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Entertainment/ Lifestyles August 22, 2008  RSS feed
Rockaway Resident Takes The Stage
Third-Grader Makes Her Manhattan Theatre Debut
      "Nine going on twenty-nine" is how Emerald Angel Young, called Emma by her mother, refers to herself in an interview with the Sonnet Repertory Theatre. Bursting with energy and enthusiasm, the young actress recently made her Manhattan debut.
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Bee Movie Buzzes Into O'Donohue Park
     Youngsters wait their turn as Parks employees do face painting prior to the showing of the film. Photos by Miriam Rosenberg
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Bringing 'A Touch Of Class' to Rockaway Theater Company
      Under the direction of Peggy Page and Michael Wotypka, The Philadelphia Story became the third theatrical offering of the Rockaway Theatre Company's 2008 season, The Philadelphia Story, written for the stage by Philip Barry, is a satirical picture of class and snobbery in the early 1940s.
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Four Shows At Capitol One Bank Theatre Next Week
      Live Nation proudly presents four shows you can't miss at the Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury during the week of August 25: August 25 -- Huey Lewis and the News,
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Fort Tilden Highlights
      FREE: SUMMER MOONS: Scheduled bands every Thursday under the stars in the summer on MoonStage & sTudio 7, RoCA, Fort Tilden. 8/28, 8:30 p.m.-12 a.m.: Denis Guiney; 7 p.m.
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Global Diversity In Rockaway Abounds
     A traditional Nigerian (Yoruban) wedding engagement ceremony was held on August 8, a day when more than 20,000 weddings occurred in New York alone. The ceremony is part of an ancient tradition by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa in which the groom's family introduces themselves to the bride's family and requests to have their daughter's hand in marriage to their son. It takes place a day before the actual wedding. Photos by Timothy Aaron-Styles.
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MovieScope
'The X-Files: I Want To Believe'
      Creepiness appears to have crept into movie franchises these days. The Batman blockbuster hit, "The Dark Knight," is totally creeped out, thanks to the late Heath Ledger's seriously demented portrayal of the Joker.
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