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By Perry Piper • I’m driving back home late at night and struggling to keep my eyes on the road after a fun night with my love. I keep glancing over at her, there in the passenger seat, smiling as I look back at the highway speeding at me. Wrapped up so tightly and with such beautiful lace; she was enticing me to reach over and start undoing it, but I must wait until we get home. Alas, the next thing I know, my instincts overpower me and I am biting large chunks out of her . . .
23 Feb 20:01
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One play with that certain “something” making it appealing to Don Correll for another go is “The Dining Room.” Presented at LCC in 1986, it made a lasting impression on him.
“I loved it,” he said. “I just loved it. It’s a beautiful play addressing change.”The play runs through March 10, is about White Anglo-Saxon Protestants’ loss of power and prestige in the U.S., as seen through New England WASPs over a 50-year period. “As they lose their power,” he said, “you see the changing role of the dining room from the center of family life to a room that is completely ignored.” Six actors each play about 10 different roles, with portrayals sometimes funny, sometimes contemplative, sometimes hysterical, he said. “Other times it’s heartbreaking. . . That’s life — it has all of those things.”
23 Feb 18:27
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Arts+Entertainment Viewpoints In Print
By Dr. Bob Blackwood • Ladies and gentlemen, every year Oscar time comes. Every year I wonder how some films are nominated while others with marvelous performances and well-written screenplays are ignored. I have learned to write it off as simply “show business.” It is a business with the rules constantly changing, sort of like the rules for the number of credit card points you need to get a free ride on an airplane. Therefore, with my wide-brim hat and sunglasses, dressed as I will be for the races at Keeneland Race Track in Lexington, Kentucky, here are my Oscar picks . . .
15 Feb 23:12
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By Perry Piper • Movies have been a favorite activity among all generations for many decades now and will continue into the future; the only change that will occur is in the way we watch them. Blu-ray Disc has become essentially mainstream, meaning that movies can be picked up new at some stores for $20 or less and that many older films are being re-released on the new format. If you haven’t yet seen the reason to upgrade, Blu-ray has become very affordable now and most people can finally use their HDTVs to their fullest extent.
15 Feb 21:51
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By Nancy Chennault • Make this the year you pledge to “make over” the unruly Japanese Maple. Its appearance will dramatically improve and so will its health.
15 Feb 19:14
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Pirates of Penzance Jr. • Mar. 10, 7pm; Mar. 11, 2pm
FREE to the public; Optional donation at the door.
St Rose Parish Center
701-26th Ave, Longview, Wash.
More info: Call the school office, 360-577-6760.
15 Feb 16:21
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BY GARY MEYERS • Our Fourth Annual Haiku Contest ended on January 20. The judges have spoken, the results have been tabulated, and the winners are announced. It’s now time for the revelry, the horn-blowing, fireworks, and parades (all the responsibility of the winners and their fans).
15 Feb 15:11
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By Rick Pope
Q: The mailman rang my doorbell and alerted me that he noticed my neighbor’s front door open. I went to check and nobody was home. Concerned about theft, intruders, etc., I locked the door and closed it. Pretty soon my neighbor came to my door, saying she was locked out of her house and needed my help. She was furious when she learned I had “butted in.” I thought I was being considerate. What do you think?
Q: My office coworker is an avowed atheist and objects when anyone says “Bless you” in response to a sneeze. He says people shouldn’t impose their “superstitions” or belief systems on others who may or may not share them. Is it reasonable for him to expect everybody else to suppress this customary goodwill gesture?
15 Feb 15:09
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By Sara Freeman, PhD * The Columbia’s approach to “Cinderella” is both quirky and inventive, Morelli said. He expects that will be the primary mode for the Columbia’s homegrown productions.
“I hope we get a reputation for doing very clever productions,” he said, — ones that delight more because of ingenious theatricality than big-budget spectacle. “Cinderella” features a chorus of “shadows” who will create visual magic throughout the show. This type of invisible-yet-in-plain-sight spectacle is common in lots of traditional theatre forms, especially Japanese Noh and Kabuki. It carries the pleasure of double vision: You get to enjoy stage effects but you also get to appreciate the elegance of how they are created.
15 Feb 10:08
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By Laurel Murphy • What do guys want? Gift buying for men just seems so hard. Rick Pope, Columbia River Reader’s ethics columnist says that a gift “…pays the ultimate compliment of taking them (the recipient) as they are and celebrating it.” Therefore, I explored “guy land” to find some Valentine’s Day gift suggestions. I added an activity to each gift to promote that lovin’ feeling.
29 Jan 13:19
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