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By Kaye Osborn
A Time to Close the Curtains in September
But will leave a light on the stage
Honestly friends I was hoping entertainers would be able to perform live shows by now, but it looks like many venues have shuttered until spring 2021. Everything is up in the air until an effective and safe vaccine has been developed. So many of our local venues are doing their best to stay afloat. If you are able to donate to support them, they would appreciate any amount. It certainly is a different world and one I didn’t see coming.
I retired from teaching American Sign Language at Modesto Junior College because of COVID 19. I know many educators, students and families are doing their best to be successful.
Once the curtains have parted, I will return to share all the joyful theatrical possibilities. Stay strong. Stay committed. Stay safe. Continue to persevere. We are all in this together. If you aren’t registered to vote, register today. Remember to vote. Mail in your ballot early.
Help the State, Gallo and Prospect
Even though there are not any shows right now, these places still need your donations to make sure that when we can, the curtains will still go up. The Gallo Center, The State Theatre, Prospect Theatre, Central West Ballet, Opera Modesto all are working hard to be ready when it is safe. Please consider supporting them in any way you can. Give a Gift Certificate for a future event.
Gallo Puzzle
If you would like one for a $30 donation, click here to order online. Your puzzle can then be picked up at the Center any Wednesday between 3 and 5 pm. (If you are unable to pick up your puzzle, we can mail it for an additional $6 in postage. Please call 209-338-5062 to order a puzzle with mailing service.)
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Friday Night Popcorn
The State Theatre flat out has the best popcorn in town, topped with REAL butter. On Friday evenings, you can get a big bag of buttered popcorn, a bottle of wine and some tix for a future movie. There are also exclusive film streaming experiences and film symposium event. www.thestate.org<www.thestate.org>
Prospect Theatre Project
September 18-28, Streaming
Once again, stripping theater to its barest essentials, Happy Days offers only two characters: Winnie, a woman of about fifty, and Willie, a man of about sixty. The complex interplay between words and visual images finds the two caught up in repetition, the deadening impact of habit, the recurrence of trauma, or the recourse to familiar and reassuring words or phrases in the face of annihilation.
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