The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, held Saturday afternoon in the Silver Legacy’s Grande Exhibition Hall, grossed nearly $11.5 million, with the sale of one Charles M. Russell watercolor accounting for nearly 10 percent of the total.
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‘Middle age is when you’re sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn’t for you.’
— Ogden Nash
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Katie Dehler, Samantha Klanac, Emily Proctor and Lauren Alzamora perform with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.
When it comes to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, artistic director Tom Mossbrucker says audiences should “expect the unexpected.”
“I think a lot of people have preconceived notions when they think of seeing a dance performance, especially one with the name ballet in the title,” Mossbrucker said during a Monday phone interview. “Our dancers are classically trained and we’re a ballet company, but our repertoire is very contemporary and it’s also very diverse.”
The troupe, performing tonight at the Grand Sierra Resort, was founded in Aspen, Colo., in 1996 and took on a second home in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2000. Thus the name.
Click here for full story: http://www.rgj.com/article/20090724/ENT/907240316/1056/ENT/Ballet-company-blends-classical-with-contemporary
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What a difference a year makes.
In 2008, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival began producing its plays in house for the first time, and the result was rocky. The shows were inconsistent in quality, and the original musical “Cambio” had more problems than any production I’ve seen at the festival’s lovely Sand Harbor venue.
Fast forward to 2009 and the festival is happily back on track with two terrific plays: “Measure for Measure” and “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Click here for full review: http://www.rgj.com/article/20090724/ENT/307240001/1056/ENT/Review–Performances-and-plays-combine-for-terrific-evening-of-Shakespeare
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‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.’
— Mark Twain
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‘It is excellent to have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.’
— William Shakespeare, ‘Measure for Measure’
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Hello dear readers. Every now and again, I like to add a new feature to ForrestHartman.com, and my latest brainstorm is a quote of the day. Future installments will include an interesting quote that I believe is as relevant now as when it was first spoken. Sometimes the quote will be entertainment-related, but more often it will be something I simply find interesting. I’d love to get feedback (and even quote suggestions) from all of you. Let’s get things started …
‘How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.’
— Henry David Thoreau
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Jackie Earle Haley plays the masked hero Rorschach in "Watchmen.”
This week’s batch of new DVDs is anchored by two fantasy films, each one aimed at a different audience. One is a stop-motion effort that’s spooky yet family friendly. The other is an R-rated comic book adaptation that is high minded and for adults only.
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Daniel Radcliff play Harry Potter in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
It’s been two years since boy wizard Harry Potter graced the silver screen, and he’s not so boyish anymore. Fact is, Potter and the now monumentally famous actor who portrays him, Daniel Radcliffe, have become strapping young men, which seems appropriate for a fantasy saga that has grown increasingly bold and dark.
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” draws from and builds on the gloom that’s been creeping into the franchise, but that’s no surprise to fans of the J.K. Rowling novels. The Potter faithful are well aware that “Half-Blood Prince” is packed with nasty dealings, all involving the revival of the evil wizard Voldemort. It’s important to mention the Potter faithful because this movie, more than any of the previous films, requires a primer.
Director David Yates, who also helmed 2007’s “The Order of the Phoenix,” assumes that his audience knows who the characters are, understands what they mean to each other and has at least basic knowledge of the evil stalking the title character. One needn’t read the books to get caught up, but a viewing of the five prior movies will help … a lot.
Click here for full review: http://www.rgj.com/article/20090715/ENT/90715001/1056/Harry-Potter-is-still-magical
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Virginia Madsen, left, and Kyle Gallner, right, star in the horror thriller “The Haunting in Connecticut.”
It’s a slow week on the home video front with only one major theatrical release making its way to DVD. Fortunately, that mainstream title is being propped up by the DVD debut of a fascinating foreign film that was nominated for an Oscar in 2008.
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