Amherst stage spins melodrama Adrift in New York
Workshop Players Theatre in Amherst stages Adrift in New York a three week end comedy melodrama. The 100 seat venue housed in a 1898 schoolhouse celebrates its 60th season with Director Bill Reising and manager Dave Cotton guiding a cast through Desmond the villain Nellie Silas and Aunt Sarah amid rehearsal quirks and a big snowstorm that delayed performances. Desmond schemes to foreclose while Nellie dreams of a New York singing career.
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London
Nicholas Nickleby
Dave Cotton
Cotton
New York
Workshop Players Theatre
Amherst
Ohio
Middle Ridge Road
Bill Reising
Nellie
Silas
Sarah
Desmond
Cape
Mustache
New York City
Jack
Reising
Marks Reising
Adrift in New York stage show heads to city dates
The production runs at 3 p m on April 27 and May 4 with tickets at 12 dollars per person. Information line lists (440) 988 5613. Cast features Greg Friedman Angela Gaetano Tom Gaetano Pam Pickworth Jim Jason Stephen Griffith and Donald Fleck alumni from the 1948 grade school. Ragtime piano by Kurt Cummings and Gay 1890s songs by Elyria Golden Crescent Barbershop Chorus supplement the melodrama.
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Greg Friedman
Angela
Tom Gaetano
Pam Pickworth
Jim Jason
Stephen Griffith
Donald Fleck
Kurt Cummings
Elyria
Golden Crescent Barbershop
Amherst and Vermilion Community Calendar Highlights
Local groups announce April events across Amherst and Vermilion including Fairy Storytime sessions at Amherst Public Library, a Voices of the Tribe presentation by John Mercer, a superintendent welcome for Steve Sayers, and multiple support groups and meetings at libraries schools and churches.
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Amherst Public Library
Amherst Historical Society
Grange
Milan Ave
Tribe
John Mercer
Cleveland Indians
Herb Score
Pinky Hunter
Tom Manning
St. Amherst
Steve Sayers
PTO
Sayers
Wellington High School
Midview High School
Apple Creek
Amherst
Robert Boynton
Pinwheel display marks Child Abuse Prevention Month in Amherst
Amherst police station lawns host a countywide display of 1 559 pinwheels to symbolize reported Lorain County cases of child abuse neglect or maltreatment in 2006. Panels share sobering statistics as Nord Center advocates call for public involvement in prevention and response.
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Amherst
North Lake Street
Lorain County
Marc Osipchak
Nord Center
Kidz First Children’s Advocacy Center
Big Brothers and
Big Sisters
el Centro de Servicios Sociales
Elyria City Schools
Murray Ridge Center
Neighborhood House Association
Earth Day events and Gardeners Fair in Vermilion area
Be good to the Earth event at Mill Hollow Vermilion River Reservation runs 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday with entertainment and workshops. Vermilion in Bloom Gardeners Fair at Sailorway Middle School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. features local vendors, seminars and a fund raise for city beautification. Also listed are church suppers at Birmingham United Methodist and St. Peter's UCC, plus Tax Aide help at Ritter Library for seniors seeking stimulus payments. Call details provided.
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Ritter Library
Ritter Public Library
Liberty Ave
Vermilion
Call
YMCA
Heritage Presbyterian Church
N. Leavitt Road
Amherst
Arthritis Foundation
Amherst Steele Pto
Main Street Vermilion
Mill Hollow
Vermilion River Reservation
North Ridge Road
Lorain County Metro Parks
Oberlin College Steel
Metro Parks
Sailorway Middle School
Barnes Nursery
Bissell’s Greenhouse
Landpride Horticultural Services
Maggie’s Greenhouse
Mill Hollow Nursery
Robin's Nest Florist
Uncle John's Plant Farm
AARP
IRS
Burglary at Church Street Bar Grille Leads to Missing Safe
Custodians discover overnight burglary at Church Street Bar Grille with a missing 2000 dollars in a zippered deposit envelope and a 250 to 300 pound safe. A cash drawer and cash box remained untouched. Ohio Turnpike worker later finds the safe and documents along eastbound Turnpike near Strongsville.
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Church Street Bar & Grille
Ohio Turnpike
Strongsville
Matthew McGuire
Tonya Lanham
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Elyria Summer Theatre
Carl Sullenberger
Chronicle Workshop
the Villian
Cohassett Ralph
Addison Auiger
Pamela Pickworth
Steve Fogarty
Sfogarty
Chroniclet.com
the Historical Society
Amherst Steele High School
Washington
Ritter’s Knitters
Alzheimer's Association
Spring St
VermilionOhioNews.com
Kingston Nursing Home
Adrian
National Alliance of the Mentally Ill Support Group
Brownhelm Historical Association
Swift Mansion
Ed Brill
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
South Amherst High School
Marilyn Foot Wilhelm
Pam Jones Pollack
Fran McCrary Foot
Harold Dalton
Amherst-Vermilion News
Metro
Birmingham United Methodist Church
St. Peter's United Church of Christ
Church St
Amherst Police
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