Ballerinos, burlesque, barbarians.Byline: BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard As comedian Yakov Smirnov used to say before the Cold War ended and put a damper on his career: "What a country!" Or in this case, "What a city!" Where else but Eugene could you see two ballerinos in drag as the stepsisters in "Cinderella" (Eugene Ballet The Eugene Ballet Company (EBC) is a ballet company based in Eugene, Oregon. It is a resident company of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Under the Artistic Direction of Toni Pimble and Technical Director Jim Bradford, this 20-member ensemble performs a blend , Hult Center, 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday), then hear kirtan This article is about Kirtan in Sikhism. For Kirtan in Hinduism, see Bhajan. Kirtan is one of the pillars of Sikhism and in that context refers to the singing of the sacred hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib to set music normally in classical Raags (Indian devotional singing) one night and take in the Suicide Girls Burlesque burlesque (bûrlĕsk`) [Ital.,=mockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. It differs from satire in that it is devoid of any ethical element. Tour the next? Krishna Das Krishna Das literally means servant of Krishna. Many vaishnavas have related names, from the many other names of krishna, for example Gopal Das, Govinda Das. It may refer to any one of the following:
On Wednesday, the Suicide Girls will bring "a classic seductive burlesque show burlesque show Stage entertainment composed of slapstick sketches, bawdy humour, chorus numbers, and solo dances. Introduced in the U.S. in 1868 by a company of English chorus girls, it developed as a version of the minstrel show, divided into three parts: (1) a series of with a unique, modern, punk rock edge" to the WOW Hall at 8:30 p.m. Choreographed and performed entirely by women, the show is designed to be "comfortable for young women and girls," along with the usual target audience. The opening band is Bloom, a Gainesville, Fla., trio touring to support its third album, "O Sinner." If sin and redemption are on your mind, as they probably should be if you're Christian and paying attention, Mel Gibson's version of "The Passion of the Christ" opened on Ash Wednesday (Cinema World and Cinemark). If watching Jesus die an agonizing death on the cross is too intense, a possible alternative is "The Barbarian Invasions" (Cinema World), in which an unrepentant socialist libertine lib·er·tine n. 1. One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person. 2. One who defies established religious precepts; a freethinker. adj. Morally unrestrained; dissolute. dies a sweet death with the help of his friends - and a little heroin. The director is Denys Arcand, whose work includes a more unconventional version of the Passion Play, "Jesus of Montreal." For a comparatively painless cinematic experience - complete with weird dresses, lame jokes and dreadful speeches - you can watch the Academy Awards on big screens Sunday night at the Hilton Eugene ($100) and the Bijou Art Cinemas ($10), both for charitable causes. |
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