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‘The Sound of Music’ in Fullerton is sugary – yet superb

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Even the biggest fans of “The Sound of Music” will admit that the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein show is sugary and saccharine, soapy, and corny…

And yet, this Broadway musical of the singing von Trapp family, who left their beloved Austria in 1938 to escape Nazi rule, was a show-biz blockbuster of the first order, leading to a smash-hit 1965 film version.

Rolf (Neil Starkenberg), a 17-year-old bicycle messenger, and Liesl (Tessa Grady), at age 16 the oldest of the von Trapp children, experience love and romance for the first time in the song “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” in 3D Productions’ staging of “The Sound of Music.”ALYSA BRENNAN ADVERTISEMENT

 

‘The Sound of Music’

When: Through Feb.

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OWN Announces Two New Shows for the Fall

Monday, February 6th, 2012

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced the anticipated new talk show from Rosie O’Donnell, “The Rosie Show,” and “OWN YOUR LIFE (the oprah class)” featuring the best of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” with all-new insights and life lessons from the show, premiering Monday, October 10. Both shows will air weekdays (Monday-Friday) with “The Rosie Show” airing from 7-8 p.m. ET/PT and “OWN YOUR LIFE (the oprah class)” immediately following from 8-9 p.m. ET/PT.

“OWN YOUR LIFE (the oprah class)” — formerly titled “Oprah’s Encore” — will feature a companion online class accompanying the series including actual course work on Oprah.com, for an even more enriching experience. Beginning today, viewers can sign u

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Versace’s Triumphal Return To Couture

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

We have been waiting for this for over 7 years and finally Atelier Versace has returned to Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. The return was triumphal. 16 models were standing on the stage showcasing the fantastic designs which Donatella was clearly very proud of.

The principle Donatella Versace used to create her couture dresses was still the same – to make dresses as tight as possible to accentuate the beauty of a woman’s figure. The corseted items came with sheer panels, gold metal insets, beads and plastic paillettes. The

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An award-winning baker’s tips for creating the perfect pie

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Heres a bit of mischief: About seven percent of Americans have passed off a store-bought pie as their own creation.

This figure was provided by the American Pie Council, the sponsor of National Pie Day, which is Monday.

The idea behind giving pie its own special day is to encourage us to celebrate by either baking or buying a pie.

Now, if there were anyone in central Iowa who would seem to be a likely candidate to bake on National Pie Day it would be Christine Montalvo of Windsor Heights.

When asked how many pies she bakes a year, she responded by saying, Oh, my gosh, I dont know. Probably more than 100.

And, for the record, Montalvos pies win prizes.

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Off Center Festival brings offbeat culture to O.C.

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Ever since he became president of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in April 2006, Terry Dwyer has nurtured a vision: to make the place more accessible, affordable and, above all, hip. He wants his temple of culture to be a destination for people who don’t normally go to temples of culture.

Some might call such a notion foolish.

A scene from “Chautauqua!,” part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ Off Center Festival. It runs from Jan. 13-15. It is inspired by the Chautauqua Circuit, a wildly popular traveling lecture series that flourished from 1874 to the Great Depression. Read more…

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