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Twin City Stage Presents Monty Python's Spamalot

8:43am November 04, 2013

Twin City Stage presents Monty Python's Spamalot with music by John Du Prez and books and lyrics by Eric Idle. The zany musical mixes Monty Python mania with the King Arthur legend and the best of Broadway and it opens Friday night, November 8th at the Arts Council Theatre. It'll run through the 24th with evening performances at 8 PM and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. Tickets are $22 bucks with discounts for seniors and students. Twin City Stage director Gene Johnson reminds us what made the Pythons so great.

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Best known for the Discworld fantasy series, Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease in 2007. But that hasn't kept him from continuing to write.

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With Fading Memory, Terry Pratchett Revisits 'Carpet People'

5:34pm November 03, 2013

by NPR Staff

At the age of 59, the British science-fiction writer was diagnosed with a form of Alzheimer's. Now he's publishing an edited version of a book he first wrote when he was 17. He can't read because of his disease, but Pratchett continues writing — with the help of dictation software.

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Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) learns from his father (Bill Nighy) that he has the ability to travel back and forth through time, a power Tim uses in his pursuit of love.

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This 'Time,' Supernatural Love Story Falls Flat

5:49pm November 02, 2013

by Bob Mondello

About Time, written and directed by Richard Curtis (Love Actually), follows a young man looking for love — with a little help from time-travel. NPR's Bob Mondello says that in this instance, time travel and romantic comedy don't necessarily blend well together.

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In Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey takes on the role of Ron Woodroof, a Texas man who, diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s, begins to smuggle experimental drugs in from Mexico.

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Matthew McConaughey, Fiercely Committed To This 'Club'

6:49pm November 01, 2013

by Bob Mondello

Dallas Buyers Club tells the true story of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), a Texas man whose '80s AIDS diagnosis drives him to fight for access to the drugs he believes can save him. Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto also star. (Recommended)

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Greensboro Symphony, October 5, 2013 Performance broadcast November 1 @ 8pm

5:05pm November 01, 2013

The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra (GSO) and Greensboro Ballet joined forces this October for a thrilling concert series entitled “Invitation to Dance!” This season opener was one of the Green

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The Story Behind The Stunts: Remembering Hollywood's Hal Needham

3:54pm November 01, 2013

Throughout his career, Needham did the kind of stunts that would either end with a spectacular shot ... or an ambulance. On Oct. 25, Needham died of cancer at age 82. We listen back to a 2011 interview, in which he tells the stories behind some of his most daring stunts.

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Low and Lower Live in Studio A, Winston-Salem Youth Chorus, and DaDa Poetry on Triad Arts Weekend

2:48pm November 01, 2013

by David Ford

Get ready for some zany musical fun, a hearty tribute to Dada, and kids saying the darnedest things today on the show. Virtuoso cellist Brooks Whitehouse and virtuoso bassist Paul Sharpe let their inner theatrical selves shine right on through with Low & Lower Live in Studio A. And conductor Matthew Troy from the Winston-Salem Symphony is here to help us Discover their many talents. Then, well it's performance art and poetry like you've never experienced before with Lynn Book and Amy Catanzano. They're truly devoted to Dada, and if you don't know what that means—stick around and get set to be the life of your next party. Then, nothing puts it all in perspective like a young person. The wonderful young singers in the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus are here to show us the importance of art in our lives. They'll also be singing the praises of their fearless leader Ms. Barbara Beattie. 20 years of great choral directing and she's still rockin' it as hard as ever.

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New Production by Touring Theatre of North Carolina Features Poetry and Prose by Veterans

8:43am November 01, 2013

by David Ford

Touring Theatre of North Carolina is once again going beyond entertainment, this time with the premiere of an original production in their first ever Chamber Series. DEPLOYED is a Readers Theatre production featuring poetry and prose written by veterans and their family members. It opens Friday night, November 8th at 8:00 PM and runs through the 16th at Mack and Mack in Greensboro. DEPLOYED includes entries from seven different wars in which America has participated on foreign soil.

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Dickensian Ambition And Emotion Make 'Goldfinch' Worth The Wait

3:39pm October 31, 2013

by Maureen Corrigan

Donna Tartt is a writer who takes her time — she's published just one novel per decade since her debut in 1992. But critic Maureen Corrigan says she'd gladly wait another 10 years for a book as extraordinary as Tartt's latest work, The Goldfinch, an "exuberantly plotted triumph."

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In Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto plays Rayon, a transgender woman who is HIV-positive and struggling with a drug habit. "I always saw Rayon as someone who wanted to live ... life as a woman, not just someone who enjoyed putting on women's clothing," Leto

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Jared Leto Was 'Seduced' By Role Of Rayon In 'Buyers Club'

3:25pm October 31, 2013

In Dallas Buyers Club, Leto plays Rayon, a transgender woman who is living with HIV and a drug habit. Rayon becomes an unlikely friend to Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), a rodeo cowboy who starts smuggling HIV drugs from Mexico in the 1980s after he's diagnosed as HIV-positive and given just a few weeks to live.

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