Students present their research for the Celebration of Writing @setonhilluniversity

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During a February press conference in London, where Murray was promoting “The Monuments Men,” he said: “I thought, ‘Well there’s a girl who doesn’t have a whole lot of prospects, but the sun’s coming up anyway and she’s got another chance at it.’ So I think that gave me some sort of feeling that I too am…

Reader, I ushered him. @pictclassictheatre

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Cheerful scene from @pictclassictheatre Jane Eyre (getting great reviews; 11 more performances)

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JANE EYRE Steps In and Out of Darkness at PICT

Jane Eyre is not a two-person show, and the smallish cast must take on double duty at least, filling a wide variety of roles in this production. Besides the previously mentioned [Paige] Borak, multipurpose players Jill Keating and Carolyn Jerz must be singled out- Keating takes on three different variations of the “matronly, unpleasant Victorian lady”…

After my conference talk, a post-audition, pre-Jane-Eyre-performance dinner with the girl.

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Superman Comic about Sympathy and Hope

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Happy Sweet Sixteen, Carolyn!

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Pictures from opening night of @pictclassictheatre Jane Eyre. (Show runs through the rest of the month.)

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PICT's production of Jane Eyre has its first preview tonight.

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