Opal Is A Diamond shines at Aiken Community Playhouse
Judy Kern reports Pam Spears uses taped remarks of Dosier and Italian officials to craft her Rosie accent for Opal Is A Diamond at Aiken Community Playhouse. Judy Boyd and Will Cole lead a veteran cast in family entertainment with shows this weekend and next through March 28.
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James Dosier
Pam Spears
Ms. Spears
Rosie
Opal
Community Playhouse
Will Cole
Cole
Aiken Community Playhouse
the Playhouse
Playhouse
Judy Boyd
Opal Is
Aiken Playhouse
Hats Return to Spring Fashion Across America
Hats revive in 1930s style after a long decline, with toques toppers and turbans returning to Fifth Avenue and Main Street. The piece traces hatmaking from colonial times, notes the Hat Act of 1731, and highlights famous hat moments from Chevalier to FDR, Dolly Madison, and cultural uses across history.
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Fifth Avenue
Main Street
America
New York City
Lory Roston
Headwear Institute of America
London
Philadelphia
Dies
Boston
Liberty
Maurice Chevalier
Fred Astaire
Charlie Chaplin
al Smith
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fala
F.D.R
Smithsonian
Museum of American History
Martha Washington
George Washington
Dolly Madison
Dolly
Joseph Hartz
Lilly Cache
Marlene Dietrich
Jean Harlow
Mary Pickford
U.S. Naval Academy
New York
Diet Rivalry Across States Sparks Satirical Feud
The piece lampoons regional weight loss fads from Scarsdale to Beverly Hills and Cambridge, noting how diets spread nationwide. The author warns Americans to stay sensible as trends flash from Idaho to Hawaii and Dallas to Milwaukee.
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Scarsdale
West
Beverly Hills
New York
Dallas
America
Milwaukee
Erma Bombeck Columns on Regional Diet Proposals
A humorous column mocks fragmented federalism and proposed regional diets from coast to coast. It jokes about East versus West and states adopting playful menus while urging readers to write Congress. The piece lampoons politicians and diet fads with a light, nationwide satirical tone.
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Massachusetts
Arkansas
Richard Simmons
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Judy Kern
West Coast
Trade Journal
Hat Life
Harrison Ford
Yves Saint Laurent
House of Chanel
Greece
General Court of
Smithsonian News Service
Idaho
Hawaii
Erma Bombeck
Maui
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