Curtain Rises On A Royal Court Dream
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 19, 2008
THEATRE bosses are preparing a multi-million pound plan to give Liverpool’s historic Royal Court a new lease of life.
They hope to upgrade, conserve and restore the 70-year-old art deco landmark to create an improved “cultural resource” in the heart of the city as a legacy of Capital of Culture year.
Fifty leading architect firms from as [...]
Curtain May Fall On Dry Theatre
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 18, 2008
The taps have run dry at the Westside Concert Theatre, whose two owners say city zoning and municipal red tape may cost them their business.
Loren Lieberman and his partner, Colin Lapsley, bought 434 King St. W. in the fall of 2005 and turned it into an entertainment centre.
But a zoning issue has left them unable [...]
Wade Ormsby Gets His European Card
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 18, 2008
Ormsby was joined by countrymen Matthew Millar and Michael Curtain among the 32 players who clinched cards after the final six-round examination at PGA Golf de Catalunya in Girona, Spain.
Ormsby, a tour regular, shot a final round 68 to finish at 17-under 413, four strokes behind Swedish winner Oskar Henningson (69) and equal with Spain’s [...]
Diabetes Awareness
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 17, 2008
We raised the curtain on diabetes awareness and local efforts Sunday, and linked here are the stories and my column.
I feel particularly good about this, because virtually every year I’d hear from a reader or two who want us to shed light on diabetes during November, which is Diabetes Awareness Month. Often, however, there’s little [...]
Curtain Rises For DLT
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 17, 2008
Long before the curtains ever rise and fall on a production, many people are at work, doing their best to ensure that the event is a success.
Beth Ann Hough, the production’s director, said it really all began in October, with the reading of the play.
“After you choose your play, you have to read it very, [...]
People Will Say We’Re In Love With Show
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 13, 2008
Audience members who settle into their Culbreth Theatre seats next week to see the University of Virginia Department of Drama’s production will not only sample a slice of Americana and a heaping helping of memorable tunes, but also a glimpse of a moment when theater history changed.
The 1943 musical was a landmark for many reasons. [...]
Curtain To Drop On Cinema At The Avalon
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 13, 2008
Most of the time, it didn’t matter what film was showing at Cinema at the Avalon longtime friends Thelma Hughes and Janet Johnson were regulars at the Wednesday senior matinees.
The nonprofit’s board of directors decided to terminate the use arrangement for the building it had with the city of Grand Junction, which owns the Avalon [...]
Stepping Behind The Iron Curtain Of The East
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 12, 2008
The countries of Indochina love themselves some communism. Laos and Vietnam are openly People’s Republics, with red hammer-and-sickle flags lining the streets, while Cambodia fronts like a democracy. (Mao Zedong Boulevard and Josip Broz Tito Street in Phnom Penh hint at the country’s political ideology.)
In Laos and Vietnam, it seems every central square, statue and [...]
Curtain Closes On Theatre Group
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 11, 2008
A brief notice posted on its web site confirms the local theatre group has “ceased operations effective immediately.
“Despite positive, community-oriented aspirations, the company succumbed to overly ambitious plans for the 2008 season, a major downtown in tourism and widespread apathy,” according to the statement. “The resultant, brutal lack of cash flow delivered the coup de [...]
Cole Brings The Curtain Down On Career
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 11, 2008
Andrew Cole has announced today that he has retired from playing football with immediate effect and brings the curtain down on an eventful career in top flight football. Whilst the last couple of seasons have seen Cole out of the Premiership, there was no doubt that at one point he was one of the most [...]