Gary Carter wasn’t shy about curtain calls
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on May 3, 2008
Gary Carter was the king of the curtain call, a guy whose signature fist pump would come to define both him and the swaggering Mets of the middle to late 1980s.
Not even Carter knows how many curtain calls he gave since introducing his move 23 years ago after hitting a 10th-inning home run to give [...]
Sir Michael Pitt makes flood recommendations
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
Related ItemsABI calls for Kitemark for new homes built in flood risk areas Tougher planning laws needed in flood areas Surrey to invest in flood defences More help for the flood-afflictedFlooding was a “wake up call” Pitt saysHyder panel: UK floods will get worseHouseholds appliances supplied to UK flood affected homes Tenants affected by the [...]
Dramas Get Attention And Give Musicals A Run For Their Money
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 1, 2008
For at least 25 years, the premier commercial theater district in the country has been dominated by musicals. Such serious dramatists as Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams were once represented on Broadway marquees, but the straight play was pushed to the margins during the final third of the last century.
As the audience base shifted from [...]
Subaru Tribeca 3.6R premium 7
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
With a change of looks, the new Tribeca is an improved package,
writes Cameron McGavin.
SUBARU’S first full-sized family 4WD, the Tribeca, has probably
set something of a record in being face-lifted just a year after
its arrival.
And it’s no surprise really because there was room for
improvement. A lack of under-bonnet punch that impacted on
driveability and economy was probably [...]
Ideas Part 1: The story of Guantanamo’s child
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 9, 2008
The Pentagon has charged Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr with war crimes, including murder in the death of U.S. Delta Force soldier Christopher Speer. Next week he will have another pre-trial hearing at the U.S. navy base in southeast Cuba. Toronto-born Khadr was 15 when he was shot and captured in Afghanistan and the United [...]
WhatsOn Ida Nevasayneva’s life as a cross-dressing ballerina
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 18, 2008
It has been nearly six years since Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo last graced a stage in Toronto. But this is a favourite city for the company, as the site of their first performance outside New York City, where the butchiest ballerinas in pointe shoes formed their company in 1974. Combining parody and technical [...]