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The Mainstage Center for the Arts Ukulele Meetup First Sunday of Each Month (this) Sunday, Dec 2 2018 1 pm - 4 pm.  Spend the whole time, or a Portion of the Time Mainstage Center for the Arts 27 So. Black Horse Pike (next to Gloucester Twp Library) Blackwood, NJ 08012 Do you play the ukulele? Would you like to play the ukulele? Do you own a ukulele? Would you like to borrow a ukulele? If your answer is "YES" to any of these questions, then please consider joining us for our ukulele meetups and spend some time sharing good company, music, and fun, and it is all for FREE! Ukulele people are the friendliest in the world and we would love to share our love for the ukulele with you. Even if you never played before, we will loan you a ukulele and show you how to begin. You will be playing songs in 30 minutes or less. PLAY UKES & SING  the world's GREAT SONGS with us ALL SKILL LEVELS Welcome:  From beginner to intermediate and those with expertise

How To Pack With Today’s New Bag Fees on Hawaiian NOVEMBER 13, 2018  by  BEAT OF HAWAII   19 COMMENTS Airline fees are annoying and even though we can pay them, we simply don’t want to. And it comes as no surprise that they are on the increase again today, this time from bellwether  Hawaiian Airlines . Effective for trans-Pacific flights booked on or after November 13, 2018, Hawaiian Air will be charging $30 for the first checked bag and $40 for the second checked bag. That’s an increase of $5 for each bag. Inter-island fees remain unchanged. What have you been doing about bag fees, if anything?  We’ve been rethinking what to pack when traveling to and from Hawaii, in part to reduce bag fees. For one thing, we just bought  new carry-on’s  that really help (see tips and tricks below). These fees are across all airlines with the lone exception of soon to be arriving  Southwest Hawaii flights . It seems harder to avoid them when coming to Hawaii given the average

Mainstage Center for the Arts is excited to announce   Chicago: High School Edition    November 16th and 17th. In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal. Changes made to the High School Edition -  Removal of adult language and overly sexual references. Reserved -  $18.00   Seniors / Students 18 & Under -  $15.00 Tickets: mainstage.org

Grace Szczepkowski in rehearsal with CHICAGO cast The long-running hit musical  Chicago   (High School Edition)  will be presented by Mainstage Center for the Arts at the Dennis Flyer Theatre on the Blackwood campus of Camden County College on November 16 and 17.  Chicago  has been presented on Broadway for over 9,107 performances since the revival opened in 1996, and won six Tony awards, including  Best Revival of a Musical . The original production, directed and choreographed by the legendary Bob Fosse, opened in June of 1975 and was nominated for nine Tony awards. Billed as “a musical vaudeville,”   Chicago  is based on a play by the same name written in 1926 by Maurine Dallas Watkins. It tells the story of Roxie Hart, who finds herself on Murderer’s Row in the Cook County Jail after shooting her lover. Smooth-talking attorney Billy Flynn agrees to take on Roxie’s case and manipulates the Chicago press to make Roxie a celebrity. Roxie has a rival for the media’s attentio

The Mainstage Center for the Arts Ukulele Meetup First Sunday of Each Month (next) Sunday, Nov 4, 2018 1 pm - 4 pm.  Spend the whole time, or a Portion of the Time Mainstage Center for the Arts 27 So. Black Horse Pike (next to Gloucester Twp Library) Blackwood, NJ 08012 Do you play the ukulele? Would you like to play the ukulele? Do you own a ukulele? Would you like to borrow a ukulele? If your answer is "YES" to any of these questions, then please consider joining us for our ukulele meetups and spend some time sharing good company, music, and fun, and it is all for FREE! Ukulele people are the friendliest in the world and we would love to share our love for the ukulele with you. Even if you never played before, we will loan you a ukulele and show you how to begin. You will be playing songs in 30 minutes or less. PLAY UKES & SING  the world's GREAT SONGS with us ALL SKILL LEVELS Welcome:  From beginner to intermediate and those with expertis

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Mainstage Center for the Arts Ukulele Meetup Returns Sunday, November 4 1 pm - 4 pm.  Spend the whole time, or a portion of the time. Do you play the ukulele? Would you like to play the ukulele? Do you own a ukulele? Would you like to borrow an ukule? If your answer is "YES" to any of these questions, then please consider joining the ukulele meetup and spending some time sharing good company, music, and fun, and it is all for FREE! All skill levels welcome.  Click here for more information.

Deception, Greed, Murder, Entertainment,  and ‘All that Jazz’  CHICAGO"s (High School Edition) Got it all!   The cast is loving every minute of rehearsals and can’t wait to put on a show for Mainstage Center for the Arts audiences. Here’s what some cast members are saying: “Roxie Hart is such a fascinating individual to explore and become. She is the perfect paradox between sweet and sultry; and will stop at nothing to get what she wants,” said Bella Nigrete (Roxie Hart).    “This is the most welcoming and friendly directing staff I’ve ever worked with. I feel so fortunate to be part of this production. Velma has always been a dream role of mine,” said Cassie Matteo (Velma). “One thing that is unique to this production here at Mainstage is that I get to perform along with kids I direct in the summer. I respect them as young actors and I’m really looking forward to sharing this fun experience with them,” said Anthony Magnotta (Billy Flynn). Come to see this fabulous

Happy Halloween! Our studio  classes   at Mainstage Center for the Arts  are off tonight. We wish everyone a safe and happy time trick-or-treating!  The photos above show folks, and dogs, in the spirit of the season at the 27th Annual Blackwood Pumpkin Festival presented by Mainstage earlier this month. Photo credit: Christy Enright

Meet the cast:  CHICAGO (High School Edition) Isabella “Bella” Negrete – Roxie Hart Bella is thrilled to be making her Mainstage debut as Roxie Hart. Originally from the Bay Area in California, Isabella is currently a freshman pursuing her BFA in musical theatre at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is also a former student of the youth program at the American Conservatory Theater i n San Francisco. Past credits include: Hope Harcourt (Anything Goes), Alice ( You Can’t Take It With You ), and Lucy (Chronicles of Narnia). Many thanks to Grace, Francine, and Jill for making this show come to life! Of portraying Roxie, Isabella said, "Roxie Hart is such a fascinating individual to explore and become. She is the perfect paradox between sweet and sultry; and will stop at nothing to get what she wants." CHICAGO (High School Edition) runs November 16, 7 p.m. and 17, 2 & 7 p.m. Tickets available at  mainstage.org  or (855) 936-2467, ext 3. This edition is mad

The Mainstage Center for the Arts Ukulele Meetup First Sunday of Each Month (next) Sunday, Nov 4, 2018 1 pm - 4 pm.  Spend the whole time, or a Portion of the Time Mainstage Center for the Arts 27 So. Black Horse Pike (next to Gloucester Twp Library) Blackwood, NJ 08012 Do you play the ukulele? Would you like to play the ukulele? Do you own a ukulele? Would you like to borrow a ukulele? If your answer is "YES" to any of these questions, then please consider joining us for our ukulele meetups and spend some time sharing good company, music, and fun, and it is all for FREE! Ukulele people are the friendliest in the world and we would love to share our love for the ukulele with you. Even if you never played before, we will loan you a ukulele and show you how to begin. You will be playing songs in 30 minutes or less. PLAY UKES & SING  the world's GREAT SONGS with us ALL SKILL LEVELS Welcome:  From beginner to intermediate and those with expertis

Co-director and Co-choreographer Francine Odri with the Scoop on Bringing the Iconic  CHICAGO  (High School Edition)  to Mainstage Since opening on Broadway in 1996, the  Chicago  revival has run for over 9,110 performances and won six Tony awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. The original production, directed and choreographed by the legendary Bob Fosse, opened in June of 1975 and was nominated for nine Tony awards. Now that it’s coming to  Mainstage Center for the Arts , Francine Odri filled us in a little about what audiences can expect. "Grace Szczepkowski and I are so excited to finally direct and choreograph  Chicago   at Mainstage! We have loved creating the complex, show-stopping dance numbers and working with our talented cast. It is fitting that this female-centered show also has a predominantly female creative team. In addition to Grace and I, there’s  Jillian Clark as musical director, Meghan Kennedy as stage manager, and Kaitlyn Fanelli as assistant s