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Give your dog his day at “Furry Scurry” on Saturday, November 1. The Tulsa Parks canine event is free and open to all dog lovers, from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Hicks Park, 3443 South Mingo Road. Activities are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Hicks Park staff at 669-6355.

You and your furry companion will be entertained with a scavenger hunt, vendor booths, dog-related games, and door prizes, in the beauty of Hicks Park.

If you’re looking for a fun event with your dog, you needn’t look any further than “Furry Scurry” - a morning of outdoor games and activities focused around ‘man’s best friend’ at beautiful Hicks Park at 10:30am on Saturday, November 10th. Admission is free.

“This ‘cornucopia of canine cavorting’ is a favorite for dogs and their owners,” describes Marci Joha, Park Manager for Hicks Recreation Center, 3443 S. Mingo Road. “We’ve had other dog events where some dogs are brought in costume, while others just enjoy the time outside in the park. Everyone has a lot of fun and the crowds are growing all the time.”

There will be activities for dogs and owners to participate in, or just enjoy the outdoors. All dogs attending will need to be on a leash. Patrons are also encouraged to bring a canned pet food item to benefit Tulsa charities.

Dogs must be on a leash, and patrons are encouraged to bring a canned pet food item to benefit Tulsa charities.

For more information, please call the Hicks Park staff at 669-6355.

There was an interesting letter to the editor in Tuesday’s Tulsa World:

Not with government spending

By Staff Reports
10/28/2008

There are a lot of things the U.S. can’t afford right now. One of them is an investment in the outrageously expensive option of using nuclear power to generate electricity.

In June, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced, with unusual frank- ness, that reliable cost estimates (as well as licensing and construction estimates) for new nuclear reactors are non-existent. That means the purchase price of a “new generation” reactor is completely unknown and could run billions over budget. And its completion date would be anybody’s guess.

Yet presidential candidate John McCain calls repeatedly for building more nuclear power plants. This is not a reasonable fiscal position, especially for someone concerned with government spending. Is McCain uninformed, or not being frank?

Wall Street is too smart to invest in nuclear power. What McCain is effectively calling for is more government subsidies for an industry that has never paid its own way. McCain wants to put a huge noose of unnecessary debt — quantity unknown — on our national economy.

Already the cost of dealing with radioactive waste is off the charts. (Be advised that earthquake-prone Yucca Mountain is not feasible as a dump!)

I think McCain should befriend the voters by dropping his nuclear drumbeat and becoming a leader for conservation and energy efficiency — in other words, for not wasting what we have. It would be one way to show he cares more about struggling families than about the Washington nuclear lobby.

B.A. Geary, Tulsa

You know the Republicans are in trouble when you see a letter like this in a red paper in a red city in a red state.

The polls may be showing Oklahoma going to McCain, but I wouldn’t be so sure anymore. I think they(Republicans) are seriously underestimating people’s intelligence.

How insane is it to propose building new nuclear facilities when no one has any solid estimates on real costs?

Have we not had one stupid person in office long enough?

The “real” people the Republicans are always talking about representing don’t buy, much less build, anything without having to know exactly how much it’s going to cost. It’s past time the government was forced to do the same thing. Stop mindlessly wasting money and live within a sane and balanced budget.

Brown Bag It: Ron Chioldi & Friends

Show Times     Oct. 29 at 12:10 p.m.
Venue              Kathleen Westby Pavilion
Presenter         PAC Trust
Tickets            FREE

Ronald Chioldi is Associate Professor of Music at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, where he teaches studio piano, class piano, piano pedagogy, and music theory.

Dr. Chioldi is an active performer, appearing as soloist and collaborator throughout the region. Recent performances include Beethoven’s first piano concerto and solo programs at the University of Arkansas, Ball State University, Georgia State University, and the University of Illinois.

Chioldi began playing the piano as an undergraduate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently, earned both the Master of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance and Literature (1998) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he studied piano with Ian Hobson and piano pedagogy with James Lyke.

Sylvia McNair Cabaret

Show Times     Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Venue              Liddy Doenges Theatre
Presenter         Choregus Productions
Tickets            Available Online

Catch Sylvia McNair on October 28 in concert in the Williams Theatre. On October 29 she performs this intimate cabaret concert in Doenges Theatre.

This two-time Grammy Award-winning soprano has segued from opera and oratorio to the Great American Songbook. “Her phrasing is exemplary. Her modulations are inspired. I could get used to this kind of ecstasy” (Rex Reed, New York Observer).

Sylvia McNair’s 25-year career as one of the world’s leading singers has brought her two Grammy Awards, over 70 recordings and worldwide accolades.

Click here to visit Sylvia McNair’s Official Web site.

Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet

Show Times     Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.
Venue              John H. Williams Theatre
Presenter         Reaction Productions
Tickets            Available Online

Emmy Award-winning actor Leslie Jordan is best known for his recurring roles on TV’s Will & Grace and Boston Legal.

On Will & Grace, he played Karen’s nemesis, the snide, mincing and unconvincingly homophobic hanger-on Beverley Leslie. On Boston Legal, he was a sweet little serial killer represented by attorney Alan Shore and befriended by his secretary, played by Betty White.

My Trip Down the Pink Carpet is Jordan’s one-man show based on his memoir of the same name.

From “falling out of my mother’s womb and into her high heels” to having a crush on his high school’s quarterback to coming out as a gay man in Hollywood, it’s been quite a trip for this man from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Click here to visit Leslie Jordan’s Official site.

Legends

Show Times     Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 2 at 3 p.m.
Venue              Chapman Music Hall | View Interactive Seating Chart
Presenter         Tulsa Ballet
Tickets            Available Online

BLACK TUESDAY
Taking its title from the infamous day the stock market crashed in 1929, Black Tuesday employs happy tunes and buoyant movement to play off the underlying despair of the 1930s. Vintage recordings of once-popular songs frame Taylor’s quirky choreography.

GNAWA
Set to an evocative fusion of tranquil Spanish and North African melodies, Gnawa displays an array of intricate choreographic formations and deftly melds ballet movement with tribal dance motifs.

PETITE MORT
Provocatively intertwining choreography creates unusual shapes and innovative lifts in this demonstration of sensuality set to two of Mozart’s piano concertos.

Information courtesy Tulsa Ballet

Saturday, November 1st, 7:30 p.m., John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, tickets available online www.tulsapac.com

Ella Fitzgerald called Janis Ian “the best young singer in America.”

Chet Atkins said, “Singer?  You ought to hear that girl play guitar; she gives me a run for my money!”

Ian wrote and performed her first hit single, “Society Child,” at age 15.  Controversial at the time for its subject matter (interracial romance), apparently “Society’s Child” was too hot for Atlantic Records as well. Ian relates on her website that although the song was originally intended for Atlantic and the label paid for her recording session, the label subsequently returned the master to her and quietly refused to release it. Years later, Ian says, Atlantic’s president at the time, Jerry Wexler, publicly apologized to her for this. The single and Ian’s 1967 eponymous debut album were finally released on Verve Forecast; her album was also a hit, reaching #12. In 2001, “Society’s Child” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which honors recordings considered timeless and important to music history.

Her most successful single was “At Seventeen.” She performed the poignant commentary on adolescent cruelty and teenage angst as a musical guest on the very first episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975.

Call the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for tickets or information, (918) 596-7109.  Individual tickets are $30-$35.  Discounts for students and seniors are available ($12 in pre-selected seating areas).

Book Signing for Janis Ian

Barnes and Noble Booksellers

Southroads Shopping Center

5321 East 41st Street

Tulsa, OK 74135

(918) 665-4580

Thursday evening, October 30, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

“Society’s Child My Autobiography”

The new “Best of Janis Ian - The Autobiography Collection” features all the songs mentioned in the book and many never before released tracks -Click here for more info

In one hour, you can make a difference in the community. Whether picking up trash, edging the lawn, or helping a neighbor with a house project, participating in “Good Neighbor Month” will make way for cleaner neighborhoods and a more beautiful city.

Mayor Kathy Taylor has designated October 18 – November 15 as Tulsa Good Neighbor Month.

Tulsa residents are encouraged to dedicate 60 minutes one weekend during the month to neighborhood cleanup. Our Working in Neighborhoods, Public Works and Communications Departments are partnering with the Metropolitan Environmental Trust and Waste Management, Inc. to provide services to neighborhoods that participate.

The City will provide bags, gloves, and vests, which will be distributed at local recreation centers and churches. If interested, contact your neighborhood liaison (listed below).

A few great programs to incorporate in Good Neighbor Month are recycling, Neighborwoods, and Household Hazardous Pollutant Collection.

Currently, only 10 percent of Tulsans subscribe to recycling, but with the ease and affordability of recycling, there is no reason why the entire city shouldn’t participate. For an additional $2 per month on your utility bill, you will get recycling pickup for magazines, newspapers, office paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum twice a month. Sign up for recycling at

www.cityoftulsa.org/Environment/Recycling.

Another way to help during Good Neighbor Month is through Neighborwoods. After last year’s ice storm, Tulsa’s trees need help. Neighborwoods, Mayor Taylor’s joint program with the City of Tulsa and Up With Trees, seeks to plant trees in neighborhoods all around the city. To donate or volunteer, visit www.regreentulsa.com or call Up With Trees at 610-8733.

While cleaning your home and neighborhood, safely dispose of household chemicals at Household Pollutant Collection event Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9 at the Tulsa Fair Grounds, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Trained volunteers will be there to remove pollutants from vehicles.

Go ahead, clean up, and be a good neighbor.

Sunday, October 26
Ticket Prices: $125, $75, $55, $35

4-pack of tickets for $99!

Tickets On Sale Oct 4 @ 10am

Janet returns to Oklahoma for the first time in 18 years!

Rock Witchu tour  will be promoting hits from her 2006 LP 20 Y.O. and this year’s Discipline album and is set to kick off in Canada this September. It  will be Janet’s first tour in over seven years and her fifth world tour.

Jackson is ranked by Billboard magazine as one of the top ten best-selling music artists in the history of contemporary music, having sold over 100 million albums worldwide. The Recording Industry Association of America lists her as the eleventh best-selling female artist in the United States with 26 million certified albums.

Although its job is normally putting out fires, the Tulsa Fire Department is going to be lighting some flames at the second annual Fire Chief’s Barbeque, Saturday, October 25.

In addition to great food, attendees will enjoy live music and interesting presentations—there will be a Fire Apparatus display, “Jaws of Life” Demonstrations, Aerial Ladder and Rope Rescue Operations, and Fire Safety Smoke House. Three meal times are available: 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m.

The proceeds from the event benefit Tulsa Area United Way Agencies, in support of the City of Tulsa’s Charitable Giving Campaign. Tickets can be purchased at Fire Department Headquarters (175 E. 2nd, 5th Floor), Tulsa Firefighters Local 176 Office (1283 S. Detroit Ave.), and Firefighters Credit Union (9200 E. 41st St).

Parking will be at the Gilcrease Hills West Shopping Center on the northwest corner of 25th West Ave. and Gilcrease Museum Road. Tulsa Fire Department will provide shuttles for the short trip to the training center.

For more information about ticket prices for the event, please contact (918) 596-9444.

And speaking of the fire department…

Employees Compete in Heavy Equipment Events

More than 250 City of Tulsa employees who use heavy equipment in their jobs competed in 16 events to demonstrate their skills during the recent Heavy Equipment Rodeo and Safety Fair. The City’s goal in holding this event was to encourage pride in the workplace as well as safety awareness.

To emphasize that awareness is 75 percent of safety, the event included training in fire extinguisher usage, seat belt use/rollover simulator, back safety, and proper operation of various types of equipment. The competitive events tested the skills of operators of backhoes, trackhoes, front-end loaders, skid-loaders and other machinery.

Seventeen vendors attended the event to display their products to City employees, who had the opportunity to try out different pieces of equipment. Keystone Equipment and Warren Caterpillar sponsored the event by providing equipment for the events and lunch for everyone.

The City Human Resources, Public Works, Parks, Equipment Management, Fire and Police departments worked together to make this event possible.

The Sunset Drag Race

Friday, October 31st, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., a co-sponsored event with OkEq Dennis R. Neill Equality Center and Living Arts Studio for what may turn out to be one of the most fun events ever - The Sunset Drag Race.

Anyone can enter, but you must be in Drag attire and although no prizes will be given, the crowd will be the judge!

The drag course is from 4th Street down Kenosha to the 3rd Street stage where you will be asked to do a brief “Marathon Drag Number” and race back to 4th Street.

Contestants may use any props without motors they would like to use for the race and must arrive no later than 6:00 p.m.

Bring a lawn chair, come early and get a good spot.  Beverages will be available 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

And if that isn’t your cup of tea, here’s a little more traditional Halloween activity.

Parks offers Halloween Activities for Kids

Make this Halloween more than just one night of fun with activities from Tulsa Parks.

At Owen Park, children can create scratch color Halloween masks (October 27).

On October 30, McClure Park is featuring a “Carnival Spooktacular,” and Lacy Park is offering “Flashlight Candy Scrabble.”

Before trick-or-treating on Halloween night, children can show off their costumes at the Pumpkin Party and Parade at Whiteside Park or go to Chamberlain Park’s Halloween Carnival. All of these activities are at little or no cost, and further event details can be found in the Tulsa Parks Fun Guide at www.tulsaparks.org.

A Prairie Home Companion

Show Times     Oct. 25 at 4:45 p.m.
Venue              Chapman Music Hall
Presenter         KWGS
Tickets            Available Online

“This is A Prairie Home Companion coming to you live from the Tulsa Performing Arts Center…”

Garrison Keillor’s winning combination of musical guests, skits, jokes and commercials from regular “sponsors” has won him millions of loyal listeners. His long-running variety show is broadcast live every Saturday night on nearly 600 public radio stations, the Armed Services Network, and XM and Sirius satellite networks.

One of the show’s best-known features is Keillor’s “News from Lake Wobegon,” a weekly report from his fictitious hometown “where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.”

Keillor always includes tidbits about the host city as part of his program. The audience is a key part of this live show, so if you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Those folks are having way too much fun,” here’s your chance to join them.

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Show Times     Oct. 26 at 3 p.m.
Venue              John H. Williams Theatre
Presenter         Chamber Music Tulsa
Tickets            Available Online

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields was formed in 1958 as a small, conductorless chamber ensemble. Led by Neville Marriner and attracting some of the finest players in London, the orchestra at first concentrated on repertoire from the Baroque era, developing a style of performance that launched the 1960’s Baroque revival. The Academy was so named after the various concert-giving societies or ‘Academies’ that had flourished in 18th- century London and the famous church in which it gave its first concert on November 13, 1959.

Only two years later it had secured its first recording contract, with the independent L’Oiseau-Lyre label. This was to be the beginning of a record-breaking discography that now boasts well over 500 entries, making the Academy the most recorded chamber orchestra in the world. Thanks to a huge recorded catalogue and widespread radio coverage, the Academy’s name has become familiar to audiences across the globe.

Repertoire —
Brahms: Sextet in B-flat major, Op. 18
Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20

Click here for more about the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Cascia Hall and University of Tulsa.

Tickets to University of Tulsa and Cascia Hall performing arts productions can now be purchased conveniently at home with MyTicketOffice.com.

MyTicketOffice.com, a regional ticketing network, was started in March 2006 and serves the consumer in an all-inclusive and more cost-efficient manner. With the addition of University of Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center and Cascia Hall’s Performing Arts Center, the site will conveniently provide the community with a broad variety of theater and entertainment options.

In addition to TU and Cascia Hall shows,  MyTicketOffice.com sells tickets to shows at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, Stage Center in Oklahoma City, Rose State College in Midwest City, the Robson Performing Arts Center in Claremore, Van Trease Performing Arts Center for Education at Tulsa Community College and events at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, as well as OK Mozart tickets. The site also has been used for miscellaneous events at venues like OSU Tulsa, Gilcrease Museum and the Brady Theater.

MyTicketOffice.com also offers tickets to 14 art groups that are Tulsa Performing Art Center clients, such as the Tulsa Ballet, Celebrity Attractions, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Choregus Productions, and Chamber Music Tulsa. Also available through the system are tickets to Tulsa Community College’s Signature Symphony and to events presented by numerous groups at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall. MyTicketOffice.com currently has 575 individual events on sale.

Tickets to events can be purchased through MyTicketOffice.com online, by calling (918) 596-7111, outside Tulsa (800) 364-7111, at the PAC ticket office, or at Reasor’s store locations.

Green Traveler Report Card

Eleven City of Tulsa employees participated in INCOG’s Green Traveler program during the first quarter of FY 08-09 (July through September).

July 1 was the first opportunity that City employees had to enter the Green Traveler portal through the City of Tulsa intranet, and allow the City to track savings from carpoolers.

The first quarter report revealed that the 11 City of Tulsa employees who are active carpoolers:

* Reduced their total trips by 233 trips
* Saved 6,222 driven miles
* Saved 296 gallons of fuel
* Reduced emissions by 5,755 lbs.
* Saved $3,366 in fuel and maintenance costs

More detailed reports indicate the emissions savings equaled:

* 2,638.2 grams of volatile Organic Compounds
* 3,347.53 grams of Nitrogen Oxides
* 31,484.23 grams of Carbon Monoxide

To learn more about Green Traveler, and how you can track savings not only from carpooling but from riding the bus or your bike, as well as walking or telecommuting, visit: http://www.green-traveler.org/

TCC Metro Campus Opens Veteran’s Resource Lounge

Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor and Tulsa Community College’s President Tom McKeon are proud to announce the opening of the Military and Veterans Resource Lounge. Mayor Taylor, the Veterans Advisory Council, and TCC collaborated with one another to open a veterans’ center and lounge at the Metro campus to give returning soldiers a place to relax and receive information about programs and service agencies in the Tulsa area.  This is the first of its kind in the State to help those who served, are serving, and the families that support them.

TCC had more than 600 veterans, service members, and dependants enrolled just for the Fall 2007 alone, ranking it third in state colleges — behind Rose State College and the University of Central Oklahoma. The written and online information for educational benefits, scholarships, veterans’ employment help, medical benefits, mental health resources, family assistance services, service-connected disability claims, and post-deployment transition and reintegration issues will allow this group the knowledge of what resources are available locally.

To view the TCC Military and Veterans Resource Lounge, visit www.tulsaveterans.com and click on the Education link. This is the second military and veteran’s resource center Mayor Taylor has opened in less than a year.

Since its opening on December 20, 2007 the Military and Veterans Resource Lounge at Tulsa International Airport has seen roughly 3,000 veterans and service members.

City’s Internal Recycling Program Grows

During the past three months, Public Works Field Customer Services has added 10 City of Tulsa facilities as participants in the City of Tulsa’s internal paper recycling program.

The facilities are: Fire Station #6, Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mohawk and A.B. Jewell Water Treatment Plants, Raw Water Administration, the East Yard’s Water Distribution Office, EMD’s Satellite Facility, Street Department Facilities Maintenance at 106 W. Archer St., and the Police Auto Theft Offices.

Several of these facilities also recycle aluminum beverage cans, plastic bottles, scrap metal, and automotive fluids and oils. In addition to these buildings, recycling opportunities were made available at all One Technology Center offices as City employees moved in.

Public Works Field Customer Services continues to seek opportunities to recycle mixed office paper from City owned and operated facilities.

During the first three months of FY08-09 (July, August and September), city facilities recycled 35.33 tons of paper. (During these same months in 2007, 10.92 tons of paper were recycled.)

Recycling paper prevents trees from being cut down to make new paper. It also saves resources such as water and electricity because it takes fewer resources to turn recycled pulp into new paper.

So far this fiscal year, City employees participating in the paper recycling program have saved:

• 600 trees;
• 144,853 kilowatt hours of energy (enough energy to power more than 700 households for a week);
• 247,310 gallons of water;
• 117 cubic yards of landfill space and
• 2,120 pounds of air pollution

It pays to be a Tulsan, and one of the advantages of living in the city of Tulsa is the opportunity to participate in Free Landfill Days, held each year in the spring and fall. The next Free Landfill Days are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18 and Sunday, Oct. 19.

On those two days, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Tulsa utility customers may bring unwanted items to the Quarry Landfill, 13740 East 46th Street North., approximately 1-½ miles east of U.S. 169. The landfill closes promptly at 3 p.m. Note: there are two landfills on East 46th Street North – look for the sign that says, “Quarry – Waste Management Inc.”

Participants in Free Landfill Days must show either a City of Tulsa utility bill or their driver’s license with an address in the Tulsa city limits for admission to the landfill.

No items containing Freon refrigerant will be accepted (air conditioners and refrigerators). There will be a $2 fee for each discarded tire, which covers state fees for disposal and recycling of tires.

Loads in trucks and trailers should be secured and covered to prevent contents from blowing out onto roadways and creating traffic hazards.

The Grandest Holiday Tradition of All Time, Bring The Whole Family!
-Time Magazine

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the World Famous Rockettes is launching its BIGGEST PRODUCTION EVER! This Brand New Show has been created especially for Arenas, and replicates the magic of the nationally televised NBC special from the Great Stage of Radio City Music Hall. Marvel at the glamorous Rockettes and their legendary eye-high kicks. Delight in the dynamic precision of the world famous “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.” Be swept away to Santa’s workshop where the Rockettes come to life as playful ragdolls. And be inspired by a stirring reenactment of the first Christmas (complete with live animals!). The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is the perfect holiday gift for the whole family!

STARRING THE WORLD-FAMOUS ROCKETTES!
Presented by Capital One

Dec 22nd at 4:00pm & 7:30pm
Dec 23rd at 4:00pm & 7:30pm
Dec 24th at 12:00pm & 3:30pm

For THREE DAYS ONLY the World’s Biggest and Most Spectacular Christmas Show will be appearing at BOK CENTER!

TIME Magazine calls it “The GRANDEST holiday tradition of all time” and says to “BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY!” Don’t miss the World Famous Radio City Rockettes’ signature EYE-HIGH KICKS and precision choreography featured in multiple show-stopping numbers including the legendary “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” and “New York at Christmas,” a dynamic holiday celebration. Families will be delighted and touched as Santa flies high above the crowd, snow falls inside and the true meaning of Christmas comes to life in the awe-inspiring “Living Nativity.”

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular has DAZZLED and inspired over 65 million people for more than 75 years and continues to create memories that will last a lifetime.

Ticket Prices: $76, $51, and $27
Groups of 10 or more on sale now! Please call 918-796-0220 for more information

Let’s do the “Time Warp” again! Chad Oliverson returns as the maniacal Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter in the American Theatre Company production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show.

Two unsuspecting high school sweethearts stumble upon the wacky experiments of Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter’s lab when they seek refuge in the mad scientist’s castle. Soon after their arrival, the lovers discover the Frankenstein-esque body of Rocky Horror, Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter’s new sexual plaything. Sexual frolicking runs rampant throughout the musical, ending with a sci-fi twist complete with aliens and space travel.

The Rocky Horror Show continues to be a revival favorite, with new productions and tours appearing regularly worldwide. Fans dress up as the characters, shout “call-backs” at the stage, and use props at appropriate moments, such as water pistols and newspapers during a scene in the rain and throwing toast when Frank calls for “a toast.”

During performances the audience has been encouraged to join in with the performance. Items most commonly taken are:

* Party Poppers, Hat, Blower. used during the dinner scene / happy      birthday scene in the play.
* Water pistols- used to help simulate the storm which Brad and Janet are caught in.
* Flashlights- used to light up the room during the “there’s a light” verse of “Over at the Frankenstein Place.”
* Confetti- thrown on stage at the end of the Charles Atlas Song reprise.

In recent years, this has been discouraged by theatres due to the safety implications of debris and water on the stage

Recommended for mature audiences.

Starting February 17, 2009, all TV stations will broadcast in digital format. It is a change that will influence every U.S. household with a TV. This switch will happen in compliance with a Federal Communications Commission decision adopted in 2007.

Today, almost all TV stations are transmitting programming in both digital and analog formats. Network Channels that have been operating for years, such as NBC and ABC, are currently broadcast in analog, while newer television channels such as “O” and ESPN3 use digital technology. Digital television will allow each TV station to choose to offer multiple channels of programming and to air programs in high definition, with superior quality of picture and sound.

If you receive over-the-air television through a rooftop antenna or “rabbit ears,” you will need to make adjustments for a smooth transition. As an analog TV set owner, you have three options:

1. Buy a digital-to-analog converter box and connect one to each analog set. Until March 31, 2009, you can receive two $40 coupons to help you with the purchase. To claim your coupons, go to www.dtv2009.gov or call 1-888-DTV-2009.
2. Buy a digital TV that includes a digital tuner.
3. Subscribe to a paid TV service. If your TV set receives local broadcast stations through a paid provider, such as cable or satellite TV, you are already prepared for the DTV transition. Note that any channels not received through the provider will still require an analog-to-digital converter.

For more information and instructions on how to install your converter box, visit www.dtv2009.gov or call 1-888-DTV-2009.