Sting, Dolly Parton, Lin-Manuel Miranda and John Legend Turn Out for Center Theater Group Quarantunes Fundraiser
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The Quarantunes event revisited CTG productions like ‘9 to 5,’ ‘Book of Mormon,’ ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ ‘The Last Ship,’ ‘Ain’t Too Proud,” and many others.
The lights have been off and the stages empty at Center Theatre Group venues since last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated the industry and crippled operating budgets. CTG got a shot in the arm Friday night thanks to a special fundraiser hosted by
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image captionPeople in Gibraltar voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU in the Brexit referendum
The Spanish workers of La Línea de la Concepción are at the ready to celebrate the removal of the Gibraltar border controls. And they have reason to.
This small coastal town bordering Gibraltar is one of the poorest in Spain. A third of people here are unemployed and in some neighbourhoods that figure rises to 80%. Drug trafficking from Morocco and armed gangs have become a problem for police.
image captionGibraltar is an essential source of work for people living in La Línea
My father is Danish/American (grew up in Danish midwestern community speaking Danish with Danish parents/grandparents) and always insisted presents were opened on Christmas Eve in Denmark. I cannot verify this is true in real Denmark, but that is what he leaned from parents/grandparents.
Irrational
The Danes have their main meal on the 24th in the evening.
Traditionally , you start with warm “risengrød”, probably best described as rice pudding, served with butter and cinnamon sugar. A whole almond will be hidden in one of the portions and whoever finds the almond gets a present (a “mandelgave”).
This would make sure that people would eat as much as possible of the risengrød and less of the main course, which is traditionally duck or goose with assorted veggies.