State Editorial Rdp
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 22, 2008
The presidents of North Texas’ three major public universities are showing the way to strengthen higher education in the region and state.
Their unity should catch the attention of area lawmakers and prompt the Dallas and Fort Worth delegations to similarly come together and work toward the same goal in the upcoming legislative session.
The editorial board [...]
Tough Times For Musicians Mean Silent Nights
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 22, 2008
For musicians, the holiday season traditionally brings a windfall. Musicians can often pick up a significant portion of their annual income with a month filled with back-to-back performances.
“It was almost like the retailers where you’d make all this money that would come in because, yeah, I might have six or seven gigs on the books [...]
Copperfield’s Helper Slashed By Giant Fan
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 22, 2008
THE audience waited with bated breath for illusionist David Copperfield to walk through the spinning blades of a 4m-high industrial fan.
But they soon found themselves watching a far more dramatic event.
Before the magician had the chance to perform his trick, his assistant got caught in the giant whirling blades, ending up with a broken arm [...]
Shoe Attack A Fitting Curtain Call For End Of Bush’s Failed Presidency
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 22, 2008
Ethologist Desmond Morris writes in his book, “Manwatching,” that humans possess a much broader range of ways to express contempt than any other animal. Among these behavior patterns, spitting and pinching one’s nose are signs that one considers the other party filthy. And filth, explains Morris, suggests vulgarity and indecency.
Shoes an Iraqi journalist hurled at [...]
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 [...]
Fall Of The Iron Curtain Opened Borders To Lonely Hearts
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 20, 2008
The fall of the Iron Curtain started a whole new source of mail order brides seeking a Western husband.
The number of Russian brides participating in the mail order business was rather large.
With the introduction of the Internet in the 1990s, the mail-order bride system made introductions faster and more time-efficient.
But more importantly, it increased the [...]
Dancers Hawk Tickets To Avoid The Final Curtain
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 20, 2008
It’s come to this: Sacramento Ballet dancers sold tickets Friday to upcoming “Nutcracker” performances on the corner of 19th and J streets in Sacramento as part of an effort to raise public awareness about their company’s dire financial circumstances.
The announcement comes in the wake of an emergency Wednesday board meeting in which Jill Kaiser Newcom, [...]
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 [...]
Christmastime Stands Still At Elvis Graceland
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 18, 2008
Although Elvis Presley died 31 years ago, the king of rock ‘n’ roll is still rocking around the Christmas tree with a new holiday record. And Graceland, his royal digs in Memphis, is sporting spectacular holiday sparkle.
Guests making the pilgrimage to tour Graceland, Presley’s 14-acre estate, during the holidays get a little added gift with [...]
The Flood Was Least Of Noah’s Problems
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 18, 2008
Noah, it seemed, was doomed from the start. Not only had God charged him with building an ark, but his family was falling apart. And these were just the problems written into the script. In actuality, things WOULD get worse for Noah’s clan when the curtain went up on the Jewish Ensemble Theatre’s production of [...]