German opera Hansel and Gretel to be staged in Forest Park
The Community Education Program presents Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel in English at Flore Auditorium Forest Park Dec 10 and 11 at 7 30 pm. Mary Gould and Beverly Conroy star as Hansel and Gretel with Evelyn Craig as the witch. Children from Betsy Ross and Garfield Schools join as angels and chorus as 32 students perform under William Lodtke. Tickets are 2 for adults 1 for seniors and children reservations 366 5700 366 1205.
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Wes
Buerger
Humperdinck
Hansel
Gretel
Mary Gould
Beverly Conroy
Forest Park
Oak Park
the Witch
Evelyn Cra
Forest
Betsy Ross
Angels
Garfield’ School
William Lodtke
Musial
Lyn Gorse
Ms. Gorse
Northwest world Solenoos Cragin world Oak Park
Community notes list Oak Park and nearby villages including River Forest Forest Park Elmwood Park and River Grove. Local events and school updates reference these areas in a compact regional roundup without detailed outcomes.
Gates of Eden by Morris Dickstein review
Denise Van rest Park Public Library previews Gates of Eden a nonfiction study by Morris Dickstein. The work blends literary criticism and cultural history to illuminate American culture, tracing the sixties from its roots through its upheavals and outcomes with references to Ginsberg McLuhan Wolfe Neruda Barth and more.
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Denise van Rest
Gates OF Eden
Morris C Pages
Queens College
New York City
Dickstein
Ginsberg
McLuhan
the Trillings
Tom Wolfe
Marcuse
Neruda
Barth
Gates of Eden and other readings mix of 1960s sensibilities
A compact review of Dickstein’s Gates of Eden tracing new sixties attitudes through literature and media, with excerpts on Catch-22 Mother Night and The Crying of Lot 49. Also covers Stannard’s What’s in a name exploring women changing names and feminist naming history, plus two fiction titles about family, fame, and forgiveness.
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Joseph Heller
Kurt Vonnegut
Thomas Pynchon
Dickstein
MS. Man
Una Stannard
Stannard
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Scott F. Betts
Fe Park
Opere Hansel and Gretel
Beloit Ave
Alps
Franco
News Journal World
Austin
Kelvyn Park
Northwest World
Solenoos
Elmwood Park
River Grove
Melrose Park
Community Newspapers
North Avenue
Maureen O'Brien
John J. Wilk
Randy Erickson
Chicago
Ned
New York
Io Lucy Stone League
Sinclair Lewis
Main Street
Jane Watkins
Alma Hughes Thomas
Watkins
Gerald Green
R.J. Riddle
Nebraska
Girl
Mr. Riddle
the World Newspaper
Suip
W. North Avenue
Oak Park, Th
FSLIC
Christmas Club
Alliance Savings
Ceive
W. Fullerton Ave
W. Higgins Rd
Colonial Savings Division
Oak Lawn
Palos Hills
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