We flew from Xian, China, to Nanjing and checked into the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Hotels in China are quite reasonable. The hotel is a high rise building where the bottom seven floors make up a shopping mall with high end shops like Dior, Rolex and Swarovski.
I was amazed with the number of malls in all the cities we visited featuring exclusively expensive shops where there were many shoppers.
This year’s Brunell Visiting Scholar—the world-renowned musician, humanitarian, and photographer Samite Mulondo – will be a featured presenter and performer on April 24 during a series of public events in Fulton, sponsored by the Cayuga Community College Foundation.
“Arts in Motion: Heroes for the American Red Cross” will be a culminating event that will give acknowledgement to those who have been donating and raising funds during the Red Cross’s recent Hero campaign.
The production, which opens FCT’s 2012 season, runs Saturdays, April 28, May 5 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees on April 29, May 6 and 13 at 2 p.m. on the Jubilee Hall stage at Holy Trinity Parish, 309 Buffalo St.
Bobby Fontana, started out in March directing Clarence Day Jr.’s classic comedy, “Life with Father.” Knate Roy, originally cast as the father, had to bow out. Fontana made an attempt to replace him, however, with opening night looming, it became necessary for him to play the role himself.
Xian was one of the many places on my “Gotta Visit” list. I visited the Terra Cotta Warrior Expo in Toronto three years ago but even before that I was intrigued by the warriors. This year, we included Xian on the China portion of our trip.
The SUNY Oswego music and theatre departments will present the hits of a legendary Broadway songwriting team in “The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein” at 8 p.m. May 4 and 5, and 2 p.m. May 6, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
The program will include the overture to “The Magic Flute” by Mozart, Beethoven’s Symphony No.1, Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony and Smetana’s “Ma Vlast, The Moldau.”
Renaissance Italy will come alive as the SUNY Oswego theatre department presents Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” previewing at 8 p.m. April 19 and opening at 8 p.m. April 20 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
A few years ago, John and I spent a week on Easter Island. It has everything: beautiful scenery, mysterious ruins, a couple of great beaches, friendly people, and a relaxed Polynesian ambiance. The local Polynesian name is Rapa Nui.
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