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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: Charles Dickens, Entertainment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Dance, Music
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Heritage Academy students perform 'A CHRISTmas Carol Revisited'
Envision carolers singing in the streets of London and the joy of Christmas. That was the scene Nov. 17 for Heritage Academy’s drama production of “A CHRISTmas Carol Revisited.” The classic “Christmas Carol” tale was...
Tags: Drama (genre), Holidays, Jesus Christ, Religious Festivals
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'Merry' thanks to Dickens
I enjoy teaching exchange students who have come here from other countries. It is interesting to see our culture through the eyes of someone who was raised in an environment totally different from our own. Recently an exchange student asked me why we use...Tags: Holidays, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Religious Festivals
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John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'
John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
Tags: Cinderella (movie), William Shakespeare, Arts and Culture, Jane Eyre (movie), Literature
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On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past
WASHINGTON -- Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with "twenty thousand times the force" of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-century debate...
Tags: Finance, Religion and Belief, Immigration, Migration, Productivity
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Column: Ghosts of Christmas past seen in immigration debate
WASHINGTON — Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with "twenty thousand times the force" of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-...Tags: Religion and Belief, Finance, Immigration, Washington, DC, Migration
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Obama's sanctimony proves who the real Scrooge is
As right as Dickens. That's what President Barack Obama suggested about his tax plan when he recently used "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens to frame his case for rate increases. A "Scrooge Christmas" is what the country will get if lawmakers won't...
Tags: Holidays, Republican Party, Charles Dickens, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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A case for reading out loud to (older) children
Lehigh Valley ParentingI still read out loud to my son. He is in fifth grade and an avid reader. He plows through books and is currently devouring "The Hobbit" which he calls "addicting." But he still likes it when I read out loud to him before bed. I've always read to him. I... -
A Cerberus Carol?
Paging Mr. Fezziwig. One might get the notion that Charles Dickens' good-hearted fictional employer was back in business after the announcement this week by a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, that it intends to sell Freedom Group Inc.,...Tags: Finance, Private Equity, Religion and Belief, Personal Weapon Control, Charles Dickens
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This weekend: ‘Survivor,’ ‘Homeland’ season finales; Martin Short hosts ‘SNL’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelIn the holiday category, CBS replays "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" at 8 p.m. Friday. "Yes, Virginia" follows at 9. NBC repeats "Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas" at 8 p.m. Friday. CBS delivers the movie "Elf" at 8 p.m. Saturday. And TCM will... -
Former high school basketball coach is the perfect "Scrooge"
Groller's CornerOver the 30-plus high school basketball seasons I've covered for The Morning Call, I've met more than a few interesting characters; none more so than Dr. Barry Glassman, who was the head coach at Southern Lehigh for four seasons back in the 1980s. He... -
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: NBC (tv network), Josh Gad, Mike & Molly (tv program), Charles Dickens, CBS Corp.
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Dec 16, 2012
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