INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • COMMUNITY NEWS VOLUME 10, ISSUE 51 • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018
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Brenda Currier as Masha, Nicholas Root and Vanya, Stacy Brothers as Sonya, and Wesley Tener as Spike.
MARCH 21
GENEALOGY PLUS: Dennis Allen will lead this month’s Genealogy Plus! program on “Dearly Departed …Cemetery and Funeral Home Records”, from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday March 21 at the Ames Public Library. Valuable records are kept of our final departure. Cemetery fi les hold info about the burial or cremation, perhaps the bio, the grave marker, who paid for it, and more. Funeral home records may hold “transit” forms, names of kin, funeral and casket purchase, obituary, and cause of death. Fraternal or other groups may be listed that participated in the service or contributed to the costs. These are valuable records, sometimes full of surprises!
MARCH 22
EMDR EDUCATIONAL HOUR: Ames Therapy and Consulting hosts a free educational hour discussing EMDR for depression and trauma at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 22. Ellyn Nitchals-Kellner, MS, LMHC will provide a brief overview of what EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is and how it can be effective for treating depression and trauma.Please call to reserve at (515) 337-1380. For more information, visit amestherapy.com.
MARCH 22
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS: The NAMI Connections peer support group is held from 2-3:20 p.m. Come hear from others who are also learning how to live in recovery with a mental illness. The monthly support group for family members of individuals living with mental illness will be at 7 p.m. Both will be at the NAMI-CI Wellness Center, 416 Douglas, Suite 205. Call 292-9400 for more information.
MARCH 22
GOLDEN K MEETING: The Ames Golden K Kiwanis will meet on at 9:25 a.m. on Thursday March 22 at First United Methodist Church, 516 Kellogg Ave. Nancy Gebhart, University Museums, will present “The Murals of Iowa State.” For more information about Ames Kiwanis Golden K check our web site at amesgoldenk.org. Visitors are welcome.
MARCH 22
RUMMAGE SALE: A rummage sale will be held 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 22; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, March 23; and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 24 at Collegiate Presbyterian Church, 159 N. Sheldon Ave. Everything half price on. Saturday. A huge variety of household items and clothing for the entire family. Proceeds support the mission programs of the church
MARCH 23
FISH SUPPER: The Knights of Columbus at St. Cecilia will serve Lenten Fish Suppers from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 23 at St. Cecilia’s Social Hall, 2900 Hoover Ave., in Ames. Cost is $9 for adults, $5 for children ages 5 to 15, and Free for children 4 and younger (Family pricing
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ACTORS continues the season of comedies Opening at ACTORS in March is the long awaited Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. This rich, off-beat comedy masterpiece claimed the 2013 Tony Award for best Play. ACTORS has been eager to get this gem on the stage. In a season celebrating comedies, the timing was perfect! The play introduces Vanya and Sonia, two middle aged siblings who have lived on the family farm for the past 20 years. Masha, their movie star sister, has returned to attend a costume party thrown by some of her infl uential friends. She insists that they all dress up as characters from Disney’s Snow White. Adding to the chaos is Spike, Masha’s much younger boyfriend; Nina, an attractive young neighbor; and Cassandra, the sooth-sayer cleaning lady. Loosely based on four of Anton Checkov’s greatest full length plays, we see many familiar characters and themes. Don’t worry: No homework will be assigned. This play easily stands on its own. The goingson are very funny, if not just
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a little kooky. After all, how many shows have Snow White, fortune tellers, fl ying tea cups, and voodoo dolls in them? Experience is the hallmark of the production crew. Greg Leavengood has performed and directed in many shows around central Iowa, including directing Moon Over Buffalo for ACTORS. Producers Lynn Lloyd and Judy Brown were eager to assist Greg in this comedy of quirky family relationships. The cast includes some returning favorites and a couple of new people to ACTORS. Nicholas Root, who most recently played Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, is the polite and self-contained Vanya. This part was originally played by David Hyde Pierce. ACTORS veteran Stacy Lempares Brothers is Sonia, his discontented and mournful adopted sister. The glamourous Masha is played by newcomer, Brenda Currier. The Broadway role was premiered by Sigourney Weaver. Wesley Tenor is Spike, the self-absorbed aspiring actor boy toy with a tendency to undress unexpectedly. Wesley
made his ACTORS debut as Donkey in Shrek. The cast is completed with Iowa State students. Nina, the lovely and energetic neighbor, is played by Morgan Mulford. Finally, Ali Sandler is playing her fi rst role at ACTORS as Cassandra, the rather weird fortune teller. Performance dates for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike are 7:30 p.m. March 29, 30, and 31 and April 6 and 7. The single matinee performance is 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 8. Light hors d’oeuvres will be provided on opening night. Tickets may be purchased on-line at actorsinc. org. You may also purchase tickets at Ali Cakes in downtown Ames. This is not a children’s show in spite of the fairy tale costumes. Most performances have sold out this season, so ACTORS encourages you to get your tickets early. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. New York.