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Annie Snyder figured she'd be out of the pediatrician's office in 30 minutes, tops. Then she'd head home, tuck the medical permission for YMCA summer camp in her bag and finish packing.
But that exam last summer wasn't like any other she'd had in her 16-year, basically healthy life. Within minutes of learning the results from a urine test, she got two corroborating blood tests and was hustled off to Inova Fairfax Hospital. Lying on a gurney in the emergency room, she heard the word "diabetes" several times and knew from the urgent medical reaction that it was bad. Frightened and crying, she thought: "What have I done to myself?"
Doctors had discovered that Annie had Type 2 diabetes, a disease that is often linked to being overweight. She never made it to summer camp. By the time she came home from the hospital a week later, she knew how to inject herself with insulin and she knew that she'd have diabetes for the rest of her life.
As recently as the mid-1990s, Type 2 diabetes was almost exclusively a disease of adults. But apparently fueled by the childhood obesity epidemic, cases in people younger than 20 have ramped up from virtually zero to tens of thousands in the United States in little more than a decade. The children who have it are breaking scientific ground: No one has any idea how they will fare over the course of a lifetime.
Annie says she was "most definitely overweight" at the time of her diagnosis, and she has already made major lifestyle changes to control the disease. By exercising and cutting back on carbohydrates, she has lost 12 pounds so far. She has reduced her need for insulin from several injections a day to just one each night, and she's hoping that soon she'll be able to put the needle aside and just use an oral medication, metformin.
Although she is the only person in her household with diabetes, Annie's diagnosis triggered a family response. Her parents got rid of the dining room table and turned that space into an exercise room, complete with a bowl of apples and artfully arranged bottles of water at the door. Everyone exercises, including her 15-year-old brother Stephen; everyone has given up sodas and snacks, everyone eats smaller portions.
"When I see my dad exercise, I know that I've helped get him motivated," Annie says. "Before, exercise was a chore. I would sit and watch TV and eat snacks. Now, as soon as I come home, I put on my workout clothes."
A Disturbing Trend
Today, about 3,700 Americans under the age of 20 receive a diagnosis annually of what used to be called "adult-onset" diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That relatively small number makes it a rare disease in children, but it represents a trend with larger ramifications.
"In a little more than 10 years, the numbers went from nothing to something," says Larry Deeb, a pediatric endocrinologist and past president of the medicine and science division of the American Diabetes Association. "And that's something to worry about."
Diabetes can cause a litany of medical woes, including heart disease, kidney failure, limb amputations and blindness. It costs the U.S. health-care system $174 billion a year, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Those statistics are grim enough when patients are in their 60s. When the diagnosis is made decades earlier, new fears are raised: Will these children suffer heart attacks in their 20s, need kidney dialysis in their 30s or go blind before they see their own children graduate from high school?
Because about 80 percent of Type 2 diabetes patients are overweight or obese, it's not surprising that patients such as Annie ask if they've done this to themselves. But there are other risk factors that no one can control: family history, ethnicity (blacks, Hispanics and American Indians have higher rates of diabetes), genetics or a mother who had diabetes during her pregnancy.
Instead of wallowing in regret, doctors suggest that young patients and their parents seize the opportunity for a crash course on how to improve their health.
"I used to wear a button that said 'Stamp Out Guilt,' " says Fran Cogen, director of the Child/Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. "I try to tell people that no one caused their diabetes. I emphasize that they can make changes now."
Alarm bells are going off among those who study diabetes in children because of what they know about the adult version of the illness. More than 25 million Americans have diabetes (more than 90 percent have Type 2), according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases -- but another 79 million have a condition called pre-diabetes, in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not as high as in diabetes.
Pre-diabetes isn't a disease requiring medical treatment -- it's a wake-up call. A large national study showed that adults with pre-diabetes who lost 7 percent of their body weight reduced their risk of diabetes by 58 percent.
Officials are concerned that the number of children already identified as having Type 2 diabetes is just the tip of the iceberg. In a national study of 2,000 eighth-grade students from communities at high risk for diabetes, more than half of the kids were overweight or obese. Only 1 percent had diabetes - but almost a third of them had pre-diabetes, according to Lori Laffel, chief of the Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Section of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and a principal investigator on the study.
It's crucial, she says, to find those children before their condition progresses to diabetes so that it can be reversed by lifestyle changes, without medication.
Making Progress
If there is any good news in childhood diabetes, it is that pediatricians are starting to look for it.
"It's in the news, and all over the medical literature," says Susan Conrad, a pediatric endocrinologist at Inova Fairfax Hospital. "Pediatricians are on top of it."
For example, sometimes children whose bodies are beginning to have problems regulating insulin develop a telltale dark, velvety rash around their necks. A decade ago, such a child might have been referred to a dermatologist.
In addition, CDC guidelines suggest that a child with a family history of diabetes, or one whose weight is above the 85th percentile for age and sex should be screened, with blood and urine tests, for diabetes.
Family experiences made John Perrone of Winchester, Va., aware of diabetes and its consequences. John's mother, who developed gestational diabetes during all three of her pregnancies, now has Type 2 diabetes. His mother's aunt had diabetes, and by the time she died in her 70s, she was on dialysis, in a wheelchair, legally blind and had suffered two strokes.
John got a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes four years ago, and he has worked hard ever since to keep the disease under control. He says he's gone from an overweight 11-year-old to a husky but fit 15-year-old. He has progressed from needing insulin injections to keeping his glucose under control with oral medication, combined with healthful eating and a lot of exercise.
He has learned enough to want to teach other kids with the disease. As an Eagle Scout project, he has developed a PowerPoint presentation aimed at youngsters. He has translated medical terms, such as glucose and glucometer, into words they understand, such as sugar and meter. He has also wanted to simplify for kids the basics of weight loss, which is so crucial for diabetes control.
"It's all about in and out, what you eat, how much you exercise," he says. "Maybe if kids understand it better, they can do it."
Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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I love the Veggie Eggs Benedict! It's so nice to have this cafe nearby. Consistently good food and nice waitstaff.
NOT RECOMMEND – Food taste so horrible, service bad and i will never come back. So disappointed !!! don't have choice, i have to put star :((
Confused by listing – I wish citysearch would fix this listing so that reviewers would know where to post. Alexa's Cafe and Alexa's Catering are owned by the same company, but are entirely separate businesses.
AVOID THIS PLACE! – She catered my wedding. The buffet looked wonderful but the food was only ok. The service was POOR! When we booked her, she said she would be onsite but brought in 2 young girls that she hired from a service and then left. These 2 girls had no idea what to do and overstepped their job! They opened up way too many bottles of wine, opened the boxes with the extra favors (fortune cookies that were dipped in frango mint chocolate) we set aside for family/ friends who could not attend and took full plates away when people were dancing. . .We had to be out of Monticello by 4 PM but my husband, a Monticello employee & I were that last out just befoe 2 PM. I asked for a partial refund for the unused hours, the poor service from the girls and for the fact she wasn't there as we agreed. It's less than a 10 min drive from Monticello to her cafe but she said the girls didn't get back until 3:30 pm! Monticello confirmed with her the time the reception ended. When I called her about the refund, she said she sent a check. Out of the $450 bill, she only refunded $17! ! But we also never received a check.
Be warned that if you use her catering, get everything detailed in writing and make damn sure signs it. Or she'll screw you!
WARNING! TERRIBLE CATERING! – How can you go wrong with sandwiches and dip? Well, Alexa's can! The fruit tray consisted of grapes--that's it; the "crostini" for the artichoke dip was just sliced baquette, not toasted, which resulted in a soggy mess; the salmon spread was so salty it was inedible; all this for over $1000! I was embarassed to have this food at my event and actually spent the night apologizing to my guests. You would do much better getting Safeway deli trays if you are looking for a simple sandwich & veggie spread.
Poor customer service – I stumbled upon this cafe and went a few times and the food was good. I went the last time a few weeks ago and the service was very slow. As said by a previous reviewer the condiments are like those you would find in a fast food restaurant or cheesy diner. The cost of the food is not worth the run-down decor and inconsistent service. The servers never seem to know who ordered what and how to run the register.
Just average – I agree with another reviewer that when you walk into this place the atmosphere is so homey that you think it could become your favorite breakfast spot. We ordered a coffee and a water and never got a refill on either even though they sat empty for a good 20 minutes. My husband ordered the bacon and cheddar scramble and we thought he had mistakenly received a half order when it came. But we checked with the waitress and she said it was a full order. I guess their scrambles come with about 2 eggs. My french toast was average and luke warm. Our breakfast experience was definitely not worth the $22 we paid. My quest for a good breakfast joint continues . . .
Perfect little homestyle cafe – Missed matched coffee mugs, chatty waitresses, delicious down-home comfort food? Bothell is lucky to have Alexa?s. Charming and quaint; I love this place.
Best Cafe Anywhere! – This place is fabulous. The food is so under-rated I almost hate to write this review because I want to keep this place all to myself. The tomato basil soup is 100% addictive; I crave it at the most random times and is delicious. The breakfasts are fantastic, the coffee is hot, and you can usually get in and out of there extremely quickly. We are very thankful to have discovered this little gem! Best part - usually no wait on the weekends!
Great Catering! – My husband and I were married in August and used Alexa's Cafe and Catering. We chose to also be married at there Other Site the Montevilla Farmhouse. The food was great and all I heard was compliments from all our family and friends who really enjoyed the flank steak and teriyaki salmon.
We happened to run into a problem it began raining a few hours before the ceremony and it had to be moved inside. I am so greatful to the staff who worked very hard to make our special day go off without any problems so I could focus on all the things a bride gets to do! I would recommend them to anyone!
Great staff & Great Food
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With Krieg running her best leg of the weekend (13.85) and Goldsworthy taking the stick to fly down the backstretch and into fourth place overall, Telluride looked poised for a top three repeat. A cross-up between Goldsworthy and Ludwig cost the team nearly a second, and by the time Bush got the baton Telluride was in ninth place with no chance to catch up. "The 4 x100 meter is a race of speed and split second timing – unfortunately, the handoffs don't always go as planned. The girls were psyched to get on the podium with a finish of ninth in the state; however, they were also disappointed because they knew they could have been better," Hampton said.
Bush also qualified for state in the 200 meter race after winning the regional title the weekend prior. In Thursday's preliminary, Bush had already run two races and was fatigued before her solo event even started. Still that didn't stop her from posting a personal best of 27.61 and making it into the finals seeded ninth. Bush finished the weekend with an eighth place medal in the 200 meters, which Hampton commended as an "incredible feat" as a freshman.
Telluride's sole male competitor, Colten Rogers, qualified for the 3,200 meter by taking third place in the regional meet. Rogers was in striking distance at the mile marker, sitting in eighth place with a time of 5:08, but the select group of the state's best runners turned up the heat in the final stretch and Rogers slipped out of podium positioning, finishing in 11th place. Hampton said he is confident Rogers, who is a sophomore, will be able to take his state meet experiences this year into a higher realm of competition next year.


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Perhaps one of the more unusual career aspirations in the world today, a circus performer must be passionate about entertaining people and have a unique ability to captivate an audience in their performance. A circus performer might refer to a rather varied collection of jobs: from a performer with major shows from contemporary circuses such as the world-famous Cirque du Soleil, or to a self-employed street performer displaying their skills at festivals and street shows throughout the world. Ultimately, a circus performer must have unusual entertainment skills, such as acrobatics or juggling, and will perform using one, or a combination, of these skills. However, every circus performer is an artist and will thrive on the adrenaline rush of dazzling and amazing a captivated audience.
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A circus performer must have at least one unusual skill that can be used in an entertainment setting. Circus performers might include:
Generally, the skills of a circus performer will amaze the audience as they are skills most ordinary people would never take the time to learn. Circus performers might work up to a level where they are skilled enough and experienced enough to get a job at a large company as a part of a touring show, or even a permanent show, such as those at hotels in Las Vegas or Disney World resorts throughout the world.
Most circus performers will have to find work more frequently and may look to perform individually, or as part of a group at arts festivals such as at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - the largest event of its type. At festivals, performers may work as part of a show in a small theatre, or as part of a street show, especially when starting off. As circus performers gain experience and make contacts within the industry, they will have more opportunities to audition for larger shows or touring troupes. Most circus performers will work in the following areas:
The main prerequisite for being a circus performer is to have an unusual skill that can be used in performing, as discussed above. Other than that, there are no specific academic requirements for being a circus performer, but many personal skills and attributes are required. A circus performer must be:
The most successful circus in the world at the moment is Canada's Cirque du Soleil which has an annual revenue of over $800 million (US). There is intense competition for circus performer positions within the company - it claims to receive over 100 audition videos every week but employs only an additional 50 people per year. For a circus performer, this is the ultimate dream job, but it will take a lot of work, dedication, talent and skill to achieve it.
In addition to the dedication and hard work required, a circus performer must be a true performer. The ability to hold an audience captive for the duration of the act, to execute skills in an entertaining way, and to connect with the audience are all essential to achieve success as a circus performer.
While there are no formal educational qualifications required for circus performers, there are performing arts courses that may help develop the necessary skills. Many cities have facilities where circus skills courses are held, such as leisure centres or gymnastics halls; some specialist facilities are available too. The Circus Space in London hosts circus skills courses and workshops for prospective circus performers and those looking to improve and develop existing skills.
For successful circus performers, the workplace is a fun place, somewhere to practice the skills they love, and work on newer, more exciting tricks. For any circus performer, the workplace should be a safe place to practice and train, with good equipment and usually with other performers, coaches, or trainers who can help and support each other in their skill development and provide physical assistance if required (for example in learning acrobatic skills).
Circus performers might have to travel a lot, especially if they find work with a touring circus or company, or they may have to move to different locations for different shows or performances. Potential circus performers should be prepared to travel to find work.
Top performers in international touring shows may earn from $30,000 up to $100,000 according to a Cirque du Soleil interview on CNN. For the majority of circus performers, the reality is that steady work is difficult to find, and most performers will be paid per performance or per tour. Other online sources suggest a starting salary of around £10,000 (about $15,000) for performers. Street performers who work at festivals may earn only what contributions are given by passing spectators, as these tend to fall under the busking option.
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Valleys of the Leza, Jubera, Cidacos and Alhama Rivers Biosphere Reserve
Reserva de la Biosfera de los Valles de los Ríos Leza, Jubera, Cidacos y Alhama
Biosfærereservat: et naturreservat, der af UNESCO er blevet erklæret for at være af en bestemt type.
Rivers and valleys of La Rioja Baja
Several rivers stream out of the eastern mountains of La Rioja, like the Leza, Jubera, Cidacos, and Alhama rivers. Its valleys, filled with Mediterranean forests, are marked by canyons, rocky grounds, and defiles, where numerous raptor colonies nest.
The important natural, cultural, and scenic value of the upper Riojan valleys have earned them the distinction of Biosphere Reserve, awarded by Unesco. These landscapes are covered with forests, rocks and cliffs, where we find historic towns, fossilised dinosaur footprints and interesting archaeological sites. This area also has water of remarkable quality, both in springs and thermal currents. The orography of this Biosphere Reserve is defined by transitions, from high peaks to lower grounds. Fluvial erosion also left a mark in the limestone surroundings. The Leza gorge, with a 500-meter fall, the rocks of Peña del Jubera and the kermes oak groves of Villarroya, which include beech and Melojo oak trees, are some of the most beautiful features of the reserve. In the river sides we find a great diversity of tree species, although the most numerous are ash trees. In addition, Peñas de Leza and Jubera are Special Bird Protection Areas (ZEPA). Birdwatchers that are specially attracted to birds of pray will be able to enjoy numerous species of them in the reserve, but will be particularly impressed by the griffon vulture colonies. The crags of Arnedillo (Cidacos Valley), the Fuentestrún ravine (Alhama Valley), and the Arnedillo Vulture Observatory are great spots from where to watch these birds.
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In addition to the remarkable castles in the villages of Arenedillo, Enciso and Cervera del Río Alhama, in this area we must mention priceless palaeontological sites and great thermal springs, as well as the Celtiberian ruins in Contrebia Leukade.
The most remarkable features of this upper-river-basin landscape are rocky grounds, and defiles. The limestone cliffs are perfect habitat for numerous raptor species, specially the griffon vulture.


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Appropriate is Heart-Breaking, but not yet Ground-Breaking
As the snow starts to fall, Chicago audiences take refuge in heated theatres and family-friendly performances that warm them with holiday cheer. But if someone stumbled upon Victory Gardens this winter, perhaps expecting "It's a Wonderful Life," they'd quickly realize they were taking in something very different: a close examination of a family that is definitively unfriendly.
Victory Garden's "Appropriate," a world premier from young African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, follows the Lafayette family as three children return to their deceased father's estate to settle his affairs and their life-long feuds. These adult children - who often act more like children than adults – are played by the powerhouse Kristen Fitzgerald, the comedic Keith Kupferer and the looney Stef Tovar. Along with their "chosen" family – a son, a wife and two children, and a new finance named River, respectively – the three treat each other as only family can: cruelly, hurtfully, and painfully.
Their mutual distaste is heightened when the threesome uncover a secret about their absent father. How Jacobs-Jenkins reveals the secret, though, is a delicate moment that could be improved – we see the characters in shock, repeatedly, before we are let in on what it is. When our imaginations are left to run wild, it can hurt the gravity of the actual secret and make it seem smaller to what is collectively imagine.
Critical reception to the play has been overwhelmingly positive, with many comparing the work to the similarly Chicago-bred dysfunctional family drama "August: Osage County." Workshopped and developed in 2012 at Victory Gardens, "Appropriate" is now officially premiering, though I can't help but feel like it is on the cusp of greatness and not-yet-great. My suggestion would be for the playwright and director Gary Griffin to seek out and nurture moments of compassion and comedy in the play. In such a dark, realistic slice of an American family, we need a balm to go along with the wounds we are watching. Jacobs-Jenkins has a biting wit and command of dramatic tension, and hints of nourishment are present. But without some substantial "holiday cheer" (for lack of a better term), we are far less likely to eat the brilliant medicine he wants to feed us.
"Appropriate" is tearing down the house at Victory Gardens through December 14. More information and tickets at http://victorygardens.org
Steppenwolf's "The Wheel" is a Powerful War Zone Panorama
"The Wheel" is best experienced blank. Martha Lavey, the Artistic Director of Steppenwolf which is staging the American premier of the imaginative play, begins her well-penned program note with a Spoiler Alert. "Part of the wonder and mystery of The Wheel" she writes, "is in the unpredictable way the story unfolds." That epic story begins in a peaceful village in Northern Spain, where Beatriz (the talented and majestic Joan Allen) is preparing for her younger sister's wedding. Suddenly, soldiers appear and Beatriz is unwillingly thrown into a quest to reunite a young girl (Emma Gordon) with her father. That mission is the central thrust of "The Wheel," a symbol-and allegory-laden tale of wavering and enduring compassion in the face of tragedy.
In the two-hour play, Beatriz and the silent girl travel through war zones witnessing a panorama of war and bloodshed. Zinnie Harris's rich and layered script lives in the world of magical realism, as the characters pass through time and space without comment, and fantastical powers are a subject of distrust. This fantastical element serves as both a theatrical device, and a sort of balm to the wounds of war – we witness the carnage, but are ever aware these are actors performing in a magical space. Tina Landau's Brechtian staging contributes to this, giving the audience a front-row experience of the tense, visceral, and often irrational world of war.
Blythe R.D. Quinlan's scenic design is powerful playground for the story to shift from agricultural and wooden to industrial and metallic. Her black pipes and scaffolding, hidden by shards of stretched cloth, appear like spears while also contributing to a Brechtian "backstage" aesthetic. Director Tina Landau's often breath-taking staging shines brightest during scene changes, as the story is thrust forward like soldiers storming a battlefield.
The 17-person ensemble fills the epic stage and transports the action, from Spain to France to Germany to Vietnam. As the ensemble members don varied costumes and characters, the similarities between cultures are realized: we are similar – not in an overly sentimental way, but in a visceral, blood-filled way. We have the same capacity for compassion, just as we have the same capacity to harm and destroy one another. And as we spin between evil and good, Harris seems to suggest the human spirit can triumph – but it is work.
"The Wheel" ends where it begins, just as this review will end with the playbill:
In a printed dialogue between Martha Lavey and Tina Landau, Martha asks:
Martha Lavey: Tina, will you speak to how you hope to make this play available to an audience, so that they will take away something this is nourishment for them, and not just a portrayal of the difficulty of life?
Tina Landau… I want to bring out as much light as we can find in it…the lower the play dives the more it also needs to soar.
Be transported to the world of "The Wheel" at Steppenwolf Theatre through November 10, 2013. More information and tickets at steppenwolf.org
"Belleville": The bloody, watery messes we make when we love and lie
In a posh French flat in the Parisian neighborhood of Belleville, Abby walks in on her new husband Zack masturbating to porn. The Americans are living the dream: she teaches yoga in her fantasy city, he saves lives with Doctors without Borders, and the two couldn't be more in amour. But this discovery is the first in a series of cracks which erupt in a shocking climax that warns against perfection, lies, and living for others.
Amy Herzog's "Belleville," commissioned and premiered by Yale Repertory Theatre where she received her M.F.A, powerfully closes the Steppenwolf's "The Reckoning" season. Directed by Anne Kauffman, who helmed the premier and Off-Broadway incarnations, the 100-minute play is raw, funny, and startling. Herzog's contemporary-set script still creates a traditional playground for the Steppenwolf design team. Greek and Shakespearean imagery – blood, water, daggers – appear alongside cell phones and a luxurious French apartment with plenty of natural light to expose the wounds within.
The wounds are suffered by four characters, breathed by life by a talented ensemble – Kate Arrington and Cliff Chamberlain shock, move, and scare as the destructive couple Abby and Zack. Chris Boykin and Alana Arenas entertain, ground, and reveal as Alioune and Amina, the couple who live a few floors down who own the building. While the landlord couple cares for a newborn, have a thriving property management business, and seem to make their relationship work, Zack smokes weed, Abby pops pills, and the pair fight and torture themselves and one another. At opposite ends of the alphabet, A and Z shouldn't be together; meanwhile, Alioune and Amina are A synchronized pair.
"Belleville" is an edgy, existential thriller, brilliantly brought to life by powerhouse performers, designers, and a director. It's not a feel-good play, although I did feel good as I left – impressed by its execution, haunted by a Herzog's warning, and glad to be single.
"Belleville" is a tenant in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre from June 27 – August 25, 2013. For more information and tickets, visit steppenwolf.org.
A Smart, but not Steamy "Other Desert Cities" at Goodman
It's 2004 and a violent war is raging in the desert. In Afghanistan, young, fatigued soldiers fight against terror, but in a secluded West Coast mansion, a war of word wages between a strained family. Brooke, the daughter of two prominent old-school Republicans - Ron and Nancy are among the dropped names - has just written a new book. This should be cause for celebration -- she's a brilliant writer who's just emerged from a 6-year depression-fueled writer's block, but it's not the novel Mom and Dad think it is. Her brother and aunt know it's a memoir, exposing a dark, family secret, sending the five-member family into a Christmas from hell in the humid desert heat.
Whether Brooke's new work is an expose for profit or her therapeutic life's work is a question that hangs like smoke in the Chicago premier of "Other Desert Cities" at Goodman Theatre. Lauded during its Broadway debut in the fall of 2011, Jon Robin Baitz's Pulitzer Prize finalist "Other Desert Cities" is a strong exploration of the modern blurring of the public and the private lives and how money complicates the matter even further. But this blurring has become faded in its translation to the Goodman's Albert Theatre. Perhaps the bi-coastal themes (East Coast academics versus West Coast relaxers) resonate more strongly on the coasts, or perhaps the cast doesn't quite carry the firecracker power of the NYC debut, but the Chicago show doesn't live up to the potential the script holds.
Tracy Michelle Arnold's depressed Brooke is a bit one-dimensional, and not until the final scene does it really feel as if she has fallen into her character. Deanna Dunagan and Chelcie Ross Lyman, both connected with August: Osage County (a similar family drama fueled by heat) are strongly suited to play the aging GOP matriarch and patriarch of the family. John Hoogenakker is delightful as the brother trapped in the familial crossfire. A Los Angeles reality TV producer, he is on the front lines of profiting off a family's fights, and Linda Kimbrough's eccentric substance-abusing Aunt Silda provides much needed comedic relief in the tense family drama.
But Henry Wishcamper's direction has the cast swimming around the stage throughout the one-setting play - aimless, often lacking purpose, which seems to spill over into other character choices. Further, at the opening of the play, I felt something I'd never before in a theatre: I couldn't quite hear the actors. Whether it was a technical amplification question or not, it felt like it symbolized a soft understanding of the characters rather than fully inhabiting them and sharing them with the audience. Jon Robin Baitz's script is funny and smart, and his jokes are able to overcome their sometimes soft delivery in the Chicago premier, but I couldn't help but imagine what New York audiences saw and responded so passionately to.
Other Desert Cities is through February 17, 2013. More information at http://www.goodmantheatre.org
A Wonderful Weekend of Chocolate
I felt like Charlie Bucket with a golden ticket. Except my Willy Wonka's factory was the Chicago Fine Chocolate Show and I had 15 tickets, red rather than gold.
Cake pops, cupcakes, confections, toffee, brownies, and confections of every letter lined the halls of the Navy Pier convention hall where the inaugural Chicago Fine Chocolate Show set up shop up on a cold weekend in November. The popular tourist venue had attracted "tourist" vendors from across the nation and around the block. Over 100 choco-businesses provided samples of their tasty delights and hyped their particular take on the decadent treasure of chocolate to the nearly 14,500 attendees. Businesses present ranged from small, local shops with adorable names - Puffs of Doom, Chocolate for the Spirit - to corporate empires like Fannie Mae and Dove.
While chocolate-eating was my primary concern, chocolate-making was also present. Chefs from the French Pastry School of Kennedy-King College at City Colleges of Chicago constructed intricate sculptures made solely of chocolate, and live cooking demonstrations were a feast for the eyes and stomach. But my most significant take-away wasn't the inevitable stomach ache, but some wise advice from a man who led a chocolate and beer tasting in the afternoon.
Clay Gordon, the bearded founder of TheChocolateLife.com, has made a career out of encouragin everyone to use their taste buds to create unconventional pairings, including beer and chocolate. As an expert on neither, but a consumer of both, I enjoyed mixing and matching beers and chocolate chips, paying closer attention to the tastes I was experiencing. I learned the percentages on chocolate packages don't speak to the quality of the chocolate, simply the ratio of cocoa to sugar and cream. It's labeling that includes the chocolate's origin - which farm grew the beans were grown on - that can actually shed some light onto the chocolate's story and history. It's the story behind the chocolate that can be as important as its taste.
After a few beer samples, I approached Clay for a quick interview. He repeated a lot from his tasting, and firmly believes in letting people discover tastes on their own and not judging less developed palettes, but what was most interesting about our discussion was the "dark side of chocolate." Throughout his tasting, folks walked through the aisle, snooping around at chocolate, hunting for free samples. Gordon shared that at one show, someone had tried to make off with $1,000 worth of samples. The mentality for consumers at a trade show (which regrettably included me) is to stuff their faces and get their money's worth. Gordon shared that it's just as important to meet the people behind the chocolate, hear their stories, and respect the work that goes into starting a business and travelling to a trade show.
By the end of the 3 hours, I had an appreciation for the dedication of chocolate businesspeople and a severe stomach ache. I went home, passed out for 2 hours, and awoke as if it had all been a dream. My only evidence that I had been there was one final unused ticket, and a new appreciation for the stories behind the pieces of chocolate, which can make for the most delicious pairing of all.
Goodman's "Crowns" is Entertaining as Hell
While Steppenwolf occupies itself with Russian "Sisters," the Goodman is mounting a musical with sisters of a different sort. "Crowns," the soulful musical brainchild of Goodman mainstay Regina Taylor. Inspired by real-life stories of Black women and the extravagant and fabulous hats that adorn their heads, "Crowns" hits its stride about 20 minutes in when the ensemble settles into a church to tell their stories.
The women have lived with heavy topics like persecution and death, and more light-hearted travails like bickering with a husband over buying too many hats; but no matter the situation, the lesson remains the same: stay poised and proper, holding your heads up high to keep your hats in place.
Originally penned a decade ago, "Crowns" has been updated to reflect cultural shifts in the past 10 years. The new script follows a "urban" youth from Engelwood who has lost her brother; she's angsty, emotional, and, unfortunately, a bit cliche. The language and staging of her initial story remain a bit too vague to prick like specificity can. Nevertheless, the bulk of the show centers on stories around this main thread.
Plenty of humor along with powerhouse voices make "Crowns" entertaining and occasionally emotional. While an overall narrative might not move you, individual performances and ensemble numbers make the song cycle a strong performance piece. Felicia P. Fields is particularly impressive as the soulful, wise Mother Shaw. While the character of an older, wise Black women is as well-worn as a old baseball cap, it doesn't keep her from being entertaining as hell - or heaven.
Head to "Crowns" at the Goodman Theatre through August 12. For more information, visit http://www.goodmantheatre.org
The Summer of Our Discontent: "The Three Sisters" at Steppenwolf
A comfortable schoolteacher, an angst-ridden housewife, and an idealistic teenager walk into a house. What sounds like the set-up for a terrible joke is a roll call for the titular characters in one of Chekhov's most produced plays. "The Three Sisters," currently enjoying a nearly pitch-perfect incarnation at Steppenwolf, chronicles three Russian siblings and a cast of connected characters who come and go but never really go anywhere.
In a small town during wartime, members of the family mourn their past (a fallen patriarch), contemplate their present, and dream of a future in Moscow. The distant city is promised land of vodka and honey, but it remains a dream as characters realize they will never reach it and must find other meaning in their lives. Chekhov, a subtext slut, challenges actors with his naturalistic language, and the Steppenwolf ensemble attacks the text to bring out new meaning. Veterans and newcomers alike revel in his bluntly stated questions about life, love, and happiness.
The set contributes to the haziness of answers to these questions. A 40x15 foot frame hangs above the stage, blurring the suspended doll house estate. Combined with the proscenium, the frame allows the audience to remain disconnected from the characters and their existential questions. We watch like gods listening to their creations scream for answers, and remains silent for reasons of etiquette, or perhaps ignorance.
After the curtain call, I emerged onto Halsted with thoughts of death, betrayal, and the fear that being equally in love with someone is as much a fiction as a fairy tale. Then I realized it was 70 and sunny and went to the beach. As brilliant and moving as Steppenwolf's "The Three Sisters" may be, brooding angst and life-ponderind questions aren't well suited for swimsuits and sunshine. Chekhov is a winter writer.
Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" is checked in to the Steppenwolf through August 26. For more information, visit http://www.steppenwolf.org
A Slow, Brooding Epic "March" at Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf's season of "Dispatches from the Homefront" has travelled from Greek legend to contemporary Iraq. Now, it splits the difference and hones in on a time in America when the battlefield and homefront collided. Countless historians have told the tale of the War between the States; from analysis of military strategy to reporting of death tolls, our collective fascination with American-American bloodshed has never been satiated. But what these numerical overviews devalue is the story of the mundane individual: the nobody father weeping over his dead son, the forgotten lover sending notes to her husband-to-be, and, of course, the horny detractors who took self-serving advantage of a young nation being pre-occupied with survival.
The latter characters, Arly (the impecccable Ian Barford) and Will (the shapeshifting Stephen Louis Grush) are the comedic relief and driving force in Frank Galati's adaptation of D.H.Lawrence's "The March." A piece of historical fiction which weaves invented characters into the preserved war record, "The March" follows a handful of personal narratives forged in a time when life and death were separated by thin lines, like stripes on a flag. Arly and Will, the dynamic duo whose bravado is only surpassed by their libido, fight on both sides of the conflict and push us forward through the plot of the war. Neither man actually existed, but by blurring fact and fiction, Lawrence offers up a sort of "People's History of America." Fictional nobodies coexist with historical behemoths, most notably the general Ulysses S. Grant, boomibly embodied by Harry Groener.
Grant's writings are staged as soliloquies directed to the brooding mass of the audience. The tensions he faces of ordering a group of men to their death is similar to the task Frank Galati has undertaken, as he "orders" a large cast to translate an enormous war into a finite stage. The soldiers rise to their general's challenge, and "The March" is able to represent the Civil War not only in content, but form: like the war that spanned across five Aprils, the two-act epic spans almost three hours; like the bloodshed that affected millions of Americans, the play enlists an ensemble of over thirty. The piece is a strong representation of the war, but that doesn't save it from – like war – occasionally being boring. While the mundane can be imbued with profound significance, it can still come off as siply mundane. On the whole, "The March" will not keep you on the edge of your seat; it's a story that has been well-worn, but that doesn't keep it from being exceptionally well-told.
The March is stomping at the Steppenwolf through June 10, 2012. Tickets at www.steppenwolf.org.
Story doesn't move as well as the cheerleaders in "Bring It On: The Musical"
The 2000 teen comedy "Bring It On" is a cult classic. The 2012 musical of the same name likely won't be. Borrowing the title and not much else, "Bring It On" relies on a formulaic, fairly conventional plot peppered with high-flying acrobatic cheerleading routines. It's entertaining enough, especially for the mostly younger tween audience in attendance, but when you put "the musical" in your title, you promise that story and song will be central.
The musical creates a wholly new plot from the film, although it is still a well-worn one. White head cheerleader Campbell is redistricted during her senior year to a mostly black and hispanic high school. Cue the lessons about race, identity, and being yourself. Bridget, a slightly chubby girl who provides most of the comedy in the show, excels in the new school since she's always been an outsider. Eventually, everyone learns something about themselves and a happily ever after ensues.
Throughout, the high-flying acrobatic work of the ensemble dazzles, as performers in red skirts are launched into the air almost as high as the mezzanine. A series of shifting digital screens add to the theatricality, transporting the action to different settings, whether a bedroom or basketball court, in a rather innovative way. The altogether aesthetic is a bit cartoonish, but when your subject matter is competitive cheerleading, it's hard not to venture into Looney Tune territory.
With a writing team that combines talent from Avenue Q, In the Heights, and Next to Normal, one might expect "Bring It On" to be fresh, subversive, and full of catchy, diverse, and memorable songs. Instead it is rather mainstream musical comedy, which sadly lacks any songs that stand out. When the lyrics disappoint, the choreography dazzles almost as if to distract rather than enhance the plot. What's most surprising about the book is a commendable move to feature a transgendered character in a strong supporting role. While many of the character's laughs come from just being trans, a solo power ballad reveals a the obstacles she has overcome. "Is that a boy, Mommy?" the young boy in front of me asked mid-show. I didn't catch his mother's response, but the inclusion of a trans character in an otherwise dated musical comedy certainly opened the door for a teachable car-ride conversation on the way home.
Bring It On: The Musical is at its best when the cheerleaders are flipping and twirling across the stage. The final climax of the show is truly breath-taking, and is a marvelous convergence of poppy song with powerful dance that furthers the plot. Overall, the show is an entertaining night out, but don't expect any emotional resonance to lift you off your feet.
Bring It On is bringing it at the Cadillac Palace through March 25. More information at BroadwayinChicago.com
Summer Love and Identity in "Tomboy"
Moving is an emotional experience, especially for a 10-year old. Thin and petite Laure and her mischievous 6-year-old sister are packed up by their parents over the summer and moved to a new neighborhood. In addition to all the stress and fears associated with new friends and a new school, Laure is mistaken for a boy. Thing is, she doesn't deny it. "Michael," she responds when asked her name. And so begins a summer of fantasy for the pre-pubescent, swimming without a shirt, playing basketball with the boys, and kissing a young, long-haired girl.
French auteur-director Céline Sciamma sophomore feature "Tomboy" is a soft, beautiful coming-of-age film that follows this fantastical summer and the aftermath when Michael's mother discovers it. Overall, the family is loving -- soft shots of shared baths and tickling sessions reveal that -- but the mother's response is heart-breaking. She forces Laure to don a dress and parades her around the neighborhood to apologize. The tour of humiliation comes to a climax when the young person is taken to the home of the young girl she has fallen for.
Tomboy follows this transformation and the consequences of a society unable to understand or support a child who is questioning their gender. The young Zoé Héran gives a phenomenal, muted performance as the young person who slips into a new identity so easily, it should be questioned whether it was a deception at all. From nail polish to G.I. Joes, gender norms are inscribed upon children before they even know how to do long division. So were Laure's actions a lie, or was she telling the truth for the first time? Identity, whether it's constructed or discovered, is a lifelong task. It's messy and only becomes all the more complicated when others have a stake in yours: parents, friends, teachers, businesses. In this tug-of-war for your identity, it's hard to find a moment when you're truly who you are. "Tomboy" celebrates a summer apart from that harsh, cruel reality, capturing a rare moment of truth as fleeting as childhood.
Tomboy was just playing ball at the Music Box Theatre. More information at www.musicboxtheatre.com


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Valpo Volleyball to Host Alumni Match August 13
Monday, August 08, 2011
Valparaiso volleyball fans will get their first chance to catch a glimpse of the 2011 Crusaders in action, while at the same time welcoming back some of the players who have helped build the program into what it is today, as Valpo hosts an Alumni Match at the Athletics-Recreation Center this Saturday, August 13 at 5 p.m. The match is open to the public and is free of charge.
Among the Crusader alums scheduled to return for this Saturday's match are Katie (Bova) Hoffmann, Lauren (Moulton) Marshall, Jessi (Novak) Kinney, Jessie Fox, Tiffany (Meikle) Haas, Brittany (Marks) Malicoat, Allison Sears, Kim Bukowski, Val Bollenbacher and Tara (Newton) Diebler. The group spans Valpo's current run of nine consecutive 20-win seasons and combined for 17 All-League honors and five league specialty awards over their Crusader careers.
Meanwhile, this year's iteration of the Crusaders will be capping their first week back on campus with their first action against outside competition. Valpo returns 11 letterwinners from last year's 27-win squad as the Crusaders look for their tenth consecutive 20-win campaign. The regular season begins for Valpo on Aug. 26, when it takes on nationally-ranked Ohio State at the WVU Mountaineer Invitational.
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