‘Billy Elliot’: A musical with the wow factor
I’ve been getting dizzy trying to come up with adjectives for “Billy Elliot the Musical” and it all simply comes down to “wow.” Taken from the Oscar winning movie directed by Stephen Daltry and written by Lee Hall, the musical soars to new theatre heights. The same team that made the movie created the less gloomy musical version, with the addition of Elton John's music. Nothing has been spared to recreate the heart wrenching theme with a tragically comedic thread, which weaves through the plot and brings a more human element to the musical.
Don’t forget these 2009 tax breaks
The year goes by, you get busy ... and tax-saving opportunities
Sister Robert Anne is in the Limelight with cabaret class
Ruth E. Stein takes over the Limelight Actors Theater stage as Sister Robert Anne and doesn’t release it until she has entertained, enthralled and captivated her audience as a hip nun, giving a class on how to successfully create a cabaret act. “Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class” offers well-done, original material and a good voice (which is probably great when she is not working with an aggravating allergy.)
‘The hold-up’ can minimize opponents’ tricks
Let us explore the “the hold-up” play. Using this technique, you can effectively sever the communication link between your opponents and that minimizes the number of tricks they can take. And, if the opponents take fewer tricks, that means you take more tricks - clearly a good thing.
County tries to escape federal grasp
County officials fear they might not be able to exempt
Avoid Offending Emperors, Fix a Tooth with Clove
Cloves are little things, but they certainly have a myriad big
Learn About Religions of the World at Gilroy Church
South County residents will have an opportunity to learn about
GETTING OUT: El Corte de Madera is full of ‘treats’
High in the peninsula hills, above Redwood City and Woodside, El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve is another peaceful sanctuary along Skyline Boulevard. El Corte de Madera Creek and Lawrence Creek, both born from springs near the road, descend through the preserve's 2,821 thickly forested acres on the way to San Gregorio Creek and the Pacific Ocean.


















