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Book club sets meetings
The first meeting of 2013 for the Highland Village Great Books Discussion Group is on Monday, Jan. 28. The discussion group will be using the book "Great Conversations 2." The book contains 15 selections; one selection per month. The 15 selections in "Great Conversations 2" range from the biblical narrative of Samson to Raymond Carver's short story, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." The readings are intended for book groups that embrace both classic and contemporary writing, for those who believe that great books - regardless of when and where they were written - address questions of perennial concern to people the work over.
The group will meet from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 4100 Deer Creek Suite 100.
Lewisville city offices closed for holiday
Lewisville city offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. All essential city services will continue to operate. Residential garbage and recycling collection will not be affected. The regularly scheduled city council meeting will be held Jan. 28.
Officer, civilian of the quarter announced
Police Chief Russ Kerbow recently named Officer Jonmichael Martinez as Officer of the third quarter of 2012. Kerbow noted that, during the third quarter, Martinez volunteered to attend two separate "criminal interdiction" schools. Martinez serves the department as a field training officer and as a bicycle officer.
Kerbow also named dispatch supervisor Patrick Burks as civilian of the third quarter of 2012, mainly for developing a plan for the Western Days event. Burks is an active member on the Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce.
Annual hearts and roses ball set
City of Lewisville Parks & Leisure Services is hosting its annual Hearts & Roses Ball from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2at the Lewisville Convention Center. Girls ages 4-14 are welcome with their parents.
Deadline to register for the ball is Tuesday, Jan. 29. Cost is $43 per person. Tickets cover food and music provided by a DJ, dancing. Souvenir photos and carnations will be available for an additional charge. Semi-formal attire suggested.
Seating preferences should be made at the time of registration. No tickets will be sold at the door or after Jan. 29. Registration can be completed online or by telephone (additional $1.50 convenience fee applies), or at either recreation center.
Tickets for online and telephone registrants will be available at the will call table on the night of the event.
For information call 972-219-5061 or 972-219-3560 or visit www.cityoflewisville.com or email mwinters@cityoflewisville.com.
Pegasus Theatre to bring show to MCL Grand
Pegasus Theatre will return to Lewisville later this month for another installment in its "Living Black and White" mystery plays. "XSR: Die!" will run for five shows Jan. 24-27 in the Performance Hall at the Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater.
Evening shows will start at 8 p.m. Jan. 24-26, with 3 p.m. matinee shows on Jan. 26-27. Tickets are $35 for Saturday night, $30 general admission and $20 for students and seniors on Friday night and at both matinees, and $20 general admission on Thursday evening.
Tickets are available at the Winspear Box Office of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, 2403 Flora Street in Dallas; online at www.attpac.org; or by phone at 214-880-0202. Advance tickets cannot be purchased at MCL Grand.
The series of "Living Black & White" shows has been designed and produced by Pegasus Theatre since 1986. It uses a technique developed at Pegasus Theatre that combines trade-secret makeup, special lighting, meticulous costuming and set creation, and stylized acting to create the illusion that the audience is watching not just a play, but a 1940s black-and-white movie brought to life on stage.
"XSR: Die!" (theatre lingo meaning to Cross Stage Right and die) features Harry Hunsacker, a would-be actor turned would-be detective, in a mysterious mixture of murder and mayhem.
The story takes place backstage at a Broadway theatre on opening night of a new play by famed playwright, Clayton Farrell. The tyrannical director, Douglas Mallory, wants to make a last-minute change to the climactic scene of the play. A shot rings out and someone falls dead. Fortunately for the killer, Hunsacker (again portrayed by Pegasus Theatre artistic director and playwright Kurt Kleinmann) has stumbled into the wrong theatre looking for an audition, and things just get a lot more complicated!
This affectionate parody of detective films in the 1930s and 1940s will delight the whole family.
Pegasus Theatre is a professional not-for-profit theatre that began operations in October 1985. The mission of Pegasus Theatre is to "produce new and original comedies in a professional setting, highlighting the talents of North Texas theatre artists." For information, please visit www.pegasustheatre.com.
Volunteers needed
The Denton County office of history and culture is seeking volunteers to join its growing team of docents. Volunteers can help as museum greeters, tour guides, in educational outreach programming to the schools, in the research room and as an amateur archeologist at the Taylor farm site. Hours and days are flexible. A "Lunch 'n Learn" Docent Orientation and Training session will be held on Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the 1896 Room. The training session includes a film lecture on "Christmas in Icaria" by Mike Cochran.
For information contact Gretel L'Heureux, Tourism Coordinator at 940-349-2850 or gretel.l'heureux@dentoncounty.com or visit www.dentoncounty.com/chos.
Reservations are due by noon Wednesday, Jan. 23.
The first meeting of 2013 for the Highland Village Great Books Discussion Group is on Monday, Jan. 28. The discussion group will be using the book "Great Conversations 2." The book contains 15 selections; one selection per month. The 15 selections in "Great Conversations 2" range from the biblical narrative of Samson to Raymond Carver's short story, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." The readings are intended for book groups that embrace both classic and contemporary writing, for those who believe that great books - regardless of when and where they were written - address questions of perennial concern to people the work over.
The group will meet from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 4100 Deer Creek Suite 100.
Lewisville city offices closed for holiday
Lewisville city offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. All essential city services will continue to operate. Residential garbage and recycling collection will not be affected. The regularly scheduled city council meeting will be held Jan. 28.
Officer, civilian of the quarter announced
Police Chief Russ Kerbow recently named Officer Jonmichael Martinez as Officer of the third quarter of 2012. Kerbow noted that, during the third quarter, Martinez volunteered to attend two separate "criminal interdiction" schools. Martinez serves the department as a field training officer and as a bicycle officer.
Kerbow also named dispatch supervisor Patrick Burks as civilian of the third quarter of 2012, mainly for developing a plan for the Western Days event. Burks is an active member on the Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce.
Annual hearts and roses ball set
City of Lewisville Parks & Leisure Services is hosting its annual Hearts & Roses Ball from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2at the Lewisville Convention Center. Girls ages 4-14 are welcome with their parents.
Deadline to register for the ball is Tuesday, Jan. 29. Cost is $43 per person. Tickets cover food and music provided by a DJ, dancing. Souvenir photos and carnations will be available for an additional charge. Semi-formal attire suggested.
Seating preferences should be made at the time of registration. No tickets will be sold at the door or after Jan. 29. Registration can be completed online or by telephone (additional $1.50 convenience fee applies), or at either recreation center.
Tickets for online and telephone registrants will be available at the will call table on the night of the event.
For information call 972-219-5061 or 972-219-3560 or visit www.cityoflewisville.com or email mwinters@cityoflewisville.com.
Pegasus Theatre to bring show to MCL Grand
Pegasus Theatre will return to Lewisville later this month for another installment in its "Living Black and White" mystery plays. "XSR: Die!" will run for five shows Jan. 24-27 in the Performance Hall at the Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater.
Evening shows will start at 8 p.m. Jan. 24-26, with 3 p.m. matinee shows on Jan. 26-27. Tickets are $35 for Saturday night, $30 general admission and $20 for students and seniors on Friday night and at both matinees, and $20 general admission on Thursday evening.
Tickets are available at the Winspear Box Office of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, 2403 Flora Street in Dallas; online at www.attpac.org; or by phone at 214-880-0202. Advance tickets cannot be purchased at MCL Grand.
The series of "Living Black & White" shows has been designed and produced by Pegasus Theatre since 1986. It uses a technique developed at Pegasus Theatre that combines trade-secret makeup, special lighting, meticulous costuming and set creation, and stylized acting to create the illusion that the audience is watching not just a play, but a 1940s black-and-white movie brought to life on stage.
"XSR: Die!" (theatre lingo meaning to Cross Stage Right and die) features Harry Hunsacker, a would-be actor turned would-be detective, in a mysterious mixture of murder and mayhem.
The story takes place backstage at a Broadway theatre on opening night of a new play by famed playwright, Clayton Farrell. The tyrannical director, Douglas Mallory, wants to make a last-minute change to the climactic scene of the play. A shot rings out and someone falls dead. Fortunately for the killer, Hunsacker (again portrayed by Pegasus Theatre artistic director and playwright Kurt Kleinmann) has stumbled into the wrong theatre looking for an audition, and things just get a lot more complicated!
This affectionate parody of detective films in the 1930s and 1940s will delight the whole family.
Pegasus Theatre is a professional not-for-profit theatre that began operations in October 1985. The mission of Pegasus Theatre is to "produce new and original comedies in a professional setting, highlighting the talents of North Texas theatre artists." For information, please visit www.pegasustheatre.com.
Volunteers needed
The Denton County office of history and culture is seeking volunteers to join its growing team of docents. Volunteers can help as museum greeters, tour guides, in educational outreach programming to the schools, in the research room and as an amateur archeologist at the Taylor farm site. Hours and days are flexible. A "Lunch 'n Learn" Docent Orientation and Training session will be held on Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the 1896 Room. The training session includes a film lecture on "Christmas in Icaria" by Mike Cochran.
For information contact Gretel L'Heureux, Tourism Coordinator at 940-349-2850 or gretel.l'heureux@dentoncounty.com or visit www.dentoncounty.com/chos.
Reservations are due by noon Wednesday, Jan. 23.
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