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SO MANY OF US, young and younger alike, have read (or at least watched film versions of) Jules Verne’s iconic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Captain Nemo’s underwater adventures are nothing short of legend, steering his Nautilus into the great ocean depths and, to this day, into our imaginations.

Kenneth Kelleher directs this production of “The 39 Steps” with a giggle and a gasp. Once the production starts it moves with an energy that keeps moving at a nonstop pace.

Normand Latourelle, director of “Odysseo”, was at the rendezvous greeting audience members as they entered the White Big Top opening night in San Francisco. He is a non-assuming fellow with a sweet smile and gentle continence that gives a feeling of blissful pride and control over his amazing creation. I remembered him from “Cavalia” a few years back. I didn’t think he remembered me – but he hugged me like a long lost friend and led me to my seat like we had never parted.

A week ago, the woman charged with feeding holiday meals to thousands of hungry families wasn’t sure what she would do.

AUTUMN is a close second to spring as an ideal time to tromp our local hills. While the green grass and flowing creeks are gone, autumn possesses a special languid peacefulness as nature prepares for the arrival of winter.

CAT OWNERS are frequently advised to keep their pets indoors, not just to prevent them from being hit by cars and attacked by predators, but also to save some of the millions of birds that are killed each year by outdoor cats.

Idina Menzel brings a new twist to her career in “If/Then” as a newly divorced woman looking for a job and starting a new life in New York. Menzel (originally in “Rent”) is best known for her Tony award winning Elphaha in ‘Wicked’ and more recently her popular award rendition of “Let It Go” in Disney’s “Frozen".