Word: towns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...directed by Tim Banker, goes up this weekend at the Loeb Mainstage. In this unprecedented rendition of the Nobel prize-winning author's work, the entire cast remains on stage for the performance based around the impending death of citizen Santiago Nazar. As in Marquez' novel, the entire town knows Nazar will be killed, but no one can stop the event from happening. In Banker's version, North American practicality weaves with South American magical realism to present a drama that promises to be truly unique...
...first time that town and gown ever came together on issues," recalls City Councillor Saundra Graham, at the time a community activist in the Peace and Freedom Party. "We just felt that [Harvard students] were all these rich, white students who didn't care about social issues...
...police--some of them from Cambridge--arrested, and in some cases, beat the students who had taken over University Hall, Sullivan received threats on his life. While no attempt was ever made to kill him, he says he took the threats seriously enough that he and his family left town immediately...
...looking for the proceeds of a famous jewel robbery out West a couple of decades after the theft. His allies and enemies in an ever shifting set of alliances include an aging femme fatale, a spunky tomboy and her ex-con grandfather, a trio of murderous Indians, a small-town newspaper editor and a crooked policeman. The plot and mood are vaguely reminiscent of The Maltese Falcon, except that, yes, there is a treasure...
...former UNLV players ultimately work as slot-machine hosts, casino bosses and maitre d's on the Vegas strip. Tarkanian says sometimes casino operators tell him which players they want to hire even before graduation. Says the coach: "We tell the kids if they keep their noses clean, this town will take care of them. They all stay here. Nobody ever leaves...