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AFTER FIVE
T H E N O R T H S TAT E MAGAZ I N E
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THE NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MONTHLY
‘Scrooge’ offers a new twist on a Christmas
classic; show benefits Riverfront Playhouse
Several other performances scheduled this month in Siskiyou County
By Jon Lewis
At this point, north state audiences
can probably recite “A Christmas Carol”
from memory; the miser Ebenezer
Scrooge’s tale of redemption - with help
from the humble Bob Cratchit and some
ghostly visitors - is as comfortable as a
warm sweater on a cold December day.
But what about the author? The
celebrated Charles Dickens usually
takes a back seat to Jacob Marley and
Tiny Tim at this time of year.
Bennett Gale, artistic director of
southern Siskiyou County’s fledgling
New Frontier Theatre Company, is
putting the Victorian powerhouse writer
back in the spotlight with his one-man
show, “Scrooge: An Evening With
Charles Dickens.”
The holiday show is a fundraiser
for Riverfront Playhouse’s capital
campaign for a downtown Redding
theater. Performances are at 2 and
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. Tickets are
$10 at the door. Riverfront Playhouse
is located at 1620 E. Cypress Ave. in
Redding.
“Scrooge” also will be performed in
Siskiyou County at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6
at the Sisson Museum in Mount Shasta;
7 p.m. Dec. 11 at The Avery Theatre in
Etna; Dec. 13 at St. Mark’s Preservation
Square in Yreka; and 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at
the Siskiyou Arts Museum in Dunsmuir.
Tickets are $12, general; $10, students
and seniors and available at Village
Books in Mount Shasta or by visiting
www.newfrontiertheatrecompany.com.
Gale adapted the show from the
holiday classic and unveiled it last year.
“It was very well received and people
wanted it to be a yearly tradition,”
the Weed resident said. “I did two
performances for children in Siskiyou
County. I had over 700 kids come and
they were fully attentive throughout the
whole production.”
Gale takes on the role of Dickens
as the narrator and then switches back
and forth as some 21 characters are
introduced.
“It’s a lot of fun,” he said. “It’s
something I’m happy to bring to the
area. It’s following in the tradition of
Dickens himself, who was an amateur
actor who loved to perform his works in
front of an audience.”
Why Dickens?
“People will be surprised at his sense
of humor,” Gale said. “If you look at the
movies (based on his novels), there’s
not a whole lot of humor, and yet he was
quite funny. People are surprised, when
seeing it performed in person, with the
humor that was in there. It’s very dry,
very witty.”
A native of New York who has called
Siskiyou County home for the past six
Page 2 / December 2014 / After Five
Bennett Gale, artistic director of southern Siskiyou County’s fledgling New Frontier Theatre Company,
is putting the Victorian powerhouse writer back in the spotlight with his one-man show, “Scrooge: An
Evening With Charles Dickens.”
years, Gale said he’s been fascinated
with Dickens for years and is working on
a one-man show about the writer that
he hopes will be similar in nature to Hal
Holbrook’s piece on Mark Twain.
“People should know he was
passionate about social justice and
our inhumane caste systems,” Gale
said. “At the same time, he was able to
juggle being the first literary superstar
in the English speaking world. It’s an
interesting dichotomy.”
The nonprofit New Frontier company,
now in its second year, is affiliated with
the Siskiyou Arts Council.
“We’ve had a really nice beginning
and we’ve been performing at many
local venues, but we don’t have our own
facility yet,” Gale said. “Our goal is to
evolve our own professional performing
arts center and create an educational
component to what we do. We’re
already adding to local schools and will
continue to do so.”
After working and performing in
Southern California, Gale said he
headed north with his wife.
“I didn’t know I would do a theater
company,” he said. “I thought I would
write a book or two, but this idea kind
of evolved, as did teaching at schools,
and it’s really beginning to take hold
up here.”
Gale said he sees great potential for
the arts in this area.
“We have a great role model in
Ashland and I don’t see why, with great
community support, we can’t evolve
the same thing,” he said. “Working with
Riverfront is what I hope to be a long and
wonderful relationship. Our goal is to
establish the real concept of this being
a theater corridor, maybe as far south
as Sacramento. If you’re going to set
goals, you might as well set them big.”
New Frontier has staged “Our Town”
at the Kenneth Ford Theater on the
College of the Siskiyous campus and
has produced touring productions of
“Greater Tuna” and “It’s a Wonderful
Life.” The latter will be performed in
Siskiyou County at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 and
13 and 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Mt. Shasta
Sisson Museum; 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at the
Siskiyou Arts Museum, 5824 Dunsmuir
Ave. in Dunsmuir; 7 p.m. Dec. 20 at
McCloud Mercantile; and 2 p.m. Dec.
21 at The Avery in Etna. Call 859-0634
for more information.
Riverfront 2015 Season
As for Riverfront Playhouse, most of
their 2015 season has been announced.
It kicks off with “Harvey” from Jan. 17
to Feb. 15.
Other shows include: “Grapes of
Wrath” March 13-April 11; “Barefoot in
the Park” May 15-June 13; “The Gin
Game” July 10-Aug. 8; and “Bus Stop”
Sept. 11-Oct. 10
The annual Christmas play is still to
be determined.
After Five / December 2014 / Page 3
Skating rink planned
from Dec. 20 to Jan. 5
in downtown Redding
Musical talent also sought
to entertain evening skaters
The City of Redding Recreation Division and Viva
Downtown Redding announce the creation of “Winter
Rink Downtown” presented by Shasta Regional
Medical Center.
Winter Rink Downtown, they said, is a unique,
environmentally sound, non-refrigerated skating rink
that will offer family fun for all ages over the holiday
season from Dec. 20 through Jan. 5, 2015 (closed
only on Christmas day).
Winter Rink Downtown will be located at the
Market Street Promenade inside the K2 Development
Company’s building that was formerly occupied by
Jeter’s Playground and Need 2 Speed.
The facility will be open daily starting at 10 a.m. until
close. Admission for a 45 minute skate session will be
$7 per person and include skate rental. Participants
will be required to be 7-years-old or older and over
42-inches tall. Concessions will be available on site.
Tickets are available at the door or pre-sale tickets
will be available for purchase online.
Organizers are also looking for musical talent to
perform at the winter rink. There will be 30 minute
time slots available every 45 minutes during the
evenings. For more information, call Rebecca Unger
at 225-4512.
For online tickets and more information go to
Redding-Recreation.org or call 225-4095 or Viva
Downtown at 243-7773.
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Obama and the terrible,
horrible, no good, very bad day
To call the grotesque drubbing suffered by the Democratic Party in the midtermsmonumental, is like referring to the surface of the sun as warm. The scene was
so grisly, acutely sensitive Democrats (most of them) were forced to avert their
eyes or risk anaphylactic shock.
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networks for airing the election returns, thereby exposing young viewers to such
grotesque brutality.
Back in 2010, President Obama described the midterm losses as a shellacking;
this was more of an epic trouncing with faint overtures of catastrophic putrescence.
Political junkies who stayed up late were treated to a
front row seat at a world championship seal-clubbing
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much like it was before. The House did turn a darker
red and several Governorships moved into the
GOP column, including Illinois, Massachusetts and
Maryland, which was as expected as Tiffany eggs in
a litter box. But Washington will stumble on. Grand
postures will be assumed. Little will get done. Politics
as usual continues.
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Many reasons were given for the democratic debacle. Dark money poured
into ads at the last minute. President Obama as a third rail. Establishmentarians
keeping the Tea Party down. Young people and African Americans staying home.
New episodes of NICS and NCIS: New Orleans. One or the other, okay, but both?
Even amidst the carnage, the two sides did their best to make the requisite
bi-partisanship noises of nice. Day after the election, soon-to-be Senate Majority
Leader, Mitch McConnell, held a press conference to announce he wants to work
with the president. Of course, he was hard to understand, failing to turn off the
chainsaw behind his back during the press conference.
Yeah. The GOP wants to work with the president. The same way a 5-year-old
with a magnifying glass wants to work with ants. Like a gorilla wants to work with
bananas. A ten-ton boulder falling off a cliff wants to work with windshields.
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After Five / December 2014 / Page 5
Magician to perform
two shows Dec. 14
at Cascade Theatre
Aaron Radatz started performing at the young age
of 6 and quickly turned his grandmother’s gift of a magic
set into a full-time hobby. Up until the age of 14, he
kept his magic to family and friends.
Radatz then began performing for various schools,
organizations and private parties. All the while he
remained focused on his craft and started to set long
term goals for his career.
Radatz is scheduled to perform two shows at 4
p.m. and 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Cascade Theatre in
Redding. Tickets are $20 each or a four-pack for $60
and can be purchased by calling 246-1292. The event
is sponsored by the Shasta County Deputy Sheriff’s
Association.
From the earliest moments of his professional life,
Radatz attracted global clients who were leaders in
their industry including Jeep, Aflac, Bally’s Casino,
Carnival Cruise Line, General Motors, Busch Gardens,
Disney, Lady Luck Casino and the famed Hollywood’s
Magic Castle.
At the age of 18, Radatz’s expertise and devotion to
his craft provided him with a global audience, a center
stage performance with the Chrysler Corporation,
entertaining at their New Car Announcement show in
San Francisco.
Two years later, Radatz earned the title of being the
youngest magician to headline a casino production at
Casino Magic in Biloxi, Miss.
Radatz has studied with many of the masters
of magic, including Harry Blackstone, Jr. He is also
the only magician who has been commissioned by
the U.S. Pentagon for a command performance for
the U.S. military. His dedication to the troops has
earned him awards, including such high honors as
the Commander’s Coin of Excellence and the Scroll
of Appreciation of Honor and Admiration.
To date, Radatz and his cast have toured 45 U.S.
states, 37 countries, and six continents, bringing
wonder to a quarter of a million people live last year
alone.
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– because of a backlash on
Twitter from Americans complaining the jokey “apology”
was “offensive.”
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David Van Vleet asked for
certain supposedly public records in Tacoma, Washington,
and was forced into federal
court when the city turned him
down.
Van Vleet wanted data from
the city licenses of strip club
employees (dancers’ stage
and real names, date of birth,
By CHUCK SHEPHERD
etc.) so that he could pray for
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weirder than made-up stories
make his appeals more effective.
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November is tax-publiciz- Leighton denied Van Vleet a
ing season in Finland, where, temporary restraining order
starkly unlike America, the against the city.)
government releases all in„ „ „ „ „ „ „
dividuals’ tax records to help
The Washington, D.C., resbuild public support for the taurant Second State recently
country’s vast welfare state.
added an accessory to its bar
Thus, reported Foreign menu – “hand-cut rock,” i.e.,
Policy magazine, Finnish so- “artisanal” ice, for $1 extra (but
ciety gets a “yearly dose of free in premium drinks).
schadenfreude” ... “opening
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high Finnish taxes as a “badge the cubes that ultimately wind
of patriotism,” rejecting com- up in the glass.
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Daniela Liverani, 24, of Ed„ „ „ „ „ „ „
inburgh, Scotland, and British
Steve Soifer, CEO of an in- singer Katie Melua recently
ternational support group for survived inadvertent, gropeople with “shy bladders,” ex- tesque ordeals hosting, recoriated DirecTV for its series spectively, a three-inch leech
of commercials featuring Rob and a spider.
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nal and says, “Fact: I can’t go Asian backpacking trip and
with other people in the room.” had poked part-way out severSoifer says the ad ridicules al times (though Liverani had
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Michigan, by a guard who said
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schedule until he changed to vacuumed it out.
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Beatty as he was charged
with grand larceny for forging
a deed to a home owned by
Jennifer Merin, 70, in Laurelton, New York.
However, he bailed out of
jail and immediately returned
to the house.
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had remained “at home” even
while Beatty was locked up.
The home has been in Merin’s family since 1930. “Mindboggling,” she said.
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The Gothamist news site
reported that bicyclist John
Roemer, who was rear-ended
by a driver in Brooklyn (and
whose intensive-care bill was
paid by the driver’s insurance
company), is now being sued
by the driver in small claims
court for $2,000 damage to
her car.
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A civil court in Lindau, Germany, ordered Rory Gray to
pay Dr. Daniel Ubani for calling Ubani “an animal” (for having injected Gray’s father with
10 times a drug’s safe dose in
2008, which led to his death).
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Gray to help pay Ubani’s legal
expenses.
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The owner of the world’s
largest corn maze (63 acres),
at Cool Patch Pumpkins in
Dixon, California, told Sacramento’s KOVR-TV that “several” times this season, visitors
have called 911 to come get
them out of the maze.
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corn.”
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In a $460,000 police-brutality settlement with the city of
Birmingham, Alabama, plaintiff
Anthony Warren will receive
$1,000, with the rest going to
his lawyers.
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website on a male bus driver
who tried to game a drug test
by using his wife’s urine, only
to inadvertently discover that
he would soon become a father).
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Employees of the Marshalls
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been hearing noises but were
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Another premier world
sports event reached its climax, with one team left standing, rewarded for months
of grueling practices, to the
cheers of adoring, frenzied
fans.
The “world series” of professional team computer games
was settled on a stage in a
packed, 40,000-seat stadium
in Seoul before three gigantic
TV screens and an Internet
audience of millions.
The powerhouse Samsung White team out-moused
and -keyboarded the Chinese
champions at “League of Legends” (which 27 million gamers worldwide play every day),
using its fantasy characters to
destroy opponents’ bases.
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home $1 million of corporate
money, but future earnings
should escalate when idolized
world-class players unionize
and swing merchandising endorsement deals.
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Carnell Alexander at one
point owed about $60,000
in child support for a kid he
did not father (according to a
DNA test) and knew nothing
about, but despite “successfully” challenging the claim 20
years ago, he still owes about
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Literature professor Thomas Docherty was back at work
following his nine-month suspension from the University
of Warwick for “inappropriate
sighing” during meetings with
a senior colleague, along with
“making ironic comments” and
“negative body language.”
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Andrew Davies, 51, was ordered by magistrates in High
Wycombe, England, not to lie
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After Five / December 2014 / Page 7
Ryan McGaughey
Ellanore Rose Lundberg
North State Symphony’s
holiday concerts bring
classical cheer to
three north state cities
The North State Symphony, under
the direction of Dwayne Corbin,
performs its annual Christmas Holiday
Concert on Dec. 12, 13 and 14 in
Chico, Red Bluff and Redding.
The concert will feature a mix of
traditional holiday music for orchestra,
intimate baroque and classical
favorites and a carol sing-along.
Two young north state artists are
featured in the concerts. Ellanore
Rose Lundberg of Corning will play a
solo work for flute by the 18th Century
German composer Karl Stamitz
while Ryan McGaughey, a student at
Humboldt State, will play a movement
of a Mozart Concerto for piano.
Also scheduled for the concert
are works by Bach and other early
composers as well as later works.
Dwayne Corbin, a professor at
Simpson University in Redding, is the
resident conductor of the North State
Symphony as the NSS is taking a full
season to audition and select a new
music director. Corbin also conducts
Redding’s Shasta Symphony.
The Chico show on Dec. 12 at
7:30 p.m. will be held at St. John’s
Episcopal Church on Floral Ave.
Although the location is new this
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year, Keith Herritt, the NSS manager,
said “the folks at the Episcopal Church
have a beautiful church where music
sounds wonderful, and they have
been very welcoming to us. We are
very happy to perform there.”
Tickets for the Chico concert, which
also includes a dessert reception, are
available at the University Box Office.
Call 898-6333.
Red Bluff’s State Theatre is the site
of the North State Symphony concert
on Dec. 13, also at 7:30 p.m. The
concert is under the auspices of the
Tehama County Community Concert
Association, which offers a variety
of concerts throughout the year to
members and non-members.
Non-members may buy tickets at
the State Theatre or from the NSS
office by calling 898-5984.
On Dec. 14, the three-day
scheduled of concerts concludes with
a 4 p.m. performance at Redding’s
Our Lady of Mercy Church on Shasta
View Road. A reception is included
which will follow the concert.
Tickets may be purchased through
the Cascade Theatre box office. Call
243-8877. For more information, visit
www.northstatesymphony.org
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Glorious Sounds
of the Season
Dec. 5-7 in Chico
CSU, Chico’s Department of Music and Theatre
gets the holiday season off to a resounding start with
the annual Glorious Sounds of the Season concert.
Proceeds from the series of concerts go towards
music and theatre scholarships for CSU, Chico
students.
Presented Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. with repeat
performances on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 7 at
2 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre, Glorious Sounds
of the Season has become a Chico-area holiday
tradition.
The Glorious Sounds of the Season concert
features various music ensembles, including the wind
ensemble, Jazz X-Press, acappella choir, chamber
singers, and the University chorus. It also will include
student soloists, student-led small ensembles, faculty
members and performers from the Chico community,
including the Children’s Choir of Chico.
With the merging of music and theatre into one
department, the concert also includes a number of
short theatrical skits performed by theatre students.
“This is a unique concert in that the audience will
hear such a wide variety of musical ensembles all
in one night,” said David Scholz, Glorious Sounds
concert coordinator. “They’re also fast-paced
concerts because we move from one selection to
the next without applause. The 90 minutes will be
filled with holiday cheer and highlight performances
by many talented students, faculty and community
members.”
There will be several opportunities for the
audience to join in with the performers by singing
along on various seasonal favorites such as “Let it
Snow,” “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” and “Joy to
the World.”
While proceeds from the concerts benefit music
and theatre students in the form of scholarships,
Scholz said the department never loses sight of the
fact that Glorious Sounds of the Season is also a way
of giving back to the Chico community.
“One of our main goals in the music and theatre
department is to develop closer ties to the residents
of Chico,” he said, “and this concert really helps to
put everyone in a holiday mood.”
Advance tickets, at $20 for all seats, are available
in advance at the University Box Office (898-6333);
add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For
disability-related accommodations, call 898-6333.
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Cascade
Christmas
through Dec. 7
A Cascade Christmas this year takes
the audience on a magical singing and
dancing journey of the holiday traditions.
“This year, more than ever, we have
really strengthened the story line for the
show,” said the show’s director, Jana
Pulcini-Leard. “This show is a huge
team effort. Everything, including the
plot, music choices, costume design
and choreography has been carefully
crafted this year with lots of help from
the lead company members and staff.”
This year, Pulcini-Leard said, Mrs.
Claus has a vital role and carries the
story throughout the show.
Cal Hunter returns as the featured
Santa Claus and “we are happy to
debut Lizzie Stoxen as our Mrs. Claus,”
Pulcini-Leard said. “Wait ‘till you hear
them sing together, they will blow your
Christmas socks off.”
Performances are scheduled at 7
p.m. on Nov. 28, 29, 30, Dec. 6 and 7,
and 2 p.m. shows on Nov. 28, 29, and
Dec. 5 and 6.
Tickets are priced from $12 (ages 17
and under) to $24 and are available at
the Cascade Theatre box office, 1733
Market St., by phone at 243-8877 or
directly through the Cascade Theatre
website at cascadetheatre.org
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December 2014
1 3
Holiday Fine Art
and Gift Show, 12 to
5pm Tuesday through
Friday, Old City Hall,
1313 Market St.,
Redding. This will run
through Dec. 20. Call
241-7320.
Together/Divided,
11am to 4pm,
Monday through
Saturday, Janet
Turner Print Museum
in Meriam Library
at CSU Chico. A
showcase of art that
will run through Dec.
13. Call 898-4476.
2
Keith Greeninger,
Vintage Wine Bar
& Restaurant, 1790
Market St., Redding.
Bridgehouse B&B
and Vintage Concert
Series. Tickets $10.
Call 229-9449.
Parent Café, 9am12pm, Northern
Valley Catholic Social
Services, 2400
Washington Ave.,
Redding. Purpose is
to make connections
between parents and
to explore issues
parents face in
Shasta County. Free,
but you’re asked to
RSVP by calling 2422020.
Trinity Hospital
Auxiliary Christmas
Bazaar and Bake
Sale, 10am-4pm,
hospital’s main
entrance. Call 6236101.
4
Garrison Keillor,
7:30pm, Cascade
Theatre, 1733
Market St., Redding.
Tickets are $42 to
$65, available at the
Cascade Theatre box
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Anderson Library
Storytime, 3:30pm,
Anderson Library,
3200 W. Center
St., Anderson. This
week’s story is Mrs.
Santa. Call 365-7685.
Artist Exhibit and
Reception, 3 to 6pm,
Learning Resources
Center at College of
the Siskiyous, 800
College Ave., Weed.
Call 938-5351.
The Nutcracker,
7:30pm, Laxson
Auditorium at CSU
Chico. Tickets are
$10 to $29 and are
available at the
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asked by calling 888628-1948. Presented
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Cascade Christmas,
7pm, Cascade
Theatre, 1733
Market St., Redding.
Tickets are $12 to
$24, available at the
Cascade Theatre box
RI¿FH&DOO
The Christmas
Spirit, 7:30pm,
Riverfront Playhouse,
1620 East Cypress
Ave, Redding. Tickets
are $15 to $22 and
available at the
Cascade Theatre box
RI¿FH&DOO
Homespun
Christmas Fair,
8am to 4pm, Shasta
District Fairgrounds.
Admission is free.
Call 510-2272.
Scrooge: An
Evening With
Charles Dickens,
7pm, Mt. Shasta
Sisson Museum, 1 N.
Old Stage Rd., Mt.
Shasta. Tickets are
$10 to $12. Call 8590634.
Holiday Craft Fair,
5 to 8pm, College of
the Siskiyous Gym,
800 College Ave.,
Weed. Admission is
$2. Call 938-5373.
An Olde Fashioned
Christmas, Main
Street, McCloud. This
event will feature,
vendors, carolers,
Santa Claus and a
tree lighting.
Enchanted Sleeping
Beauty - The
Legend of Briar
Rose, 7:30pm,
Siskiyou Performing
Arts Center, 311
Yreka St., Yreka.
Tickets are $15. Call
842-5442.
Christmas Tree
Lighting, 6 to
8pm, City Plaza in
Downtown Chico.
Glorious Sounds of
the Season Concert,
7:30pm, Harlen
Adams Theatre at
CSU Chico. Tickets
are $20 to $22. Call
898-6333.
The Nutcracker,
7:30pm, see Dec. 4.
Holiday Craft Fair,
9am to 3pm, see
Dec. 5.
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Candles in the
CanyonDÀXUU\RI
fun for the whole
family in Dunsmuir.
Art displays, live
music and caroling,
tree lighting and
more. 8:30 a.m. to
9pm. Call 235-2177.
Old Time Holiday
Celebration,
Whiskeytown
National Recreation
Area and Shasta
State Historic Park,
11am-4pm. Call 2461225 or 243-8194.
Douglas City Fire
Belles Christmas
Bazaar, 9am-4pm,
Weaverville Veterans
Memorial Hall. Call
623-6101.
Shasta College’s
Country Christmas
Fair, 10am to 4pm,
Shasta College Farm,
11555 Old Oregon
Trail, Redding. Call
242-2209.
Christmas Home
Tour, Boutique
and Luncheon,
15th annual event
for Cottonwood
Community Library,
10am-4pm. Selfguided tour of
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Cottonwood homes,
plus luncheon and
Christmas boutique
at Cottonwood
Community Center.
Tickets $20. Call 3474818.
Chamber and
Concert Choirs,
7:30pm, Shasta
College Theatre,
11555 Old Oregon
Trail, Redding.
Tickets are $5 to $7.
Call 242-7730.
Book Signing,
12:30 to 3:30pm,
Lisa’s Book Nook,
4030 Railroad Ave.,
Redding. Cathy A.
Kurtz will be signing
her memoir “Living
Through Pain – The
Lonely Me.” 2418689.
Dr. Who Group,
11:30am to 1:30pm,
Redding Library,
1100 Parkview Ave.,
Redding. Call 9536523. Repeats every
Saturday.
Local Indians For
Education (LIFE)
Community Yard
Sale, 8am to 2pm,
4440 Shasta Dam
Blvd., Shasta Lake.
Call 275-1513.
Gun and Knife
Show, 9am, Tehama
District Fairgrounds,
Red Bluff.
Winter Crush, 10am
to 4pm, Lucero
Olive Oil Mill, 2120
Loleta Ave., Corning.
Admission is $5. Call
877-330-2190.
Weaverville Art
Cruise, 5 to 8
pm, Downtown
Weaverville. Many
businesses stay
open late and offer
refreshments for this
cultural experience.
White Christmas,
7:30pm, Chico
Theater Company,
166 Eaton Rd.,
Chico. Tickets are
$12 to $20. Call 8943282.
Cascade Christmas,
2pm and 7pm, see
Dec. 5.
The Christmas
Spirit, 7:30pm, see
Dec. 5.
The Nutcracker,
2pm and 7:30pm, see
Dec. 4.
Homespun
Christmas Fair, 8am
to 4pm, see Dec. 5.
Scrooge: An
Evening With
Charles Dickens,
7pm, see Dec. 5.
Enchanted Sleeping
Beauty-The Legend
of Briar Rose,
7:30pm, see Dec. 5.
Glorious Sounds of
the Season Concert,
7:30pm, see Dec. 5.
$24.95 to $39.95.
Call 229-0036.
Hayfork Downtown
Christmas Tree
Lighting, Hayfork
Square. Call 6236101.
Fiddle Kids
Reunion, 1 to 5pm,
Senior Citizens Hall,
2290 Benton Dr.,
Redding. Visit www.
csotfa.org for details.
George Gold, 2pm,
Redding Library,
1100 Parkview Ave.,
Redding. Presented
by the Humanist
Society. Call 9497816.
Gun and Knife
Show, 9am, see Dec.
6.
Cascade Christmas,
2pm, see Dec. 5.
The Christmas
Spirit, 2pm, see Dec.
5.
Shasta College’s
Country Christmas
Fair, 10am to 4pm,
see Dec. 6.
The Nutcracker,
2pm, see Dec. 4.
Homespun
Christmas Fair, 8am
to 4pm, see Dec. 5.
Glorious Sounds of
the Season Concert,
2pm, see Dec. 5.
White Christmas,
2pm, see Dec. 6.
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Popovich: Comedy
Pet Theater, 7pm,
Redding Civic
Auditorium, 700
Auditorium Dr.,
Redding. Tickets are
Christmas from
Ireland with Lunasa
and Karan Casey,
7:30pm, Sierra
Nevada Brewing
Company, 1075
E 20th St., Chico.
Tickets are $22.50.
Call 893-3520.
10
Spoken Word Night
at the Loft, 7pm,
Bohemian Art Loft,
3304B Bechelli Ln,
Redding. Repeats
second Wednesday
of each month. Call
229-7818.
Shook Twins, 8pm,
Northern Delights
Coffee House, 7091
Hwy 3, Hayfork.
Tickets are $15. Call
628-5246.
Madrigal Dinner,
7pm, see Dec. 4.
11
Anderson Library
Storytime, 3:30pm,
Anderson Library,
3200 W. Center
St., Anderson. This
week’s story is How
the Grinch Stole
Christmas. Call 3657685.
Scrooge: An
Evening With
Charles Dickens,
7pm, Avery Theatre,
430 Main St., Etna.
Tickets are $10 to
$12. Call 859-0634.
The United States
Air Force Band of
the Golden West,
7:30pm, Laxson
Auditorium at CSU
Chico. Admission
is free, seating is
reserved. Call 8986333.
White Christmas,
7:30pm, see Dec. 6.
12
North State
Symphony Holiday
Concert, 7:30pm,
St. John’s Episcopal
Church, Chico.
Tickets $30, available
at the University box
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A Business Affair,
11am to 5:30pm,
Redding Civic
Auditorium, 700
Auditorium Dr.,
Redding. Admission
is free. Call 2290036.
Performing Arts
Society, 7:30pm,
Old City Hall, 1313
Market St., Redding.
Featuring The
Redding Community
Choir, directed by
Tienne Beaulieu, who
will present choral
pieces from classical
to jazz. Free, but
donations gratefully
accepted. Call 2467198.
It’s a Wonderful
Life, 7pm, Mt. Shasta
Sisson Museum, 1 N.
Old Stage Rd., Mt.
Shasta. Tickets $10
to $12. 859-0634.
The Nutcracker,
7:30pm, Cascade
Theatre, 1733 Market
St., Redding. Tickets
are $10 to $25 and
available at the
Cascade Theatre box
RI¿FH&DOO
The Christmas
Spirit, 7:30pm, see
Dec. 5.
Enchanted Sleeping
Beauty-The Legend
of Briar Rose,
7:30pm, see Dec. 5.
White Christmas,
7:30pm, see Dec. 6.
13
Shasta College
Chorale Holiday
Concert, 7:30pm,
Shasta College
Theatre, 11555
Old Oregon Trail,
Redding. Tickets are
$5 to $7. Call 2427730.
Fiddle and Roots
Music Jam, 5:30
to 7:30pm, Round
Table Pizza in the
Mt. Shasta Mall,
Redding. Presented
by California State
Old Time Fiddlers,
Dist. 6. Held the
second Saturday of
each month.
Christmas Ball
Dance Party, 7 to
10pm, Anderson
Frontier Center,
2081 Frontier Trail,
Anderson. Free
for members, nonmembers pay at the
door. Call 222-0627.
North State
Symphony Holiday
Concert, 7:30pm,
State Theatre, 333
Oak St., Red Bluff.
Tickets are $10 to
$30. Call 529-2787.
Scrooge: An
Evening With
Charles Dickens,
7pm, St. Mark’s
Preservation Square,
304 Lane St., Yreka.
Tickets are $10 to
$12. Call 859-0634.
Mariachi Sol De
Mexico, 7:30pm,
Laxson Auditorium at
CSU Chico. Tickets
are $10 to $28 and
are available at the
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Nor Cal Dowsers
“Beginner Dowsing
Program for Kids
and Young at Heart,”
11am. RSVP by Dec.
3 at 222-2024.
Fall River Valley
Christmas Parade
of Lights, 6 to 8pm,
Hwy 299E, Fall River
Mills to McArthur
Fairgrounds. Call
945-7519.
The Nutcracker,
2pm and 7:30pm, see
Dec. 12.
The Christmas
Spirit, 7:30pm, see
Dec. 5.
Enchanted Sleeping
Beauty-The Legend
of Briar Rose,
7:30pm, see Dec. 5.
White Christmas,
7:30pm, see Dec. 6.
It’s a Wonderful Life,
7pm, see Dec. 12.
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North State
Symphony Holiday
Concert, 4pm,
Our Lady of Mercy
Church, 2600 Shasta
View Dr., Redding.
Tickets are $12 to
$30, available at the
Cascade Theatre box
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Aaron Radatz,
two shows: 4pm
and 7pm, Cascade
Theatre, 1733 Market
St., Redding. Tickets
are $20 and available
at the Cascade
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Call 243-8877.
Merle Haggard,
7pm, Redding Civic
Auditorium, 700
Auditorium Dr.,
Redding. Tickets are
$45 to $79. Call 2290036.
Sacred Drum Circle,
6 to 7pm, Center
for Spiritual Living,
1905 Hartnell Ave.,
Redding. $5 donation
recommended. Call
243-8862.
Scrooge: An
Evening With
Charles Dickens,
2pm, Siskiyou Arts
Museum, 5824
Dunsmuir Ave.,
Dunsmuir. Tickets are
$10 to $12. Call 8590634.
Weaverville
Community Band,
Chorus and Jazz
Band, 3:15pm, Trinity
Alps Performing Arts
Center, 101 Arbuckle
Court, Weaverville.
Admission is free.
Call 623-2734.
Enchanted Sleeping
Beauty-The Legend
of Briar Rose,
2:30pm, see Dec. 5.
White Christmas,
2pm, see Dec. 6.
It’s a Wonderful
Life, 2pm, see Dec.
12.
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Documentary
“Shadows of
Liberty,” 7pm, Pilgrim
Church, 2850 Foothill
Blvd., Redding.
Film focuses on
what they say is the
censorship, coverups and corporate
control of the media.
No admission
fee, but donations
appreciated.
Presented by KKRN
Community Radio,
Shasta Tehama
Trinity Chapter of the
ACLU-NC, and the
Humanists Society of
Redding.
17
Melvin Seals and
the Jerry Garcia
Band, 7:30pm, Sierra
Nevada Brewing
Company, 1075
E 20th St., Chico.
Tickets are $20. Call
893-3520.
Mike Dillon, 9pm,
Northern Delights
Coffee House, 7091
Hwy 3, Hayfork.
Tickets are $15. Call
628-5246.
18
Interfaith
Candle Lighting
Experience,
7pm, Pilgrim
Congregational
Church, 2850 Foothill
Blvd., Redding. A
donation of $5 is
recommended. Call
243-8862.
Anderson Library
Storytime, 3:30pm,
Anderson Library,
3200 W. Center St.,
Anderson. Santa
Claus will visit. Call
365-7685.
Free Talk on
Childhood
Vaccinations, 6 to
7:30pm, Berryvale
Natural Foods, Mount
Shasta. Dr. Christina
Caselli, ND, will
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and risks. Call 9253221.
White Christmas,
7:30pm, see Dec. 6.
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A Celtic Christmas,
7:30pm, Cascade
Theatre, 1733
Market St., Redding.
Tickets are $24 to
$34, available at the
Cascade Theatre box
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JAMA Dance
Company, 7:30pm,
Old City Hall, 1313
Market St., Redding.
Call 241-7320.
It’s a Wonderful
Life, 7pm, Siskiyou
Arts Museum, 5824
Dunsmuir Ave.,
Dunsmuir. Tickets are
$10 to $12. Call 8590634.
White Christmas,
7:30pm, see Dec. 6.
20
Scrooge: An
Evening With
Charles DIckens,
7pm, Riverfront
Playhouse, 1620
East Cypress Ave,
Redding. Tickets are
$10 to $12. Call 8590634.
Winter Rink
Downtown, 10am to
10pm, Market Street
Promenade, Redding.
This ice-skating rink
will continue through
Jan. 5 (closed
Christmas Day).
$7 skate session
includes skate rental.
Participants must be
over 7-years-old. Call
225-4095.
Dance Depot
Holiday Showcase,
11am and 3pm, David
Marr Auditorium,
2200 Eureka Way,
Redding. Tickets
are $8 to $10 and
available at the
Cascade Theatre box
RI¿FH&DOO
California Dance
Company Christmas
Showcase, 7pm,
Cascade Theatre,
1733 Market St.,
Redding. Tickets are
$20 and available at
the Cascade Theatre
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Redding Improv
Players, 8pm, Old
City Hall, 1313
Market St., Redding.
Tickets are $5. Call
241-7320.
It’s a Wonderful
Life, 7pm, McCloud
Mercantile, 241 Main
St., McCloud. Tickets
are $10 to $12. Call
859-0634.
White Christmas,
7:30pm, see Dec. 6.
21
Rivercity Jazz
Society, 1 to 4:30
pm at the Redding
Elks Lodge, 250 Elk
Dr. Monthly concert
series featuring The
Straight Ahead Jazz
Combo. $10 to $15.
Call 515-9374.
It’s a Wonderful Life,
7pm, Avery Theatre,
430 Main St., Etna.
Tickets are $10 to
$12. 859-0634.
White Christmas,
2pm, see Dec. 6.
27
Chad Bushnell
with Ben Haggard,
7:30pm, State
Theatre, 333 Oak St.,
Red Bluff. Tickets are
$25. Call 529-2787.
28
Fiddle and Roots
Music Jam, 2 to 4
pm, Millville Grange
Hall, 20237 Old Forty
Four Drive. Presented
by California State
Old Time Fiddlers,
Dist. 6. Held the
fourth Sunday of
each month.
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Old Time
Holiday
scheduled
Dec. 6
Mariachi favorites and classic holiday songs in Chico
Ring in the season with classic holiday songs and traditional mariachi favorites performed by fifth-generation
maestro Jóse Hernández’s famed Mariachi Sol de México. The group is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Dec.
13 at Laxson Auditorium in Chico. Founded in 1981 by Maestro Jose Hernandez, the platinum selling mariachi
band Sol de México have broken countless barriers in mariachi music, including becoming the first mariachi
ensemble to be nominated for a Grammy. Hernandez’s innovative approach breathes new life into the genre
by fusing pop, jazz and classical influences with the traditional mariachi. Said the Los Angeles Times: “Mariachi
Sol de México, a show stopping performance...taking mariachi music to unprecedented heights (with) a crossbreeding of mariachi styles.” Tickets are priced from $10 to $28 and are available at the University Box Office,
online or by calling 898-6333.
Country Christmas Fair at Shasta College
Shasta College’s annual Country
Christmas Fair is scheduled from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 at the Shasta
College Farm.
Visits with Santa, farm animal petting
zoo, hay rides and farm tours will be
available. On-campus clubs will be
selling a variety of student-made gifts
and food during the event.
Shasta College’s annual Christmas
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Tree Sale is happening Saturdays and
Sundays beginning Nov. 29 from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the Shasta College Farm
until trees are sold out. There will be a
variety of trees including Douglas Fir,
Noble Fir, Silvertips and Nordmann Fir.
Bring six non-perishable canned
food items on Dec. 7 or Dec. 8 and
receive $2 off any one tree (canned
food will be donated to the Good News
Rescue Mission).
Veterans or their families with Military
ID will also receive $2 off any one tree.
Offers cannot be combined.
All proceeds benefit Shasta College’s
Ag Leadership Club and the continuation
of agricultural programs and events at
the college.
For more information, call Trena
Richards at 242-2209.
The National Park Service and
California State Parks are gearing up
for their annual “Old Time Holiday”
celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6, from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Follow in the footsteps of miners who
in 1849, after preparing a holiday meal
in Shasta, traveled to Whiskeytown to
share their food and cheer.
The events will take place at Shasta
State Historic Park and the Tower House
Historic District in Whiskeytown National
Recreation Area, both located along
Highway 299 west of Redding.
Shasta State Historic Park will
offer free entrance into the Courthouse
Museum, and exploring at the 1800’s
Litsch General Store. Other activities
will feature candle making, musical
entertainment and activities for all ages.
At the Camden House in
Whiskeytown’s Tower House Historic
District, families are invited to make
a free wreath to take home for the
holidays. The wreath-making workshop
will continue through 3 p.m. Visitors
are welcome to bring their own hand
pruners for cutting greenery.
Live music will be provided by the
Old Time Fiddlers and Sweet Adelines.
Visitors at Whiskeytown’s celebration
will not be required to display a pass on
their vehicles within the Tower House
Historic District.
For more information on the Old
Time Holiday Celebrations, call the
Whiskeytown Visitor Center daily
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 2461225, or Shasta State Historic Park
on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at
243-8194.
You can also visit Whiskeytown’s
website at www.nps.gov/whis or Shasta
State Historic Park at www.parks.
ca.gov.
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ing tool – or for the students to show by twice lifting her shirt and squirting
“their” work if PhotoMath is used on breast milk at a clerk as a diversion.
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exam questions.
The Washington, D.C., school sysThe Croatia-based developer told
the Quartz website that it is working on tem last year declared Avery Gagliano,
upgrades for higher-level math equa- 13, a habitual truant whose parents
tions (though no relief is in sight for somehow require special training to
those chronically pesky “word prob- ensure her attendance.
The eighth-grader was a straight-A
lems”).
student
at Alice Deal Middle School,
Meanwhile, the debate has been
but
also
a piano prodigy selected for
triggered over whether PhotoMath is a
dynamic technological advance in edu- prestigious world exhibitions – which
caused her to exceed the maximum 10
cation – or a cheating-enabler.
“unexcused” absences that trigger the
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It also triggered a series of relentborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, complained to the city recently about a resi- less threats against the parents (which
dent who scattered hundreds of moth- ultimately provoked them to withdraw
balls – over 400 now, at least – around Avery and this season to home-school
her front yard, even driving over them her).
(In October, following a Washington
in her car to crush them open and exPost
account, D.C.’s governing council
tend their noxious odor.
honored
Avery in a public ceremony,
The National Pesticide Information
Center warned that the mothballs were and the D.C. schools chancellor overhazards to plants, wildlife, water and night began begging the Gaglianos
air, but the female resident (unnamed to bring Avery and her suddenly “exin a report by First Coast News) said cused” absences back to school.)
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she was forced into the tactic in order
Sean Johnson, 19, was arrested in
to prevent neighborhood dogs from
Brooksville, Florida, at Wal-Mart after
defecating in her yard.
he was spotted at about 3 p.m. taking
„ „ „ „ „ „ „
In Hamburg, Germany, “Charles a toy stuffed horse into the bedding deManson: Summer of Hate – The Mu- partment and masturbating with it.
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sical,” opened at the Thalia Theater,
Paul
Mountain, 38, pleaded guilty
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burglary
in Darwen, England – acsical career of the man convicted in the
cused by a homeowner whose shed
notorious 1969 Sharon Tate murders.
And “I Am Stephon Marbury,” a was vandalized.
Among the damaged items was a
musical featuring the former star NBA
teddy
bear streaked with semen.
basketball player, ran for 11 nights in
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Beijing, where the popular Marbury
has led the Beijing Ducks to national coming down off of an amphetamine
basketball championships the last two high and felt an “overwhelming need
for sexual relief.”
seasons.
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Marbury has a role onstage in what
Daniel
Rice, 21, on the lam from jailis described as a parable about pursuers
in
Muscatine,
Iowa, found himself
ing one’s dreams.
in
nearby
Rock
Island,
Illinois, accord„ „ „ „ „ „ „
The most challenging toys this holi- ing to his 911 call to emergency perday season might be the series of furry sonnel there.
Rice had made his way to the Loud
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Thunder
Forest Preserve, where he
Heart Guts – not just the soft and cuddly pancreas, brain and prostate, but thought he could safely hole up, but
reported that he was being chased by
especially the rectum.
Each part is packaged with a cheek- a pack of wild coyotes and begged for
ily written educational description ex- help.
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ing “the butt of many jokes” yet with “a
serious role” in waste disposal as the from a hardware store in Leeds, Eng“fecal loading dock”), and each sells for land (thus violating a previous hardware-store stayaway order) and made
about $20.
a run for it, but had to be rescued by
police and emergency personnel after
he stopped to urinate in a bush – and,
inadvertently, directly onto a wasps’
nest.
Police said he later spent six very
unpleasant hours at Leeds General In¿UPDU\
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Amanda Collins, 28, took “beauty
pageant mom” to the next level (down)
earlier this year when she entered her
daughter Luna in Britain’s UK Princess
and Prince International – based entirely on Luna’s ultrasound scan at age
20 weeks.
Said Collins, “As soon as I saw her
image on the screen ... I knew she was
a stunner.”
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scan application, and six weeks after
birth, Luna was named runner-up in
the Princess and Prince, and on top
of that, four weeks later, runner-up in
Miss Dreams UK.
“All she has to do,” said Collins,
“is lie in my arms and smile as I stroll
down the catwalk.”
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At the annual 10-day Phuket Vegetarian Festival in Thailand (ostensibly promoting abstinence from eating
meat), dozens of men pierced and
sliced their mouths, cheeks and arms
in religious devotion in a spectacle
which, though blood-drenched, was
supposedly free of pain (and subsequent scars) because the fanatics
were in God-imposed trances.
The display supposedly brings “good
health, peace of mind and spiritual
cleansing,” and includes walking on hot
coals and climbing blade-embedded
ladders (both barefoot, of course), all
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the ear-shattering pounding of drums.
„ „ „ „ „ „ „
Brad Culpepper played defensive
tackle for nine NFL seasons and, not
surprisingly, applied for disability when
he retired, since his medical folder
listed 14 MRIs, head and knee trauma
and neurological and vision problems.
All resulted in doctors declaring him
“89 percent” disabled and the Fairmont
Premier insurance company giving him
a $175,000 settlement.
Fairmont sued recently to get its
money back, claiming that Culpepper
LV DQG ZDV ³H[TXLVLWHO\ ¿W´ DV HYLdenced by a September 2013 Tampa
Bay Times story.
It featured his gym workouts, his
having earned a martial-arts Black Belt,
and in his participation for 14 days in
the grueling TV series “Survivor: Blood
vs. Water” in 2013.
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Angry taxpayers and retail customers sometimes protest their debt by
paying the bill with containers of coins
(especially pennies), but what if a company did that to a customer?
A court had ruled that Adriana’s Insurance Services in Rancho CucamonJD&DOLIRUQLDKDGXQMXVWL¿DEO\HMHFWHG
(and assaulted) 74-year-old Andres
&DUUDVFRIURPLWVRI¿FHZKHQKHFRPplained about a canceled policy, and
ordered Adriana’s to pay him about
$21,000. Consequently, in August,
the still-irritated company dropped off
at least 16 buckets full of coins at the
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Several News of the Weird stories
mentioned Body Dysmorphic Disorder
sufferers who sought the ultimate treatment: amputation of healthy body parts
on irrationally aesthetic grounds, led by
castration-desiring men.
Now, 15-year-old Danielle Bradshaw of Tameside, England, also
wants a useful leg amputated – but not
irrationally.
Her “developmental dysplasia”
caused the amputation of her useless
right leg, but the resultant stress on the
left one has weakened it, and besides,
having taken up competitive running,
she wants Oscar Pistorius-style blades
instead of her current prosthesis, which
slows her down.
However, no hospital has yet agreed
to perform the surgery, considering the
leg’s continued functionality and Bradshaw’s young age.
„ „ „ „ „ „ „
News of the Weird’s stuck-in-chimney stories usually involve burglaries gone wrong, but when Genoveva
Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was rescued by
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she was unwantedly trying to visit an
ex-boyfriend. (The police report diplomatically had her intent as “unclear.”)
„ „ „ „ „ „ „
John Lind, 34, became the most recent frustrated admirer so infatuated
with a co-worker that he was moved
to ejaculate multiple times on her desk
and into her coffee cup. He said he
wanted her to “notice” him.
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The most recent “segregated sidewalks” dispute in a community with a
large, strict Orthodox Jewish population occurred in the English town of
Stamford Hill.
Haredi Jews, trying to remove temptations, placed sidewalk signs (for an
upcoming parade) reading, in English
and Hebrew, “Women should please
walk along this side of the road only”
(since sect members are forbidden
even to brush against people of the opposite sex except for close relatives).
The Hackney council ordered the
signs removed because befuddled,
sometimes outraged, non-Haredis
complained.
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Sisters Martine and Louise Fokkens,
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Amsterdam after 50-year careers.
(“Fokkens” is their “stage” name,
supposedly translated as “old whores”
in Dutch.)
Louise has not worked since 2010
because of arthritis, but appeared with
Martine in a 2012 documentary and in
October 2014 reminisced for the Jewish news agency JTA.
The industry changed, anyway, Louise said. Amsterdam’s “working girls”
are now all foreign and young, and the
clients are tourists instead of locals.
Back then, she said, “Our life in the
business (was) a source of pride.”
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