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‘Nicholas Nickleby’ takes the stage at PlayMakers

PlayMakers Repertory Company will stage the biggest production in its history with “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” Nov. 11-Dec. 20. The professional theater-in-residence at UNC will present the stage version of Charles Dickens’ masterpiece in two parts, running in rotating repertory.  PlayMakers’ producing artistic director Joseph Haj, who will co-direct the play, said that Dickens’ novel will be brought to life with all the colorful characters, fantastic twists of fate, sly humor and rich, interwoven tapestry of his immortal tale. read more
25 actors, 150 roles: Nicholas Nickleby
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Fireworks safety: Tips for a happy and healthy Independence Day E-mail
Thursday, June 25, 2009
It’s hard to resist the allure of fireworks on the Fourth of July. After all, it’s the oldest celebration in the nation. But each year, thousands of careless revelers are injured.

According to a 2007 report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 11 people died and approximately 9,200 were treated in emergency departments for fireworks-related injuries in 2006. About five percent of the injured required admission to the hospital. For full release
 

CAROLINA IN THE NEWS

Swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars from US
The Associated Press

When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend. To share the good news, of course, but also to see whether she was a winner as well. The couple, both seniors at the University of North Carolina, had done their final scholarship interviews apart - he in Philadelphia, she in Houston. Spelman heard the results first. When he called with his good news, "the stakes just went way up," said his girlfriend, Libby Longino, who had to wait 45 minutes before finding out that she, too, had nabbed one of the world's most prestigious scholarships.