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The story of gin: A spirited interview
As we roll into the final holiday parties of the year, spirits are high -- and flowing. “The Book of Gin” by Richard Barnett traces the history of gin, which was once believed to prevent plague, ease the pains of childbirth and treat a lack of...
Tags: Baltic Region, Organized Crime, Customs and Tradition, Holidays
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In Jurji Zayden's 'Tree of Pearls,' the power of self-interest has repercussions
‘Tree of Pearls, Queen of Egypt” by Jurji Zaydan opens “On a moonlit night long ago, two women of exceeding grace and beauty, though far apart in age, sat gazing at the silver waters of the Nile.” The year is 1250, the Ayyubid...
Tags: Literature, Egypt, Chicago Tribune, Colleges and Universities, University of Pennsylvania
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Monday's TV Highlights: 'Mike & Molly' on CBS
The Voice: DreamWorks Dragons:Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES The Voice: Finalists Cassadee Pope, Terry McDermott and Nicholas David perform in this new episode (8 p.m. NBC)....Tags: Jenna Elfman, George Takei, NBC (tv network), Holidays, Blake Lively
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Happy existential holidays from Henri, Le Chat Noir
Happy holidays from everyone's favorite existentialist cat and YouTube star, Henri, Le Chat Noir. The melancholy feline has released "The Worst Noel," a new video based loosely on Charles Dickens' novella "A Christmas Carol." The video opens with...
Tags: Movies, YouTube, Animals, Holidays, Festive Events
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Theater review: 'The Farndale Avenue... Christmas Carol'
Christmas is a time for nostalgia — and good will — so maybe we should cut the Orlando Shakespeare Theater's current holiday comedy some slack. After all, it's full of old jokes, old visual gags and old comedy set-ups. Even the premise...
Tags: Mad Cow Theater, Betty White, Holidays, Celebrities, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character)
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Somerset County Where to Go for Dec. 6
Eggs & Issues Join theSomerset CountyChamber of Commerce in welcoming Rep.-elect Keith Rothfus for Eggs & Issues at 8 a.m. Dec. 13 at the Somerset Country Club. This event offers an open forum to hear from the congressman-elect while providing an...Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), Museums, Fiction, Bedford County (Pennsylvania), Fine Artists
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James Buchanan students to present 'A Christmas Carol'
The James Buchanan High School Drama Club will present “A Christmas Carol,” adapted by Michael Youngs, from the Charles Dickens classic story, in the high school auditorium. Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday...
Tags: James Buchanan
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Five for your planner: Wednesday, Dec. 5
1. City ballets and 'The Nutcracker' The City Ballet School and Western Maryland City Ballet Company will present "The Nutcracker" at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., downtown Hagerstown....
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Entertainment Events, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Dance, Music
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Still dreaming of a white Christmas
Liz Smith"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas," wrote Irving Berlin. IF YOU think of the beloved song "White Christmas," you might like to remember that it was written by a Jewish man who all but dominated the American music milieu from the '20s through the '50s....Tags: Christmas, Tameka Cottle, Jesus Christ, Holidays, Christmas Music (genre)
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Singing aside, Light Opera Works' 'Oliver' is wanting
It's tough to go wrong with “Oliver” at the holidays. You've got tousle-haired urchins, pathos, Fagin, melodrama and power ballads — orchestrated with a whiff of the sounds of Dusty Springfield's Swingin' London — and a...
Tags: Lionel Bart, Abusive Behavior, Holidays
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Curtain closes on 'Carol'
Staff WriterCharles Dickens’ timeless classic “A Christmas Carol” was brought to life by the Southwest Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts’ theater program Sunday afternoon. Led by director Christopher Spanos, a mixture of SAVAPA and...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Music
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Will Rhys Stars as Scrooge -- And More -- At the Kate
Hartford CourantVeteran Broadway actor Will Rhys plays Scrooge in a one-man stage stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, playing Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m Rhys adapted the stage piece and...Tags: Robert Sean Leonard, Old Saybrook, Goodspeed Opera House, Katharine Hepburn, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character)
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