By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Lisa Loomer’s Expecting Isabel couldn’t be timelier for director Jennifer Eve Thorn. Thorn, founding mother along with Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg and Jo Anne Glover and mother of one, is expecting her second child any second now! Loomer’s modern day answer to infertility, Expecting Isabel, is on target bringing to light the plight of […]
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California–The Welk Resorts Theatre, which usually presents musicals throughout the year, opened their season recently with Robert Harling’s ‘comedy drama’, Steel Magnolias. Harling, the story goes, lost his younger sister to diabetes and was having trouble coping. Friends advised that he write about his feelings and use the journaling as a
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Carol Davis LAS VEGAS, Nevada– Many years ago, my late husband Gerry and I used to make Vegas our winter getaway. That was a time when things were simple, the Strip was The Strip and deals were so abundant you could almost write your own ticket between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. I can’t even
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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Why Should I Care? Lessons from the Holocaust by Jeanette Friedman and David Gold; The Wordsmithy, LLC 2009; 263 pages By Marcia Tatz Wollner SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Why Should I Care? Lessons from the Holocaust is an easy to read and engaging text to add to one’s personal library and definitely a recommendation for a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–One of the creepiest television programs on cable is “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.” Andrew (who is Jewish, of course) tours the world sampling unusual local cuisine. Some of his favorite dishes have been roasted Wallaby tail, raw crocodile eggs, and juicy cheese worms. While all of these
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Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– When Patrick Page and Paige Davis stood at the top of the stairs looking across the theatre from one another singing the opening number in the inaugural performance of the Tom Jones (book and lyrics)/ Harvey Schmidt (music) musical, I Do! I Do! (They also wrote the Fantasticks) in the
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week I was honored to be a member of San Diego’s delegation to the “First Ever Jewish Legacy Forum” in Tucson, Arizona. San Diego’s Jewish Community Foundation has been a pioneer in helping local synagogues and agencies promote legacy giving and the establishment of endowment funds. Tifereth Israel Synagogue
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion
By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California —We can deny it all we want but most of us are intrigued with the glamour and glitz that goes along with most Hollywood types. In some cases it doesn’t even have to belong to Hollywood at all. I love reading about legendary figures; what they do, how they
Bonnie and Clyde: Lovers until the end Read More »
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By Norman Greene PARIS–Is there a connection between Klezmer music and Islamic terrorism? I was afraid I might find one here in Paris My wife Bobby and I were spending eight days in Paris this fall bemoaning the precipitous decline of the American dollar and generally enjoying the French escape from their recession. Actually, if
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Compass Theatre has announced it is bringing back the play Welcome to Ramallah for five performances for five performances December 6, 8, 13, 15 and 20 on its stage at 3704 6th Avenue in the Hillcrest area of San Diego. Written by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay, the production will again be
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Carol Davis, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–I’m sorry to say I’m not much of a Trekkie so I’m not up on all the Star Trek comings and goings. Armin Shimerman was a regular for seven years on the Television hit show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. According to my findings his fictional character, Quark owned a bar
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California–New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad is currently mounting Steve Martin’s (yes THAT Steve Martin of Roxanne, Father of the Bride and The Jerk) 1993 intellectual fantasy Picasso At The Lapin Agile about two earthmovers who meet, discuss and predict the future.Just for starters the characters at the center of Martin’s imaginary
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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Carol Davis VISTA, California–Larry Shue’s The Foreigner has been around for years. In fact the award winning comedy/farce first appeared on the scene in 1983 and has been going strong ever since. There was a time when it was produced by almost every theatre company here in San Diego over a period of years,
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– San Diego Opera has announced a $1 million gift from Erna and Andrew Viterbi. The first $500,000 of the gift will be used to underwrite the “Community Conversations on Faith and Freedom” lecture series in conjunction with Verdi’s opera Nabucco, the second opera in the San Diego Opera 2010 season. Portions of the gift will also
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast