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Road House: The Play! is staged on a semi-annual basis, and it always sells out its run. But with the advent of a Road House movie remake (Jake Gyllenhaal is attached) one could be concerned that the Siren Theater may not be able to stage the parody work much longer. For posterity's sake, the Mercury sought out the playwrights to get an idea of Road House: The Play's unusual beginnings and unknown future.
Between Road House: The Play's 30 scene changes and unforgettable songs, like "Tai Chi Pants," the parody play surrounds the audience in a cacophony of fourth-wall-breaking satire that skewers ego-driven honor, violence, and what people in the '80s thought was sex. It both is and is not the 1989 Road House.
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For the first time in two years, we're looking at a weekend of Pride with a capital 'P.' Much of the city's celebrations orbit the grand parade and adjoining festival in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, organized by nonprofit Pride Northwest. The fairgrounds themselves always feel chaotic—in a good way—but the main stage programming this year is a veritable who’s who among Portland’s queer nightlife artists. If you haven’t been to a club since before the.
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Wednesday’s guests included Pottawatomie County Schools Superintendents from USD 320 Wamego Tim Winter and from USD 323 Rock Creek Public Schools, Kevin Logan.
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Manhattan Mercury Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Ned Seaton joined us for a discussion on some changes to the print schedule for the Manhattan newspaper.
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We also heard from Manhattan area legislators including 66th District Rep. Sydney Carlin (D-Manhattan) and 67th District Rep. Mike Dodson (R-Manhattan) reacting to the State of the State Address delivered Tuesday by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.
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