The Montague Street Piazza Experiment Begins July 6th La Traviata, Every Sunday for the month of July, between 10am.5pm, the Montague BID will transform Montague Street into a ?pedestrian piazza? which they stress will NOT be a street fair. Between Clinton Street and Montague Terrace, tables and chairs will be set up in the middle of the street, and the local merchants ? such as Korres, Starbucks, Design Within Reach, and I kid you not, Key Food ? will peddle their wares and give away swag. La Traviata and Caffe Buon Gusto will have expanded seating area.

List - Greta Garbo Tickets, Last week I overdosed on Greta Garbo. At one time I fell asleep while watching one of her films and after waking up I realized I had seen an entirely new film of hers in my dream, made up completely in my own imagination! Of course it was not much different from her othe.r films. She laughed a lot. She cried even more. She died in the end (of course). She wore outlandish but beautiful costumes. She repeatedly sprung her head backwards, exposing her neck (both when too much happy and when.

Live Aus Dresden: Juan Diego Florez's Duke Of Mantua, Finally - On Arte TV Pasadena, Just a teaser because it's late; and until tomorrow, enjoy the photos and just a few words - tonight at 7PM Juan Diego Florez debuted in Europe his Duke of Mantua, his first big Verdi role (unitl now he had steered clear of all Verdi except for his delicious Fenton) that he had introduced to the world in Peru two months ago. At 9PM - just the time to crudely edit out all intermissi.ons and the big ovations after the big arias - Arte Tv has broadcast the entire show via satellite. Here.

Hot songs about cold beer NOT PC beer writer Neil Miller talked to Radio NZ's Jim Mora recently about beer tours, beer songs and other things beer.  He did well (audio here) but disgracefully, the best he could come up with in the way of great beer songs was Th' Dudes' 'Bliss.'  Uuugh. I figure between us you and I can do a lot better than that so the poor chap is better equipped next time he's put on the spot.  Here's a list to start with: Great songs about beer, and drinking. 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer'. Ticket.

New Club Focuses on Area's Cultural Offerings La Traviata at Pasadena, Here is some info on a new club being started by frequent FMO commenter Matthew ? Frederick writer Matthew Robb (contributor to The Washington Post, Maryland Life, and several national magazines) is starting a new club dedicated to the arts. Culture Connection of Frederick County will meet monthly over festive dinners, where members will learn, laugh, and plan trips to the area's top venues. Catch the NSO performing Debussy. Savor the Bolshoi in Giselle. Enjoy the Washington National Opera.

We?ll always have paris The legendary ?Tokyo Traviata? one of the most often pirated opera videos, has finally been released in an authorized version by VAI. Featuring the golden-age cast of Renata Scotto, Jose Carreras and Sesto Bruscantini, the DVD boasts beautifully restored video and broadcast-quality audio ? by far the cleanest version of this telecast La Cieca has ever seen. Here's a sample from this performance of September 19, 1973: The DVD, which includes subtitles in English, French, Italian, Spanish. La Traviata tickets.

TRIBUTE TO MY DAD ON FATHER'S DAY: A CONVERSATION ABOUT PAGEANTRY Dear Dad, It's fun thinking about the things we have in common, including our mutual love of the following things: Chocolate Naps Being in nature Swimming in the ocean Silly stuff / humor/ whimsy Email Communicating with people Facilitating communication between and among people Theater and pageantry On the topic of theater and pageantry, it was fun reminiscing with you yesterday about all the great shows you took me to before I had even turned 10, shows like Annie. Pasadena ticket broker.

Yuri Temirkanov Named Music Director Of Teatro Regio di Parma ticket brokers, OC's dear Uncle Solly - better known by the general public as Yuri Temirka.nov - has been named Music Director of Teatro Regio di Parma. The 69-year-old Russian maestro will begin his five year term in January 2009. He will be in charge of the Verdi bicentennial of 2013. What, you ask yourself, a Russian in the middle of Verdi Country? Judging by his Traviata last year in Parma - OC was there and you weren't - not only Parma has hired one of the greatest conductors out there.

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The Amazing Loretta Chase! tickets, Posted by Christine Wells Loretta Chase is undoubtedly one of the most beloved historical romance writers of all time and we're lucky to have her with us today to talk about her new release, Your Scandalous Ways. Loretta, welcome to Romance Bandits! We're so excited to have you in the Lair. Thank you Bandits! I'm delighted to be here. Christine: Setting is always important in your novels and you often use it as a metaphor for character. Can you tell us why you chose Venice for this particula.