And sing.
And dance.
The Tower Players, the school s performing arts group, is putting on Emma: A Pop Musical, a Clueless -esque twist on Jane Austen s classic novel featuring the music of, among others, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain and Katy Perry.
No matter what the school and no matter what the show, putting a high school production together is a lot of work. In a pandemic, with virtual rehearsals, it s even more challenging. And then, after all that additional effort, students have to perform for safety reasons in front of a small audience usually just the actors parents.
Many schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties have already put on their spring productions. All were with a limited audience, although the shows typically were streamed.
Arnie Arnesen, Ms.Polical Chowder and Dr. Politics Steffen Schmidt faced off on the hot topics of the day at a fundraiser held for KHOI on May 1 at the Ames Society for the arts. Approximatley 130 KHOI supporters came out for dinner and discussion. Schmidt and Arnesen agreed, by popular demand, to air a program to be broadcast simultaneously on KHOI and WNHN - Arnesen s station in Concord, New Hampshire - that will feature their political commentary and dialogue, similar to Politics Day, their former program on Iowa Public Radio. To date, $8,650.00 were raised. Some additional funds are coming in the mail as a result of the fund raiser. We hope the letters keep coming as we approach our $10,000 goal for this event!
CCTV Image A MASKED man threatened a shopkeeper before making off with of cash and cigarettes. An appeal for information has been launched after officers were called at just after 6pm on Thursday to M.R Foods on Ormerod Street after a man had threatened a female member of staff. The suspect had earlier asked for cigarettes and as the store worker reached for the card machine, he went behind the counter and attempted to open the till. He then demanded the store worker opened the till, before escaping with cash and cigarettes. The suspect is described as white and aged around 30. He was wearing a white hooded top with a red Levi logo on it, dark trousers and a face mask.
‘Beneficence,’ ‘Sigh, Gone’ among Maine Literary Awards finalists
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance will reveal the winners during an online ceremony May 27.
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The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance announced finalists for the 2021 Maine Literary Awards on Thursday. The winners will be revealed May 27, when the awards are presented via Zoom, beginning at 7 p.m. Nearly 300 writers and publishers submitted works for consideration by more than 40 jurors.
The finalists:
Claire Ackroyd, “Murder in the Maple Woods”
Book Award for Fiction
Kate Kennedy, “Skin: A Memoir”
Éireann Lorsung, “The Century”
Michael K. Komanecky, Jane Biano, and Angela Waldron, “Maine and American Art: The Farnsworth Art Museum”
St Gabriel s Avenue, Blackburn Police are appealing for witnesses and video footage after two officers were attacked in the street. The officers were punched and suffered head and body injuries as they attended to an assault in St Gabriel s Avenue at around 2.10pm on Thursday. They were later taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital for treatment. Further patrols attended and a 38-year-old man from Blackburn was arrested on suspicion of affray and assaulting a police officer. He is currently in custody. Detectives are appealing for witnesses and are keen to speak to anyone with CCTV or video footage of the incident.