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 [...]
Cricketer Hick admits ‘lack of cutting edge’ as curtain falls
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on September 17, 2008
‘Unfulfilled promise’ has often been a phrase used to describe Graeme Hick’s career so it may be cruelly apt if his final season before retirement is cut short by injury.
That means the former England international is set to miss the four-day County Championship match against Middlesex starting on Wednesday.
Born in what was then Salisbury, Rhodesia, [...]
Curtain falls on political career
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 31, 2008
Thirteen years in local government have come to an end for Cr Norm Mann, who attended his last full council meeting last month.
Cr Mann said he had been tossing up the idea of retiring from public life for a while, but it was Peter Andren’s untimely death that decided him.
Some of these projects were started [...]
Curtain falling on Cantab stalwart
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 20, 2008
The days in a Canterbury jersey for former All Blacks prop Campbell Johnstone are numbered but the veteran is determined to see the red-and-blacks stay on the winning trail before he leaves to play for Biarritz.
Johnstone, Canterbury’s most capped player in the 2008 squad with 66 appearances, has been given an early release by the [...]
Bearden theater grads bring down final curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 7, 2008
The second summer in a row, freshly graduated Bearden theater rats have self-financed a play as a farewell to high school drama days before heading off to college.
There seems to be a fondness for Victorian literary classics at Bearden. Last year’s play was a stage adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel “Little Women.” This [...]
Don’t let curtain fall on arts education
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on June 11, 2008
As a foundation for practicing imagination, the arts are a critical ingredient to forward-thinking change. When widely applied, the inherent concepts taught by the arts lead to progress in every arena of life — from advances in medical technology to transformative public policy. The arts are not superfluous to society; they are an underestimated force [...]
Curtain Falls on Toni Braxton’s Vegas Run
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on May 30, 2008
Recovery is going to be the only thing on Toni Braxton’s to-do list for a while.
The Flamingo Las Vegas announced Thursday that the remainder of the R&B diva’s shows at the hotel have been canceled so that she can focus on her health.
The “Breathe Again” songstress hasn’t performed since early last month after being hospitalized [...]
Curtain falls on poor ND season
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 4, 2008
Northern Districts’ fourth draw, Curt Hennig in their final four-day game yesterday against Central Districts, makes no difference to their position in what can only be described as a sub-par Championship season.
CD used the final day in Napier to push the cases of Greg Hay, and Mathew Sinclair for the English tour at the expense [...]
Curtain falls on Equity Showcase
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
A cash flow crisis has forced the closure of Equity Showcase Theatre after 47 years of serving the theatre community.Founded in 1960 by a group that included Charmion King, Amelia Hall and Christopher Newton, it was created to keep actors in the game [...]
Curtain falls on Equity Showcase
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on March 27, 2008
A cash flow crisis has forced the closure of Equity Showcase Theatre after 47 years of serving the theatre community.
Founded in 1960 by a group that included Charmion King, Amelia Hall and Christopher Newton, it was created to keep actors in the game when performing jobs were hard to come by. Equity Showcase Theatre put [...]