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What is a gaggle of Italian courtiers doing on board a Mississippi steamboat? Since when is Wild Turkey the drink of choice for the Prince of Arragon? What significance does the Old South hold for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing? The Leverett and Currier production addresses these burning issues head...
...creation of Mickey Mouse in 1928 marked the entry of art into the mainstream of everyday life. The exhibition spans the history of the Walt Disney Company, from "Steamboat Willie" (the first animated film to feature Mickey Mouse and a synchronized soundtrack) to "The Prince and the Pauper," Disney's 1990 animation short. The exhibit includes preliminary drawings, movie posters, and frames of celluloid animation film ("cells"). The sequence of drawings for "The Prince and the Pauper" includes a story sketch, which captures the mood of the story; rough drawings of the extreme points of the character's movements; "clean...
This is ranting excess of the finest quality, and a case could be made that its author is the most gifted and prodigious humorist the U.S. has heard from since the old steamboat pilot ran aground. Prophetic stuff too. One doubter, + foreseeing the twilight of radio, broods that "they will invent something. It'll have the same effect as bourbon but it won't give you headaches or upset the stomach, so it'll be used even by the kiddos. It'll earn gazillions. And boys, they are not going to deal us in on that hand." What Keillor...
...possibly even free tuition at some state colleges (Minnesota and Nevada). "We are very grateful for the job that they did," says Morris Lasky, president of Lodging Unlimited, a hotel-management company offering free rooms to returning vets. "We want to add some fun to their homecoming." Iowa's Steamboat Casino River Cruises gives vets a free trip down the Mississippi, while California's wine country is pushing free lodging, meals and wine -- a welcome opportunity after months of booze-free life in Saudi Arabia...
...resort near Lake Tahoe, for an estimated $90 million. The sale would mean that Kamori Kanko will play host to more U.S. skiers than any other company. The firm, controlled by Sapporo businessman Katsuo Kamori, 83, and his son Kimihito, 47, also owns the ski resort of Steamboat Springs, Colo., which the Kamoris bought last year for a reported $110 million. The elder Kamori has not confined his interest to the slopes. Besides owning amusement parks and golf courses in Japan, he has converted an Australian farm to a wildlife sanctuary, earning him the nickname Mr. Koala...