| News That Matters Good Friday Morning, I, for one, am a tad disappointed that the temps weren't 2 or 3 degrees cooler over the past 36 hours. Had they been, we'd be looking at almost 30" of snow and man, that would have been great! But alas, a man's dreams were dashed by the moderating forces of Mother Nature. So far this month the NtM blogsite is averaging 85 reads a day. As I often say in this space, there's a lot more there than appears here and you have the ability to comment, discuss and pontificate to your heart's content. Head on over, sign up and post away! As of this morning there are 12 shopping days until Christmas, 9 until Hanukkah and 10 until my 51st birthday. Hopefully you've been checking out the Holiday Shopping Guide for my, er, your gifts this year, keeping them to under $20 per person and buying nothing from China. Shopping for locally produced and crafted gifts gives not only to the recipient but also to your neighbors and helps make our region stronger financially. Shopping locally is the gift that keeps on giving and when the bills come in January, you won't need the nitro to get your heart moving again. PlanPutnam and News That Matters are still accepting your donations for the work done and this daily column that comes to you *free* virtually each and every day. If you've not yet helped us out, please do so. There's a lot of work that goes in to this, more than you can imagine. So, if you're reading... well, you know. For the past two weeks I've been working at the Cultural Center on Lake Carmel as part of the crew for "The Young Wizard and the Sugar Plum - The Search for a Magic Wand" which takes place there this weekend. (see below)
Saturday:
The Search for a Magic Wand! Arts on the Lake presents its 2nd Annual puppet extravaganza at a 3PM matinée and a 7:30 PM evening performance. The 7:30PM performance will culminate at a reception with Bart Cook and Maria Caligari, principle dancers for the New York City Ballet, who designed the puppets and choreographed the performance.
The Putnam Chorale will host a community sing along of Handel's Messiah, with chamber orchestra. Bring your own score, or use one of ours and join the Chorale in singing these classic pieces. The sing is scheduled for December 13, 2008 at 7:30 pm at the First United Methodist Church, Main Street, Brewster, NY.Brewster Theater Company Holiday Party The holidays are here again and so is the Annual BTC Holiday Party! It takes place December 13th, right after the evening performance of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (approximately 8:30PM) at the same place, St. Andrew's Church, 26 Prospect St. in Brewster so members of the cast will be joining us. Sunday: |
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Friday, December 12, 2008
News That Matters - December 12, 2008 - Things To Do Edition
No one gets paid for the show or for rehearsal time; not the cast, not the director or producers or narrators or the lighting or sound guys or designers or the backstage crew... no one, not even me. It's all done as a labor of love and as a service to the greater community. There are 30 people - some as young as 6 - working day and night on this production. 
The set takes up the entire back of the Arts Center and it's extensive, let me tell you! Everything from the central puppet stage to a snow machine and mountains that move - literally. Did I mention the scores of hand-crafted puppets - and the snowball cannon?
Produced by Bart Cook and his partner, Maria Caligari, principle dancers from the NYC Ballet, "The Young Wizard and the Sugar Plum - The Search for a Magic Wand" will take you through a 75 minute journey into a land of fancy. And, it's not just for kids - bring a date - it's all really quite cute as hell. Oh, and don't forget the magical flying broomstick!
