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This weekend DeLois “Cookie” House will perform Charlayne Woodard’s “Pretty Fire,” the story of a young African-American girl’s premature birth and her first 11 years of life.
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Pretty Fire to celebrate Black History Month
By CHARLIE BUTERBAUGH
LOCH SHELDRAKE, NYDeLois Cookie House has the difficult job of performing the first decade of a young girls life in the space of about 90 minutes.
This weekend, on a stage occupied by a single bench, House will perform Pretty Fire, a five-vignette solo act written by Charlayne Woodard.
Together with Big Sky Productions, Sullivan County Community College will celebrate Black History Month with performances of the one-woman show on Saturday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 27 at 3:00 p.m. in the colleges Seelig Theater.
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What's at the Movies
by Ian Pugh
Constantine deserves time in purgatory
Comic books hold some of the strangest and yet most entertaining interpretations of history and Christian theology. Consider the Spear of Destiny, the lance that was used to pierce Jesus flesh after his crucifixion and, supposedly, grants mystical powers to its owner. Fans of DC Comics will be quick to mention that their fictional universe takes superstitious legend on as the truth: Hitler used the spear to invade Europe before it was taken from him in 1945, and was subsequently defeated by the Allies.
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Musical winter escape
TENNANAH LAKE, NY The Weekend of Chamber Music (WCM) offers a musical escape from gray winter days on March 6 at 2:00 p.m. at the Big Twig Recording Studio and Gallery. Performing a series of solos and duets by J.S. Bach will be French pianist Evelyne Crochet and flutist Judith Pearce. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors over age 65, and free for students and children 18 and under.
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