Get tickets to see Saturday Night Live when you are in New York City.Written by Tom Schmidt
Getting tickets to see a performance of Saturday Night Live is a real challenge. The official way to get tickets is to send an email to show during month of August. To enter ticket lottery for 2005-2006 season, send one email with all contact information to snltickets@nbc.com in month of August only. After August '05, ticket requests will no longer be accepted. The lottery will only accept one entry per email request; duplicate entries will be deleted. Winners will receive two tickets to a pre-assigned show date and performance (dress rehearsal or live show). You will be notified only in event that you are selected. All audience members must be at least 16 years of age. Please note that snltickets@nbc.com is a computer-generated service and should not be used for questions or concerns. Please address all issues by calling NBC Guest Relations at 212.664.3056.
| | Copper Treasures in MexicoWritten by Omar Vargas
Traveling world will take you to many places and in some of them you may even find treasures. But treasures are not always made of gold or diamonds. Treasures are also made of copper. And in Santa Clara del Cobre in Mexican state of Michoacán you will understand why treasures are also made of this modest and noble metal. Copper, 29th element, is believed to have been mined for about 5000 years now accompanying humanity and civilization through most of his great technological accomplishments. In modern times copper is an ever present element in electrical and electronic industry. But that’s not only area of our modern lives where copper is present. Since ancient times Mexican artisans have used copper as a valuable material to fabricate beautiful and intrincate artisan works, among them there is one branch of artisans that combine practicality and art in their work. They are those dedicated to fabricate beautiful raw copper sinks in Santa Clara del Cobre. These sinks are fabricated entirely by hand using same ancient techniques of their indigenous ancestors. Even gas is forbidden to heat and soften metal, they use only charcoal in small fires in shops and helped by their inseparable hammer artisans give life and form to copper plates placed into fire. But this is not all, after getting desired shape, sinks surface has to be treated so that they will last and look like new for many years. For this they use a process called “patination” which is done under heat and that gives surface of copper sinks their characteristic color and durability.
|
