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Hangar Theatre Announces 2008 Season with Interim Artistic Director, Robert Moss

November 27, 2007–(ITHACA) Interim artistic director, Robert Moss, announces that next summer, five professional productions—a groundbreaking international drama, two musicals, an Irish classic, and a British farce—will make up the Hangar Theatre’s 2008 Mainstage Season. From June 4 to August 30, the Hangar presents The Overwhelming, Oklahoma!, Rough Crossing, Playboy of the Western World, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.  Moss declares, “I spent the better part of sixteen years making plays at the Hangar.  It is only natural, therefore, that when asked to provide interim leadership between Kevin Moriarty's departure and the unknown's arrival, it was the easiest thing in the world to step in. It's a very exciting time and I'm proud and happy to be back in Ithaca.”

Smart TalkSMART TALK
By  Dr. Molto Breve

LADIES' NITE:  Perhaps we should feel fortunate when the sign doesn't say Ladys Nite.  At the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, we teach our patients that using nite, tonite, and lite is as fatuously cute as spelling out one's house number on one's house.  The latter makes an address harder and longer to read, and the former betrays black-velvet-painting-level tackiness.

Writing nite and lite also makes kids think it's right, and these writers and sign makers probably blame the schools for their children's writing problems.

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Despite snow and an accident that stopped traffic near the Lansing schools, a good crowd showed up for the opening of a new art show at the Lansing Community Library Center Wednesday.  The show featured photographs by Matthew P. Binkewicz, and microscopic imagery from IMR Test Labs, both of Lansing. IMR CEO Steve Ruoff was on hand along with Binkewicz to talk about their work.

Binkewicz displayed photographs of Lansing including Ludlowville, and Ithaca.  Images included Ludlowville Falls, the Myers light house, and the old Ludlowville school.  Framed photos and photo note cards were on sale, with part of the proceeds donated to LCLC.

December 6, 2007 - (ITHACA) The Hangar Theatre is celebrating its 20th anniversary season of KIDDSTUFF. From June 11th through August 23rd, the 2008 KIDDSTUFF Season provides an affordable way for parents and children to experience live theatre together with family-friendly plays that will spark the imagination-The Kid Who Talked to Penguins, Pinocchio, Reeling, Charlotte's Web, and Les Misérables. This season KIDDSTUFF subscriptions return to the low price of $20: five shows for the price of four.

"The 2008 KIDDSTUFF season includes some of the most exciting titles for young audiences," explains Associate Artistic Director, Wendy Dann. "The productions range from folk tales to adaptations of classic works of children's literature to an epic musical. The Hangar is thrilled by the opportunity to engage young audiences in a dialogue around themes important to kids," says Dann, "like understanding the cycle of life in Charlotte's Web, discovering your conscience in Pinocchio, and learning how each of us is special in The Kid Who Talked to Penguins." Throughout the summer, the seven productions will be presented on select Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays with performances at 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon at the Hangar Theatre in Cass Park.

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ITHACA, NY - For half the price of a movie ticket you can enjoy an evening of live dance at the Cornell Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The upcoming fall dance concert features eight short new dance pieces and two short original films.

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Smart TalkSMART TALK
By Dr. Winton "Windy" Prolix

KNOTS PER HOUR:  Being an avid sailor, I abhor this redundancy.  Of course, the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired is a long way from large bodies of water, but around Underbelly, Texas, we see lots of aircraft, and pilots measure their speed the same way.

Poorly educated reporters and others may say knots per hour pretending to nautical knowledge, but instead of being factual, they appear fatuous.  They don't understand that a knot is one nautical mile per hour. 

A nautical mile is one minute of latitude, or 1/60 of one degree of a circle around the earth.  That comes out to almost 800 feet more than a statute mile, which adds up.  Statute miles, by the way, are the miles on an American car's odometer, and were standardized by a whole different method.

A discussion like this makes the metric system look better every kilometer.  Just one simple system, no equivalents to learn.

Anyway, a jet fighter passing over the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired at 400 knots is doing a tad over 460 miles per hour.  And saying knots per hour is as redundant as saying rate of speed.

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