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'War Horse,' 'Addams Family' bound for Broward
Staff WriterIf Broadway buzz is your thing, then you're going to love the shows heading to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts next season. In a major coup for South Florida, the inaugural tour of"War Horse" is included among them. The spate of musicals...Tags: Jennifer Beals, Concerts, Steven Spielberg, Sergio Trujillo, Broadway Theater
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Acorn Media takes control of Agatha Christie estate
RedEyeAgatha Christie and Acorn TV: Two of my favorite pastimes now are more connected than ever. Maryland-based Acorn Media Group has bought 64 percent of Christie's literary estate, making the private company the majority owner of more than 80 novels, 19...Tags: Acorn Media U.S., Inc., PBS (tv network), Movies, Downton Abbey (tv program), Companies and Corporations
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The Bookworms
We have been together for more than 30 years. We're a mixed group from Oak Park — married, singles and a few former Catholic priests.
For our 25th year celebration we rented a villa in Tuscany. We still smile and enjoy talking about it.
Last...Tags: Jeffrey Eugenides, William Faulkner, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain
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Friends Evening Book Discussion Group
The group has been meeting at the Mount Prospect Public Library since January 1990 and has been featured in "The Book Group Book" edited by Ellen Slezak.
Recently we read Helen Simonson's "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" and had a very good discussion....Tags: Thomas Jefferson, William Faulkner
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Tough guys, unite
Cultural criticCornell Woolrich (1903-1968) knew his way around two things: rock-hard prose and stone-cold corpses. He was a wizardly writer of mysteries, a man who could ratchet up the menace and dread by steady, excruciating degrees. His sentences were of the...Tags: Mystery (genre), Alfred Hitchcock, Dashiell Hammett, Julia Keller, Newspaper and Magazine
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Memories that bind
When we think about the year-end holidays, books often are at the center of our memories. Maybe we received a special book as a gift, and it became a cherished memento. Or maybe we read a book about the holidays each year, as a treasured part of our...Tags: Skype, Judaism, Dr. Seuss, Los Angeles Dodgers, Norman Rockwell
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A celebration of Agatha Christie
"Agatha Christie: An Autobiography," Harper/Harper Collins, 542 pages, $29.99. In celebration of Agatha Christie's 120th birthday, Harper has brought out two Christie books. The first is a new edition of her autobiography. Christie admits that she had...Tags: World War II (1939-1945)
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The Reading Life: 'Agatha Christie: An Autobiography'
Tribune NewspapersLast summer, while browsing in a used bookstore in San Luis Obispo, I discovered something I thought no longer existed — an Agatha Christie novel I had not read. Anyone monitoring my vital signs would have thought I had discovered the next Gnostic...Tags: Mystery (genre), Culture, Murder, Genres, United Kingdom
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Rush Limbaugh: Congratulations, you’re part of mainstream media
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel"Mainstream media" usually refers to some perceived liberal bias in the media. But newspapers, magazines and other organizations are busy these days trying to survive, like characters in a Christie thriller. We'll look to any outlet: Facebook, Twitter,... -
The Mousetrap'
Chambersburg Community Theatre will hold open auditions for Agatha Christie's mystery "The Mousetrap" from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, at The Capitol Theatre, 159 S Main St, Chambersburg. Please use the Wood Center... -
'Tiny Fascists' has its merits; 'In Pursuit' wanders
"Tiny Fascists: A Boy Scout Musical" **1/2
Nostalgists of the Scouting persuasion will find plenty to like in this deranged ode to idealized manliness, awkward preteen camaraderie and an obsession with mastering knots.
The show was created by an...Tags: Broadway Theater, Martha Stewart, Tameka Cottle, Bob Fosse, Comedy (genre)
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Five events for your planner: Monday, Oct. 17
1. I want my MTV
Kevin Williams will discuss his book, "Why I (Still) Want My MTV." 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. Shepherd University's Scarborough Library reading room, off King Street, Shepherdstown, W.Va. Free. Call 304-876-5397.
2. Everyone's a suspect...Tags: MTV (tv network), The Beatles (music group)
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