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, [...]

Nsa Eases Secrecy A Bit Giving Glimpse Of Past

Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 7, 2008

Many of the country’s secret code-breakers and eavesdroppers are hidden behind the National Security Agency’s fortifications.
“It does not pay to advertise your successes,” said Patrick D. Weadon, a senior NSA official. “There is always a danger when you lift the curtain ever so slightly.”
But even this agency is under pressure to loosen up. The NSA [...]

Anne And Gilbert Faces Threat Of Final Curtain

Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 10, 2008

The popular musical sequel to Anne of Green Gables is facing an uncertain future in Summerside, its home for the last three years.
“To do a production of this scale, that’s celebrated across the country and in Variety and in the Toronto Star, and it’s really kind of the great new Canadian Musical it’s really expensive,” [...]