Curtain Exchange Adds The Finishing Touches
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 27, 2008
The first thing you need to know about the Curtain Exchange is that it’s not a consignment or used drapery store. Owner Jane Waddell says the word “exchange” refers to a marketplace, a la the stock exchange.
For the last three years, the 9-year-old shop has been located on Huff Road on Atlanta’s westside, where Waddell [...]
U.S. Air Force Developing Nuclear Blast Curtains
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 16, 2008
The U.S. Air Force yesterday announced it is developing thermal curtains to protect the crews of its B-52 nuclear bombers from the light of an atomic blast.
The curtains being prepared by personnel in the 540th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron would consist of a reflective layer, a stiffening layer and a third layer made of rubberized vinyl. [...]
Curtains Up For Elliott Clarke Dancers
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 12, 2008
A group of dancers from Elliott Clarke dance school, have been selected to take part in this years Christmas panto in Liverpool.
Thirteen dinky dancers from the performance school, auditioned earlier this month for parts in Cinderella, being staged at the Liverpool Empire.
The young dancers say they have been put through their paces in time for [...]
Curtains Fear For Tobacco Store
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 9, 2008
New laws banning tobacco displays in England and Wales were announced by the government on Tuesday.
Martin McGahey, 52, said there was not enough space under the counter at his shop in Exeter, Devon for his 2,000 tobacco products.
Mr McGahey’s traditional shop has been at the same site since 1880.
Ministers hope the display ban, included in [...]
‘curtain Up’ Offering 9 Works This Year
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 18, 2008
There are nine works in the Curtain Up 2008 dance celebration, all by local independent choreographers, some making their debuts at Curtain Up, some returning.
This is the event’s 19th year, and “in retrospect,” says Arts and Culture Authority dance department head Nili Cohen, “the aim of Curtain Up has been achieved that of promoting original [...]
Now Its Insecticide Treated Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 17, 2008
THE fight against mosquito bites has gone beyond mosquito nets. In use now are insecticide treated curtains hung across windows or doors. They kill and repel houseflies and mosquitoes.
The new produce, known as PermaNet Curtain, was launched on Friday at Accra’s busiest market, Makola, by Mr Marseille Vanbeek, the regional director of the manufacturing company, [...]
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, [...]