to have an article that guaranteed women's equality only insofar as it did not clash with Islamic values deleted from Egypt's draft constitution. Now that sentence is gone — but any specific assurance of women's equality has also been excised. In its place is a clause guaranteeing government-funded maternal and child health care (something most Americans don't have), but those benefits are offered specifically in order "to preserve the genuine character of the Egyptian family" and to balance "the duties of a woman towards her family and her work." That, says Coleman, is "a not-so-subtle code for keeping women in a traditional role." In response to the article, Human Rights Watch accused Morsi's government of trying to control women's decisions, saying, "The state's role should be confined to ensuring equality and nondiscrimination, without interfering with a woman's choices about her life."
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Egypt's constitutional battle is being watched closely not only by Egyptians but also by those whose fates may be influenced by its outcome: women in Tunisia and Libya. As in Egypt, Tunisia's Islamist postrevolution government and Libya's largely secular one are also charged with writing new constitutions. And in both cases, women's rights have emerged as one of most contentious issues.
In Tunisia, huge protests erupted after Selma Mabrouk, a secular member of the constitutional-drafting committee, revealed on her Facebook page that the draft constitution categorized women as a "complement with the man in the family, and an associate to the man in the development of the country." Those sentences were subsequently deleted, thanks to the furor. But since the parliament has yet to vote on the draft constitution, they could still sneak back in, Mabrouk told TIME on Friday. "There are many references to religion, which could constitute a problem for us," she said by phone from Tunis. Islamic fervor has risen sharply since the revolution, she says, with several Tunisian kindergartens now having veiled girls as young as 3 or 4 years old. She says she expects a strong push by Islamists to insert religion into the constitution, adding, "We are remaining very, very alert."
(PHOTOS: Egypt: Thousands Protest President Morsi's Decree)
So, too, are women in Libya, where constitution writing has not yet begun. The country's first-ever elected government was installed only last month and is still trying to wrest control over the country's security from the armed militia groups.
Despite that, Libyan women's organizations have already begun organizing around the future constitution, fearing they could face similar battles to Egypt and Tunisia. "We want equality and for our civilian and political rights to be recognized," Alaa Murabit, head of the Voice of Libyan Women, a group in Tripoli, told TIME by phone. She says her organization has held discussions with women across the country, polling them for what they want in a new constitution.
Yet although women want equal rights, Murabit says Islam will certainly occupy a key role — especially since Islamists, who were jailed through decades of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship, have finally won political freedom. "Islam is not going anywhere, and the West needs to come to terms with the fact," Murabit says. "If everybody keeps labeling the use of Islam as wrong, people will shut down and not have a dialog." Instead, she says that Libyan women are pushing to have both an Islamic country and women's equality when the country's new constitution is finally debated. Until then, they will sit transfixed at the political protests just across the border, in Egypt.
MORE: An Interview with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi: 'We're Learning How to Be Free'


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When Eve Aschheim enters a classroom at the beginning of the
semester, she wants to get her students thinking about the relationship
of ideas to paper. They may be accustomed to putting their thoughts on
paper in the form of an essay or a poem. She wants them to express
those thoughts not with words, but with the tip of a pencil or a
"My class is about the kinds of questions you can
ask in a work of art, and being on the edge of your own intuition,"
said Aschheim, who is director of the Program in Visual Arts. "I want to open up some of the more conventional notions they might have about art."
students who take her drawing and painting classes come from a variety
of art backgrounds: some have never drawn or painted before, and some
have a lot of experience. Aschheim gently prods all of them to take
risks and explore, and she draws on diverse sources to provide them
with inspiration and insight. Gently pushing boundaries is the same
approach that Aschheim takes in her own work.
Aschheim's drawings, several of which are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, favor simple forms — lines, dashes, ellipses — and a limited color palette dominated by white, blue and black. Aschheim is known for the subtlety and nuance of her drawings and paintings, for the luminous images she creates and for pieces that appear delicate and muscular all at once.
Aschheim, who teaches painting and introduction to drawing, arrived at Princeton in 1991. She was appointed a senior lecturer in 2001 and became director of the Program in Visual Arts two years later.
She provides students with various subject matters — landscapes, still lifes, figures — and various approaches — working from a photograph, from life, from their imagination. Technique is secondary. The idea is to get them to loosen their inhibitions and make discoveries.
"She encourages you to explore and be open-minded as long as possible," said Elizabeth Looke-Stewart, a member of the class of 2006 and a winner of Princeton's Lucas Award in Visual Arts who works as a photo editor in New York. "She also encouraged me not to be afraid to take risks and to try different ways of working."
Aschheim is known for her accessibility to students, even the ones who are not taking her classes. "While Eve Aschheim was one of the most influential professors during my Princeton career, one of the most telling characteristics of the nature of the relationship that I share with her is that she was never my professor or adviser," said Temitayo Ogunbiyi, a member of the class of 2006 who also received a Lucas Award. "Eve always made time for me and my work — meeting with me whenever I desired feedback, inviting me to studio visits she'd arranged for her class, coming to my studio at 11 o'clock on a weeknight because she knew I'd be there. She wrote numerous recommendations and put me in touch with a number of incredible people."
Aschheim finds Princeton students have a "wonderful energy. Nearly every student produces something very personal and meaningful and surprising, something you didn't know was there, and that's really what I'm trying to do. That's where new art will come from. As a teacher you have to nurture it and step aside, not intervene too much. I give them the formal structure so they can access the language of drawing and see what they can do with it."
Students from the program have gone on to promising careers in a wide range of artistic fields. Dana Brintz '02 earned a master's degree in fine art from the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London last year and has had two exhibitions of her drawings at London galleries. Fazal Sheikh '87 won a MacArthur Fellowship last year for his portrait photography of displaced people. Jodi Hauptman '86 is associate curator in the department of drawings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Aschheim enjoys her role as director of the program because she loves interacting with artists who may be interested in coming to Princeton to teach.
"Finding new faculty is one of the most stimulating and rewarding parts of the job," she said. "It's an exciting time for the visual arts program. The administration has been extremely supportive, and is allowing us to reach our full potential."
The program is part of the new University Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, established by President Tilghman this year with a gift from alumnus Peter Lewis. Tilghman's initiative also includes plans to expand the size, resources and visibility of Princeton's undergraduate certificate programs in visual arts, creative writing, musical performance, and theater and dance. As part of that expansion, plans are under way to create a film studies certificate program, Aschheim said.
The Program in Visual Arts, in conjunction with the Council of the Humanities, recently has brought several well-known artists to Princeton as visiting faculty members and lecturers. Dawn Clements, who makes large panoramas that convey the feeling of living in a confined space, visited last spring as a guest printmaker and adjunct lecturer, and returns this fall to teach drawing. This year's fellows include Cuban-born photographer Abelardo Morell, Austrian filmmaker and theorist Peter Kubelka, and filmmaker and performance artist Yvonne Rainer.
A recent addition to the faculty is John O'Connor, a lecturer who does large-scale drawings that use idiosyncratic systems and graphs to register different patterns of human behavior. He will be teaching a new course called "Advanced Drawing" this fall.
"We added 'Advanced Drawing' partly in response to student demand and partly in response to the changing nature of the art world, where drawing right now is coming to the fore as a medium in its own right," Aschheim said. Drawing used to be regarded as a precursor to painting, rather than an art form itself.
Thinking in different ways
Aschheim's work, which embraces drawing as an art form, has been acquired by several prominent museums. In addition to the Museum of Modern Art, her pieces are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Lannan Foundation in New Mexico, the Yale University Art Gallery and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, among others. A defining moment of her career occurred when a well-known collector named Werner Kramarsky visited her studio in 1995, looked at six drawings and purchased all of them. He later donated two of Aschheim's drawings to the Museum of Modern Art. "If you live in New York — if you were born in New York, like me — all you think about is MoMA," she said.
This fall her work will be on display at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in a show called "Twice Drawn." And in February 2007 she will have a show of her work on paper with one other artist, sculptor Jonathan Silver, at the Lori Bookstein Fine Art gallery in New York City.
Her work, which tends to be done on small canvases, uses abstract shapes to build complex relationships and structures. "I want to create a composition that is open, where the viewer can imagine," Aschheim said.
"The relation between her hand's irregular gestures and the blank ground upon which she chooses to make them creates an almost musical harmony, where sounds and pauses are of equal importance to the whole," wrote curator Regina Coppola in an essay accompanying an exhibition called "Eve Aschheim: Recent Work," shown in 2003 at the University Gallery at the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. "Some works are dynamically dense with a torrent of dashes or layers of superimposed angles and lines, while others contain no more than a handful of delicate ellipses that balance each other with rhythmic undertones of stillness."
Aschheim works in a studio in Manhattan with a view of the Hudson River. Being in New York keeps her in touch with what's going on in the art world. When she's in Princeton, she relishes having "time and space to think," she said. She also cherishes contact with her colleagues at the University, both in the visual arts program and beyond it. A few years ago she paid a visit to John Conway, the John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics.
"I told him I wanted to learn about mathematics," she said. "I was hoping I could learn to think in different ways about space and geometry."
Conway was eager to share his knowledge, and later came to one of Aschheim's classes to talk to her students about hyperbolic space and geometry, making sketches for the students.
Aschheim has pushed the boundaries of her work in recent years by experimenting with a new medium, thanks to a collaboration with professor of visual arts Emmet Gowin, a photographer.
"He saw my drawings and suggested we try to make photograms," Aschheim said. Working in a photography studio at 185 Nassau St., the two took several of Aschheim's drawings on mylar, laid them on photo paper, exposed them to the light and developed the photos. Marks that Aschheim had erased from her drawings during the creative process were now visible. For Aschheim, the photograms were a way to see where she's been and where she's going — and to examine how she got there.
"You can see how the drawing was made," Aschheim said. "All this hidden information comes out."
In the classroom, Aschheim helps students explore new ground and examine their own work in fresh ways. She has an "eye for untrodden paths," Ogunbiyi said.
"She pushed us to expand our art perspective, and encouraged us to explore a range of drawing mediums and discover new ways of expressing our work," said Veneka Chagwedera, who will be a sophomore this year.
For Aschheim, what she seeks to achieve in her own artwork is closely related to what she strives for in the classroom.
"What I try to do in my work is bring everything down to the basics and then build it back up again," she said. "And that's what I try to do in my teaching, too."


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The Book of Mosiah
Chapter 1
King Benjamin teaches his sons the language and prophecies of their fathers—Their religion and civilization have been preserved because of the records kept on the various plates—Mosiah is chosen as king and is given custody of the records and other things. About 130–124 B.C.
1 And now there was no more contention in all the aland of Zarahemla, among all the people who belonged to king Benjamin, so that king Benjamin had continual peace all the remainder of his days.
2 And it came to pass that he had three asons; and he called their names Mosiah, and Helorum, and Helaman. And he caused that they should be btaught in all the clanguage of his fathers, that thereby they might become men of understanding; and that they might know concerning the prophecies which had been spoken by the mouths of their fathers, which were delivered them by the hand of the Lord.
3 And he also taught them concerning the records which were engraven on the aplates of brass, saying: My sons, I would that ye should remember that were it not for these bplates, which contain these records and these commandments, we must have suffered in cignorance, even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of God.
4 For it were not possible that our father, Lehi, could have remembered all these things, to have taught them to his children, except it were for the help of these plates; for he having been taught in the alanguage of the Egyptians therefore he could read these engravings, and teach them to his children, that thereby they could teach them to their children, and so fulfilling the commandments of God, even down to this present time.
5 I say unto you, my sons, awere it not for these things, which have been kept and bpreserved by the hand of God, that we might cread and understand of his dmysteries, and have his ecommandments always before our eyes, that even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief, and we should have been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites, who know nothing concerning these things, or even do not believe them when they are taught them, because of the ftraditions of their fathers, which are not correct.
6 O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these sayings are true, and also that these records are atrue. And behold, also the plates of Nephi, which contain the records and the sayings of our fathers from the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are true; and we can know of their surety because we have them before our eyes.
7 And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to asearch them diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye should bkeep the commandments of God, that ye may cprosper in the land according to the dpromises which the Lord made unto our fathers.
8 And many more things did king Benjamin teach his sons, which are not written in this book.
9 And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching his sons, that he waxed aold, and he saw that he must very soon go the way of all the earth; therefore, he thought it expedient that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.
10 Therefore, he had Mosiah brought before him; and these are the words which he spake unto him, saying: My son, I would that ye should make a proclamation throughout all this land among all this apeople, or the people of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah who dwell in the land, that thereby they may be gathered together; for on the morrow I shall proclaim unto this my people out of mine own mouth that thou art a bking and a ruler over this people, whom the Lord our God hath given us.
11 And moreover, I shall give this people a aname, that thereby they may be distinguished above all the people which the Lord God hath brought out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I do because they have been a bdiligent people in keeping the commandments of the Lord.
12 And I give unto them a name that never shall be blotted out, except it be through atransgression.
13 Yea, and moreover I say unto you, that if this highly favored people of the Lord should fall into atransgression, and become a wicked and an adulterous people, that the Lord will deliver them up, that thereby they become bweak like unto their brethren; and he will no more cpreserve them by his matchless and marvelous power, as he has hitherto preserved our fathers.
14 For I say unto you, that if he had not extended his arm in the preservation of our fathers they must have fallen into the hands of the Lamanites, and become victims to their hatred.
15 And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of these sayings to his son, that he gave him acharge concerning all the affairs of the kingdom.
16 And moreover, he also gave him charge concerning the records which were engraven on the aplates of brass; and also the plates of Nephi; and also, the bsword of Laban, and the cball or director, which led our fathers through the wilderness, which was prepared by the hand of the Lord that thereby they might be led, every one according to the heed and diligence which they gave unto him.
17 Therefore, as they were aunfaithful they did not prosper nor progress in their journey, but were bdriven back, and incurred the displeasure of God upon them; and therefore they were smitten with famine and sore cafflictions, to stir them up in dremembrance of their duty.
18 And now, it came to pass that Mosiah went and did as his father had commanded him, and proclaimed unto all the people who were in the land of Zarahemla that thereby they might gather themselves together, to go up to the atemple to hear the words which his father should speak unto them.


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Remember this guy from last year?
Note: This is Admiral Ackbar:
Well, now I'm seeing his friends pop up in other Wrecks.
And from the context I'm assuming this next thing is supposed to be a bee or maybe a bear...
Haley B., Val L., & Sarah S., you are to wear these clown shoes and refer to yourselves as Mary. Why? Because I think this video is frickin' hilarious:


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Kathy Lohr
Whether covering the manhunt and eventual capture of Eric Robert Rudolph in the mountains of North Carolina, the remnants of the Oklahoma City federal building with its twisted metal frame and shattered glass, flood-ravaged Midwestern communities, or the terrorist bombings across the country, including the blast that exploded in Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, correspondent Kathy Lohr has been at the heart of stories all across the nation.
Lohr was NPR's first reporter based in the Midwest. She opened NPR's St. Louis office in 1990 and the Atlanta bureau in 1996. Lohr covers the abortion issue on an ongoing basis for NPR, including political and legal aspects. She has often been sent into disasters as they are happening, to provide listeners with the intimate details about how these incidents affect people and their lives.
Lohr filed her first report for NPR while working for member station KCUR in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and began her journalism career in commercial television and radio as a reporter/anchor. Lohr also became involved in video production for national corporations and taught courses in television reporting and radio production at universities in Kansas and Missouri. She has filed reports for the NPR documentary program Horizons, the BBC, the CBC, Marketplace, and she was published in the Saturday Evening Post.
Lohr won the prestigious Missouri Medal of Honor for Excellence in Journalism in 2002. She received a fellowship from Vanderbilt University for work on the issue of domestic violence. Lohr has filed reports from 27 states and the District of Columbia. She has received other national awards for her coverage of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Midwestern floods of 1993, and for her reporting on ice storms in the Mississippi Delta. She has also received numerous awards for radio pieces on the local level prior to joining NPR's national team. Lohr was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She now lives in her adopted hometown of Atlanta, covering stories across the southeastern part of the country.