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1940s Radio Hour at Harlequin Productions
An old-fashioned Christmas musical
Published in the Weekly Volcano, Dec. 27, 2018
From left: Edsonya Charles as Ann Collier, Miguel Pineda as B.J. Gibson, Bruce Haasl as Clifton Feddington, Xander Layden as Wally Fergusson, and Christie Murphy-Oldright as Ginger Brooks, photo courtesy Harlequin Productions
Christmas might be over, but Harlequin Productions continues celebrating the season until New Year's Eve. For this year's holiday show, Harlequin dove deep into their archives to re-stage their first holiday show, The 1940s Radio Hour. First performed in 1993, this is the one that inspired the theater's "Stardust" series, the ever-popular series that has run for 22 seasons.
It is Dec. 21, 1942, one year into WWII, in the Algonquin Room of Manhattan's Astor Hotel where the radio show "The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade" is being broadcast. Station manager and show host Clifton Feddington (Bruce Haasl) is frantic because most of the performers and band members are late or are not doing what they're supposed to do, house manager Pops Bailey (Gerald B. Browning) is running a bookie operation in the station, featured singer Johnny Cantone (James Dean) is nowhere to be found, and young and pesky delivery boy, Wally Ferguson (Xander Layden) is begging him to let him sing on the show.
But the show must go on, and go on it does, complete with a cavalcade of hit 1930s and '40s songs including "I Got a Gal from Kalamazoo," "Blue Moon," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and Christmas standards including "Jingle Bells," "I'll be Home for Christmas," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," with on air commercials and a live broadcast of "A Christmas Carol" complete with sound effects by sound man Lou Cohen (Nathan Rice). Drummer Biff Baker (Andy Garness) provides a note of sentimentality and patriotism because he is in the Air Force and it is his last night. Tomorrow he is being shipped overseas to fight in the war.
Throughout the broadcast there are endless miscues and other silliness, and star Johnny Cantone gets increasingly drunk.
The play is lighthearted, shmaltzy and outdated. The Cantone character is a shame, because drunkenness ceased being funny a long time ago, and Dean is too good an actor and singer for that unfortunate role. His voice is clear, deep and resonate — a crooner to equal the best of the big band era or any other era.
Compensating for the dated script, the music is outstanding, the commercials are funny, and the radio play-within-a-radio-play is a joy to behold. Singers Carolyn Willems Van Dijk as Connie Miller and Christie Murphy-Oldright as Ginger Brooks both have strong and melodious voices, Miguel Pineda as singer B.J. Gibson is outstanding, Layden as Wally is the comic hit of the show.
As always, the band is outstanding with Garness on drums, Rick Jarvela on bass, David Steadman on trumpet, Aaron Wolff on saxophone, and show Director/Musical Director Aaron Lamb on piano.
1940s Radio Hour, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 31, State Theater, 202 4th Ave. E., Olympia, $49 general. $45 senior/military, $25 student/youth, 360.786.0151, http://www.harlequinproductions.org/.
Plein Air panting at American Art Company
"Falling Through the Cascades," oil painting by Patricia Clayton, courtesy American Art Company
Now on view at American Art Company is The Journey, an exhibition of Plein Air Washington Artists.
I can't honestly review this exhibition without stating my personal bias — and yes, critics always have personal biases, no matter how they might try to be objective. The paintings in this show are of a type I usually disdain. They are slick, commercial, calendar art: warmed-over Impressionism, a kind of art that has been done to death over the past century.
Having stated my bias, I will now talk about some of the better pieces in the show. But first, one more general statement: This show does something I have never seen. It shows plein air paintings next to identical or almost identical paintings of the same subject that were painted back in the artists' studios, as opposed to out in nature, which by definition is what plein air painting is. The only difference in most cases is the size and the price.
Patricia Clayton's "Falling Through the Cascades" holds down a prime spot, making it the first thing most visitors see when entering the gallery. It is a large painting at 30-by-40 inches. It depicts a rushing waterfall with luscious, heavy paint strokes applied with some kind of knife or scraper — heavy globs of paint that look as wet and shiny as the rocks and rushing water depicted. It is a highly dramatic picture. There are three other paintings by this artist, one a smaller but similar painting of a waterfall and two paintings of golden sunsets over the ocean, one with misty skies and one with golden water. Like "Falling Through the Cascades," these are bold and dramatic paintings that are executed with great skill, even though the scenes are clichéd it might be noted that heavy paint application is typical of many paintings in this show. There is also a preponderance of mist, water, and sunset themes. Brilliant orange, gold, pink and violet are everywhere to be seen.
Kathryn Townsend's "Miner's Cabin" and "End of the Road" have the same kind of heavy impasto, brilliant colors and dramatic scenery as Clayton's paintings, but with richer color combinations. The brown tones in the foreground look like rich chocolate, and the tiny blue roof on the outhouse dead center in the combination is a real attention grabber.
Karen Bakke's two paintings of a lighthouse remind me of Edward Hopper's paintings of lighthouses, but a comparison with Hopper would be unfair to Bakke, because Hopper's honesty and inerrant sensitivity to spacing and composition is beyond the reach of mortals.
Perhaps my favorite painting in the show is an unpretentious little watercolor by Felicity Chastney called "Silence in Echo Bay. It is quiet, soothing and not so showy as many of the other paintings in this show.
The Journey, Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Jan. 26, closing reception 3-5 p.m., Jan. 26, American Art Company, 1126 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, 253.272.4327, http://www.americanartco.com/.
Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol
A joyful ghost story for all ages
Note: It has been announced that remaining performances of this show are sold out.
John Serembe as Ebenezer Scrooge and Zachary Clark as Tiny Tim, courtesy Olympia Family Theatre
Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol is a not-just-for-children adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas ghost story. Olympia Family Theater shortened the play to one hour plus a 15-minute intermission, reimagined all the scary stuff and used puppets for ghosts to make the tale child friendly. Which it is. But it is equally and wonderfully enjoyable for adults thanks to terrific acting and singing, a delightful set (the design team of Jeannie Beirne, David Nowitz and Jill Carter), and Mark Gerth's non-scary puppets — which don't have a lot of moving parts but look terrific.
The cast is headed up by the one and only John Serembe as Ebenezer Scrooge. It is highly unlikely that there has ever been a more loveable Scrooge. From his perfect timing to a range of voice and gesture from the subtlest (like blowing out an electronic candle) to the most histrionic (like his reactions when his door knocker turns into the ghost of Jacob Marley), Serembe makes acting the part of this bigger-than-life character seem as natural as downing a delicious mug of tap water. Yes, he even makes the simple act of drinking water hilarious.
In this version of the story, Tiny Tim (Zachary Clark) is 15 years old and no longer needs his crutch. He tells the story of what happened the night mean of Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Be. It turns out it was all a trick played on the old man by Tim, his cousin Charlotte (Emma Thomas), and his friends the bookseller (Peter Rushton) and pie seller (James Wrede) and puppet seller (Andrea Weston-Smart), who pretend to be ghosts.
Clark, previously seen in Charlotte's Web, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and 3 Impossible Questions, is a 10th grader at River Ridge High School. He is excellent as a sweet, articulate and almost grownup Tiny Tim.
Thomas is also a youth actor, a student at Olympia High School. She is delightful as the teenage Charlotte.
Rushton and Wrede are each over-the-top funny with exaggerated voices and Cockney accents, and Weston-Smart is a natural as the London street vendor and puppeteer.
There are so many versions of A Christmas Carol that no matter where you may be there is sure to be one or more near you, so many in fact that Serembe has now played Scrooge in five different adaptations. This version by the writing team of Ken and Jack Ludwig and directed by Michael Christopher is one of the more enjoyable. It is a funny and heart-warming story filled with good holiday cheer, and it flows so quickly that it is over almost before almost before you know it.
During the run of Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol, OFT is doing a Winter Coat Drive. Donated coats will be given to folks in the community who are without one. Most needed are youth and teen sizes. Bring a gently-used warm coat and get a concessions voucher!
Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, with one Thursday performance Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., through Dec. 23, $15 $20, Olympia Family Theater, 612 4th Ave E, Olympia, http://olyft.org/tickets 360-570-1638.
Roads and Rivers Unseen
Perspectives from Around the World
untitled oil painting by Brian Ebersole, photo courtesy the artist
Former Tacoma Mayor Brian Ebersole is a painter and owner of Art Above Gallery, located upstairs in the back of Minka on Pacific Avenue. Ebersole pursued painting in his twenties, and after entering politics he started collecting art in his travels around the world. The current show at Art Above, Roads and Rivers Unseen: Perspectives from Around the World, features landscape and portrait paintings in oil and acrylic, many by Ebersole and many by other artists whose work he has collected over the years.
The paintings are in a style similar to works from the Ash Can School of artists from early 20th century America — Robert Henri, Theresa Bernstein, George Luks, John Sloan and others whose work was a gritty kind of post-impressionist realism not so much celebrating as documenting the real world of working class Americans, warts-and-all portraits and landscapes not of grand scenes but of city streets, working waterfronts and non-idealized vistas. The paint application is heavy and opaque, and their colors tend to be darker than the Impressionists who preceded them.
Along the left-hand wall of the gallery are nine acrylic paintings by Ebersol. Most are landscapes depicting everyday scenes, some of which are almost totally abstract, with clouds and bushes depicted as blurs of color. At the time of the Ash Can School, such paintings were revolutionary in that they pictured subjects that had seldom before been considered worthy of fine art, but today they are more run-of-the-mill. I do wish Ebersol and the others in this show used more vibrant colors and perhaps approached their scenes from more radical viewpoints.
There are two untitled portraits in this group of paintings. My guess is that he did not title them because he did not want to call attention to the subject, which in turn calls attention away from the painting. One of these pictures a strong woman with black hair and black clothing on a dark background. The lighting is like that of a Rembrandt or Carravagio, single source from one side with strong chiaroscuro. There is also a Madonna by Ebersol on another wall who looks rather fierce.
The other walls feature works from Ebersol's collection and more of his own paintings. There are small luminous landscapes by Vova DeBak and one strong abstract by K.R. Moeher with orange clouds and a slash of bright crimson representing hills.
There are two interesting paintings of boats by Vahe Yeremyan, one picturing fishing boats painted with short, choppy brushstrokes with blue sky and orange-pink clouds, and another with dark brown boats on a yellow beach and hazy sailboats in the background. Many people on the beach are painted with an economy of short brushstrokes. Elements of these paintings remind me of van Gogh (the angular boats on the yellow sand) and of a less turbulent J.M.W. Turner (the misty background scene).
The paintings in this exhibition are neither bombastic or exciting, but they are painted with confidence and quiet dignity.
Roads and Rivers Unseen, noon to 5 p.m., Thursday-Sunday and by appointment, through Jan. 31, Art Above Gallery, inside Minka, 821 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.961.5220
Review: Rapunzel" a Holiday Pantomime
Published in The News Tribune Dec. 14, 2018
Joshua Jerard as Prince Caspian and Jessie Selleck as Rapunzel, photo courtesy Centerstage
Few people in the United States know about British pantomimes, also known as pantos, but they have been a beloved holiday in London for decades and at Centerstage Theatre in Federal Way for the past 11 seasons.
For those who still do not know, a panto is an outlandish fairy tale retold as an extended Vaudeville routine for children and adults with stock characters. There is always a fairy godmother and a friendly character who narrates the story , and one or more overly ugly "women" (men in outrageous drag), sometimes beautiful women playing men, a handsome prince (often played by a woman); bad jokes and worse puns; tons of local references and topical humor such as slams on places like Rife and Enumclaw and jokes like being mad because the Seahawks traded Richard Sherman to the Forty-niners; a lot of audience participation; and finally a lot of rocking music, often popular music updated with comical lyrics.
"Rapunzel" is the story of the beautiful princess, Rapunzel (Jessie Selleck) who was locked in a tower all her life and grew her hair absurdly long – it has to be seen to be believed – and how she was rescued from her imprisonment by the handsome Prince Caspian (Joshua Jerard).
The humor, which is both topical and local, begins with the names of some of the characters, such as Dame Fanny Smalls (Brad Cerenzia), Fairy Good (Jenna McRill) and Fairy Nuff (Michelle Abad).
Cameron Waters as the narrator Sammy Smalls (Dame Fanny Smalls' son) primes the audience like an announcer on a TV show warming up the audience. He tells them when to applaud and cheer and to boo and hiss whenever the evil fairy, Gothel (Deanna Martinez) comes on stage. These two, Waters and Martinez, are the life of the performance. Martinez nails the stereotypical evil witch character with her snarling and sneering and her attempts to romantically snare willing and/or reluctant men in the audience. She is big, brash and wonderful. And Waters is as loveable as a character can be in the role of the narrator. His energy and his range of expression is perfect.
Selleck as the title character displays an ability to run words together in breathlessly long sentences that will rattle your head, and she sings beautifully – especially mesmerizing in her solos on "How far I'll Go" and "When Will My Life Begin". Jerard as Prince Caspian also sings terrifically and is funny and loveable.
Also notable are performances by John Kelleher as King Bertie; Barrett Penrod, a member of the large ensemble whose dancing and broad gestures are delightful; and Leila Neidlinger as the Fairy Queen and a member of the youth ensemble. Neidlinger is a fourth grader with acting chops worthy of an experienced adult. Watch for her to light up stages for years to come.
The wild antics appeal to children in the audience, while the ridiculous puns and topical humor appears to the adults. In previous years a lot of the adult humor took the form of slightly risqué barbs and double entendre, but not so much this year.
Two warnings: first, you might not be able to escape the audience participation, and second, at almost three hours including intermission it is long for a show appealing to children – but it did seem to wholly hold their rapt attention.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, through Dec. 23
WHERE: Centerstage at Knutzen Family Theatre, 3200 SW Dash Point Road, Federal Way
TICKETS: $35 adults, $30, Seniors, Military: $15; Youth (18-23): $12 17 and younger (plus 5% City of Federal Way admission tax)
INFORMATION: (253) 661-1444, www.centerstagetheatre.com
Kanani Miyamoto's 'The In-between'
A new kind of print installation at Feast Art Center
Detail of Kanani Miyamoto's 'The In-between', photo by Alec Clayton
Currently on view at Feast Art Center is an installation called The In-Between by Kanani Miyamoto. It is an installation of printed images that is nigh on impossible to describe because to the best of my knowledge it is a print process that's seldom if ever before been done. According to the Feast Website, "Miyamoto pushes the standards of printmaking in the form of large-scale mixed-media original prints and installations. She combines copper plate etchings with screen prints and wooden block prints to create rich and unique installations." What ends up on the walls are images that look for all the world like paintings executed directly on the walls — but unlike mural paintings, they can be removed without doing damage to the images or to the wall and installed again on other walls or in other configurations. (I would love to see Miyamoto come into the gallery weekly or even daily and remove the images and rearrange them.)
Also printed and mounted on the wall, presumably by Miyamoto, is a statement describing "the in-between" as "a mysterious place maybe a place of tension, maybe a place to create new stories. A place between now and the next thing." That description would certainly hold true if Miyamoto did in fact change the work on display.
Also printed on the wall is a quote from filmmaker Sabaah Folayan: "I'm tired of seeing pictures of men with flowers and the title is Redefining Masculinity. Boy if you don't put that bouquet down and start demonstrating emotional respect, communication skills, and support for women." These statements are printed in all capital letters and are quoted here with punctuation transcribed verbatim.
How this relates to the printed murals on display is left to the viewer to interpret.
The printed images are of flowers and vines with heavy, snake-like tendrils that bend around corners and expand onto the ceiling. Could this be called "redefining masculinity?" Perhaps. The heaviness of the vines could be perhaps be viewed as masculine and aggressive, but I will not make that assessment.
It looks like paint, but it is not. The edges of leaves and vines appear hard and precise as do the lines. The leaves and flowers look like watercolor paint, and the patterns on the vines look like snakeskin. Only upon close — very close — inspection does it become clear that what looks like flat areas of color is actually transparent, and other forms, shapes and colors can be seen below the surface as if things seen through colored glass.
The images are sensual, and there is much more to them than appears at first glance. They can be easily dismissed as decoration, but should not be.
This exhibition is part of a yearlong project in partnership with yehaw celebrating indigenous artists in cities across the Puget Sound area. For more information of yeehaw, go to https://yehawshow.com/.
Kanani Miyamoto's The In Between, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, and by appointment, through Jan. 11, Feast Arts Center, 1402 S. 11th St., Tacoma, www.feastarts.com
barry johnson at 950 Gallery
Published in the Weekly Volcano, Dec. 6, 2018
untitled painting by barry johnson, courtesy 950 Gallery
barry johnson's paintings at 950 Gallery are unlike art seen anywhere else in Tacoma. Judging from what I was told, johnson is self-taught and has been painting only five years. There is an amateurish quality to his paint application, which I suspect is more intentional than not, but his sensibility and his honesty are those of a seasoned professional.
johnson says the show is "built atop of the backbone of soul music from the past 30 years." He further describes the show as "life growing up in the '80s and '90s and the party lifestyle that accompanied it."
The gallery is jam-packed with paintings. Most are large portraits, presumably of family and friends. Some are painted directly on the walls, and some painted on canvas or other supports and hung on the walls. In the smaller front gallery hangs a group of figure paintings. The faces and clothing are painted with flat areas of lush colors with little or no modeling, and the backgrounds are colorful abstract patterns in flat geometric shapes. Painted directly on the walls around them are more geometric patterns that appear to be coming out from behind the paintings. At first glance — until you notice the edges of the canvases — the entire wall appears to be one large mural painted on the walls. There is a fascinating contrast and blending of positive and negative shapes on and around the paintings.
As you entire the larger gallery space, you'll see three large portrait heads to your right with chunks of wood, mirror and other materials glued onto the surface. The faces are almost featureless silhouettes, and the collaged materials interact with the shape of the faces in ways to make the spaces in between become positive abstract shapes. This is especially evident in the one with the chunk of mirror in the upper right corner.
Also in this larger room are a number of abstract paintings with zig-zag shapes and open spaces where the white of the wall bisects the paintings to create an interesting dance between inner and outer or positive and negative shapes.
There is one wall-size mural that differs from all the rest because instead of figures and faces it is filled with cartoon ghost figures in a jazzy dance of bright colors. All of the shapes in this one are rounded, in contrast to the more angular and geometric shapes in all the other paintings. It is a joyful, celebratory image.
johnson's use of space and color is sensitive and strong. His colors are vibrant. His paint application tends toward crudity and sloppiness, but as indicated earlier, that looks to be intentional, as if he's making the point that precise painting skill is not the point. His sloppiness is, in fact, a celebration of the naturalness and exuberance of painting, although in a few of the paintings he's right on the edge of pushing the slap-dash quality right to the edge of bad painting.
I'm F.I.N.E, 1-5 p.m. Thursdays (until 9 p.m. Third Thursday), or by appointment, through Dec. 20, 950 Gallery, 950 Pacific Ave. Suite 205, Tacoma, 253.627.2175, www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery.
Holiday shows around town
Published in The News Tribune, Nov. 22, 2018
John Serembe as Scrooge and Zachary Clark at Tiny Tim in "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol" at Olympia Family Theatre
Ready or not, the holidays are coming, and South Sound stages are promising quite a few live shows in celebration of the season.
Tacoma Musical Playhouse will do Irving Berlin's classic "White Christmas" directed and choreographed by Harry Turpin. "'White Christmas' is such a timeless classic," Turpin says, "The challenge and opportunity is how to manage audience expectations with what they know and love while looking at the story with a fresh set of eyes. I think the audience will be pleased. This is such a wonderful, warm, cozy show, filled with energetic dance numbers, great songs, and of course, THE song – the one that melts our hearts every time. It's truly been a treat to work on this show."
Turpin has worked on both local and national levels, with appearances and work seen at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Musical Theatre, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, and Reboot Theatre Company, where he currently serves as president of the board. As a performer, he has performed with the 30th Anniversary cast of "Annie" (National Tour/Special Broadway engagement). He is the 2018 Gregory Award's People's Choice Winner for Outstanding Director, and Outstanding Musical for "Little Shop of Horrors."
Lead actors in "White Christmas" include Josh Wingerter, Jake Atwood, Kaitlyn Terrill-Rose, Tasha Smith and Gary J. Chambers.
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 16
WHERE: Musical Playhouse at The Narrows Theatre, 7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma
INFORMATION: (253) 565-6867, http://www.tmp.org
Lakewood Playhouse brings to life the most famous Christmas letter ever written in "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Clause."
The true story: More than100 years ago 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun asking if there really was a Santa Claus, and the newspaper's response became an instant classic.
This production will mark Lakewood Playhouse's debut of director Aaron Mohs-Hale, who also serves as the theater's technical director, and it features an all-star roster of local actors of all ages including: Tom Birkeland, Parker Dean, Christine Choate, Kyle Yoder, Audrey LaRoy, Ed Medina and many more.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23 to Dec. 16, Special Showings 8 p.m. Nov. 29 (pay what you can) and Dec. 6 (pay what you can actor's benefit)
WHERE: Lakewood Playhouse, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd., Lakewood TICKETS: $20-$26
INFORMATION: (253) 588-0042, https://www.lakewoodplayhouse.org/
The ever-popular "Scrooge! The Musical" is Tacoma Little Theatre's Christmas offering, directed by Micheal O'Hara, musically directed by Zachary Kellogg and choreographed by Eric Clausell. Get ready for ghosts and the well-known tear-jerking story and great music. For those who might not know the story by Charles Dickens – as if there can possibly be someone who doesn't know it – the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Andrew Fry plays Scrooge, TLT artistic director Chris Serface plays The Ghost of Christmas Present, Evie Merrill is Tiny Tim and Joseph Woodland is Jacob Marley.
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 30 with added performances 2 p.m. Dec. 15 and 22 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26-27
WHERE: Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 North I St. Tacoma
INFORMATION: (253) 272-2281, www.tacomalittletheatre.com
For the eleventh year running, Centerstage in Federal Way is doing a traditional English-style Panto for its Christmas show. Panto's are fractured fairy tales with raucous rock and roll music, cross-dressing characters and lots of audience participation – all based on popular children's stories. The characters and costumes appeal to children, as does the throwing of candy into the audience, while the puns and sexual inuendo appeal to adults. It's the kind of thing everybody should see at least once, if not over and over. This year's Panto is "Rapunzel." Guaranteed to have audiences laughing out loud from start to finish.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 30 to Dec. 23
TICKETS: $29 adult, $25 senior and military, $15 student, $12 under age 17
INFORMATION: (253) 565-6867, http://www.centerstagetheatre.com/
"Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol," is Olympia Family Theater's holiday offering. It is a child-friendly updating of Charles Dickens' classic tale. Tiny Tim (Zachary Clark) is now 15 years old and Scrooge (John Serembe) is still a greedy old bah humbug. When Scrooge refuses to give Tim's father Christmas day off, Tim dreams up a spectacle involving pie sellers and booksellers and puppets and ghosts to scare the old curmudgeon back into the Christmas spirit.
"Who could pass up the opportunity to play Scrooge during the holidays," Serembe said. "It's been a joy to work with this cast and director and in this great theater. This is my fifth go-round at the role of Scrooge, but all have been in vastly different versions of the classic."
Serembe moved to Olympia a few years back after working in film and television in Los Angeles. He was in popular television series including "Cheers" and "Scrubs" and has been in many shows with Harlequin Productions.
OFT founder and artistic director Jen Ryle said of this show, "There will be puppets and carol singing. It should be a festive holiday show, perfect for the whole family."
WHEN 7:00p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. SaturdaySunday, Nov. 30- Dec. 23, one Thursday performance Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
WHERE Olympia FamilyTheatre, 612 4th Ave. E, Olympia
HOW MUCH $15-$20
LEARN MORE (360) 570--1638 , https://olyft.org/
Easily one of the top three Christmas stories of all time is the eponymous "A Christmas Story" by the great Jean Shepherd. It's the laugh-filled story of little Ralphie Parker, who more than anything wants a Red Ryder air rifle for Christmas. In a clever twist, Olympia Little Theatre offers this adaptation by Philip Grecian updated to the 1970s and presented as a live radio play.
"Hear amazing voices and watch as we create all the classic sound effects right in front of your eyes in the KOLT studio in the Holiday classic. Come see this fabulous twist on the beloved story of a boy, his family, his friends and, of course, the leg lamp," said irector and OLT artistic director Kendra Malm.
WHEN 7:25 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 1:55 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 23, one Thursday performance Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
WHERE Olympia Little Theatre, 1925 Miller Ave., NE, Olympia
HOW MUCH $11-$15, available at Yenney Music, 2703 Capital Mall Dr.,
LEARN MORE (360) 570-1638, http://olympialittletheater.org/
Traditionally Harlequin Productions does a musical review wrapped around the performers and workers at New York's Stardust nightclub. The Stardust series started in 1993 and has delighted audiences almost every years sense, first with 1940s music and then moving up to the 1960s. This year they go back to the beginning with a new version of "The 1940s Radio Hour," the show that started the series. A (fictional) live radio broadcast is taking place in the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. With top songs of the day such as "Strike Up the Band" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
WHEN 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29-Dec. 31
WHERE Harlequin Productions in the State Theatre, 202 4th Ave. E., Olympia
LEARN MORE (360) 786.-151, http://www.harlequinproductions.org
In the Shadow of the Master
Alfredo Arreguin and Doug Johnson at Tacoma Community College
Published in the Weekly Volcano, Nov. 21
"El Joven Zapata" oil painting by Alfredo Arreguin, courtesy Tacoma Community College
Learning art by copying the masters is as old as art itself. Artists of the Italian Renaissance traditionally did it, and even today European artists continue to copy paintings in the Louvre. Peter Paul Rubens as a prime example, painted a version of Titian's "Venus at the Mirror." Both artists' "Venus" hang in major museums; stylistically, they are almost indistinguishable, but one is a back view of Venus and the other is a front view, and in Rubens' version there is a servant standing by who does not appear in Titian's version. Thus it is with the many paintings of the same subjects and in similar styles by Alfredo Arreguin and Doug Johnson in the show at Tacoma Community College.
Arreguin is an internationally recognized artist, born in Mexico and now living in Seattle. His paintings are in the collections of two Smithsonian museums: The National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery. Johnson is a multi-talented artist, a writer who learned to write by copying sentences from Raymond Carver's stories, a musician who learned to compose symphonies by copying Beethoven, and a painter who learned by copying his hero, Arreguin.
There are a few paintings and ink drawings by Johnson is this exhibition of works by the master and the student, and there are — to our delight — many more paintings by the master.
Arreguin's paintings are dense, exciting and exotic. His color, especially his liberal use of deep midnight blue and shining ultramarine blue and velvety shades of purple, is indescribably lush. He paints portrait heads that are made up of floral patterns and letters in the background and in the faces, much in the manner in which Chuck Close creates realistic faces out of dots and circles. In the most elaborate of Arreguin's paintings, figure and ground become almost indistinguishable as faces, figures, animals and flora weave in and out in peekaboo fashion on the canvas. The painting is precise, tight and controlled, a little too controlled in my estimation, which gives it a cold or calculated feel (but alleviated or at least balanced by the warm colors).
Many of the patterns that fill his canvases are made up of words in Spanish and English. Many of his paintings depict Mexican life, folklore and mythology, and many of them depict religious iconography.
"Family Portrait" presents an energetic swirl of plants, animals, human figures, masks, butterflies, parrots and monkeys — many of which are hidden in the dense imagery. Most striking, there is a large monkey with a man's face perched on a tree limb and the artist's name spelled out but hidden on the major figure's forehead.
There are many portraits of famous people, including revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata and artist Frida Kahlo. "Frida and the Wolf" is a large portrait face almost completely hidden in the swirling patterns of trees, river, deer and wolf.
There's also a quadruple portrait of Frida with versions by both Arreguin and Johnson.
Johnson paints with loose, brushy strokes with thin paint. No matter the media, they look like watercolor sketches. Many of them appear unfinished. His pen and ink drawings are tight and controlled. They employ stippled ink marks, as in "Portrait of Juan Rulfo," a large portrait head in tiny dots and dashes with repeated smaller heads making up the background, which overlaps the edges of the larger face.
Much of the enjoyment of Arreguin's paintings is in seeing what you can find in them — true also of Johnson's art, but to a lesser degree.
In the Shadow of the Master, noon to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, through Dec. 15, Tacoma Community College, Building 5A, entrance off South 12th Street between Pearl and Mildred, Tacoma, visitor parking in Lot G.
Raven and the Box of Daylight
Preston Singletary at Museum of Glass
Published in the Weekly Volcano, Nov. 15, 2018
"Wealth Eagle Rattle" blown glass, hot-sculpture and hand-carved glass, cedar bark, by Preston Singletary, photo courtesy Russell Johnson
Internationally renowned Native American glass artist Preston Singletary returns to Museum of Glass with Raven and the Box of Daylight. The exhibition narrates in glass art the Tlingit story of Raven and his transformation of the world, bringing light from the stars, the moon, and sun.
In addition to stunning artwork, the exhibition includes multi-media immersive storytelling in which the Tlingit story unfolds during the visitor's experience.
Like the best of Northwest Indian artists, Singletary's work blends the traditional art of his tribal ancestors with the innovative methods and aesthetic principles born of contemporary art movements, in his case the Pacific Northwest glass art movement. He studied glass art with Seattle area artists Benjamin Moore and Dante Marioni, and he studied in Europe, where he learned the methods of Lino Tagliapietra and other European masters. His artworks feature themes of transformation, animal Spirits and shamanism with blown glass and sand-carved Tlingit designs.
Raven and the Box of Daylight is the Tlingit story of Raven and his transformation of the world—bringing light to people via the stars, moon, and sun. This story holds great significance for the Tlingit people. The exhibition features a dynamic combination of artwork, storytelling, and encounter, where the Tlingit story unfolds during the visitor's experience.
Tlingit objects were traditionally used to show wealth and tell stories by representing elements of the natural world, as well as the histories of individual families. By drawing upon this tradition, Singletary's art creates a unique theatrical atmosphere in which the pieces follow and enhance the exhibition narrative. Art objects and exhibition text are supported by audio and video elements, including recordings by storytellers, music, recordings of Pacific Northwest coastal sounds, and a backdrop of shadows and projected images
Singletary's blown-glass animal figures such as "White Raven," are classical in their simplicity and elegance and include carved designs in the Tlingit tradition. His baskets and other containers combine simple textural contrasts and geometric designs. The human and animal figures on the title piece, "Raven and the Box of Daylight," cast lead crystal and glass, are like totem figures only shorter and more compact. These works of art and the stories they illustrate should provide for a wonderfully enlightening visit to Museum of Glass.
Raven and the Box of Daylight, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., through September 2, 2019, $5-$15, free to members, free Third Thursday, Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock St. Tacoma, (866) 468-7386 http://museumofglass.org.
Familiar Faces & New Voices
Surveying Northwest Art at Tacoma Art Museum
Published in the Weekly Volcano, Nov. 8, 2018
"Minidoka No. 5 (442nd)" acrylic on canvas by Roger Shimomura, Tacoma Art Museum, gift of George and Kim Suyama, photo by Richard Nicol
The exhibition Familiar Faces & New Voices: Surveying Northwest Art has been on display since this past spring but has not received the fanfare of blockbuster shows like Art AIDS America or Hide/Seek or 2015's Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition. But it is a solid and historically important show highlighting works by some of the Pacific Northwest's best artists, as well as many little-known but worthy artists with more than 55 works from the museum's collection of PNW art from the 19th century until today. Included are works by Louis Crow, Morris Graves, Kamekichi Tokita, William Ivey, Jacob Lawrence and many more.
One of the earliest works in the show is Vincent Colyer's oil painting "Home of the Yakimas." This moody, hazy landscape offers a precious view of a Yakima Indian village on the banks of a river in 1875. The light is veiled and mysterious — a misty scene typical of the Northwest.
In Walter Isaacs' 1936 "In the Paddock" we get a glimpse of the artist's Cezanne influence prior to his more abstract modernist works associated with the famous Northwest School of painting made famous by Morris Graves, Guy Anderson and Mark Tobey. "In the Paddock" is a painting of horses depicted in flat planes of color.
From these early works, the show carries viewers to bold contemporary art such as Patti Warashima's "Amazed," a maze of human and animal figures in porcelain and Plexiglas. Nude female figures perch on shelves in a wall-size maze. Some seem to be falling, while others appear to be ascending or descending on ropes, and there are larger-than-human rats prowling through the maze. The obvious message is that modern humans are caught in a rat race in which there are no winners and from which there is no escape.
Among the more interesting contemporary works are Joseph Park's "Chess," a delightful painting of rabbits playing chess, painted in an almost photorealist manner but all in tones of brown, and Roger Shimomura's "Minidoka No. 5 (442nd)," a Pop Art picture of a fierce warrior painted in a style reminiscent of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein in tribute to the Japanese interred at the Minidoka relocation center in Idaho.
And fascinating to study is Sutton Beres Culler's "Convenience Booth," a telephone booth with everything a person could need in it, including a gum machine, first aid kit, a clock, and a condom and tampon vending machine.
"When we talk about art history we often reduce it to a few orderly lines, a few key figures, so that it's easier to get our arms around," say TAM Curator Margaret Bullock. "But in reality it's messy and changeable."
Expressing similar sentiments, Chief Curator Rock Hushka said, "Exhibitions such as this one share the multifaceted art history of the Northwest with our visitors and are key to TAM's work of studying and celebrating that artistic heritage."
If there is any downside to this exhibition it is that it is too heavily weighted with 19th century landscapes that look alike.
Notice: some works on view will change during the run of the show.
Familiar Faces & New Voices, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, $15 adults, $13 students and seniors, free for military and children 5 and younger, free Third Thursday from 5-8 p.m., Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, 253.272.4258, www.tacomaartmuseum.org.
Chris Maynard's feather creations at Childhood's End
All photos by Chris Maynard, courtesy Childhood's End Gallery
"Morning Crow 6" turkey and small parrot feather
Chris Maynard's feather art at Childhood's End begs the questions, how do you distinguish between art and craft, and when does cleverness become trickery? Bev Doolittle's famous paintings of horses hidden in trees because the spots on their coats match the spots on trees in snow are clever gimmicks. But her oeuvre becomes a one-trick pony through repetition, and thus her painting's value as art are lessened. Maurits Cornelis Escher employs similar tricks in his paintings of flocks of birds that morph into schools of fish and negative spaces that become positive and paintings of buildings with disorienting architecture, yet his work is generally considered greater art than Doolittle's paintings. The difference might be hard to quantify. It has to do with the greater variety in Escher's work and his larger vision.
"Swallow's World" turkey feather
'Pluck 2" argus pheasant feather
Maynard's feather art has a lot in common with both Doolittle and Escher. He even blatantly borrows from Escher with repetitive images of birds becoming fish or stars and vice versus. But his vision is unique to him and conveys a deep love for the world of nature he depicts. And as in Escher's work, there is a lot of variety in his imagery.
Maynard cuts images out of feathers and mounts them under glass. He cuts out the shapes of birds and fish and mounts them along with the feathers with the negative shapes he has cut out to create inventive worlds of his imagination — literally in the case of one piece called "Swallow's World," in which he created an entire world, including a globe made of turkey feathers.
In these pictures he employs many fine art elements such as unity created through repetition and a sophisticated interplay of positive and negative shapes.
In "Pluck 2," an eagle hovers in attack more at the top of a feather, and as the eye travels down we see schools of fish. As in many of his pictures, the feather from which the pictures are made becomes a part of the picture.
Also on display are wire and metal sculptures of animals by Colleen Cotty. These are created by twisting wire into animal shapes and mounting them on driftwood and stone and other materials from nature. The most interesting one of these one called "The Becoming," which is a mass of twisted and overlapping wire inside a shell form made from a bent sheet of brass. Only upon close inspection does it become clear that the tangled wire is in the form of a horse lying on its back with its legs in the air. It is most interesting when seen as a purely abstract shape playing off the contrasts between the brass shell and the twisted wire.
Also showing are pastel landscapes by Mary Denning.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, through Nov. 11, Childhood's End Gallery, 222 Fourth Ave. W, Olympia, 360.943.3724.


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York War Monuments
Soldiers' Monument
Contract Transcript
Contract Transcription
The first section of The Soldiers' Monument afe (authorization for expenditures) ledger concerns committee formation, minutes, contractual and monument details. The transcribers have done their best to be accurate with this effort. The book may have had more than one author as the writing style does vary. The text was written in cursive with a fountain pen. Spelling, case, abbreviations and numbers were transcribed as found. Italic indicates something added by transcribers for clarity.
1905 September 14
The York Maine Soldiers Monument Committee met Thursday September 14th at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the office of D.A. Stevens, York Village, and organized by making Hon Edward S. Marshall Chairman, Daniel A Stevens, (clerk) and passed the following votes
Voted that the plans submitted by John E. Staples by Mr. F. Barnicoat be accepted.
Voted that Mr. Bryan Lathrop as President of the York Historical Society and York Village Improvement Association be invited to serve as a advisory member of the committee particularly in selecting a location.
Voted - That the whole committee resolve themselves as a finance committee, and that Hon Edward S. Marshall be the permanent chairman and Daniel A. Stevens, treasurer of the Finance Committee.
Voted -That the committee raise by subscription a sum of money not exceeding two thousand dollars.
Voted -To adjourn subject to call of the clerk. A true copy of the doings of the Committee.
Attest Daniel A. Stevens Clerk of the Committee
Memorandum of Agreement made this Nineteenth day of January A.D. 1906 by and between Fredrick Barnicoat of Quincy in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Party of the first part and
Edw. S. Marshall, Daniel A. Stevens, John E. Staples, Chas. W, Walker, John Dennett, Walter M. Smith, Moses J. Adams, as they are the Committee of the Association of Veterans and Sons of Veterans an organization in the Town of York, Maine, to procure a Soldiers Monument to be erected in the Town of York, State of Maine, as the second part witnesseth.
First said party of the first part in consideration of the payment of sixteen hundred twenty dollars ($1620) to him as hereinafter stated, agrees to furnish and deliver securely boxed F.O.B. cars Quincy Adams* to said party of the second part a monument in accordance with the design accepted by the said committee to be built of Medium Quincy granite. Statue to be of Westerly R.I. Granite. All lettering on die of said monument to be 15 cents each extra.
(A) said monument is to be eighteen feet in Height and of the following dimensions.
Lower base 7'0" X 7'0" X 1'5"
Second base 5'4" X 5'4" X 0'11"
Third base 4'8" X 4'8" X 1'10"
Die 3'10" X 3'10" X 5'0"
Cap 4'6" X 4'6" X 2'2"
Statue to be 6'8" high
There will be four emblems carved on third base of said monument representing the four branches of the U.S. Service, and dates cut on second base as shown on the design. Four sides of die to be polished and four polished balls seven inches in diameter to be placed on four corners of cap of said monument.
(B) The workmanship and the material used in the execution and completion of the Monument and Statue shall be first class and the said party of the first part agrees to complete all the work called for by this agreement on or before May 1st, 1906. In case of labor troubles, delays or accidents beyond control a reasonable lenth of time to be allotted thereafter for the completion of the work.
(C) Said party of the first part agrees to set monument on its foundation at York Village, Maine, and guarantee it against any injury in its setting for the sum of fifty dollars ($50). Said party of the first part however to assume no risk or expense in its transportation from Quincy to the lot where monument is to be erected.
Second: Said party of the second part agrees upon the full performance of the agreement of the party of the first part as recited in the forgoing paragraph of this contract to approve and accept said monument and to pay the said party of the first part the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) in cash after the completion and setting of said monument, balance to be paid on or before Sept 1st 1906. In witnesseth whereof we the said Fredrick Barnicoat and Chas. W. Walker, Edw. S. Marshall, John Dennett, Daniel A. Stevens, Walter M. Smith, John E. Staples, Moses J. Adams.
As committee on said Soldiers Monument for the association of Veterans in York, Maine, as aforesaid hereto and to another instrument of like tenor set our hands the day and year first above written.
Fredrick Barnicoat, Daniel A Stevens, John E. Staples, Edw. S. Marshall, Charles W. Walker.
A true copy of the agreement, Attest D.A. Stevens, Clerk.
At a meeting of Committee on Soldiers Monument held March 31st, 1906, in the office of D. A. Stevens at York Village, Me., at two o'clock in the afternoon five of the seven committee were present as follows
Edward S. Marshall, Chas. W. Walker, John E. Staples, Moses J. Adams, Daniel A. Stevens, and the following votes were passed.
Voted to accept the report of the treasurer which was as follows.
Whole Amt subscribed by individuals toward Soldiers Monument, $1220 of which $335 has been paid in. The York Dramatic Club have about $80 the proceeds from a play written by Miss Della Varrell given in the Town Hall, and the Town at the annual meeting voted the sum of six hundred fifty dollars ($650) to be used towards the payment of the monument which will make the final paid in and promised as follows.
Cash received from individuals 335
Cash subscribed by individuals 885
Cash appropriated by the Town at
last annual Town meeting 650
Amount to be donated by the York Dramatic Club proceeds from play written by Miss Della Varrell, the daughter of a veteran* 77.10
Voted to accept the offer of Hon E.O. Emerson allowing the monument to be placed on the triangle shaped lot in York Village in front of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Emerson agreeing to convey the lot to the town to be used as the Soldiers Monument lot and that the Soldiers Monument be erected on the lot.
Voted to adopt the following inscription to be placed upon the die of the monument.
"Erected in 1906 To Sons of York who served their country in Army and Navy for preservation of the Union."
Voted that a copy of the contract for the Monument be placed upon the records of this committee.
Voted that Mr. John E. Staples take charge of the Monument when it reaches the York Harbor Rail Road Station.
Voted to adjourn this meeting subject to the call of the clerk.
A true copy of the doing of the said meeting of the S.M. Committee
Attest D.A. Stevens, Clerk
At the final meeting of the Committee chosen by the York, Me. Veterans and Sons of Veterans Association on the first day of April 1906. To raise funds and procure a Monument to be placed in some suitable location in the Town to be dedicated to the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors who served their country in the Army and Navy during the Civil War for the preservation of the Union held March 16, 1908 at three o'clock in the afternoon in the office of D.A. Stevens York Village. Four of the seven members were present as follows - Hon E.S. Marshall, John E. Staples, Moses J. Adams, & D.A. Stevens. The records of the last meeting were read, accepted and adopted the report of D.A. Stevens Treasurer of the Committee was accepted and adopted.
Voted - That the balance in the treasury of three and 66/100 (3.66) dollars be paid to the treasurer of the Veterans and Sons of Veterans Association.
Voted - To adjourn Sine die*
A true copy. Attest D.A. Stevens Clerk of the Committee
* Quincy Adams refers to a train station in Quincy, Massachusetts.
* Civil War naval veteran Harmon Varrell
* Sine die - Latin - With reference to business or proceedings that have been adjourned with no appointed date for resumption. "the case was adjourned sine die" literally 'without a day.'
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70 Percent of Small Businesses Aren't Worried About Amazon This Holiday Season
Adam Rowe November 16th 2017 9:20 am
The holiday season is traditionally the busiest of the year for shoppers and for the harried small businesses that handle the festive foot traffic. But as everyone has moved their social life more and more online, that traffic is moving online as well. Small businesses are hard-pressed to adapt, since they don't have the same resources or funds for an online marketing expert.
As Amazon has grown — founder Jeff Bezos is now officially the richest man in the world, worth nearly 100 billion — one would assume small business owners' fear of being destroyed by the retail giant would have grown at the same pace. You'd be wrong.
Unthreatened
Marketing technology company Netsertive has commissioned a survey taking a look at over 500 small and local businesses across the U.S., and found that basically nothing scares them.
"Of small and local retailers surveyed, almost 70 percent don't believe that Amazon will impact their holiday sales. Retailers are learning to co-exist with ecommerce players and even partner with them for a variety of services including advertising, selling and fulfillment," the press release explains.
Still, just because seven in ten small businesses polled don't consider Amazon a threat (or won't admit it), doesn't make it true: Consider the fact that Netflix rose to power on the licensing deals cut by quarterly-earnings-motivated TV studios who are now definitely threatened by the streaming giant.
But that's not all the news out from the Netsertive study. Here are a few more interesting bulletpoints.
Small Business Social Media Is Up
More than 55 percent of small businesses are planning to use social media as part of their sales strategy this holiday season.
Black Friday Stays Relevant
40 percent of small businesses reported offering promotions on Black Friday, while 34 percent offer deals for Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday isn't nearly as popular, with less than 30 percent of small and local businesses participating.
Retailers Can Handle Mobile Shoppers
Nearly 60 percent of the survey's respondents confirmed their sites are optimized for mobile, which has turned into a must for business-savvy owners. Honestly, the fact that the stat is only 60 percent has me worried.
"Google reports that 61 percent of users are unlikely to return to a mobile site with which they struggled, and 40 percent will opt for a competitor's site following a bad experience. Google's Mobile-Friendly Test is a free tool businesses can leverage to see if their websites are mobile-optimized," the release states.
The survey, which was conducted earlier this month, may not indicate as strong an interest in Cyber Monday as I'd recommend, but I have to admit that they're not as nervous about Amazon as I thought they'd be, either.
Read more about Amazon on TechCo
Adam Rowe
@AdamRRowe
Adam is a writer at Tech.co and has worked as a tech writer, blogger and copy editor for the last decade. He's also a Forbes Contributor on the publishing industry (and Digital Book World 2018 award finalist) and has appeared in publications including Popular Mechanics and IDG Connect. When not glued to TechMeme, he loves obsessing over 1970s sci-fi art.


The much touted Roshni scheme is gradually getting exposed and the scam in which it is embroiled is coming to light despite efforts by culprits to conceal from judicial authorities as much information as is possible. This is a scam in which Revenue officials and many others are allegedly involved. The manner in which the scam is being handled at Government level is disappointing. Five FIRs indicating the corrupt practice in five Roshni cases have been registered and probed into and in all probability the irregularity has been established. However , out of five districts where Revenue officials are involved in the scam, the name of only one District Commissioner has been disclosed by the Vigilance officials. No mention of other four District Commissioners has been made and that has been done knowingly because the Organization seems to have deliberate intentions to shield them. This was the plea made by the Counsel on behalf of the petitioner. Casting aspersions on Vigilance Commission, the Counsel for the PIL said that even the Principal Accountant General, J&K in his report had clearly mentioned non-cooperation from several top officials.
Actually it was this newspaper, which, for the first time, reported about irregularities of Roshni scheme and said that Revenue Department officials and others were involved in distorting and violating the rules under which the ownership of the land was to be transferred to various persons. This scheme was meant to raise nearly Rs 25,448 crore to finance power projects by selling over 20.64 lakh kanals of State land under unauthorized occupation but due to blatant misuse of its provisions, the State Government could only realize Rs 76 crore. The Division Bench, hearing this case has examined all the five FIRs lodged in five cases of misuse or violation of the rules governing the implementation of Roshni scheme. We would like to repeat for the sake of record that the land has not been transferred to genuine persons in many cases under this scheme. Either some land has been illegally transferred to those who had no right to own it including the fact that some of them are not even State Subjects, or that the land has been made available on reduced rate thus causing great financial loss to the State exchequer.
One important point to be noted is that while framing the rules there was a lacuna in Rule 24(1) of J&K State Vigilance Commission Rules, 2013 where under the final report along with CD files vis-à-vis five FIRs have been submitted to the Commission by the Vigilance Organization. This Rule is completely silent about the time-frame within which the Commission is required to send back the FIRs to the Vigilance Organization for launch of prosecution against the in-service public servants. Maybe time frame was intentionally left out by the framers of rules. Considering the reports one each of these FIRs, the Division Bench has now ordered the Vigilance Commission to proceed with cases involving the in-service officers alleged to be involved.
Roshni appears to be a classical case of corruption and stupendous effort of covering the scam. It is a glaring case of influential and politically connected persons trying to derive illegal advantage out of their position. Roshni scam has become notorious just because people involved have been trying their hard to conceal it and not reveal the facts. But the people have full faith in the judicial system of the State. The court, as expected, is handling it strictly in accordance with the law of the land, and we are hopeful that culprits in the case will be brought to book.


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Q: Creating an atomic process for a netconf edit-config request I am creating a custom system that, when a user submits a netconf edit-config, it will initiate a set of actions in my system that will atomically alter the configuration of our system and then submit a notification to the user of its success or failure.
Think of it as a big SQL transaction that, at the end, either commits or rolls back.
So, steps

*

*User submits an edit-config

*System accepts config and works to implement this config

*If the config is successful, sends by a thumbs up response (not sure the formal way of doing this)

*If the config is a failure, sends by a thumbs down response (and I will have to make sure the config is rolled back internally)

*All this is done atomically. So, if a user submits two configs in a row, they won't conflict with each other.

Our working idea (probably not the best one) to implement this was to go about this by accepting the edit-config and then, within sysrepo, we would edit parts of our leafs with the success or failure flags and they would happen within the same session as the initial change. We were hoping this would keep everything atomic; by doing edits outside of the session, multiple configuration changes could conflict with each other.
We weren't sure to go about this with pure netconf or to leverage sysrepo directly. We noticed all these plugins/bindings made for sysrepo and figured those could be used directly to talk to our datastore.
But that said, our working idea is most likely not best-practice approach. What would be the best way to achieve this?
Our system is:

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*netopeer 1.1.27

*sysrepo 1.4.58

*libyang 1.0.167

*libnetconf2 1.1.24
And our yang file is
module rxmbn {
  namespace "urn:com:zug:rxmbn";
  prefix rxmbn;

  container rxmbn-config {
    config true;
    leaf raw {
      type string;
    }
    leaf raw_hashCode {
      type int32;
    }
    leaf odl_last_processed_hashCode {
      type int32;
    }
    leaf processed {
      type boolean;
      default "false";
    }
  }
}

Currently we can:

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*Execute an edit-config to netopeer server

*We can see the new config register in the sysrepo datastore

*We can capture the moment sysrepo registers the data via sysrepo's API

But we are having problems

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*Atomically editing the datastore during the update session (due to locks, which is normal. In fact, if there is no way to edit during an update session, that is fine and not necessary. The main goal is the next bullet)

*Atomically reacting to the new edit-config and responding to the end user

We are all a bit new to netconf and yang, so I am sure there is some way to leverage the notification api or event api either through the netopeer session or sysrepo, we just don't know enough yet.
If there are any examples or implementation advice to create an atomic transaction for this, that'd be really useful.

A: I know nothing of sysrepo so this is from a NETCONF perspective.
NETCONF severs process requests serially within a single session in a request-response fashion, meaning that everything you do within a single NETCONF session should already be "atomic" - you cannot send two requests and have them applied in reverse order or in parallel no matter what you do. A well behaved client would also wait for each response from the server before sending a new request, especially if all updates must execute successfully and in specific order. The protocol also defines no way to cancel a request already sent to a server.
If you need to prevent other sessions from modifying a datatstore while another session is performing a multi- edit-config, you use <lock> and <unlock> NETCONF operations to lock the entire datastore. There is also RFC5717 and partial lock, which would only lock a specific branch of the datastore.
Using notifications to report success of an <edit-config> would be highly unusual - that's what <rpc-reply> and <rpc-error> are there for within the same session. You would use notifications to inform other sessions about what's happening. In fact, there are standard base notifications for config changes.
I suggest reading the entire RFC6241 before proceeding further. There are things like candidate datastores, confirmed-commits, etc. you should know about.

A: Which component are you developing? Netconf client/manager or Netconf server?
In general, the Netconf server should implement individual Netconf RPC operations in an atomic way.
When a Netconf client wants to perform a set of operations in an atomic way, it should follow the procedure explained in Apendix E.1 in RFC 6241.

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1. The metamorphosis usually results from a curse.
2. The cure for the curse is often love.
3. The forms of love include love of parent for a child, a woman for a man (or vice versa), people for each other, or man for the love of God.
4. The metamorph is usually carried out by the antagonist (the "bad guy") if the curse can be reversed by the antagonist performing certain acts and the protagonist can't hurry or explain the events.
5. In the first dramatic phase, the metamorph usually can't explain the reasons for his curse.
6. The story should begin at the point prior to the resolution of the curse (release).
7. The bad guy should act as the catalyst that propels the protagonist toward release.
9. The second dramatic phase should concentrate on the nature of evolving relationships between the antagonist and the metamorph.
10. The characters generally move toward each other emotionally.
11. In the third dramatic phase, the terms of release should be fulfilled, and your protagonist should be freed from the curse. The metamorph might either revert to his original state or die.
12. The reader should discover the reasons for the curse and its root causes.
Have you got your metamorphic wheels turning? If you've wanted to try this subgenre, now you have the ammunition to do so. Have fun!
Tobias, Ronald B (2011-12-15). 20 Master Plots (p. 189). F+W Media, Inc. Kindle Edition.
The underdog plot is similar to the rivalry plot except that the protagonist is not matched equally against the antagonist. It looks like there's no chance of the hero winning.
The antagonist, which may be a person, place, or thing (such as a bureaucracy), has much greater power than the protagonist.
The dramatic phases are similar to the rivalry plot becaue it follows the power curves of the characters.
The good news! The underdog usually (but not always) overcomes his opposition.
1. The temptation plot is a character plot. It examines the motives, needs, and impulses of human character.
2. This plot should depend on morality and the effects of giving in to temptation. By the end of the story, the character should have moved from a lower moral plane (in which he gives in to temptation) to a higher moral plane as a result of learning the sometimes harsh lessons of giving in to temptation.
3. The conflict should be interior and take place within the protagonist, although it has exterior results in the action. The conflict should result from the protagonist's inner turmoil—a result of knowing what he should do and then not doing it.
4. The first dramatic phase should establish the nature of the protagonist then be followed by the antagonist (if there is one).
5. Next, the nature of the temptation is introduced, which establishes its effect on the protagonist, and shows how the protagonist struggles over his decision.
6. The protagonist then gives in to the temptation. There could be some short-term gratification.
7. The protagonist often will rationalize his decision to yield to temptation.
8. The protagonist might go through a period of denial after yielding to the temptation.
9. The second dramatic phase should reflect the effects of yielding to the temptation. Short-term benefits diminish and the negative sides emerge.
10. The protagonist should try to find a way to escape responsibility and punishment for his act.
11. The negative effects of the protagonist's actions should reverberate with increasing intensity in the second dramatic phase.
12. The third dramatic phase should resolve the protagonist's internal conflicts. The story ends with atonement, reconciliation, and forgiveness.


Arlington's own Pentatonix new "Mary did you know" will give you goosebumps!
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It is time to get into the Christmas spirit! Pentatonix, an a cappella group formed in Arlington, has taken over the internet recently with their version of 'Mary Did You Know'. They cover lots of different songs but this one is guaranteed to get you into the spirit of the holidays! This video has a solid reputation of giving viewers goosebumps. I'm willing to bet you may watch it more than once. Be sure to like us on Facebook for the best local content!


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ERIC are delighted to be supporting a free programme for parents and carers with potty training this summer. How to Potty Train Live will start on the 18th of June and run for four weeks. ERIC will act as expert partners offering professional help and advice to families who are experiencing potty training challenges.
What is Potty Training Live?
Now in its sixth year, this summer potty training programme has helped nearly 3,000 families to get their children potty trained, giving lots of help and advice to guide parents through this sometimes stressful milestone.
Essential tips and advice to get through each stage of training.


Now you can run Trail-Gear's Creeper Locks on your hub-centric vehicles with the addition of our acorn lug nuts! The acorn lug nuts allow for hub-centric wheeled vehicles, like the FJ Cruiser and newer Tacomas, to be compatible with Trail-Gear's super strong, heavy duty aluminum wheels. Creeper Locks are 17" X 9" wheels with a backspacing of 3.75" and are made from a solid piece of aluminum. Each wheel weighs a whopping 45 lbs with locking ring and hardware and features a wheel rating of 2,800 lbs. Each wheel is cast with the inner beadlock as part of the wheel. All 24 of the bolt holes on the wheel have steel Time-Serts® installed to prevent the bolts from galling. Drop down inner lip centers tire on to wheel during mounting. These are no ordinary aluminum wheels, Creeper Locks™ are super tough and built to last. They have been thoroughly tested on all Trail-Gear test and competition vehicles in some of the world's harshest courses!
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Prep siblings help with community food initiative
Two Rydal Penrhos Prep School pupils spent part of their Christmas break volunteering at a community initiative to help those in need.
Helping out in the community is something that forms a big part of life at Rydal Penrhos. The school holds a large number of fundraising days throughout the academic year, with schemes such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award and Activity Week focusing on helping out throughout Colwyn Bay and the wider Conwy region.
Our pupils also do their utmost to help worthy causes alongside their academic studies and extra-curricular activities. Many of them partake in fundraising initiatives both individually and with specific groups that they're involved in away from school, which is a testament to their selfless nature and willingness to help others.
Another example of this selfless attitude across Rydal Penrhos came from two Prep School siblings who spent the early part of their end-of-term break lending their support to a worthwhile cause.
Holly and Harrison Hogan, who are Year 5 and Year 6 pupils, gave up their time to help pack and deliver free Christmas meals to those in need across the community.
The brother-sister duo supported the FoodShare North Wales Community Christmas Meal programme, which recognises that for many it is difficult to provide festive cheer for their families at this time of year.
A huge well done to Holly and Harrison on their efforts. We know it meant a great deal to everyone associated with the programme and Rydal Penrhos is incredibly proud of the caring young people you're becoming.
Anyone wishing to enquire about Rydal Penrhos School can do so by calling 01492 530155, emailing admissions@rydalpenrhos.com or registering your interest online.


We lift our country up to you and our leaders, that their eyes and their hearts will be open to you Lord, that more and more people in this world will come to know you Lord, that you give our leaders wisdom. We pray this in your son's name amen.
Pray that all the complaining will stop. The message on June 24th was about that very thing. if you were not in church that day please get a copy of it and hear the word John 7:1-53.
We also pray for all the pastors of the church Lord, that you will guide them and keep them safe Lord, and their families.
We would like to lift the motorcycle ministry up to you Lord, help us, Lord, guide us, and teach us. We are servants for you Lord. We love you and praise you, Lord.
Thank you again for this day and days to come.
We pray for healing of the whole church at Free Indeed Christian Fellowship, Lord, there are so many people hurting. I pray you just put your healing arms around all of us, Lord. You are the almighty father, creator of all things we give all the glory and honor to you Lord. In Jesus name I pray.


Below you will find a summary of scheduled open houses at The Sea Ranch. For a larger list of open homes, you can also search for all open houses in Sonoma County.
Contact a member of the Wine Country Modern Real Estate Team if you'd like to discuss Sea Ranch real estate or to arrange for a private showing for any of these Sea Ranch properties or others you find on the Wine Country Modern website.


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The Directors of Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited would like to announce the following information for the Company.
Close of business 30 Dec 2021.
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Euro Shares
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€ 29.2093
£ 25.3126
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€ 251.4917
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£ 134.6316
The Class B Euro Shares of BG Fund are not subject to investment manager fees, as the Investment Manager receives management fees and performance fees in respect of its role as Investment Manager of BGHL.
Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management, LLP.
Emmanuel Gavaudan +44 (0) 20 3751 5389 Email : info@bgam-uk.com
The Company is established as a closed-ended investment company domiciled in Guernsey. The Company has received the necessary approval of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and the States of Guernsey Policy Council. The Company is registered with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets as a collective investment scheme pursuant to article 2:73 in conjunction with 2:66 of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht). The shares of the Company (the "Shares") are listed on Euronext Amsterdam. The Shares are also listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities.
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Location, bed and reception staff. All the complaints were addressesd to the management in person who was very polite and friendly.
The staff were extremely helpful and friendly, allowing us a late check-out and also storing stuff for us.
Café da manhã fantástico, com omelete e crepes feitos na hora. Quarto enorme, vista linda, bem bucólica.
Cama confortável e café da manhã com muita variedade.
Gostei da beleza do saguão (a construção é linda!), da biblioteca (ou sala de vídeo), da limpeza, da simpatia e eficácia dos atendentes, do serviço de manobrista. Gostei da piscina (menos da "cachoeira"), da sala de jogos (menos os equipamentos quebrados) e do café da manhã.
Da localização, do café da manhã, do quarto, a cama e dos funcionários que são bastante atenciosos.
Hotel muito bom, boa localização, porém um pouco caro !
Café da manhã é muito bom, tem crepe, tapioca e omelete. Uma delícia. Atividades de lazer são ótimas para momentos de chuva, pois são cobertas.
Hotel bem conservado, espaçoso, com boas opções de lazer e atendimento correto.
Café da manhã muito bom, cama excelente, o edredon muito interessante.
Located in a beautiful region, surrounded by mountains and 56 mi from Rio de Janeiro, Hotel Alpina offers a complete service structure, an indoor swimming pool and free WiFi throughout.
Rooms at Alpina feature a contemporary design.They are air conditioned and equipped with a cable TV. Some rooms have a private balcony with views over the golf course.
The hotel´s restaurant is open for the public. It features a covered veranda. Dishes vary from grill to Italian pastas. On the weekends guests can enjoy live music.
Leisure facilities include a games room. The tour desk can arrange different kind of trips in the area.
Hotel Alpina is located 1.9 mi from the center of Teresópolis. Free parking is available.
Debit card Hotel Alpina accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
Please note, some deluxe rooms are located in the annex building.
Please note that extra beds are based upon request and availability.
The room I booked was in the annex and did not have any view.
Breakfast was poor in options of food and drinks, room had a empty bottle of beer under the bed, I had to park the car on the street despite the add saying that there was parking for guests, a lot of runing and shouting in the halls, intercom rang Sunday at 8:00 am (I didn't ask for any wake up calls nor had fiends nor relatives staying at the hotel).
The public areas of the hotel lack any atmosphere.


Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government employees.
Gunmen chased two white SUVs from the birthday party of a consulate employee's child on Saturday and opened fire as horrified relatives screamed. The two near-simultaneous attacks left three adults dead and at least two children wounded.
The working theory, described to the AP by FBI spokeswoman Andrea Simmons, drives home just how dangerous Ciudad Juarez has become — and just how vulnerable those who live and work there can be, despite the Mexican government's claims that most victims are drug smugglers.
According to the line of investigation, the assailants — believed to be aligned with the Juarez drug cartel — may have been ordered to attack a white SUV leaving a party and mistakenly went to the "Barquito de Papel," which puts on children's parties and whose name means "Paper Boat."
"We don't have any information that these folks were directly targeted because of their employment by the U.S. government or their U.S. citizenship," Simmons said by phone from El Paso, just across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez.
Experts as well cast doubt on the idea that drug cartels would be interested in turning their guns on U.S. government employees.
"A systematic, nationwide shift to the use of such tactics would work against drug traffickers' interests," said Allyson Benton, an analyst with the Eurasia Group. "It would dramatically raise the level of both Mexican and U.S. governmental involvement in the fight against organized crime."
The wife of one of the victims, a 13-year employee of the consulate named Hilda, described to a friend how she watched in horror as hit men pumped bullets into her SUV with her husband and children inside. She had been trailing her family in a second car when the attack occurred.
She leapt screaming from her car, begging the men to stop and telling them her children — ages 2, 4 and 7 — were inside, the friend said. But they continued until her husband, Jorge Alberto Salcido, was covered in blood, slumped dead behind the steering wheel.
All three children in the car were treated for injuries and released — the older children grazed by bullets and the youngest hit by shards of glass, the friend said. His account differed from authorities who said two children were in the car.
The friend asked not to be named, for fear of his own safety. Mexican authorities declined to comment on the discrepancy.
The other attack killed Arthur H. Redelfs, 34, and his wife, Lesley A. Enriquez, 35, a consulate employee who was four months pregnant. They too had just left the party at the lemon-yellow business, decorated with drawings of children's blocks in a neighborhood of two-story homes with manicured lawns.
Their 7-month-old daughter watched the slayings from the back seat, where she was strapped into a car seat. Police found her wailing, her parents dead from gunshots.
President Felipe Calderon, Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa and U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual flew together to Ciudad Juarez to express their outrage on Tuesday. Calderon, whose trip had been planned prior to the attacks, announced an expansion of the country's welfare program.
The consulate was closed Tuesday to mourn for the dead, but the officials were expected to meet with employees there.
Amid the tension, a bomb threat forced the evacuation of about 3,000 people at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. No bomb was found.
Already, the city is one of the world's deadliest places. More than 2,600 people were killed last year, and another 500 so far this year — all in a city of 1.3 million.
The attacks on Saturday were the second time this year that gunmen shocked Mexico by opening fire on a Ciudad Juarez party. In February, gunmen killed 15 youths in what relatives said was a case of mistaken identity. State officials, who have made several arrests in the attack, maintain someone at the party was targeted but have not said who.
People who knew Saturday's victims said they had nothing to do with drugs or crime.
Salcido was production manager at a Ciudad Juarez assembly plant of the Dallas-based information technology and outsourcing company, Affiliated Computer Services Inc.
The family friend said he had changed his home, work and mobile phone numbers recently after receiving calls from someone trying to extort money from him. Even so, Salcido, who led a local church choir, brushed off the threats, which are common in the crime-plagued city.
Enriquez was the sole consular employee killed in the attack. No stranger to Mexico's violence, her work entailed helping U.S. citizens recover the remains of loved ones who had died in Mexico. Her husband worked as a jail guard in El Paso.
Members of both families declined to speak with reporters on Tuesday. Zonia Rivas, a nurse practitioner who lives across the street from Enriquez and Redelfs, said the couple would take walks around the neighborhood with their baby. Redelfs would clean his wife's car every Saturday afternoon, a detail Rivas admired.
Rivas said she spoke to Enriquez just before she returned to work from maternity leave, and expressed concern that Enriquez was taking a risk by returning to the violent city.
"I just said, 'Is there any way you can quit?' and she said no," Rivas said.
Martha Mendoza reported from Mexico City. AP writers Alicia Caldwell in El Paso, Texas, and Matthew Lee in Washington also contributed to this report.


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GRCC to purchase former JCPenney in Holland as consolidated Lakeshore Campus
Sept. 16, 2019 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Community College is making a major commitment to serving the residents of West Michigan's lakeshore communities by purchasing the former JCPenney in the Shops at Westshore mall to become a consolidated GRCC Lakeshore Campus.
GRCC's board of trustees unanimously approved plans Monday for administrators to start the process to purchase the 50,000-square-foot building in Holland Township, near the intersection of U.S. 31 and James Street, as the new Lakeshore Campus. The purchase price is expected to be about $2 million.
"GRCC is committed to serving Lakeshore learners of all ages," board Chairperson David J. Koetje said. "This building's location and size will provide the opportunity for more people to have access to the programs the GRCC Lakeshore Campus offers, improving and potentially transforming their lives."
GRCC this fall enrolled about 1,900 Ottawa County residents. About 700 are taking classes in four Lakeshore locations: the Thompson M-TEC, Midtown Center, GVSU's Meijer Campus and West Ottawa High School.
The new GRCC Lakeshore Campus building will allow GRCC to consolidate programs and student support services in a larger space, increase employer and educator partnerships, and enhance teaching and learning.
The location presents opportunities to expand programs. GRCC leaders will look for input from Lakeshore educators and community leaders on what additional programs would be most beneficial.
"This location enhances GRCC Lakeshore campus's ability to be relative and responsive to our West Michigan communities," President Bill Pink said. "Our college is uniquely positioned to help learners connect or reconnect with higher education. We're proud of what we provide at the Lakeshore Campus now, and are excited to think about how we can impact lives there long into the future."
The building is located on a bus line, making it more accessible for students, and is surrounded by businesses and services.
The building will require renovations for the conversion from department store to teaching and learning space. The goal is to have classes in the new GRCC Lakeshore Campus by the fall 2021 semester.
Pink said the college would transfer programs from the four current locations to the new GRCC Lakeshore Campus. The partnership with the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District is -- and will continue to be -- strong.
GRCC has offered classes on the Lakeshore since 1989. The Lakeshore Campus currently offers classes leading to an Associate of Arts, Associate of General Studies, and Industrial Maintenance Technology-Associate of Applied Arts and Sciences degrees. One-year certificate programs include Industrial Maintenance, Industrial Technology, Tooling and Manufacturing, and Welding.


Don't wait until grill season for a sunny supper. Grab a grill pan and make kebabs right on the stove.
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees; place a baking sheet in oven. Prepare rice according to package instructions. Stir in peas, and heat briefly to warm through.
2. Alternately thread pork and orange chunks onto eight 6-inch skewers; season with salt and pepper. Heat grill pan to medium; brush with 2 teaspoons oil. Cook half the skewers until pork is opaque throughout, 4 to 6 minutes per side; transfer to oven to keep warm. Brush grill pan with 2 teaspoons oil; cook remaining skewers.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together honey and mustard; season with salt and pepper. Reserve half of sauce for dipping.
4. Working in 2 batches, return skewers to grill pan, and heat over high, brushing with sauce, until glazed, about 2 minutes. Serve with rice and reserved sauce.
Kids will love these kebabs -- the juicy orange chunks with a honey and mustard dipping sauce make them irresistible.
I made this on Valentine's Day for something a little different - it is one of my favorite recipes. Everything just went so well together in no time - highly recommend.
Would it be possible to add the nutritional values to the recipes. I have not made it yet but it looks delicious.


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