| Disney favorite stops at Kelsey
"Disney's Beauty and the Beast," yet another stage musical based on an already popular movie, garnered several Tony Award nominations in 1994, but lost out across the board to the more sophisticated Stephen Sondheim drama "Passion." Yet all across America, tours of the Broadway production were eagerly attended, and community theaters hankered for the day when they could stage the extravagant fairy tale. Now, Playful Theatre Productions brings the fractured fairy tale to the Kelsey Theater stage with a vibrant cast that keeps the nearly three-hour show consistently exciting. With a book by Linda Woolverton, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman ("The Little Mermaid" and "Little Shop of Horrors" team) plus Andrew Lloyd Webber's former partner, Tim Rice, "Beauty and the Beast" offers something for everyone.
Millville parade kicks off holiday season
MILLVILLE -- Leah Shaw, 4, stood along High Street Friday night anxiously waiting for the city's annual Christmas parade to begin. As the police mobile command unit made its way down the street, horn honking and lights flashing, the little girl started edging closer to the curb, yelling "honk" while moving her small arm up and down. Shaw did the same thing to the firetrucks that followed, and the firefighters happily did so. Prior to the start of the parade, Shaw's aunt, Sherri Holmes, of Voorhees, said she was excited to see what the parade had to offer. She said she was also looking forward to seeing how both her nieces, Brooke and Leah, and her sister did in the Jolly Holly Run. "I don't get down here often, so this is just a chance to get down here and enjoy the festivities," Holmes said of Millville, adding she was raised in the city.
World News Quick Take
The death toll from the devastating Cyclone Sidr that crashed into the southern coast last Thursday rose yesterday, officials said. "The death toll has reached 3,447 and the number may rise again," said Major Kamrul Islam of the armed forces control room. Five days after the cyclone hit, the number of dead was still unclear as many of the areas affected were remote and had not yet been reached by officials. Many bodies were also washed away by a tidal wave caused by the storm. �� CHINA West Lake hunts wild pigs One of the most popular tourist destinations in the country is waging a week-long campaign to hunt down wild pigs which have been frightening visitors, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Professional hunting teams from the famed West Lake area of Hangzhou were under orders to shoot to kill the animals, Xinhua said.
Look Who's Talking
This week Jerry Kathman, president and CEO of LPK, the international brand development company downtown, travels to Singapore to discuss successful branding strategy at an international design meeting. In mid-December, his wife, Liz Grubow, vice president/creative director of LPK's beauty group, will spend several days in Hong Kong speaking at an Asian design conference. Such is life for one of the Cincinnati area's busiest power couples. They have two children, Stefan, 20, an undergraduate in chemistry at Harvard, and Ali, 17, a senior at Summit Country Day. They also have outside activities. He's on the Cincinnati Art Museum board. She's on the board of the Cincinnati Opera and the Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center in Covington. Kathman, who has led the world's largest employee-owned brand design firm (formerly known as Libby Perszyk Kathman) for a decade, says the design business "is a small, but global industry." That means he and his wife - they recently marked their 25th wedding anniversary -are frequently on the road and not together.
Sarangani's MunaTo trade fair positions to increase investments
ALABEL, Sarangani (Sarangani Information Office/21 Nov) - This year's MunaTo Festival is expected to provide a better venue to support the aggressive promotion for the province's investment and tourism potentials, organizers said. Engr. Nenita Barroso, director of Sarangani Tourism and Investment Promotions Center, said although the celebration on November 23-28 will highlight the cultural heritage of the province, "the impact of this would be observed in the increase of demand of local products and of the province's tourism industry." The yearly trade fair, coined as Fabli Gu Ni, a B'laan term for "I am selling this," would be a come on activity for visitors to buy and patronage Sarangani products, Barroso said. Fabli Gu Ni promotes products of the province's micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and from other regions in SOCSARGEN like processed food, handicraft and other services.
Salonga, a man of faith: Eloquent, lyrical, compelling
MANILA, Philippines�You will be grabbed by a deep sense of nostalgia for a heroic leader when you read this book, �Not by Power or Wealth Alone,� written by one who lives this article of faith till now. Carefully note the present tense, because the writer has lived to be over 80� living audaciously to make a difference, one more time, in the life of a nation still sadly divided by many issues. Once in a rare while, his cogent analyses of issues on politics, law and governance find their way to the pages of the Inquirer�to provide a sharp insight, a compelling persuasion or an ennobling thought above and beyond the reach of petty partisanship or feeble lawyerly arguments. He�s widely known as one who became the Senate President who achieved, against all odds, what others failed to do�dismantle the foreign military bases.
Enchanted Disney Spoofs: Past Princesses, Familiar Restaurants, Cleaning Cockroaches
Six years after Shrek put a modern spin on the classic fairy tale with some not-so-veiled references to Disney animation, the Mouse House has once again found itself in the crosshairs. This time it's the target of Enchanted, a movie that isn't afraid to have fun with some of old Walt's more famous characters. The difference this time? Enchanted was made by Disney. "At the beginning, I wasn't sure they knew they were poking fun at themselves, but I think they actually did. You have to hand it to Disney for making fun of some of their iconic moments," Enchanted actress Susan Sarandon told MTV News. "They are scattered throughout." Instead of a spoof, we should call it a "playful homage," director Kevin Lima insisted � a delicate tonal-tightrope walk between making fun and honoring. Indeed, the story of Enchanted itself is anything but ironic, a perfectly straightforward fairy tale that just happens to take place in the real world and not some animated kingdom.
Home seekers from across the U.S. are making the move to Kingsport
Mike and Sherri Emitte enjoy the outdoors at their home in Ridgefields. The couple relocated to Kingsport from Oregon. Erica Yoon photo. ____________________ Click here to read more about the Emittes. Click her for Sally Bissen's story. Click here for Kenny and Sherrie St. Germain's story. Fourth in a series Mike and Sherri Emitte sold their property, put their furniture in storage, and packed up their RV — traveling more than 2,300 miles from Oregon across the country to find the perfect place to call home. Too far south was too hot and humid. Too far north meant frigid temperatures and lots of snow. They knew they were looking for someplace in between. But where? Sitting in Chattanooga, they were frustrated.
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