$599 for an Exotic Car Tour from Club Sportiva

For $599, today’s deal gets you an Exotic Car Tour from Club Sportiva (a $995 value). Much like the actors selected to play James Bond, drivers must be at least 25 years old and provide a valid license, insurance, and sign a waiver. The Exotic Car Tour indulges auto aficionados with a day of high-performance joy riding.

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$599 for an Exotic Car Tour from Club Sportiva

Noted Acting Instructor Announces New Workshops

California News from PR.com — Mon Jan 24 08:00:00 UTC 2011 Costa Mesa, CA, January 24, 2011 –(PR.com)– Robert Michael Conrad, noted acting instructor has today announced two new, extensive workshops for actors, writers and public speakers. According to Conrad, “Working for the Camera” and “Cold Reading” enro… about: acting instructor actor Battlestar Galactica Bob Cable TV co-producer Dawna Lee Heising Entertainment_Culture John Cox Los Angeles Orange Pam Pahnke Paramount Studios producer producer , actor and director professor Reading Richard Hatch Robert Michael Conrad Screen Actors Guild The Streets of San Francisco Tim Russ Tim Russ Tim Russ University of California at: Paramount Studios New World Directors Guild of America Brave New World

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$10 for Two Tickets to Improv Comedy Show at Pan Theater ($24 Value)

Improv comedy was born when a procrastinating Shakespeare forced his actors to wing the last two acts of the original production of King Lear , with hilarious results.

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79 famous people born january 7 (actors)

200 famous people born january 7

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1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
1528 – Jeanne d’Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV
1539 – Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer
1611 – James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)
1612 – Paul de La Pierre, composer
1634 – Adam Krieger, German composer
1647 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
1652 – Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian
1653 – Bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
1685 – Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company
1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)
1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
1710 – Josef Antonin Sehling, composer
1718 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
1786 – John Catron, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1865)
1796 – Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
1799 – Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1800 – Millard Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53)
1808 – Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1816 – Stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1821 – Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891
1822 – Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe)
1822 – Theodor Aufrecht, German indologist (Rigveda’s Hymns)
1824 – James Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1827 – Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
1830 – (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 – Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter (US landscapes)
1832 – James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. 1874)
1842 – Johan Lindegren, composer
1844 – Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary
1845 – Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18)
1845 – Paul Deusen, German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
1853 – Nikolai Arkas, composer
1858 – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922)
1860 – Emanuil Mandlov, composer
1868 – Abraham M “Mark” Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist
1870 – Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)
1871 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)
1875 – Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)
1875 – Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
1876 – William Yeates Hurlstone, composer
1877 – Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)
1879 – St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary
1883 – Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II)
1890 – Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)
1890 – Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912)
1891 – Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)
1892 – Rudolf Moser, composer
1894 – Jose Rozo Contreras, composer
1895 – Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist
1895 – Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
1895 – Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of QANTAS (d. 1974)
1896 – Arnold Ridley, Bath England, actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train)
1898 – Art Baker, NYC, TV host (You Asked For It)
1898 – Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer
1898 – Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941)
1899 – Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)
1899 – Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)
1900 – John Brownlee, Australian tenor (d. 1969)
1903 – Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman)
1903 – Albrecht Haushofer, writer
1903 – Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer
1903 – Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, composer
1905 – Francis Taylor, builder
1907 – Nicanor Zabaleta, San Sebastian, Spain, harpist
1908 – Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)
1910 – Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
1910 – Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
1910 – Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet (d. 1984)
1910 – Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
1911 – Merv Waite, cricketer (S Australian all-rounder)
1912 – Charles Addams, cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family)
1912 – Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. 2002)
1913 – Francis De Wolff, England, actor (From Russia With Love)
1913 – Shirley Ross, Omaha NE, actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm)
1913 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1915 – Herman Musaph, Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH)
1916 – Gerrit Schulte, [Le Fou Pedalant], Dutch 6 day bicyclist
1916 – Paul Keres, USSR, chess grandmaster (1950)
1917 – Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer
1918 – Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)
1918 – Colin Snedden, cricketer (Test NZ v England 1947, 0-46, did not bat)
1920 – Albert Meltzer, anarchist
1920 – Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
1920 – Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist
1921 – John Lanigan, tenor
1922 – Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flautist
1922 – Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor (All in the Family, LA Law)
1923 – Charles Russell Woolen, composer
1923 – Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. 2003)
1924 – Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
1924 – Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. 1966)
1925 – Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird)
1928 – Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India)
1928 – William Peter Blatty, NYC, author/director (The Exorcist)
1929 – Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
1929 – Kenneth Henry, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 – Terry Moore, [Helen Luella Koford], LA Cal, actress (Little Sheba)
1931 – Mack Mattingly, (Sen-R-GA, 1981-86)
1932 – Joe Berinson, Australian politician
1933 – Elliot Kastner, NYC, producer (Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes)
1934 – Charles Lamont Jenkins, NYC, 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
1934 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. 2002)
1935 – Noam Sheriff, composer
1935 – Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, 19, 36/35)
1935 – Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006)
1935 – Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006)
1936 – Eldee Young, US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy)
1936 – Ben Cropp, Australian shark hunter and photographer
1938 – Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer (Jan Rao en z’n Maat)
1938 – Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
1939 – David Buchan, ethno-musicologist
1939 – Tom Kierman, British(?) rugby player
1939 – Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
1940 – William Elgin Swinton, child psychiatrist
1941 – Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist
1941 – Frederick Drew Gregory, Wash DC, Col USAF/astro (STS 51-B, 33, 44)
1941 – Robert Hicks, rocker (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
1941 – Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Paul Revere, rock keyoardist (Good Thing)
1942 – Vasili Alexeyev, USSR, weightlifer (Olympic-gold-72, 76)
1942 – Vasily Alexeev, Russian weightlifter
1943 – Jim Lefebvre, Hawthorne Calif, baseball manager (Seattle Mariners)
1943 – Leona Williams, singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues)
1943 – Nicholas Warner, test Pilot
1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955)
1943 – Sir Richard Armstrong, British conductor
1944 – Ad [GB] Nijhuis, Dutch MP (VVD)
1944 – Mike McGear, Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney’s brother)
1944 – Arne Scheie, Norwegian sports commentator
1944 – Tony Whitlam, Australian judge
1945 – Tony Conigliaro, Mass, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
1945 – Dick Marty, Swiss politician
1945 – Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
1946 – Andy Brown, rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham)
1946 – Jann S Wenner, publisher (Rolling Stone)
1947 – David Porcelijn, Dutch composer/conductor
1947 – Shobha De, Indian writer
1948 – Kaz Lux, Poland/Netherland, singer
1948 – Kenny Loggins, Everett WA, singer (& Messina-This is it, Footloose)
1949 – John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)
1949 – Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg SC, country singer
1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress
1950 – Erin Gray, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers)
1950 – Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
1950 – Johnny Lever, Indian actor
1951 – Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27)
1951 – Mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host
1952 – Giuliano Ferrara
1953 – Agha Zahid, cricketer (open batting for Pak v WI 1975, scored 14 & 1)
1953 – Earl Wilber Force “Wire” Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
1954 – Alan Butcher, cricketer (one Test England v India, scored 14 & 20)
1955 – Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)
1956 – Robin Walton, Boise ID, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-15th)
1956 – Rosalyn Bryant, Chic Ill, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1976)
1956 – Trudie Styler, England, wife of Sting/sponsor (Rainforest Concert)
1957 – Katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today)
1957 – Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)
1957 – Nicholson Baker, American novelist
1957 – Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer
1957 – Reena Roy, Indian actress
1958 – Donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart’s lover
1958 – Peter R Mokaba, president (South African Youth Congress)
1959 – Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go’s-We Got the Beat)
1960 – David Marciano, Newark NJ, actor (Det Ray Vecchio-Due South)
1960 – Tierre Turner, Detroit Mich, actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop & the Kid)
1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician
1961 – Andrew Thomson, Australian politician
1961 – Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
1961 – John Thune, American politician
1962 – Hallie Todd, actress (Check is in the Mail)
1962 – Jeff Montgomery, Wellston OH, pitcher (KC Royals)
1962 – Aleksandr Dugin, Russian politician
1963 – Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder (San Diego Padres)
1963 – Clint Mansell, English musician and composer
1964 – Francisco Maciel, Mexico, tennis star
1964 – Nicolas Cage, [Coppola], actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon)
1965 – Mark Rushmere, cricketer (S Afr opening bat in comeback Test 1992)
1966 – Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr
1966 – Jennifer Luff, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1966 – Randy Burridge, Fort Erie, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1966 – Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer
1967 – Guy Hebert, Troy, NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 98)
1967 – Scott Galbraith, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys)
1967 – Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster
1968 – Michael Rosati, hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
1968 – Nathaniel Bolton, WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 – Chris Hatcher, US baseball outfielder (Houston Astros)
1969 – Doug E Doug, actor (Cosby)
1969 – Erric Pegram, NFL running back (Pit Steelers, NY Giants, SD Chargers)
1969 – Todd Kinchen, NFL wide receiver (St Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons)
1969 – David Yost, American actor
1970 – Darryl Williams, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks, Cin Bengals)
1970 – Frank “Cliff” Mannon, Amarillo TX, team handball (Olympics-1996)
1970 – Paul McCallum, CFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Claymores, Sask Roughriders)
1970 – Todd Day, NBA guard/forward (Boston Celtics)

200 famous people born january 7

Play review: Spiritual drama played in North Berkeley by Actors Ensemble–rewarding production, by Peter Menkin

The problems of living in community were dramatized for this rewarding play, “As it is in Heaven” from Actors Ensemble of Berkeley. On a cool night Linda and I visited the comfortable theatre that is part of a recreational center, getting there via directions by MapQuest that led us directly to the foot of the location we wanted to be: Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley, CA USA.

Known better as Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, and well said since the all woman cast of this “Spiritual Drama” was polished and practiced, that their rehearsal and study paid off shown well in the performance we attended on a Saturday night.

The able and even dramatically imaginary directing by Jeremy Cole in his last production of the 2009 season played so well that without nary a hitch the dance and singing, the dialogue and drama moved ahead and movingly in a coreographed series of conversation, angel sightings, character dialogue of a revealing kind on the backgrounds of these dedicated Shaker women. The women were afterall both entertainingly and skillfully played as their 19th Century simplicity of lifestyle and faith in God in Christ at their Kentucky village in Pleasant Hill.

Written with obvious compassion and feeling by playwright Arlene Hutton, this sometime comic and amusing portrayal is a two-act pleasure. As we expected, the evening was a good one as both Linda and I became involved in the lives of these devout and dedicated women of special character and conviction. The musical singing was soothing, melodic enough without being harmonic (appropriately so for Shakers, we learned), and all in all the event was worth the 50 minute drive from where I live in Mill Valley, CA (north of San Francisco).

The North Berkeley location is well lit, and the man behind the ticket counter amusing as he took our money or did the will-call ticket check-in with a little story or a few words to each patron in line. An hospitable experience by the young man who wore a fashionable hat while keeping the line going.

The theatre house blurb notes of the play: “Based on actual events from the Era of Manifestations in the late 1830′s, “AIIIH” interprets a time when reports came to light of young Shaker girls experiencing unusual trancelike activities, communication with angels, and descriptive journeys to heavenly places.”

Let me note that the Deacon was well played and with a fierceness that was convincing and effective. The elder of the Shaker village women showed her steadfast willingness to keep the community stable and long lasting, though required to make tough decisions about the lives of her flock. An admirable and mature performance by the actress was obvious. In fact, the entire range of performance was mature in outlook and rendering, no small feat given the various emotions and situations of a living kind the women practiced in their work of getting along, living together in religious community.

In conclusion, let the playgoer know that this ensemble play acting will entice and even bring joy with some edification to the fortunate theatre goer who takes the extra measure of checking out Actors Ensemble of Berkeley’s very good production of “As It is in Heaven.” Certainly, this is a theatre that gives value for the price of admission judging by this show, the first Linda and I have attended.