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Vintage Theatre actors enthrall us in the Kit Kat Klub | Review

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

Vintage Theatre’s sharp production of “Cabaret” begins suitably interactive.Abby McInerney brings her big, bold, beautiful voice to Sally Bowles in “Cabaret.” RDG Photography, provided by Vintage TheatreA handful of dancers at the fictional Kit Kat Klub saunter around the actual audience. A few patrons are seated at cocktail tables; most have taken traditional seats. A dancer eyes someone from the stage and waves and winks as if she recognizes an old friend. Another enlists the help of an unsuspecting theatergoer seated in a front row in stretching her legs. The “girls” and “boys,” as the Emcee calls them (though the actors’ personal pronouns are more varied), roam, flirt, chat with audience members and banter with each other.This soft intro into the iconic musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb with a book by John Masteroff elicits the intended response. The theater is abuzz. It is noisy with amused anticipation, much the way a nightclub might have been on any given night in Weimer er...

PHOTOS: Charles Burrell, who broke color barrier as a classical musician, celebrates 103rd birthday at Aurora school named after him

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

Students at the Charles Burrell Visual & Performing Arts Campus held a birthday celebration for Charles Burrell, the school’s namesake, in Aurora on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Burrell, who turned 103 years old on Wednesday, is a bass player who broke the color barrier as a classical musician. According to the school’s website, Burrell was the first person of color to sign a contract with a symphony orchestra.

Choctoberfest, brunch runs, a brewery block party and more things to do in Denver this week

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

Rock the blockSaturday. Join Woods Boss Brewing, which is a bright spot downtown, as it shuts down the 2200 block of California Street for its fourth annual Block Party. There will be outdoor games, live music, special beer releases and collaboration beers, and a marketplace with more than 50 local arts and food vendors. Several neighboring businesses will also be participating.The event “aims to bring together the incredible community in this rapidly growing and changing area of Denver and remind folks that there are some great businesses in Denver’s Ballpark District,” the brewery said. The party runs from noon to 10 p.m. at 2210 California St. It is free to attend and open to all ages. woodsbossbrewing.com.Samples from Colorado Cocoa Pod — one of dozens of local and national vendors at this year’s Choctoberfest in Aurora. (Provided by Colorado Chocolate Fests)Choctoberfest’s sweet bountySaturday. It just wouldn’t be Colorado culture witho...

Funeral for slain sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer to be held Thursday

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

Funeral services for slain Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer will be held Thursday in downtown L.A.Clinkunbroomer, 30, was fatally shot on Sept. 16 outside the Palmdale Sheriff's Station when a gunman pulled up alongside his vehicle and opened fire, killing the eight-year veteran of the sheriff’s department.Services are scheduled to be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 555 West Temple Street. Clinkunbroomer family ‘shocked’ by decision not to seek death penalty Law enforcement and personnel from local, state, and federal agencies will be in attendance. The sheriff's department stated they “lament the loss of a beloved grandson, son, sibling, fiancé, and treasured friend.”Clinkunbroomer, affectionately known as “Clink,” came from a legacy of service. His father and grandfather both served with LASD.  The young deputy had gotten engaged within days of his ambush-style killing.  Services for Clinkunbroomer will be live-st...

Two Powerball tickets worth over $1 million sold in California

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

The drawing for the $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot happened Wednesday night, and while no California players won the whole thing, a couple of players won a pretty good consolation prize. A ticket worth $1,220,123 was sold at Cigarettes 4 Discount at 973 Alamo Drive in Vacaville, according to the California Lottery website. That player had all five winning numbers, but not the Powerball number. Another ticket worth the same amount was sold at the Walmart at 8465 Elk Grove Blvd. in Elk Grove. 20,000 Kaiser healthcare workers on strike in the Bay Area Fourteen players got four correct numbers and the Powerball number. Those tickets are worth $17,500.Wednesday's winning numbers were 9, 35, 54, 63, and 64. The Powerball number was 1. The $1.2 billion jackpot is the third-largest in Powerball history. The largest pot, at $2.04 billion, was won last November in California. The odds of winning this jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. There have been 33 consecutive drawings since someone hit...

Family still awaiting answers after model murdered in downtown L.A.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

Loved ones of a model who was found brutally killed in her downtown L.A. apartment are still distraught as they've received no answers about her death so far.Nearly a month after the body of Maleesa Mooney, 31, was found inside her apartment on the 200 block of South Figueroa Street, her family said they’ve been mostly left in the dark with no suspect information being released to them.Mooney was an expectant mother and an aspiring model and real estate agent when she died.“It’s honestly so stressful,” said Jourdin Pauline, Mooney’s sister. “I have thousands and thousands of scenarios in my head of what could have happened because we don’t know.”Pauline said she’s frustrated as she’s been waiting weeks for answers about her sister's murder sister since Sept. 12.“This person is still out there and the police are not telling us anything,” Pauline said. “What is the hold up? What did the guys see? Can you share it with us? Suspects? Surveillance video that you do have? Show us somethin...

Raw Power: Rock gods unite in the desert

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

Raw Power: Back in 2016, the Desert Trip Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, the site of the annual Coachella Festival, brought together six of the greatest artists in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Neil Young and The Who all played over three days, two bands performing headline-length sets each evening. Some playfully referred to it as “Oldchella,” but the magnitude of the event couldn’t be questioned.This weekend, the same format will be applied to six of the biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal. Power Trip will feature Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden on Friday, AC/DC and Judas Priest on Saturday, and Metallica and Tool on Sunday. That is simply immense.The bill originally included Ozzy Osbourne, incidentally. When the Black Sabbath man and solo metal legend had to pull out for health reasons, Priest (who, like Ozzy, happen to be from Birmingham, England) was happy to jump in.“Whether Ozzy had anything to do whatsoever...

Why More and More Athletes Are Turning to CBD Topicals

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

Read the original article about CBD Topicals for Athletes here.Whether you are a professional athlete, enjoy a pickup game of ball at the rec, or you are an avid outdoors enthusiast, you are probably aware of the wear and tear high impact activity can have on the body. From overworked muscles to strains and pulls, our bodies need a recovery period to prevent these injuries. Time is one of the best healers, but is there anything additional you could add the up the ante of your recovery process? CBD says yes.What Is CBD?CBD is one of many naturally occurring compounds in cannabis and hemp plants. Research surrounding CBD is still limited, but there are signs pointing toward effective promise in the realms of pain, inflammation and muscle soreness. CBD interacts directly with the human body’s endocannabinoid system. This bodily system is largely responsible for the management of pain, inflammation, appetite, sleep, mood and more. This direct interaction with the endocannabinoid system ...

India, Pakistan on track for cricket gold-medal showdown at Asian Games, which could foreshadow Olympics

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

By STEPHEN WADE | AP Sports WriterHANGZHOU, China (AP) — India and Pakistan moved closer to a potential Asian Games showdown for the gold medal in cricket after picking up victories on Tuesday in the quarterfinals.Any match between Pakistan and India draws a massive television audience and will be influential as the International Olympic Committee ponders cricket being added to the program for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.The cricket final on Saturday, however, could be overshadowed by the start of the Cricket World Cup in India, which opens on Thursday.The IOC has given no clear timetable when a decision about cricket will be made.Cricket appeared in the Olympics for the only time at the 1900 Paris Games.Baseball and softball are also in the running to again be included in the Olympic program.Related ArticlesOlympics | San Jose-born skater Vincent Zhou: Team USA has yet to receive medals from 2022 Olympics Olympics | Is the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame&#...

Bay Area News Group names Sarah Dussault as senior editor

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:20:11 GMT

As a 9-year-old girl, Sarah Dussault spent summer breaks running around The Mercury News newsroom where her father, a features copy editor, would hand her plastic cylinders stuffed with marked-up news pages to send with a whoosh into pneumatic tubes to the building’s type shop.“It was just the coolest thing in the world,” she said.Now, three decades later, Dussault, 45, has been named Senior Editor of the Bay Area News Group, overseeing the newsrooms of The Mercury News and East Bay Times.Bay Area News Group Senior Editor Sarah Dussault on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in the newsroom of The Mercury News in downtown San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) She replaces Bert Robinson, a relentless First Amendment advocate who started his journalism career as an intern at The Mercury News 40 years ago and led the news group to a Pulitzer Prize in 2017. He is moving to Florida to be close to family.For Dussault (pronounced Doo-sew) to earn the top job, ”it’s absolutely surreal,”...