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At Peace with a Dragon
peace with their dragon.
The Reluctant Dragon is
most enjoyed by ages 4 and
up. The show opens Friday,
Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Dolores Winningstad Theatre,
1111 S.W. Broadway, and
continues on Saturday, Dec.
20 and Saturday, Dec. 27 at 11
a.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 21
and Dec. 28, with shows at 2
p.m. and 4 p.m. both days.
Tickets are $ 14 for children
and $16 for adults.
What happens when a mag
nificent dragon moves into the
neighborhood? Find out in
The Reluctant Dragon, Tears
of Joy Theatre’s delightful tale
based on the story by Kenneth
Grahame.
The dragon, as wonderful
as any dragon who ever took
the stage, is not the fearsome
type. He, like the boy who
befriends him, is more inter
ested in art and poetry. The
local villagers, however, as
sume they are in grave danger
and call on a renowned dragon
fighter to save them.
Sir George discovers the
dragon is peaceful but to keep
the villagers happy, he and the
dragon stage a mock battle
with great showmanship. Sir
George wins, the dragon prom
ises to be good and the villag
ers decide they can live in
You can't judge a dragon
by its scales or reputation
in ‘The Reluctant Dragon, ’
a Tears o f Joy Theatre
production playing the
next two weekends at
Dolores Winningstad
Theatre, downtown.
‘Write Around Portland’ Reading
United Methodist Church, 1838
S.W. Jefferson, at the Goose Hol
low Max stop
Readers will include bum sur
vivors, adults and youth living
with mental illness, people living
in low income housing, adults
with developmental disabilities,
women living HIV/AIDS and
many others.
W rite Around Portland o f
fers w ritin g w o rkshops for
people who might otherwise not
have access to the pow er of
Write Around Portland, the writing because o f incom e, iso
volunteer writing group, releases lation or other barriers.
its 28th anthology, Now/PaslZ
Admission to the reading is
Future, during a public reading, free, but donations of any amount
Wednesday, Dec. 17, from6:30 are accepted to support the work
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the First of the group.
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Network Ignored Stalker Threat
Idol ju d g e w arn ed p ro d u c e rs
(AP) — Paula Abdul says
the Fox network and "Ameri
can Idol" producers knew
Paula Goodspeed had stalked
her, and allowed the woman
to audition for the show any
way.
"I said this girl is a stalker
of mine and please do not let
her in," Abdul said during an
in te rv ie w w ith B a rb a ra
W alters on her Sirius XM
radio show.
Goodspeed was found dead
of an apparent suicide in a car
near Abdul's home last month.
Abdul said "Idol" producers
ignored her p ro tests and
brought Goodspeed on the
show "for e n te rta in m e n t
value."
"It's fun for them to cause
me stress," Abdul said. "This
was something that would
make good television."
At the behest of producers,
Goodspeed appeared on the
show more than once, Abdul
ters" for nearly 18 years and
that she maintained a restrain
ing order against the woman
at times.
The "American Idol" judge
also accused Fox of making
her home address public, al
though she added that
Goodspeed found the place on
herown after an audition: "She
followed me home with her
mom."
Paula Abdul
When Walters asked why
Abdul remains on a show that
said.
Abdul, 46, said Goodspeed put her in peril, Abdul replied:
had written her "disturbing let- "I'm under contract."
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