Ramirez Ends Silence and Dares Red Sox
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on July 31, 2008
Manny Ramirez was standing behind a blue curtain that separated the Red Sox clubhouse from the trainer’s room. He was off limits to reporters, whom he had already dodged, and was continuing his silent stance regarding his feud with the organization.
But in typically unpredictable fashion, Ramirez emerged from behind the curtain, grabbed a drink and [...]
Bloody Serial Killer Shower Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on July 30, 2008
I don’t know about you, but as soon as the fireworks are extinguished at the beginning of July, I’m ready to haul out the Hallowe’en decorations. Sure pumpkins might be next to impossible to find in the middle of Summer, but if you plan ahead and throw a couple in the freezer come October, you’ll [...]
Thomas High Court bid to be decided this week
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on July 29, 2008
Terror suspect Jack Thomas will learn on Friday whether he can continue his High Court bid to stop his retrial.
Lawyers for Thomas then sought to stop the retrial, but the appeal court last month rejected their challenge.
Their next step was to seek special leave to appeal to the High Court.
Nicholas Robinson, SC, for the Commonwealth [...]
Dame is man behind Bums’ curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on July 28, 2008
As the clubhouse manager for the Traverse City Beach Bums, Dame has many responsibilities. Laundry detail is just one of them.
As a lifelong fan of baseball, Dame saw the clubhouse job as a way to get involved with the sport and continue working with youth.
When the Beach Bums are home, Dame is busy getting everything [...]
Steelers seeking curtain call in North
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on July 27, 2008
Teams in the Browns’ AFC North Division inherited four of the eight toughest schedules in 2008, based on last year’s records.
That’s why several experts are predicting a 9-7 record could win the division. The flip side is it’s doubtful the second-place team could earn a wild-card berth.
The defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers head into training camp [...]
Curtain rises on new theater troupe
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on July 26, 2008
Only insomniacs need apply for the kind of schedule Ron Giddings keeps.
Standing O Productions premieres its first play, “On the Twentieth Century” at Anne Arundel Community College on Friday.
“It’s becoming more and more like my own life,” Mr. Giddings joked last weekend before a rehearsal. “We had a year to put this together, and it’s [...]
Greg Norman earns his curtain call at Royal Birkdale
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on July 25, 2008
He was already the 54-hole leader of the British Open at the age of 53 and now, on the 18th hole, after a round of golf as amazing as a 63 he shot at a British Open one time, the wind was Greg Norman’s friend at last at Royal Birkdale. There was this little shot [...]
Four Ex-Convicts Tell of Lives Lost and Found
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on July 24, 2008
Before the curtain rose on Wednesday evening for “The Castle,” an oral history drama now at the New World Stages theater, a burly man lingered in the lobby. Gray hair fell in short braids over his collar.
Although the man played a small, critical part in making that night’s show possible, he was extremely taciturn when [...]
UA putting up McKale curtain
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on July 23, 2008
The curtain is being raised on something new at McKale Center, which means a curtain is coming down.
Installation is under way on a sectional curtain that will deploy from the rafters, cutting off the seating above the middle concourse, creating a cozier and louder environment for volleyball matches, gymnastics meets and, possibly, women’s basketball.
“The concept [...]
Curtain up on a packed season
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on July 22, 2008
IT IS undoubtedly an English resort that time and tourists have knocked about a bit.
And although it was once described by a leisure boss as stylish-tacky, when it comes to good-value shows, Blackpool still proves Britain really has got talent. For example, there’s Forbidden, the biggest and most lavish production ever staged at The Gobe [...]