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WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Crazy dreams seem possible. The next two days bring lots of career movement. Make an important connection. Plan your
connection. Plan your moves. Allow for miracles. Abandon old fears. You're
being tested, Angels guide your actions.
to decide yet.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
The way is blocked, so sit still for a while. Plan a trip over the next few days. Research the route, destination and possible fun to be had. Review options. There's no need
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Manage finances today and tomorrow. Work together to resolve priorities. Discuss what you each love and want. Use money to make money. Opposites attract even more so now. Keep your
Cancer (June 21-July22)
Negotiate to refine the plan. Work with a partner for the next few days. A conflict between love and money could arise. Work it out. Don't be afraid if you don't know how. Get
Leo (July 23-Aug.22) Focus on your work over the next few days. Gather support for your project. Ask for assistance and get it. Don't fund a fantasy. A positive attitude plus persistent efforts add up to some serious cash
promises in writing.
cash
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.22)
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Finish what you said you'd do before starting a new project. Romance is a growing possibility over the next few days.
It's getting fun. Use your connections. Work with what you have. Practical, inventive design delivers.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Cleaning house leads to the discovery of buried treasure. Begin a practical domestic phase. Make changes, Reinforce infrastructure, Home and family take priority today and tomorrow. Get together and draw up your fantasies. Realize a
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21)
Accept a challenging assignment and learn new tricks. Resist the temptation to spend on shiny stuff you don't need.
Get what you do. Write,
perform and express yourself. You're especially clever today and tomor-
Sagittarius(Nov. 22-Dec.21) You can make lots of money today and tomorrow. Work interferes with play. Take the cash, and ask a loved one for patience. Satisfy the customer, and celebrate after the job is done. New opportunities merit attention.
Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Enjoy a two-day self-con-
Enjoy a two day visit with
fident phase. Increase
your leadership. Take
responsibility for a project, and provide results.
Attend meetings and
Attend meetings and participate. Work with friends. Count your blessings. It's an excellent time to travel, or just go out.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Get into thoughtful planning mode. Don't worry ineffectively. Send someone else ahead.
Contemplate your next move carefully over the next few days. Meditate in seclusion. Study the situation. Imagine different solutions and consequences. Listen to your heart.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
with allies today and tomorrow. Work out who will do what.Invest in efficiency.Step up what you're willing to be responsible for.Others get inspired for the same. Collaborate for a shared possibility.
Student finds a niche through beauty tutorials on YouTube
COURTNEY BIERMAN @KansanNews
Earlier this month Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie became the first user to reach 10 billion total views on his videos, reported IGN. The 25-year-old gamer/comedian earned somewhere between about $1 million and $15.5 million in 2014, reported SocialBlade.
LAZY DAY: Hair, Makeup, & Outfit
after Salvini became interested in big-name beauty gurus "Gigi Gorgeous" and "ciaobellaxxo." After following their tutorials and realizing she had a knack for their skills, Salvini began creating her own material.
Her channel was started in
Closer to home, vlogger (video blogger) and beauty guru Sarah Salvini, a freshman from De Soto, is using her YouTube channel "TheSarahSalvini" to enter into business relationships with small-time cosmetic and clothing companies. Salvini currently has nearly 7,000 subscribers and 367,000 views on her 138 videos.
Salvini's most popular video, titled "TIPS on Getting Instagram Followers FAST," has accumulated more than 184,000 views since being uploaded in January. Her videos include tutorials on makeup, hair, fitness and clothing, as well as vlogs depicting her daily life.
I am just never confident with how I looked because no one taught me how to do [makeup or hair], and so this was a way for me to get past things that were kind of going on in my life."
SARAH SALVINI
YouTube Vlogger
SCREENSHOT FROM YOUTUBE Sarah Salvini, a freshman from De Soto, is a YouTube vlogger with sponsorship from different beauty and fashion companies.
"I was trying new things. I was mimicking the tutorials ... Things didn't work the right way on me, and other people would have the same problems I would have," Salvini said. "So then I started making tutorials just to inform people [who] have the same skin type I do." Salvini has a large presence on other social media platforms
as well. Her Instagram account has nearly 40,000 followers. But beauty means more to Salvini than just views on a video or a follower count. She says that while other people use books or exercise to "escape"; she uses cosmetics.
"I was never confident when I was little," she said. "I was just never confident with how I looked because no one taught me how to do [makeup or hair], and so this was a way for me to get past things that were kind of going on in my life."
Even as a relatively small-time content creator, Salvini is able to benefit financially from her
hobby. Like many beauty YouTube users, she is sponsored by video content network StyleHaul. She works with clothing website Dressin and waist-training website Bombshell Bunny Curves, Inc. and is working on partnering with similar websites. In return for promoting them in her videos, the companies send Salvini a discount code for viewers to use on the company website. Salvini gets a cut of the sales made with the code.
Salvini is pursuing a strategic communication degree in the School of Journalism in order to continue spreading beauty
advice and information for "as long as [she] can." She says if she doesn't end up in broadcasting or managing a beauty supply company, she wants to have her own clothing or makeup line some day.
Before starting college, Salvini was able to put out a video every day of the week. She's had to slow down to about one video per week but hopes to get back up to at least three per week.
Edited by Kate Miller
CONTRIBUTED/KANSAN
Dot, played by Sara Jean Ford, pleads with Georges, played by Clay Elder, in the KC Repertory Theatre's production of "Sunday in the Park with George."
Repertory Theatre up to the challenge of 'Sunday in the Park with George'
KATE MILLER
@_Kate_Miller_
Works by Stephen Sondheim, arguably one of the greatest modern musical theater composers, can be notoriously difficult to produce.
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre had its work cut out for it when selecting Sondheim's "Sunday." In addition to a difficult score and two slightly disconnected acts, the KC Rep staged "Sunday" in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art — on a stage not at all intended for theatre performances.
Despite the struggles, the KC Rep's "Sunday," which had its opening night on Friday, is full of life and color — just like the
sunday centers on the famous painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by French artist Georges Seurat. Sondheim and writer James Lapine's story imagines who the models in the painting are and their connection to Seurat.
painting the show is based on.
Central to the story is Dot, Seurat's mistress and muse. Throughout the show, Dot and George struggle to bring their wildly different personalities to terms. Dot is extroverted and full of life; George is withdrawn and moody. Eventually, his reluctance to verbally admit his feelings for her pushes Dot to choose between him and another man.
the title of the show is misleading. This is really a show about Dot, not George — a show about how she inspires the man who invents pointillism and eventually creates the magnificent scene of a 19th century Sunday. And, accordingly, Sara Jean Ford, who plays Dot, steals every scene she's in.
In the KC Rep's production,
Ford captures Dot's character arc with grace, taking Dot from a naive young girl to a woman who gives up the man she loves for the man who will willingly love her back. Her voice shines in Sondheim's ballads and patters, and Ford seems at home in every aspect of Dot's character. Ford also plays George's daughter Marie in the second act, and she lends a soft touch to the role of the 98-year-old, stepping
back to let the other George (George Seurat's great-great-grandson) take the stage. Clay Elder, who plays George, does the most with what Sondheim offers. It's hard to relate to a character like George--which is not the actor's fault — but Elder seems to really fit into George Seurat about halfway through the first act. "We Do Not Belong Together," a duet between Dot and George, is one of his strongest performances in the show, when he lets George's pain seep through as he says goodbye through as he says goodbye to the woman he loves.
The first act, centering on George's life and the creation of the painting, is the strongest of the two in the show. Act Two takes the audience to a completely different setting with
different characters. Although it's clear the point that Sondheim is trying to make about art with the juxtaposition of the two time periods, abandoning the rich story and characters created in the first act can confuse and irritate audiences, especially those unfamiliar with musical theatre (then again, Sondheim isn't exactly musical theatre for beginners.)
Despite some failings in the story, Sondheim's music is as flawless as ever. The subtle nuances in musical themes and scoring are brilliant, especially in scenes where George is painting. The score perfectly represents George's pointillism
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