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This year, Redmoon's Winter Pageant is no parade
![THEATER REVIEW: Redmoon Winter Pageant: "The Teeny Lounge Presents" ★★ ... To call this a winter pageant is, to say the least, stretching the company's luck and the patience of its many fans.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-11/66398961-29144922.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: Redmoon Winter Pageant: "The Teeny Lounge Presents\" ★★ ... To call this a winter pageant is, to say the least, stretching the company's luck and the patience of its many fans.")
According to my copy of Webster's Dictionary, the word "pageant" means "a spectacular exhibition" or a parade. And if you attach the word "winter," it would seem reasonable to expect some sort of seasonal celebration — something involving the...Tags: Festive Events, Holidays, Arts and Culture, Halloween
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There's No War On Easter
On the heels of complaints about a left-wing "war on Christmas," now there's fuming from the right about a supposed "war on Easter." Bill O'Reilly of "The O'Reilly Factor" fame recently identified several "anti-Easter municipalities" in various states....Tags: Elections, Religion and Belief, The O'Reilly Factor (tv program), Politics, Easter
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Cuzco, Peru's often overlooked treasures
As many a Peruvian traveler can tell you, climbing Machu Picchu is easy, especially if you take one of those tourist buses that do most of the work. It's embracing Cuzco that can be hard.
Cuzco (often spelled Cusco) usually is the Peruvian city you fly...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Potatoes, Travel, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Dining and Drinking
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Look for full moon Tuesday night
March's full moon arrives Wednesday morning, the first to fall after the vernal equinox. It is the fourth full moon after the winter solstice, something that usually falls in April. This full moon is known by names including Grass Moon, Egg Moon,...
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Look for Full Snow Moon, International Space Station in night sky this week
The moon reaches its “fullest” phase at 3:26 p.m. today, so when it rises at about 6:05 p.m., it will be shining brightly, with clear skies expected. The International Space Station will meanwhile make a few passes over Maryland this week, but...
Tags: Space Programs, Lent, Science and Technology
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Groundhog Day: Garden's shadow of spring
Special to Tribune NewspapersDeep in a snowless, gray winter, clamped in bitter cold, it's reasonable to ask: What groundhog would be fool enough to think that spring is less than six weeks away? Why are we even thinking about spring on the 2nd of February? Where did this Groundhog...Tags: Germany, Weather Radar, Groundhog Day, Weather, Weather Reports
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We look forward with hope
It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time of the year again. Ground Hog Day, that amusing event that occurs each year on the second day of February, is almost here. According to folklore, the little brown marmot will awake from a long winter...
Tags: Groundhog Day
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Love story begins with one Super Bowl, continues at another
This is what kind of roll the Ravens are on now: they've even inspired a love story. It's not a gauzy, Hallmark Channel tale, but a story of serendipity, fate and perseverance — and a football team at the center of it all. It stars an Overlea...
Tags: Lee Evans, Lotteries, Super Bowl, New York Giants, Joe Flacco
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Find the right time and place for dynamic portraits
Orlando SentinelPalm tree? Check. Skyline? Check. Amazing sunset? Check. Sometimes the best way to make a nice portrait is to simply find a dynamic backdrop or location, square up your subject, and fire away. Location, location, location. When I was planning my...Tags: Lake Eola, Photography, Arts, Apopka, Arts and Culture
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Santa Monica Nativity displays: Church groups ponder next steps
L.A. NOWA coalition of church groups that has erected Nativity scenes in Santa Monica for more than 50 years is pondering its next steps after a federal judge ruled the city has the right to bar seasonal public displays.... -
Holiday gift guide 2012: ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Star Wars,’ superheroes, more
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comCall it Christmas, call it Hanukkah, call it Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice or Festivus. The truth is, we here at Hero ...... -
Dec. 21: It's (not) the end of the world as we know it, NASA says
L.A. NOWEven NASA has jokes about Friday. "Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know," the space agency said on its website, "however, it will be another winter solstice."...
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