Curtain may not yet have fallen on theatre
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on May 11, 2008
Llewellyn Rhoe’s effort to establish Vancouver’s first professional theater company with its own venue ended in February when Arts Equity Onstage closed the doors to its Main Street Theatre.
But Rhoe is hoping for a second act.
He said former patrons have encouraged him to proceed with a 2008-09 season and resurrection may come now that Arts [...]
Critics’ choice
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
TODAYTwice Removed pairs photographer Edward Burtynsky and abstract painter Brent McIntosh for a show of landscape work fashioned to rekindle one of the oldest concerns in contemporary art, the relation of painting and photography. Eight negatives of Burtynsky’s early landscapes his pre-industrial work from the 1980s became McIntosh’s point of demarcation for work the painter [...]
Sports Prospects for Canadian skating much brighter
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 21, 2008
VANCOUVERIt’s a skewed perspective, nationals, because every medallist is a Canadian. Yet there was more than a glimmer of something shiny this way coming dovetailing nicely with the Vancouver Olympics two years hence in the showtime arrival of a new figure skating generation for this country. Not a moment too soon.A sport that for years [...]
Governor: Flood Damage Will be Costly
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
CHEHALIS, Wash. %26mdash; The drenching rain and howling wind were gone but flooding concerns persisted Wednesday as anxious residents waited for water to recede so they could see what was left after this week’s fierce storm.
The storm, which killed at least seven people in the Pacific Northwest before moving on Tuesday, left behind flooded homes, [...]
Storm That Battered Northwest Moves On
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
CENTRALIA, Washington - A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region’s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water.
The storm, which killed at least five people, lashed the area with high winds and heavy rain, [...]
Powerful Storm Batters Pacific Northwest
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
PORTLAND, Ore. %26mdash; Hurricane-force winds and heavy rain battered the Northwest for a second day Monday, killing at least two people and leaving entire communities dark and isolated as the storms blocked roads with trees, power lines, high water and mud.
Dozens of people stranded by flood waters required rescue as the second of two storms [...]