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Thursday November 9,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Nov. 9). Expect a lot of action this year. Once you make up your mind, nothing will stop you. Do that first in November. An explosion that might have derailed you easily is managed in December. Others wonder how you put up with the chaos in February. You have a hidden advantage in April when you need it most. By May you're beginning to emerge, but is that the old you? The reward comes around June, and it's well-earned. Step out in July, and by October you will have impressed even your self.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8.
Communication with people who are far away should go well. The problem you deal with wister day could finally get solved. Travel looks good, especially if romance is involved. It's also a good day to gather information.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5. Don't talk much about what you're doing, but go through your closets. Work is involved, but something you've stashed away could be worth more than you might. Some of the rhinestones in that box of junk might be real diamonds.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 5.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 5.
Is somebody nagging you to join a gym? If so,
full speed ahead. An exercise program that
involves a group is the best one for you to join.
This won't be easy, but just remember — no pain
no gain!
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6.
An older person is trying to talk you into taking on more responsibility. More money doesn't seem to be involved, so you're resisting. Don't settle for a deal that won't be good for you. Being nice is OK, but don't be a doormat.
Love works out well tonight, but you're stuck at home. How about letting the other person be the aggressive one this time? You can be passive for a change. You might like it. Try something different.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6.
You might find the perfect thing on sale. It might be slightly damaged, but there are huge savings. Don't just check the big ads; look on the bulletin boards at the grocery store, too.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct 22) — Today is a 7.
You're learning quickly now and making a good impression on somebody. The two of you may be quite different, but there's a definite attraction. You may not have much money to spend on romance, but you have an active imagination.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6.
A rush order coming in. The money's good.
Ask for overtime or double-time pay. The customer's desperate enough to pay what you're worth.
Your unusual idea needs a little work but will suc ceed. Input from a person you admire helps you solve a technical problem. Set your romantic worries aside this weekend. Your date isn't as concerned about your imagined shortcomings as you are.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6.
Dig for buried treasure. That item you've been saving to fix up will be the perfect thing. It'll take a little work, but that's OK. When you get it done, it'll be much better than anything else for the purpose you have in mind.
A friend could teach you something that will bag gle your brain. It'll shake up reality as you know it Get together with the person who is most likely to do that. Talk about wild and crazy things and stretch your mind a little.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6.
Negotiate the cold, hard cash. Ask for payment for work already done, or something you're considering doing. Travel or relocation may be neces sary. If this will get you closer to your dreams, go for it.
entertainment briefs
Bluegrass band comes to Jazzhaus tonight
Notes: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
The Yander Mountain String Band is a Colorado-based group comprised of four men, ages 2.5 and younger, playing instruments such as the guitar, mandolin and banjo. The members are renowned for their improvisational talents, versatility and the danceability of their music, said Jeffrey Smith, the band's publisher.
The Yander Mountain String Band,
with opensers Runaway Truck Ramp,
perform at 10 p.m. tonight at the
Jazzhaus. Cost is $4.
its first CD, Elevation was released in January. The disc highlights the band's strong writing skills, said Eric L. Reiner of the Denver Post.
For those not familiar with bluegrass music, tonight is your chance.
The band has played the main stage at Telluride and RockyGrass Bluegrass festivals, as well as the High Sierra, Berkshire and Stafford Lake and Strawberry Music festivals. The band is touring nationwide and is selling out venues, including San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, Smith said.
Dance theater to strut stuff at Lied Center
The company is regarded as an "international ambassador of American culture, promoting the uniqueness of black cultural expression and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance heritage," said Karen Lane Christilles, interim associate director and director of marketing for the Lied Center.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will take the stage at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Lied Center.
Comprised of 31 dancers, the company originated from a performance in March 1958 in New York City. The performance was directed by Alvin Alley and was performed by a group of young African-American modern dancers, Christies said.
Tickets are on sale through the Lied Center Box Office, 804-ARTS, or any Ticketmaster outlet, 234-4545 and 816-931-3330. Cost $38 and $32 for the public, $19 and $16 for students, and $37 and $31 for senior citizens.
"Alley gives us ethnic and spiritual subject matter, a conny mixture of musical approaches, eye-compelling costumes and lighting effects," said Rober Gottliff of the New York Observer. "But above all, there's the quality of the 31 men and women who make up the company. They are the real revelation."
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is the primary performing group of Ailey's Dance Foundation
Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymar will direct The King Sting at 8 p.m. tonight at the Lied Center. The production is a part of the Lied Family Series.
Fable-like musical to take Leid stage
The King Stag is a "visually stun-
ning fable," said Karen Lane
Christilles, interim associate director
and director of marketing for the Lied
Center. It is a tragic comedy about a
king who is forced to reclaim his lost
love after being transformed into a
wild stag, she said.
The American Repertory Theatre, based in Cambridge, Mass., will perform the production.
The musical features various theatrical techniques such as Indonesian shadow puppetry, Japanese bunraku, Italian Renaissance street theatre, known as Commedee dell'Arte, and Balinese dance dancing.
The play was written by Carlo Gozzi and features original music by Elliot Goldenthal.
Taymer won a Tony Award for the direction of The Lion King on Broadway. She won the Tony Award for best costume design for that production. Taymer made her film directorial debut with an adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus in
The American Repertory Theatre is a leading producing organization and training conservatory. It is the recipient of the Pultizer Prize, a special Tony Award, the Juajcamyn Award and the Best in France Award.
Tickets are available for The King Stag through the Lied Center Box Office at 864-ARTS. Tickets cost $38 and $32 for the public, $19 and $16 for students, and $37 and $31 for senior citizens.
1999. The film starred Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange.
The Cotton Blossom, a river boat that soils the Mississippi River in the 1800s, serves as the setting for the musical. It is hailed as one of the most influential musicals of all time because of its subject matter regarding unhappy marriages and racial prejudice.
The Lied Center Broadway and Beyond Series will present the classic musical Show Boat at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 16.
It features well-known songs including "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' That Man." A wide range of musical styles are featured in the production, ranging from gospel and rapto, time to opera and jazz.
Tickets are on sale at the Lied Center Box Office, 864-ARTS and any Ticketmaster Outlets. Prices are: $40 and $34 for the public, $20 and $17 for students, and $39 and $33 for senior citizens. Show Boat will be audio-described and sign-interpreted.
Music for Show Boat is by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on a novel of the same name, written by Edna Ferber.
Show Boat has been revived numerous times and in the process been awarded four Tony Awards. Several film versions of the production have been done as well.
Katie Nelson
Kansan.com poll
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Last week's question
To what extent have you gone to stay awake?
Loud music and caffeine
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Runner proposes during marathon
But Terry O'Brien, of Moore, S.C., had something special on his mind other than completing the 26.2-mile road race through the streets of New York. He was hearing wedding bells.
NEW YORK — A little more than halfway through the New York City Marathon, a runner's thoughts can drift to all sorts of things, and lack of oxygen can make one a little giddy.
At mile 16, the 36-year-old O'Brien, pulled out a ring and dropped to one knee in front of Janelle Billingsly, 30. The pair had just celebrated their fourth year of dating.
"I was caught completely off guard," Billingsly told the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, S.C.
Billingsly said O'Brien's sweaty, disheveled appearance didn't sway her answer.
"I said yes," she said. "I most definitely said yes."
"We wouldn't kid about that," said
And before she knew it, her betrothed was off and running again. There still were 10 more miles to be run.
Despite the breather, O'Brien finished the marathon in 3 hours, 55 minutes.
Liar's Hall of Fame relocates — really
DANNEBROG, Neb. — Now this is the truth: The National Lairs' Hall of Fame has moved.
Gaylord Mickelson, host of the hall's new home, to be christened Nov. 12.
The hall of fame was founded in 1986 by humorist, author and former CBS Sunday Morning regular Roger Welsch. It had been located in the corner of the Big Table Tavern in this central Nebraska community of about 320.
But new tavern owners have development plans that don't include the hall's 50 items, Mickelsen said. So, at Welsch's request, the fibbers "paraphernalia" — including a two-way hammer, stink bait, cowboy bubble bath and books on tail tales — have been moved to the Lille Mermaid gift shop that Mickelsen and his wife own.
Soap in bathrooms cause for celebration
After an eight-year battle, the College of the Holy Cross has decided to install soap dispensers in 61 common bathrooms in residence halls on campus. Students will no longer have to bring their own soap to the bathrooms.
WORCESTER, Mass. — College students were in a lather because they couldn't have soap. Now their bubble troubles are gone: The suds are back.
College representative Katherine B. McNamara said the maintenance staff was afraid vandals would use the soap to jeopardize the student safety, possibly lubricating the floors. Cost also was a factor.
"They are saying it's being done in spite of what students tried to do, not because of it," said Kevin P. Long, a junior who is co-chairman of the Student
Government Association. "They can dress it up however they want. As long as there's soap in the bathrooms, that's cool."
Passing test equals trip to Dick's Drive-In
SEATTLE — The signs said it all: "I passed the WASL, and I'm going to Dick's!"
With that, nearly all of the 68 Nathan Hale High School juniors who last spring passed the four sections of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning paraded from the school to a Dick's Drive-In.
The high schoolers were rewarded with burgers for their standardized test scores.
Escorting them on the one-mile walk Wednesday was the school band, six police officers on motorcycles and two on horses.
The tests, designed to measure proficiency in mathematics, reading, writing and listening, are administered annually to fourth-, seventh- and 10th-graders. Starting with the class of 2008, students will have to pass all four parts of the 10th-grade exams to graduate.
Restaurant drops Flinstones attire
CANASTOTA, N.Y. — Yabba-dabbadon't, say lawyers for Warner Brothers, who threatened legal action against a restaurant unless it stopped advertising with imagery from The
Flintstones.
Deano's Blues and BBQs has decided to stave off a copyright lawsuit by dumping its dinosaur logo, which looked a little too much like the Flintstones' cartoon pet. Dino.
After a competitor sent pictures of Deano's logo to Warner, the entertainment giant threatened to sue unless the design was dropped. Deano's unveiled a replacement logo featuring a caveman, said co-owner Colleen Cooper.
Cooper said a Warner lawyer told her she could keep generic prehistoric themes, just drop the references to The Flintstones. That also meant employees had to stop wearing a Dino costume every time children came into the restaurant.
Robbers scared off by startled customer
CANTON, Ohio — A woman spewed a cuss word and scared two masked men at a bank out of their apparent holdup plans, the FBI said.
Agents think the men fled when they heard the surprised customer outside the United Bank on Thursday, said Mitchell Marrone, who heads the FBI office in Canton.
The woman was about to enter the lobby of the bank when she noticed two men across the parking lot wearing stocking-cap masks. Although she saw no weapon, she alerted bank employees, who called police.
FBI agents and city police could not find the would-be robbers.
The Associated Press
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