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See the Philharmonic this weekend for a taste of France
It was the end of the 19th century in Europe. The Franco-Prussian war had ended, and World War I had not yet begun. Japan was open to the West. Van Gogh, Victor Hugo, Ravel, Marie Curie walked the streets of Paris. Ideas mingled with a new kind of fluidity. And France, it could be argued,…
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Educational farm delights kids, adults alike
What grows on the Wishing Star Farm? Pigs, llamas, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, horses, a camel, and most importantly, memories. Plenty of the latter were harvested Sunday, as hundreds of adults and children flocked to Susan McGinnis’ 40-acre educational farm in Black Forest, where the digital cameras and video recorders were as plentiful as the…
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Star Bar talent returns in Irish story-filled play
The windswept moors of Ireland can be a heartbreakingly lonely place. And never more so, it seems, than for the five people who gather in a rustic pub in Conor McPherson’s 1997 play, “The Weir.” Marking Star Bar’s return after a one-year hiatus, this Olivier Award-winning drama is often advertised as a spine-tingling collection of…
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Troupe offers stimulating, unique views of conflict
In “The Arte of War,” Theatre ’d Art offers a trio of plays which may be some of the most provocative works ever produced in this city. “Seven Jewish Children” is a short play by Caryl Churchill. In this rhythmic, almost hypnotic piece, several sets of Israeli parents argue over what to tell their children…
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Time is running out to catch ‘Broadway Bound’
Laugh at me if you want, but I love Neil Simon. Although his perennially popular comedies are often dismissed as fluff, I’ve always found them to be superbly well-crafted. Perceptive, yet accessible. Witty, but not cruel. Warm, yet never sappy. This is especially true of his later works, of which the semi-autobiographical Eugene trilogy forms…
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Reflections on the landscape
You see a lot of landscapes over couches and fireplaces, in hallways — anyplace people need to create happy windows to a world that is definitely not right beyond the wall. Which is just fine. Even the ancient Greeks craved a nicer view. In the Fine Arts Center’s new exhibition, “Personal Paradise: New Perspectives on…
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It’s a Dickens of a marionette show
Charles Dickens wrote some of the most beloved novels in the English language. But except for “A Christmas Carol” (sometimes even then), his works have struggled to find effective adaptations.“Great Expectations” is a case in point. First serialized in 1860, the story follows an orphan named Pip who’s raised by his abusive older sister and…
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REVIEW: ‘Our Town’ raises ordinary to extraordinary heights
To be compelling, they say, a play has to either be about extraordinary people in ordinary circumstances or ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. So what makes “Our Town” so popular, year after year? After all, this 1938 Thornton Wilder opus features ordinary people in the most ordinary of circumstances: preparing dinner, doing homework, living, dying.…
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The ‘Ping Chong Project’ focuses on struggles of those with disabilities
Granted, it sounds minimalist to the extreme: No costumes, no sets and no actors; only a handful of people reading the script in front of them. But there’s something powerful in these real life stories of pain, courage, humor, determination and endurance. Director Ping Chong calls it “reality theater.” “It’s hard to describe why six…
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Robert Field (center) reads a sign to two other patrons on the locked door of the Colorado Dept. of Revenue on Austin Bluffs Pkwy., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Tuesday was the first of four furlough days for state workers to make up for a $1 billion shortfall Photo by JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE Jerilee Bennett