High School Musical

Dying to know who got cast in High School Musical? Check out the Summer Stage myspace at http://www.myspace.com/summerstagejackson.

Citizen Patriot reporter Mary Barber dies

Mary Barber, 49, the Citizen Patriot reporter who has been writing about her surgery to have a tumor removed from near her brain, died Monday afternoon at University of Michigan Hospital.

She suffered three seizures, the last of which led to a heart attack, her doctor said."

"It's a terrible and freaky thing," University of Michigan ear surgeon Dr. H. Alexander Arts said late Monday evening."

Her surgery went really well and, in fact, she did exceptionally well. I was talking to her at lunch about going home (today). There was absolutely no indication this would happen," he said.

By Monetta L. Harrmharr@citpat.com -- 768-4972

Jackson District Library offers Theatre Treasures!

All you need is your library card to view Theatre in Video's more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all. This release contains 60 titles, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. Included are landmark performances such as The Iceman Cometh, Hamlet, Othello, Awake and Sing, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Playboy of the Western World, and others. Notable actors include Gene Wilder, Laurence Olivier, Richard Dreyfuss, Walter Matthau, Meryl Streep, and more. For the first time, students, instructors and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging, and these landmark performances can become a permanent part of the curriculum.

Go to http://www.jackson.lib.mi.us/ and click on 'eJDL' under 'Navigation' on the left side of the page. Then scroll down to 'Theatre in Video!' You have to have your library card and pin number. If you need to get a library card, click here.

Summer Classes for Kids & Teens

Express Yourself! June 25 - 29 for kids entering 3rd - 6th grades
Instructors Kurt Snyder from Center Stage Jackson and Jenny Carl from the Jackson School for the Arts teach this class 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Monday through Friday. Museum members pay $120 and non-members $145.

Actor's Studio presented by Center Stage Jackson begins June 26th at 6:30 PM
An organizational meeting will get your ready for a 6 week session in which you will learn all about acting and auditioning for teens (middle and high school).

Visit the Ella Sharp Museum website for more information or call 517-787-2320.