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Little Theatre To Stage ‘Jekyll And Hyde’ Next Month

An epic struggle between good and evil comes to Jamestown next month with the Lucille Ball Little Theatre's upcoming production of "Jekyll and Hyde."The local theater company will present for the first time the hit Broadway musical, adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella of the same name, beginning with its opening night on Oct. 7."This is one of the more demanding productions we've done in recent history. It's very different from our typical programming, but the play selection committee had seen the show and loved the music; so we decided we should try it," said Helen ...

A History Of The Iconic Broadway Play ‘Jekyll And Hyde’

On Oct. 7, an evil presence will grace the Lucille Ball Little Theatre stage, when the hit Broadway musical "Jekyll and Hyde" makes its Jamestown debut. Throughout the first two weekends in October the Lucille Ball Little Theatre invites you to become a part of history and join in the wonderfully frightful tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.While many people know that "Jekyll and Hyde" is the dramatic tale of the mankind's constant struggle to grasp the internal conflict between good and evil and the duality of man, few have heard its remarkable backstory. The Lucille Ball Little Theatre's ...

From Swatting Kids To Growls And Chonk’lits

"Spare the rod, spoil the child."For a time, I took that cliche as gospel. I had been spanked and swatted as a child. In the 1940s and 1950s, those punishments were commonplace. I was hit. My friends were hit. We survived, and thrived.The punishments worked. I refrained from quite a few actions because I did not wish to be swatted.These days, I am told that my thinking verges on child abuse."Oh," I say."Hogwash!" I think.But I am a grandparent."Grandpa Denny" doesn't hit grandchildren. I have no need. Grandchildren neither live with me, nor stay with us for long periods of time without ...

Local Man Recalls Fargo School House

POLAND - In the shifting sands of time, Ron Brake remembers the legacy of a tiny school house that once resided in the town of Poland.Brake is a bit of a local historian, and said he was thrilled to share the information he had on the Fargo School House No. 9 that once stood at 3751 Sprague Hill Road.Spanning the time from 1828 until 1938, Brake shared several accounts with The Post-Journal which gave insight into the way things once were."There are people still living on that road that still recall it," Brake said. "There's a lot of memories."Even though the old school house isn't ...

These Are The Days

"These are days, you'll remember,Never before and never since, I promiseWill the whole world be warm as this and as you feel it.You'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky.It's true that you are touched by something,That will grow and bloom in you."- "These Are The Days" By 10,000 ManiacsMy little family and I had a very big, but enjoyable Sunday this past weekend. We attended the Busti Apple Fest where we gorged ourselves on candied pecans, fresh-cut curly fries and beef on weck.In case you were wondering, we don't actually go to buy crafts - we go to eat. It's a wonder we ...

My Second Mom

Growing up where I did, there were neighborhood relationships that developed as many families lived in only one house for most of their life, without moving, and lived there for many years, so our parents became good friends with the neighbors, and we kids grew up and became friends as well. I remember in our neighborhood, the Lees, across the street, the Barons, up the street, the Bobergs kiddie corner from us across the street, later the Swansons, across the street, the Nunezes, next door, another family of Barans (spelled differently from the first ones mentioned) next door the other ...