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“The Laramie Project,” now at the Arvada Center, continues to offer fresh lessons | Review

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

Marge Murray (Anne Oberbroeckling, left) and Alison Mears (Jada Suzanne Dixon) gab about their town with Tectonic Theater Project member Greg Pierotti (Torsten Hillhouse) in “The Laramie Project.” (Amanda Tipton Photography, provided by the Arvada Center)Late in a recent matinee of “The Laramie Project,” the steady tears of a woman in a nearby row turned to sobbing. It wasn’t a distraction so much as a confirmation that the tragedy that led playwright Moisés Kaufman and a team of fellow theater makers from his company, Tectonic Theater Project, to descend upon Laramie, Wyo., with compassionate and questioning hearts remains rending. And given the uptick in violence directed at people who identify as LGBTQ+, its lessons remain timely.On Oct. 12, it will have been 25 years to the day that Matthew Shepard died at Fort Collins’ Poudre Valley Hospital, where he was taken after being robbed, severely beaten and left tied to a wood-railing fence outside Laramie. Aaron McKinney and Russell ...

SoCal's Latest billionaire a mystery after winning Powerball jackpot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

Southern California’s newest billionaire remains a mystery after winning Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot.We know the $1.7 billion winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor located at 6032 Frazier Mountain Park Road. KTLA has reached out to the owner of the store, who will also receive $1 million for selling the ticket, but is waiting to hear back. The winning $1.7 billion Powerball ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor. The store is seen here on Oct. 12, 2023. (KeyNews.TV)An area resident was outside the store Thursday morning who spoke to the owner around 3 a.m. “He was extremely ecstatic, very happy,” said Aaron who admitted he doesn't yet know who the winner is but said he "will find out a lot more" throughout the day. "We're a small community up here," he said.The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night were 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10.A ticket matching five of the numbers, worth nearly $1 million was sold at Atlantic Wine & Spirit at 504 S....

Walmart will close Thanksgiving Day for 4th consecutive year

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Walmart will be closed on Thanksgiving Day for the fourth year in a row, the company's U.S. president and CEO John Furner announced in a LinkedIn post on Monday. "Thanksgiving is a special day, and we want our store associates to have the chance to spend it with their families and loved ones," Furner said. "We have so much to be thankful for, and I'm especially grateful for our associates." Sam’s Club cuts membership to $15 before the holidays For decades, Walmart stores had typically remained open on Thanksgiving Day to kick off the holiday shopping season. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic happened.The retail giant parted with tradition in 2020 and made the decision to close its stores on Thanksgiving to express gratitude to its staff and give workers a break. USA TODAY reported that 2020 was the first year Walmart closed its stores for this particular holiday since the late 1980s. This year, Walmart will be open regular hours the day before and after T...

Red Alert: Vixen is Back with a Bang

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

Red Alert: Ironically enough, when Vixen released its new single “Red” last week, it came out of the blue. Their last single was “You Ought to Know By Now” from 2018’s Live Fire. The last studio album was Live & Learn in 2006, though only late guitarist and founding member Jan Kuehnemund was on that record from the classic lineup. Not a single musician on Live & Learn is a member of Vixen 2023.The lineup has shifted dramatically. Iconic singer Janet Gardner left (again) in 2019, while classic lineup bassist Share Pederson went on Hiatus in March of 2022. That has left drummer Roxy Petrucci to fly the flag, and you can kinda understand the cynicism from some quarters. “Just the drummer,” they say. “That’s not Vixen.” As is always the case with these reunions, the proof is in the pudding.Petrucci has assembled a killer band to carry Vixen forward. Guitarist Britt Lightning and bassist Julia Lage are technically gifted players, both blessed with the appropriate rock ‘n’ roll sw...

Dark Harvest: Children of the Gore

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

Director David Slade’s new Halloween horror movie, Dark Harvest (MGM Studios) has moments of visual verve and a cool pumpkin-headed demon ready to wreak havoc, but a confusing back story undercuts the story’s fright factor. That’s too bad because this home rental release, set in the 1960s, looks great and has a trio of gifted veteran actors in lead roles. They’re probably here less for the script than to work with the director of the underappreciated, but truly scary vampire film, 30 Days of Night, as well as Twilight: Eclipse.Based on an acclaimed 2006 short novel by Norman Partridge, adapted by screenwriter Michael Gilio (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves), Dark Harvest opens on a Midwest farm town in 1963. It’s a place where the corn crows high, the boys dress like they’re auditioning for Grease and where Kelly (a winning E’myri Crutchfield), the only African American student in the high school, doesn’t dare dream of being asked to the town dance. All decisions are made...

Sit or Stand? Theater chain sets guidelines for Taylor Swift The Eras Tour concert film opening today

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

On opening day of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour concert film, Swifties are hotly debating whether they should sing, stand and dance or sit in their seats during the theater experience.Swift announced late Wednesday that the film would be released a day early on Thursday. “Due to unprecedented demand we’re opening up early access showings of The Eras Tour Concert Film on THURSDAY in America and Canada!!,” she wrote on Instagram. The debate has raged in Reddit forums whether fans should carry on like they would at a concert, which some called “completely inappropriate,” to those who plan to cheer in front of the movie screen.After all, when the concert film was first announced, Swift did say “Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged.”The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I’m overjoyed to tell you that it’ll be coming to the big screen soon Starting Oct 13th you’ll be able to experience the concert fil...

Why Tesla isn’t unionized

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNNNew York  — Tesla has beaten back previous efforts by workers to unionize – but the United Auto Workers hopes a successful strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis could help it organize at Tesla.UAW membership has declined in recent decades, and the auto industry is moving to electric vehicles. EV battery and production plants thus far in the United States are mostly non-union. To grow, the UAW will have to make inroads at EV plants.“Tesla is the biggest threat in the long term to UAW wages and benefits. UAW doesn’t have any choice but to take on [Tesla],” said John Logan, a professor of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University.Tesla controls around 60% of the electric vehicle market in the United States, and Detroit and foreign automakers in the South are racing to catch up. Tesla workers earn on average about $55 an hour in wages and benefits, compared to $66 to $71 an hour at Detroit’s Big Three, according to industry e...

Body parts stolen from casket at Colorado cemetery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

Somebody broke into the crypt in a private mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery in Jefferson County overnight, pried open a coffin and stole portions of the body contained inside it, authorities said Wednesday.Jefferson County sheriff’s officials said deputies were dispatched to the cemetery, at 7777 W. 29th Ave., at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday on a report of damage to a mausoleum. There, the deputies found “severe damage to the crypt front on a private mausoleum, as well as damage to the crypt and casket inside,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | California youth gymnastics coach under investigation for 2nd time in 5 years Crime and Public Safety | Jury awards $135 million to 2 men molested by California teacher 27 years ago Crime and Public Safety | California woman convicted of torturing 10-year-old step-daughter Crime and Public Safety | Willis denies Jordan’s request for mor...

Senior citizens will see a much smaller Social Security boost for 2024

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

By Tami Luhby | CNNSocial Security recipients will receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment of 3.2% for 2024, a much smaller increase than the inflation-fueled boosts of the past two years, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday.Related ArticlesNational News | Disneyland raises prices for most daily admission tickets and all annual passes National News | This family bought a $27,000 house in Italy because the US is too expensive National News | Which is California’s toughest town to rent an apartment? National News | Gas prices surge above $6 a gallon in some Bay Area cities — why? National News | California has 6 of the most-valuable housing markets in US The lower adjustment reflects the fact that inflation has moderated this year. Recipients had received increases of 8.7% for 2023 and 5.9% for last year, which were the largest since the early 1980s.This is a breaking story and ...

Bay Area firefighter goes viral for Dallas Cowboys meme

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:02:32 GMT

Eugene Hernandez wants to make clear he wasn’t calling his bookie when caught on camera talking on his phone at the 49ers game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. And he wasn’t calling out of work either.In the moment that became a meme which went viral on social media almost instantly during the 49ers 42-10 blowout of his Dallas Cowboys, the costume clad Hernandez answered a call from a friend who wanted to tell him they had seen him on TV. The photo has been posted with captions including  “Mom, can you pick me up?” and “Yeah, so about that money I told you to bet on the Cowboys for me.” A video of Hernandez was even shared on ESPN’s Tik Tok account, garnering over 80,000 likes.But Hernandez, a Vacaville firefighter who lives in Lodi, has taken the attention and the jokes at his team’s expense in stride, immediately making memes of his own and starting an instagram account under the handle @Cowboysphoneguy to keep the jokes coming. He said his colleagues at the fire department h...