From Rock Opera to Shakespeare Enterprise at NCSF
Stuart Brooks rose from aspiring rock musician to artistic director of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival at High Point Theatre. He built the festival through regional theater work, NY auditions, and partnerships, reporting strong early success and plans for ongoing Shakespeare projects with local and southeast talent.
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Brooks
Madison Theatre Ensemble
Missouri Repertory Co
mid-America
Children’s Theatre
Missouri Company
Pedro Silva
NCSF
Ron Johnson
Lydia Goble
New York
Actor's
Lee Strasberg
Shakespeare Festival
North Carolina
Southeast
Boston Opera Co
Sarah Caldwell
Winston-Salem
NCSA
Agnes deMille
North Carolina Theatre Ensemble
Mark Woods
Woods
Mary Key
NCTE
Greensboro
Mantelworks
High Point
Steam engine excursion through the Piedmont draws interest
The piece notes a North Carolina trip from Salisbury to Richmond on a steam locomotive No. 610, with a Greensboro Railway Society event planned for August 7. It also surveys drought effects on North Carolina crops, detailing impacts on corn soybeans tobacco and beef cattle, and notes weather optimism.
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Southern Railway
Salisbury
Danville
Richmond
City Hall
Kyle Williams’ Emporium
Thomasville
Greensboro
National Railway Historical Society
High Point
Texas and Pacific Raiload
Texas
Southern
Piedmont
N. C. State University
North Carolina
N.C. Agricultural Extension Service
N.C. State University Agricultural Extension
Ripoff culture in America and youth rebellion legacy
An editor analyzes the term ripoff, tracing its 1960s roots from youth protest to a widespread modern vice. He cites hunger driven looting during blackouts, compares past moral controls to today, and notes rising default and delinquency in student loans as evidence of pervasive theft culture.
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Andrew Young
New York
U.S. News and World Report
Heated COA Reorganization Vote in Davidson County
In Davidson County the Council on Aging vote tipped toward southern Davidson. Plan would split COA into seven local boards aligned with county school districts and create district based representation for the countywide board. Voters, buses from Tyre and Denton, packed meeting. confusion over Hunt and Fink proposals.
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Lexington
Davidson County Council On
Davidson
COA
Southern Davidson
Northern Davidson
Denton
E.M. Hunt
Eee
Hunt
Ron Fink
North Davidson
Fink
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Tyre
Carter Nominee Tucker Faces Senate Scrutiny for Ethics Questions
President Carter's pick for the Civil Aeronautics Board, Donald L. Tucker, drew Senate caution amid FBI background questions. The Florida Speaker's past land deal and preferential bank loan raised ethics concerns as the Commerce Committee delayed hearings, signaling possible rejection.
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Washington
NEA
Carter
Federal Regulatory Commission
White House
Senate
Donald L. Tucker
House
Florida
Tucker
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Florida House
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Carol Wilson
Utley
Stuart Brooks
U.S
BY Jenkin Lloyd Jones
New York City
Hell
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami
Cannon
FBI
Slimme
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