FENCES - Lesser Oceans Set @ Strummer #39;s - Fresno, CA
Fences (Seattle, WA) October 23, 2014 Strummer #39;s, Fresno, CA Lesser Oceans coming out January 13, 2015 on Elektra Records. http://www.fencesmusic.com/ Came in halfway through Songs About ...
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Interview A Evain Fences
Fences 2014 : 3me soire.
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Minecraft Diversity with Pause - EP10 - Ugh... Fences
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One might wonder if playwright August Wilsons Fences written in the 1980s and set primarily in the America of the 1950s is still relevant. One neednt wonder for long, however; it is, and it still packs an emotional punch as well.
One of 10 plays that together form Wilsons Pittsburgh Cycle (or, more alliteratively, his Century Cycle), Fences has as its focus the lives of the Maxsons, a working-class African-American family dealing with a country in transition.
The issue of race looms large, as do the changing roles of the different members of the household. Segregation is addressed directly, as the characters discuss the preferential treatment given to whites in areas as disparate as professional baseball and employee work assignments in the local sanitation department. Gender relations and family dynamics are also explored. But as central to the plays success as the overarching societal commentary are the more personal conflicts that fill the stage and inform the mostly excellent performances of the cast members.
Henry Clay Middleton deftly handles the lead role, patriarch Troy, with gravity and forcefulness. Even in his first scene when he's joking with longtime friend Bono (a confidently likable Jay DeVon Johnson) after clocking out on payday, Middleton has an underlying intensity that is never fully absent. As the audience watches Troy gradually reveal himself to be much deeper, and more troubled, than the opening scene would initially suggest, it becomes clear Fences is a story about someone whos haunted by choices hes made in the past, and struggling among the inequalities of mid-century America and the mistakes he continues to make as he ages. Central to his internal conflict, too, is the sense that he recognizes his faults, but is prevented by his pride from acknowledging them to those closest to him. Middletons performance is riveting.
As his wife, Rose, Teresa Wallace holds her own. The two mostly flirt and bicker with one another in the first act, and there is an easy rapport between the two. Wallace does a wonderful job of hinting at the lack of fulfillment that plagues her in her role as the dutiful wife. As the second act develops and she is comes into explicit conflict with Troy, nuance is mostly jettisoned in favor of icy condemnation and resentment. When she goes toe-to-toe with Troy, the confrontation is powerful and effective.
While the older cast members are all very impressive, the younger actors deliver performances that are a bit more uneven. Maurice J. McPherson as Lyons, Troys eldest son from an earlier life, is charming enough for the majority of the play, but misses a few opportunities to flesh the character out. Robert J. Townsend as Cory, Troy and Roses teenaged son, is initially unconvincing but does an admirable job of confronting Middleton in the later scenes. He ultimately shows a lot of promise.
The set design is effective, crisp, and unfussy it consists of only a single location, the Maxsons' front yard, where the titular fence, which reflects the familys modest aspirations of stability, is slowly being constructed. The sound and lighting design are minimal, but could stand to be tightened up a bit as a phone kept ringing once it had been answered, and lights went up early one time before a quick adjustment was made. The costumes are generally appropriate to the period, although a few items were clearly more contemporary and some of them were a poor fit. But this is probably due as much to budgetary limitations as anything else.
Ultimately, Fences is successful primarily because of the powerful lead acting and strong source material.Race identity, equality of opportunity, gender relations, kids pushing back against their parents values though the specifics may have changed, these issues are, and will most likely continue to be, important ones for countless Americans.
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Frustrating Fences (Diversity #10 ft. VintageBeef)
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Expelled Football Kenya Federation Official Opts To Mend Fences
They say what goes around always comes around and after hitting a dead end, expelled Football Kenya Federation Coast branch chairman Hussein Terry has finally apologized and wants to return...
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Shez Too Impressive (Heidi) Schooling Over 2 #39; and 2 #39;6" Fences
See http://equinenow.com/941476 Heidi jumps 2 #39; bounce, then 2 #39; and 2 #39;6" 2 stride, the bounce again.
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Shez Too Impressive (Heidi) Schooling Over Fences
Heidi jumps the bounce from a trot and from a canter and then canters a two stride.
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Franklin Lakes A lot of talk and no action, at least for now.
The governing body has been discussing deer fences, solar panels and a public smoking ban, but has declined to act due to concern it would do more harm than good.
For months, the council has been on the fence about whether to allow deer fences. Code allows 5-foot fences; deer fences are 8-feet high.
"You can't protect all shrubbery even with a deer fence," Mayor Frank Bivona said at last weeks council meeting.
Some council members said such a fence would only force deer onto neighbors' properties.
Meanwhile, Borough Administrator Gregory Hart said, not a lot of people have been asking to install deer fences.
"Well, I can still see both sides of this," Bivona said. "People put a lot of time and money into gardens and shrubbery and they want to protect it, but what if the fences are ugly? It could be a case of good intentions that go bad."
Table that discussion and onto solar panels.
Solar panels are allowed but anyone who plans to install them has to appear before the Planning Board, an effort that residents complain is costly, Bivona said.
"We've had two or three complaints about this," Hart said.
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INCENTIVE: At this stage, only developers in the central city will be eligible for the rebate for creative fences.
Central city developers who give their construction site fences a wow factor now stand to gain financially.
The city council has agreed to rebate up to 100 per cent of the temporary use of legal road fees it charges developers when their fences encroach on public footpaths and roads if they take steps to improve their appearance by adding art work or other features.
The council initially was only intending to offer a rebate of up to 50 per cent but councillors decided there would be more incentive for developers to tart up their fences if a 100 per cent rebate was on offer.
The move could potentially cost the council around $200,000 a year in lost revenue but the council's chief operating officer Jane Parfitt said the potential benefits outweighed the loss of the income.
Only developers in the central city will be eligible for the rebate at this stage but councillors have asked staff to report back on the implications of applying the rebate to developments throughout the city.
Cr Jamie Gough lead the push to increase the rebate to 100 per cent, saying the council should be doing all it could to make it easier for developers in the city.
If it wanted to encourage developers to ditch their "cheap and dirty fencing'' for fencing that was more visually appealing, it needed to offer a strong incentive.
Cr Yani Johanson said the rebate should also apply to developers outside of the central city as it was important that construction sites throughout Christchurch were made as attractive as possible.
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