Volume 20, Number 9
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
www.TownTimes.com
Friday, July 24, 2015
Durham Library issues reading challenge By Mark Dionne Town Times
The Durham Public Library is in the middle of its summer reading program, which features an attempt to get the community to log 10,000 hours of reading. “We challenged the town to read for a total of 10,000 hours between June 29 and Aug. 8,” said Durham Public Library Director Trish Connolly. See Challenge / Page 2
With a twirl and a bit of stage magic, the kitchen maid outfit of Cinderella (Jordan Moore) was transformed into a beautiful gown. | Joe Oblon / Submitted
New mural for Crowd comes out for ‘Into the Woods, Jr.’ Middlefield building By Mark Dionne Town Times
The mural on the side of the building at the corner of Strickland Road and Route 157 is being repainted, but will keep its environmental theme. Jen Huddleston, who is in charge of the new mural, said that the old one, which she See Mural / Page 4
A cast of 31 from Durham and Middlefield performed the show “Into the Woods, Jr.” at the Middlefield Community Center on July 17 and 18. The Stephen Sondheim musical, directed by Julia Kannam of Durham and featuring a mash up of different fairy tales, was the culmination of DMYFS/PaperHouse’s 2015 Summer Stock Theater program. The cast worked on the show for two weeks of full-day rehearsals. Two of the three shows sold out available seats, sending organizers scrambling for additional chairs in the Community Center. (For disclosure’s sake, Town Times reporter Mark Dionne served as a PaperHouse producer.) – Mark Dionne
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A portion of the 31-member cast expressed the fear of first entering the woods while singing the long opening number of “Into the Woods, Jr.” | Mark Dionne / Town Times