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 [...]
Conservative Cuts Bring Curtain Down On Artists
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 18, 2008
Here’s a story for our time. A wayward prairie kid from a small Canadian town learns everything there is to know about a rare and difficult art form — and then he makes it truly his own. No one in the world does what the Canadian does. The world finds out. And the world is [...]
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 [...]
Curtain Falls On Panthers
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 18, 2008
For 28 Milton seniors it was a night they would like to forget, but it was part of a season many won’t.
In their season finale Thursday, Milton fell to the Pine Forest Eagles 48-0.
But while the game was one sided, the Panthers had a hard time holding onto the football.
“They are good,” said Milton head [...]
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 Set To Open St Winifred Pantomime
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 17, 2008
On Saturday night, an audience comprising those who would be classified as the less fortunate were treated to a sneak preview of the Christmas Pantomime Of Robin Hood, an English folklore character.
With elaborate costumes and sets, the cast delivered their lines and musical numbers with great ease and confidence, belying their young ages.
Although based in [...]
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, [...]
Taunton High Play Opens Tonight
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 13, 2008
The curtain rises tonight for the debut of Taunton High School Drama Club’s performance of “Twelfth Night.”
This Shakesperean comedy about the fickleness of love and the foolishness of lovers is set in rowdy New Orleans at the start of the jazz age.
The play will take place tonight at 7 p.m. in the Robert Park Auditorium, [...]
Suspicious Death Erldunda Road Station
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 13, 2008
Detectives and Crime Scene Examiners from Alice Springs arrived at the Erldunda Road House shortly after 8.00 am this morning and are examining the scene of a suspicious death that occurred yesterday evening.
The body of a woman was found on the drive way of the fuel station and it appears she had suffered head injuries. [...]
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 [...]