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Being a first time thespian can be nerve wracking. But you don't need for luck to be a lady on the stage when you've been practicing for four months. Tomorrow night the curtain opens on the first performance of Indian...

Dress rehearsals are done. Stomachs are filled with butterflies. And soon enough, the curtain will come up. SM East's theater department will debut its 2012 musical tonight. Bye, Bye Birdie, starring Andrew Beasley as Albert Peterson, Lily Kaufmann as Rose...

The Village Merchants are getting revved up for the annual Prairie Village Art Show, which kicks off Friday night and has attracted artists from around the country. "The show has gotten a good reputation," said organizer Donna Potts. "And since...

Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme. Performed by students as old as 14. Indian Hills Middle School opens its three-day staging of Beauty and the Beast tomorrow. The show will run at 7 p.m. Thursday through...

We regret to admit that amid all the election hubbub, the fact that SM East's theatre department is putting on their spring play this weekend escaped us. The theatre crew will put on its third and final performance of "The...

SM East thespians are hard at work on their last week of rehearsals for the winter musical, Beauty and the Beast, before it makes its debut this Thursday. With Jack Dee in the roll of the beast and Emily Welter...

If you haven't swung by the Village Shops or Corinth Square for the annual sidewalk sale yet, today would be a good day to do it. Because the deal-fest will be over at sundown. Bummer.

Meadowbrook Country Club, whose declining membership and related financial troubles have left the club's future uncertain, announced this week that is was canceling its annual Fourth of July fireworks display. The show had been a Prairie Village tradition for...

Do you love Prairie Village? Do you love the Fourth of July? Well, then have we got an opportunity for you! Prairie Village is still looking for a few volunteers to help out at the 14th annual VillageFest celebration, to...

It's hot out. Really, really hot out. But that isn't stopping the merchants at Corinth and the Village Shops from putting on their annual Sidewalk Sale. Donna Potts of the Village Merchants Association said that approximately 20 shops will be...

A progressive "brown bag" wine tasting at the shops along Tomahawk Rd. kept attendees to June's 3rd Thursdays event at The Village Shops in good spirits. Patrons sampled mystery wines at seven stores, and then tried to guess which...

June: You're going by too quickly. But that's okay, because it means we're almost to the third Thursday of the month. And that means an evening of fun at the Village Shops is nearly upon us. Tomorrow's event will feature a...