Couture to die for
Want to survive a terrorist attack in a good-looking garment? Designer Jen Paulousky's got just the outfit: a sleek jacket with a hidden gas mask, noise-canceling headphones, and safety gloves. The offbeat outerwear was just one of the far-fetched fashions featured in ''Seamless: Computational Couture," a remarkable runway show produced by Nick Knouf and Christine Liu of MIT's Media Lab. The star of Wednesday's sold-out show at the Museum of Science was ''Project Runway" washout Diana Eng, a Rhode Island School of Design grad whose contributions included a hoodie that takes photos when the wearer's heart rate increases and a collection of knit pieces with designs based on number patterns. Geek chic? You bet.
ART fund-raiser takes flight
Logan Airport's Terminal A will depart from its usual use March 6 when Harvard's American Repertory Theatre transforms Delta's new space for a fund-raising event. Tony Award winner and ''Monk" star Tony Shalhoub and his wife, actress-producer Brooke Adams, will host the gala that will feature food by chef Jasper White, who has a restaurant in the new terminal, and original short plays by Christopher Durang and John Kuntz. The party is projected to raise more than $325,000.Prudence says Yahoo! to her move
For eight years, Margo Howard has been dishing advice for Slate and newspapers including the Globe in her syndicated column, ''Dear Prudence." Howard, who lives in Cambridge, is moving her online column toAround town
Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's ''Mad Money With Jim Cramer," stopped by Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes's Harvard Square restaurant UpStairs on the Square the other night. Cramer is on a national tour of business schools that started with Harvard Business School. . . . New Celtic Wally Szczerbiak and wife Shannon welcomed a baby this week. Daughter Amberly Roseanna joins big sister Annabella. And we're told injured guard Dan Dickau's also got his hands full with a new baby.After attending the Boys and Girls Clubs gala Wednesday night, Patriots honcho Bob Kraft took in the Boston College-Duke basketball action at the Conte Forum, where he caught up with his QB Doug Flutie and Flutie's fellow BC alum and NBC newsman Tim Russert. Also on hand were golfer Brad Faxon, Pats skipper Bill Belichick, and Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino.
S. End scores another eatery
The South End's hot restaurant scene may be getting even hotter. Washington Street is now the place to be, with Stella, Toro, and Union Bar and Grille packed and others busy. Soon Harrison Avenue may jump into the field. Seth Woods, whose Aquitaine Group owns Union, Aquitaine, and other restaurants, said yesterday he and his partners will open Gaslight on Harrison this fall. The restaurant, which he described as an American brasserie, will go into the old Rebecca's space in the building housing the new Boston Sports Club. He's planning lunch and dinner seven days, plus a late-night menu and a ready-to-eat concept for area workers -- all at an attractive price point in a 160-seat space with an outdoor patio. The chef de cuisine will be Chris Robins, who'll also be a co-owner; Woods will be the executive chef. . . . Nantucket's gain will be Boston's loss this spring when chef Gabriel Frasca leaves Spire downtown and Amanda Lydon, formerly chef at the Soiree Room at UpStairs on the Square, comes out of the kitchen at Ten Tables in Jamaica Plain. The two, who've been a couple for years, will take over Straight Wharf on Nantucket. ''I love the notion we're jumping into something together," said Frasca, adding that they will be part owners of the restaurant. Frasca cooked at Straight Wharf earlier in his career, and Lydon, who was named one of the best new chefs of 2000 by Food & Wine magazine, has long vacationed on the island with her family. The restaurant is open from mid-May to October, Frasca said. Alison Arnett of the Globe staff contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253. 