Fireworks, Festivals To Mark Independence Day
- July
- 2
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The festival will run from 4 to 11 p.m., concluding with what the club bills as “the largest and longest fireworks shows in the region.” The fireworks are slated to start at 9:30 p.m.
The Overland Park Rotary Club, in partnership with the City of Overland Park and Corporate Woods are presenting the event, which will [...]
Live from D.C it’s the Bush White House
- July
- 2
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Satire, at its best, is an artful blend of subtlety and wit. But often it plunges into heavy-handed ways. Then it becomes insufferably witless.
Live from New York, we’ve seen satire suffer under the “Saturday Night Live Syndrome” of ham-fisted un-funniness. Now this: Live From Washington — it’s the Bush White House.
Unwatched and uncovered in these [...]
Libby Stripe Daybed Cover
- July
- 2
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Libby Stripe Daybed Cover
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Show your stripes. Bring a fresh and graphic touch to the bed with Libby’s bright yarn-dyed stripes. [...]
Fiction Review David Gutersons The Other
- June
- 11
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Two 16-year-old runners from opposite sides of Seattle, one descended from bankers, the other from “nail bangers,” meet at a high school race. They connect over a shared love of wilderness hiking and lighting out for the territories - “with all the subtext of escape implied by that phrase from Huck Finn.”
Neil Countryman, who narrates [...]
Province Ponders Gas Price Increase
- June
- 11
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Regulation spared Nova Scotians the surging gas prices seen in other parts of Canada in recent days, but the pain at the pumps could come sooner than the end of this week.
The MacDonald government sets prices on Fridays, and it dropped the price by three cents a litre this past Friday. But that afternoon, the [...]
June Is Purrfect Month To Adopt A Kitten, Cat
- June
- 4
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Cats are first when it comes to America’s favorite pets. We cat lovers are owned by 85 million of them in the United States.
They’re playful, intelligent and affectionate, yet their independent nature makes them different from dogs.
Although I’m a certified dog person, I like to proclaim my love and respect for cats each June so [...]
How To Order The Prelude To The Dream
- June
- 4
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For the fourth straight year, Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, will sell out its Old Spice Prelude to the Dream dirt late model race. Less than 500 general admission tickets remain.
For those unable to grab a seat for the June 4 all-star event featuring 25 world renowned drivers as they battle for dirt [...]
Live Theater Performed Among The Trees At Morton Arboretum
- June
- 1
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Anyone who thinks the Morton Arboretum is just a place to see plants can’t see the concerts and theater events for the trees. Look a little closer and you’ll find a full entertainment venue where families, friends and couples can enjoy outdoor concerts, embark on a scenic bike hike or gather for a musical evening [...]
Not So Entertaining These Days
- June
- 1
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As our daughter rose in the musical ranks, my husband and I attended every performance that we could. We rearranged work schedules to hear her play for two minutes. She would roll her eyes in humiliation as her parents sat beaming in the front row, trying desperately not to shout, “Encore, Encore” after her rousing [...]
Beidler Explains Cost Of Theater
- June
- 1
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If you missed the Harnett Regional Theatre production of Irvin Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun,” you missed a great evening of theater. Mellicent and I have enjoyed most of the big hits but had always passed this one by.
You would have been surprised. The stage setting was absolutely fabulous with brilliant lighting, and the sound [...]
