❤️ Arts Theatre ☘️

"The Arts Theatre is a theatre in Great Newport Street, in Westminster, Central London. History It opened on 20 April 1927 as a members-only club for the performance of unlicensed plays, thus avoiding theatre censorship by the Lord Chamberlain's office. It was one of a small number of committed, independent theatre companies, including the Hampstead Everyman, the Gate Theatre Studio and the Q Theatre, which took risks by producing a diverse range of new and experimental plays, or plays that were thought to be commercially non-viable on the West End. The theatrical producer Norman Marshall referred to these as 'The Other Theatre' in his 1947 book of the same name. Arts Theatre in 2011 The theatre opened with a revue by Herbert Farjeon entitled Picnic, produced by Harold Scott and with music by Beverley Nichols. Its first important production was Young Woodley by John Van Druten, staged in 1928, which later transferred to the Savoy Theatre when the Lord Chamberlain's ban was lifted. In 1938, a four-week revival of the Stokes brothers' Oscar Wilde, starring Francis L. Sullivan and produced by Ronald Adam, opened on 25 October. This coincided with a Broadway production of the play. In 1942, Alec Clunes and John Hanau took over the running of the theatre and for ten years produced a wide range of plays, winning a reputation as a 'pocket national theatre'. In 1946, Clunes teamed with author Peter Elstob to raise £20,000, which eventually put the theatre on a sound financial footing. Ronnie Barker made his West End début at the production of Mourning Becomes Electra at the Arts Theatre in 1955 which was directed by Sir Peter Hall, with whom Barker had worked at the Oxford Playhouse. Barker remained a West End actor for some years, appearing in numerous plays between 1955 and 1968. These included two performances each night as he played a gypsy in Listen to the Wind at the Arts Theatre in 1955. In August 1955, aged 24, Hall directed the English-language premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the theatre. This was an important turning point in modern theatre for Britain. Subsequently, from 1956 to 1959, Hall ran the Arts Theatre. According to Who's Who in the Theatre (14th and 15th editions), between April 1962 and January 1967 the Arts Theatre was known as the New Arts Theatre. From 1967 to 1999 the Arts also became a home for the Unicorn children's theatre, under the direction of its founder Caryl Jenner who took over the lease. Meanwhile, adult performances continued in the evening, including Tom Stoppard's satirical double-bill Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land which, opening in June 1976, ran for four years at the Arts. The theatre's lease was taken over by a consortium of UK and US producers in 2000 for a five-year period, and it was relaunched as a West End theatre with the anniversary production of Julian Mitchell's play Another Country, directed by Stephen Henry. Notable productions during this time included Closer to Heaven, the Jonathan Harvey/Pet Shop Boys musical, and The Vagina Monologues. In 2011, the theatre was taken over by JJ Goodman and led by Artistic Director Mig Kimpton under the business management of Louis Hartshorn. The Arts now operates as the West End's smallest commercial receiving house, seating a maximum of 350 in a two-tier basement auditorium.New Management for London's Arts Theatre In 2014, Louis Hartshorn took over from Mig Kimpton as Executive Director and alongside long standing business partner Brian Hook as Producer. Expanding over an additional floor the Arts Theatre now houses two rehearsal rooms and a 60-capacity studio theatre 'Above the Arts'. Productions * South – 1955 * The Children's Hour – 1955 *Templeton \- 1958 * In White America – 1964 * Elegies – 7–14 November 2004 * A Guide to Sexual Misery – Jan to Apr 2011 * Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie – Jan to Apr 2011 * Eve Ferret Sings – Mar 2011 * David Wood's Storytime – April 2011 * Face to Face at the Arts (series) (with Stephen Mangan) – May 2011 * Bette and Joan – May to Jun 2011 * Eve Ferret Sings Again – Jun 2011 * Seussical (with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens) – Dec 2012 * The Tailor Made Man (with Faye Tozer, Mike McShane and Dylan Turner) – Feb to Apr 2013 * Seussical (with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens) – Nov 2013 * Ghost Stories – February 2014 to March 2015 * Bad Jews March to June 2015 * Annie JR August 2015 * USHERS: The Front of House Musical October to November 2015 * The Blues Brothers: Xmas Special November 2015 to January 2016 * All That Fall – April to May 2016 * A View from Islington North – May to July 2016 * American Idiot July to November 2015, July to September 2016 * Murder Ballad – September to December 2016 * A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow – December 2016 to January 2018 * Toyer * Saturday Night * Shout! * The Show Girls * F**king Men * Hotel Follies * Catwalk Confidential * Cymbeline * A Christmas Carol * Daisy Pulls It Off * Nunsense A-Men * Naked Boys Singing * A Man of No Importance * Party * Oddsocks Present Romeo and Juliet * Shirley Jones * Wet Weather Cover * The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) * Lillies on the Land * The Music of the Blues Brothers – A Tribute * Park Avenue Cat * Milked * Six * Oh My Goddess! * The Female Edit * The Wipers Times * The Toxic Avenger References ;Citations ;Sources External links Arts Theatre Programmes * The Arts Theatre and Unicorn Theatre Archive is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Department. West End theatres Theatres in the City of Westminster "

❤️ Goatskin (material) ☘️

"Finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame Goatskin refers to the skin of a goat, which by long term usage, is denoted by the term Morocco leather. Kidskin, used for gloves, shoes and other accessories, is traditionally goatskin, although other leathers such as sheep and kangaroo can be used to make kid. Tanned leather from goatskin is considered extremely durable and is commonly used to make rugs (for example in Indonesia) and carpet binding. It is often used for gloves, boots, and other products that require a soft hide. Kid gloves, popular in Victorian times, are still made today. It has been a major material for leather bookbindings for centuries, and the oldest European binding, that of the St Cuthbert Gospel in the British Library is in red goatskin. Goatskin is used for a traditional Spanish container for wine bota bag (or called goatskin). Traditional kefir was made in bags from goatskin. Non tanned goatskin is used for parchment or for drumheads or sounding boards of some musical instruments, e.g., mišnice in medieval Europe, bodhrán in Ireland, esraj in India and for instrumental drum skin named bedug in Indonesia. In Roman mythology priests of god Lupercalia wore goatskins. A breed of goat that provides high-quality skin is for example the Black Bengal breed, native to Bangladesh. In 1974, there was controversy in the United States surrounding goatskin products originating in Haiti. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control discovered that some of these products contained deadly anthrax spores. All Haitian goatskin products in the USA were recalled, although no fatalities were reported. Gallery Image:Jagdpaletots Ziege und Seehund.jpgGoatskin and sealskin jacket (1902) Image:Guerba.jpgWater reservoir in Algeria Image:Mauritanian_bota_bag.jpgWater reservoir in Mauritania Image:Kid_skin.jpgKid skins Image:Handbuch_Hanicke100.jpgCut for a goatskin 'coachman collar' (1895) See also *Goatskin-producing goat breeds *Mashk References Hides Goats "

❤️ Smoketown, Louisville ☘️

"Smoketown is a neighborhood one mile (1.6 km) southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Smoketown has been a historically black neighborhood since the Civil War. It is the only neighborhood in the city that has had such a continuous presence. Smoketown is bounded by Broadway, CSX railroad tracks, Kentucky Street, and I-65. History The neighborhood's name apparently comes from the large number of (smoke-producing) kilns in the area during its early brick-making days. An 1823 newspaper advertises a brickyard in the area as part of the farm and residence of "the late Mark Lampton", after whom Lampton Street is probably named. 9 of 20 brickyards in the city had Smoketown addresses according to an 1871 Caron's directory,http://library.louisville.edu/archives/city-directory although none remained by 1880, as apparently the supply of clay from under the neighborhood had run out. The abandoned, water-filled clay pits may have given rise to the name "Frogtown" for the neighborhood, which appeared in print in 1880. Some residential development by whites of German ancestry began in the 1850s, but due to the arrival of thousands of freed slaves who moved there from various parts of rural Kentucky after the Civil War, it was solidly African American by 1870. A streetcar line was extended down Preston Street to Kentucky in 1865, spurring growth. With its shotgun houses and narrow streets, Smoketown was a densely populated area with a population of over 15,000 by 1880. African American property ownership was rare, with most living in properties rented from whites. By the 1960s the area had high crime and unemployment rates, causing massive population loss. Many of the old shotgun houses have been razed and housing projects built in their place. Since the 1950s, Smoketown has been massively depopulated. As of 2000, the population of Smoketown was 2,116, a decrease of over 38% from 1990. Revitalization In May 2011, Louisville received a $22 million federal Hope VI award that will allow the demolition of the deteriorating Sheppard Square housing project, replacing it with new, mixed-income housing. In Mayor Fischer's Budget Address of May 26, 2011, he said: > You all heard the exciting news this week about Sheppard Square. The project > will have a value of $157 million over the next decade. Our budget includes > $1.6 million to help integrate that new development into the surrounding > neighborhood. That will not only make the area a better place to live, but > will set the table for the private businesses that settle into any healthy > neighborhood. On July 12, 2012, Construction of nine new homes has recently begun near the site of the former Sheppard Square housing development. The nine homes consist of eight in the 500 block of East Breckinridge and one on South Shelby Street. On December 10, 2012, construction began between Hancock, Jacob, Finzer and Jackson Streets, on a $100 million redevelopment of a new, and revitalized mixed-income Sheppard Square housing neighborhood, with a completion date of December 2015. Demographics As of 2000, the population of Smoketown was 2,232, of which 13.1% is white, 81.2% is black, 1.8% is listed as other, and 3.8% is Hispanic. College graduates make up 6.0% of the population, and people without a high school degree make up 42.7%. Females outnumber males 53.4% to 46.6%. Notable locations * Albert E. Meyzeek Middle School is located in the neighborhood at 828 S Jackson St. * Bates Memorial Missionary Baptist Church is located in Smoketown at 620 E Lampton St. * The Presbyterian Community Center at 701 S Hancock St. was a feature of the Smoketown neighborhood for over 115 years when it closed in 2013.http://www.wdrb.com/story/24086873/presbyterian-community-center-to- close-for-good In 2015, Jefferson County Public Schools took over the building to offer Early Head Start programming and renamed the center the Ernest 'Camp' Edwards Education Complex. References External links *Nine New Homes in Smoketown Receive National Green Certification—Louisville.gov April 26, 2013 *Construction Begins on the New Sheppard Square Redevelopment – Louisville.gov December 10, 2012 *New Housing Under Construction Near Sheppard Square Redevelopment—Louisville.gov July 16, 2012 *Yarmuth, Fischer Announce $22 Revitalization Effort in Smoketown—Louisville.gov May 23, 2011 *Proposal For Smoketown And Beyond -- September 2009 *"'Smoketown': Out of sight, out of mind" (Neighborhood Introduction) by Patricia D. McClendon, MSSW - Paper on Smoketown *"Smoketown" (Neighborhood Analysis) by Patricia D. McClendon, MSSW - Paper on Smoketown *"Smoketown" (Organizational Change Strategy) by Patricia D. McClendon, MSSW - Paper on Smoketown * Images of Smoketown Jackson (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Populated places established in the 1850s 1850s establishments in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky "