Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Donation check presented to Nappanee Family Christian Development Center

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A check for over $500 was presented to Mark Mikel, Executive Director, Family Christian Development Center by Reverend Frank Ramirez, Lead...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Sister Act Review

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If you go to see “Sister Act,” now playing at the Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres, because you want to see the movie “Sister Act,” upon w...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Log Cabin Commemorative Quilt Completed

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The commemorative Log Cabin Quilt that is given away each year by drawing on New Year’s Eve at Amish Acres has been completed by Elizabet...

Sunshine Artist Top 200 Arts & Crafts Festivals

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Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival has been named the 21st of 100 Best Classic and Contemporary Craft Shows in American by Sunshine Art...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Nappanee Apple Festival Recognition Luncheon

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Nappanee Apple Festival Grand Marshalls Recognition Luncheon Amish Acres Remarks by Richard Pletcher There are so many former Grand Mar...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Roll the Dice and Roll with Life and Love in “Guys and Dolls”

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Although I generally save the sermons for Sunday, let’s face it -- if a certain first century religious notable were to find himself tran...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Kristen Brintnall IS Elle Woods in Legally Blonde

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And she persisted…. Elle Woods failed to win the hand of the man she adored. She failed to measure up the standards of Harvard Law Sc...
Thursday, June 01, 2017

“Plain and Fancy” enters its fourth decade

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Local folks in Elkhart County quickly realize that children permeate every aspect of Amish society. It is taken for granted that Amish ch...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Nobody's Perfect

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During his acceptance speech at the 2016 Tony Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda recited a sonnet he’d written that said in part, “Love is love i...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Fast. Frenetic. And Fresh.

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The fast and frenetic we already knew – “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” currently playing on the Second Stage at ...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Preview of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

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If you ever sat in school, wondering why your teacher assigned something so boring and incomprehensible as a play by Shakespeare, then “T...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Review of "The Miracle Worker"

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In recent weeks we have seen the photographs of children in wartorn regions, stunned, covered in blood, staring back at us uncomprehendin...
Friday, September 16, 2016

The Odyssey of the Steamer

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Ruth’s main steamer in the restaurant’s kitchen broke down on Monday. She needs it for the coming weekend. After much research we ordered ...

Review of “Fiddler on the Roof”

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In the opening number of the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” Tevya the Dairyman admits that nobody’s really sure how the traditions practic...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Jeremy Littlejohn returns as Tevya. It’s a Tradition!

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I was singing songs from "Fiddler on the Roof" before I knew there was such a musical. That's because once upon a time the ...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Casey and Casanova dance Gershwins to life in “Crazy for You”

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There are no essay questions when it comes to tap dancing. Like a math problem, there’s only one right answer. Either you got it or you d...