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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cast Lowers Curtain On Piven
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 22, 2008
Jeremy Piven may be gone from the Broadway revival of Speed-the-Plow reportedly the victim of mercury poisoning from too-much-sushi but he is far from forgotten.
Following the Sunday matinee, former costar Raul Esparza reportedly used the opportunity of the curtain call to slam the actor while castmate Elizabeth Moss wept.
The reaction among audience members was reportedly [...]
The Year Of Curtain Calls For Boxing’S Biggest Names
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 20, 2008
Perhaps Floyd Mayweather Jr. started a trend last June when he formally announced that he was walking away from the sport of boxing. Then considered the Pound-for-Pound king of the sweet science, Pretty Boy Floyd may have received the memo intended for his more senior co-workers and decided to hang up his gloves.
Rumors have swirled [...]
Vets Park Pine Curtain Begs For A Leafy Compromise
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 18, 2008
That’s the root of the issue for 47 people who petitioned the Bay City Commission yet again to remove 15 or 16 pine trees along John F. Kennedy Drive in Bay City.
This request has become a regular rite, city officials say. The City Commission denied the request early this month.
People who crave a view and [...]
Behind The Curtain Of Electricite De France
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 17, 2008
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, has outlined plans for EDF to construct a second plant. The Flamanville reactor is expected to be online in 2012; with nine more reactors in the United Kingdom, China and the United States at Calvert Cliffs in a deal with Constellation expected to be constructed and working by 2020.
The company’s [...]
U.S. Air Force Developing Nuclear Blast Curtains
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 16, 2008
The U.S. Air Force yesterday announced it is developing thermal curtains to protect the crews of its B-52 nuclear bombers from the light of an atomic blast.
The curtains being prepared by personnel in the 540th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron would consist of a reflective layer, a stiffening layer and a third layer made of rubberized vinyl. [...]
Man Behind The Curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 14, 2008
He’s the guy who decides whether it’s too snowy or foggy for Fort Wayne students to go to school.
He’s ultimately the one who makes sure all 20,000 meals that Fort Wayne Community Schools prepares each day are served. The buck stops with him when it comes to school security and technology.
The departments Doug Coutts oversees [...]
Going Behind The ‘Boerewors’ Curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 12, 2008
‘Cool” isn’t the first word that springs to mind when thinking about Bellville, the middle-class boerewors-gordyn suburb cushioned by Brackenfell and Durbanville in Cape Town.
It is debatable whether the Springbok Nude Girls made it cool to be from Bellville. However, a new posse of offspring now runs the hood and produces some of the best [...]