Christmas And Life’s Meaning
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 27, 2008
Despite the vaunted sophistication and intellectual high-mindedness of the modern world, particularly of the West, it is still a festival with religious roots which has this enormous and irresistible force to pull us together.
Christmas is now largely a secular celebration, despite the plaintive cries for us to “remember the true meaning of Christmas” and to [...]
Curtain Drawn On Poll Campaign A Barisal Division
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 27, 2008
Curtain has been drawn on hustings at all places in Barisal Division as other parts of the country at midnight yesterday in connection with the much awaited Monday’s parliamentary elections.
Showdown of the Awami League led grand alliance and BNP led four-party alliance in Barisal city at different times marked the end of the month-long hectic [...]
Curtain falls on polls campaign
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 27, 2008
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent the final hours canvassing frantically to woo voters before the deadline for electioneering expired last midnight.
Khaleda wrapped up her election campaign addressing a number of street rallies at various places in the capital.
Hasina also addressed a few rallies through videoconference after flying back to [...]
Curtain Exchange Adds The Finishing Touches
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 27, 2008
The first thing you need to know about the Curtain Exchange is that it’s not a consignment or used drapery store. Owner Jane Waddell says the word “exchange” refers to a marketplace, a la the stock exchange.
For the last three years, the 9-year-old shop has been located on Huff Road on Atlanta’s westside, where Waddell [...]
Curtain To Go Up On Big Time
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 26, 2008
THE young players of the fledgling Gold Coast Football Club will experience big-game atmosphere as early as next year.
They will host the Gippsland Power at Gold Coast Stadium on May 9, ahead of the Carlton-Fremantle clash.
And on May 30 the Coasters will play the Oakleigh Chargers, before St Kilda and Melbourne take centre stage.
Gold Coast [...]
Final Curtain Fear For Birkenhead Library Cinema Club
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 26, 2008
A CINEMA club based in Wirral’s historic Birkenhead Town Hall (now Wirral Museum) faces an uncertain future after the local authority announced proposed cuts in public buildings.
The Birkenhead Library Cinema Club is in its 37th season and has become known for showing films people would be unlikely to see in a multiplex.
Using projection equipment rescued [...]
Ford To Pull Back Curtain On New Hybrid In 09
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 26, 2008
When New York City’s Carnegie Hall faced demolition in the 1960s, a group of artists, musicians and enthusiasts, including Exeter resident Jean Antrim, marched the city streets in protest.
“There’s no reason something like that can’t happen here. This is history. It shouldn’t be lost,” said the musician who played so many shows in Carnegie Hall [...]
Jets And Sharks Bring Curtain Up
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 24, 2008
To publicise the opening of its new theatre, Alleyn’s School in Dulwich staged one of the most critically acclaimed musicals of the twentieth century, writes Mark Campbell.
The Michael Croft Theatre is named after the founder of the National Youth Theatre and a former teacher at the school. It’s a spacious, high-ceilinged venue, ideally suited to [...]
Curtain Rises On Burnhill Panto
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 24, 2008
Rutherglen youngsters performed the show of a lifetime recently.
The group had been rehearsing on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings to get the show ready.
Taking on the role of Dick Whittington was Lynsay Scott, with Millie Brown as the cat Felix, and Fairy Silver Chime was Tessa Douglas.
Also performing in the show were Jessica Douglas, Thomas [...]
New Space Toilet Is Literally Open For Business
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 22, 2008
The new Russian-made commode onboard the International Space Station is fully functioning except that the privacy curtain hasn’t been put up yet.
The curtain to the commode, however, hasn’t been put up yet because other work on equipment located near to the toilet is still being performed.
The toilet, called by NASA as the waste and hygiene [...]