Hearing Draws Back Curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 7, 2008
Five or six people sat in on the reinstatement hearing of former Corsicana Police Sgt. Lamoin Lawhon Wednesday and Thursday.
From the point of view of the department, that’s probably a relief. Testimony about the inner workings of the department have not been flattering.
The Lawhon hearing did not conclude Thursday. Lawyers and the arbitrator said they [...]
Blackout Brings Curtain Down On Dalbeattie School Show
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 4, 2008
Dalbeattie High School was about to put on its annual Christmas entertainment on Friday night when part of the town was blacked out.
Four hundred customers in all were plunged into darkness for almost two hours.
Now the students are preparing to do it all again tomorrow night.
Tom Cuddihy, the lead teacher for the production, said: “The [...]
Young Thespians To Help Break World Record With Saturday Morning Performance
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 4, 2008
StageCoach Theatre Arts is the largest part-time performing arts school in the world. While that alone could be considered a world record, it’s not good enough for these students and teachers.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, StageCoach and its 700 schools in the U.S. and abroad will set out to break its own record Saturday, [...]
Behind The Curtain
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 3, 2008
The Greater Toronto Hockey League has more than 40,000 players and just as many tall tales.
Separating fact from fiction is a bit like trying to touch a ghost. There is everything and there is nothing.
It’s like taking a half dozen jigsaw puzzles, dumping them on a table and trying to put them back together. The [...]
Curtain Rises On New Season Line Up
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 3, 2008
MILTON Keynes Theatre will offer world-class performances by some of the UK’s best-loved actors in the first season of its 10th anniversary year.
In the new year, the theatre will feature Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Waiting for Godot.
Also new this spring is Yasmin Reza’s new play God of Carnage, starring [...]
Curtain Falls On Matric Exams
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 3, 2008
Wednesday marks the end of a month-long matric examination process and the beginning of a four-week wait for results.
Although most of the matriculants finished their exams on Friday, the last official day of exams ends with about 4 292 matric pupils in Gauteng writing Maths third paper, which is optional.
In October thousands of matric pupils [...]
American Musical Theatre Of San Jose Brings The Final Curtain Down
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 3, 2008
One of the South Bay’s “longest-running cultural institutions,” American Musical Theatre of San Jose, is calling it quits. The Broadway musical-ish theater will halt all performances this week and file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
But in an odd twist, according to theater officials, AMT’s failure doesn’t necessarily stem from the current economic crisis that has slowed [...]
Day In The Life With Yakov Smirnoff
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 1, 2008
Yakov Smirnoff is the AIC of CIA - that’s agent in charge of Comrade in America Inc.
And on this mid-October morning, there’s no doubt about that.
Employee Corey Taylor is methodically editing snippets of Smirnoff’s TV talk show pilot as his boss sits perched on an end table a few feet away. Smirnoff grins and strokes [...]
Budget Crunch Brings Down The Curtain
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 1, 2008
The company that stages musicals at the outdoor Iroquois Amphitheater will move this summer to the Kentucky Center.
The relocation of shows produced by Broadway at Iroquois formerly Music Theatre Louisville is not due to weather concerns. The decision is the result of an economic storm that has forced the arts organization and the city to [...]
Revamped Cineplex Offers Sushi And Love Seats
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 1, 2008
Tishler pushes back a plastic wrapped chair to show it rocks back and forth, then lifts the cup holder to show the chair can be converted into a loveseat.
“These are the equivalent of business-class seats,” jokes Pat Marshall, vice-president of investor relations for the Toronto-based company. “Everything else is economy.”
The traditional box-office take is split [...]