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The Hyannispod ofthe Cape &Is- lands Whale Trail can be viewed at 1.35 ScudderAve-Four Pointsby Sheraton HyannisResort 2. 21 West Main St - Melody Tent 3. 749 Main St - Bank of America 4. 435 Main St - Ryan Family Amusements/PalioPizzeria 5. 415 Main St - Grille 16's Court- yard 6. 408 Main St - BritishBeer Com- pany/Puritan Cape Cod 7. 397 Main St - John F.Kennedy Museum 8. 385 MainSt - Post Office 9. 367 Main St - Village Green 10. 307 Main St - TD Banknorth 11.278Main St - Baybridge Build- ing (in mulched area) 12.Corner Park,Ocean and South streets 13. Aselton Park, brick patio at South and Ocean streets 14. Aselton Park, Maritime Mu- seum 15. Bismore Park, Ocean Street docks Thar they blow! By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@bamstablepatriot.com Royston Nash appreci- ates a good performance, whatever the setting. Having announced his departure asmaestro of the Cape Symphony Orchestra after next season, Nash is looking forward to a trip to England. "We try to have a morning in the Old Bailey," he said. "Some of the court cases, it's quite theatrical with the costumes." Nash,who made hisrepu- tation in England as a con- ductor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's Gilbert and Sullivanproductions (is Trial By Jury a favorite?), looks back fondly on a Cape Symphonyperformancethat he considers aturningpoint for the orchestra. "In 1990 or '91," he said, "we performed the Mahler SymphonyNo. 2,the 'Resur- rection.' It's a great work, a longworkwith chorus.If we tackledthat,we wereonthe right road." As the all-volunteer or- chestra he worked with in the 1980s became a profes- sionalorganization,theright road ledfromtheauditorium of Yarmouth'sMattacheese Middle School to the larger confines of the Barnstable HighSchoolPerformingArts Center."That wasthe other turning point," Nash said. "I knew that would give us more opportunitywithroom for the audience and the orchestra and alittle better acoustics." In a press statement , Bob Brimmer, vice chair of the trustees and a former orchestra member, said the growth of the Symphony "hasbeen due,inlargemea- sure,to Royston'spatience, extensive musical knowl- edge, and dedication to and love of this orchestra." Nashsaidhe'sconcentrat- ing on makingnext season, his27th ,asuccessand hasn't settled on what he'lldo after May 4. "I'll always be doing something in music," he said. "I've had a couple few hints about things I might be invited to do." The maestro promises one thing: "I know there will be no diminishing in my enthusiasm and energy for the performances, and I will do my very best to the very last note of the violin concerto." Maestro to leave CSO Arts Foundation grants $27,500 Artists and institutions with Barnstable connections willbe amongthose receiving grants from the Arts Founda- tion of Cape May 30. Recipi- ents include • Cape Cod Community College:$1,000 for an artist-in- residence program withProv- incetown artist Bill Evaul • Cape Cod Writer's Center: $2,000 for "New Plays/New Playwrights • Cotuit Center for the Arts: $1,200 for free Shakespeare acting workshops • Osterville Historical So- ciety: $750 for an enrichment program for the county's 5,h graders The deadlin e to apply f or the fallgrant cycle is Oct. 13. Got to www.artsfoundation. org or call 508-362-0066 for details. • • • Openingday for Tent tix The Tent is up, and of this Sunday the box office is open. Tickets for all shows from Tony Bennett on June 10 to Lewis Black on Sept. 2 will be on sale at the Cape Cod Melody Tent box office on West Main Street starting at noon. Regular hours will be daily from noon to 6 p.m., and through intermission on show nights. Leave your roll of bills at home this year, as concession stands willbe accepting credit cards. ARTSNOTEBOOK CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 The whales,made of fiberglass with afoam core, arrived at each artist's "home" as a blank can- vas. Each whale was sponsored by a business for $4,800 and a non-profit was chosen to be the recipient of the auction's pro- ceeds. Artists will receive $500 for supplies to decorate their fiberglasscetaceans. Hundreds of hours were spent transform- ing the creatures into unique expressions. In their conception, the imagi- nation of the artists'wasallowed to take over. There are whales that arecompletely whimsicalas in "WhaleWarII."awhaleturned B-l bomber,by Barnstable High School seniors Danielle Iris and Alyson Ainsworth.Others salute our Cape Cod heritage, such as •Whale See You on the Field of Dreams."anhomageto the Cape Cod Baseball League, by Karen Rinaldo;and others enlightenus to the realitiesof the increasingly endangered nature of whales, as seen in Catherine Clarks'"Stars, A Real Right Whale." Student artists play a large role in the Whale Trail. Jessica Magyar and the National Art Honor Society of Sandwich High School was the winner of the Whale Trail Student Art contest , sponsored by the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, with a glass mosaicwhale called "Sea Glassy." Ten high schools across the Cape and the Islands participated , resulting in more than 100 student artist submis- sions. Ashley Hill of Barnstable High School was one of three runners-up with acollagewhale, "Andy Whale-Hoi." that refer- ences pop-culture 's art icon. Sponsored by TD Banknorth, the proceeds from the auction of this creation will go to Big Brothers/Big SistersofCape Cod and the Cape Cod Community Educational Fund. Maps of the Whale Trail will be available at local chambers of commerce and information booths and on-line bidding for September 's auction has begun on the Whale Trail's Web site www.CapeandlslandsWha- leTrail.com. As Patrick Ramage, IFAW's director of communications, reminded the audience about the "fate and future ofthese mag- nificent creatures,"he remarked that "great art and great whales can sometimes help us under- stand our place in the world and how we need to protect it." Whales... CONTINUED FROM PAGE C.I ChrisStimpson. Stimpsonhasalsodone a fine job casting the roles, populating the stage with evenly talented actors whoare ableto deliverthewitty dialog with close to perfect timing. Cleo Zani does an excellent job portraying the consummate bachelor, Julian Winston. He is both lovable and laughable as a cross between Walter Matthau and Joe Pesci. Shailene Jack- sonisthe perkyand persistent Toniwho adores Julian, but ultimately realizes that the right man for her is actually her charmingand concerned neighbor Igor, portrayed by the swarthy Andrew Collela. Kerry Sullivan delivers some of the best one-liners as Julian's devoted nurse,Ms. Dickinson, and is at once, as Tonidescribes her, "gracious,charming and attractive." • Although the production is a bit lengthy, the quick pace between scene transitions and the ability of each actor to hold their own on stage carries the show. Just bring a pillow for the seat. Cactus Finn It it ttw Barnstable Comedy Club on Route 6A in Barnstable Villaje May 26 and 27 and June 2 and 3 it I p.m. md Miy 28 md June 4 it 2:30 p.m. For tickets ($12 to $14), call 508-362-6333. Cactus Flower ... By John Walker arts@barnstablepatriot.com Based on the 1979 original of the same namewhich was based onthe 1872 story When A Stranger Telegraphs which inturn wasbased on the 1767 Native American tale When A Stranger Smoke Signals . The tale is now a tired one that was superbly satired by Wes Craven in Scream. The original was a classic horror filmbased upon anur- ban legend about a babysit- ter who receives creepy calls asking, "Have you checked the children?" The calls become more persistent and the babysitter calls the police who tell her that they will trace the call, which turns out to be coming from inside the house. The 1979 film originally was just a twenty-minute short that was expanded to feature length by produc- ers hungry to cash in on the slasher film craze of the late seventies/early eighties. If you watch the original it is easy to tell that everything after the first act was tacked on even though the ending was quite suspenseful. The 2005 remake ignores the tacked on seventy min- utes and instead decides to stretch out the original twenty minutes short film to ninety minutes. Does it work? No, but the effort was valiant. It would be hardto say this film wasbad.It isinfact fairly suspenseful though boring and frustrating at times. Questions arise such as:Why is she not taking advantage of caller ID? Why does she not simply call the police and report a break in when she knows that the stalker has her friends cell phone? Why did the parents call for ababy sitter when they have a live in nanny?" It should have been named Caller ID. End of movie. Do what everyone else in America does and look at the caller ID, see that you don't recognize the number, and wait for the answering machine to pick up. Is When A Stranger Calls worth renting? It's not the worst film in the world and does have a couple of good scares, but overall, I would recommend that you watch the original movie, which starred Carol Kane and Charles Durning. Even it wasn't the greatest except for the first twenty minutes which were perhaps the best ever seen in any hor- ror film. The Producers This is a really enjoyable film adaptation of the play which isreally good news for everyone whoyearnedto see the Broadway musical but didn't have the eight billion dollars to cough up for tick- ets. The good news is that it'll only cost you the price of a rental to see Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick shine in this truly hilarious musical comedy. 1am not a fan of musicals but I didreally enjoy thisfilm adaptation of the Broadway hit, which was based on Mel Brook's 1968 classic com- edy staring Gene Wilder. In this film Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick team up to make the worst Broad- way musical ever, called Springtime For Hitler , after discovering that, by use of "creative accounting," they couldmakemoremoneywith a flop than a hit Everyone is superb in the film; Broderick and Lane shine as do Will Ferrell as the maniacalnaziplaywright and Uma Thurman as Ulla. TheProducers iswellworth the cost of the rental and a very enjoyable way to spend your time. The Ringer At first The Ringer sounds like it isthe epitome oftaste- lessness. Johnny Knoxville, of MTV's "Jackass" fame, poses as a developmen- tally challenged person in an attempt to fix the Special Olympics. The film was produced by the Farelley Brothers, famous for such outrageous comedies as There's Some- thing AboutMary andDumb And Dumber, who get you geared up to belaughingbut leave you saying to yourself "this is so wrong." Lines in the promos such as "He is the Carl Lewis of retards" and shots of Knox- ville being cold cocked by a priest when he confessed to his plan to rig the Special Olympics would lead you to thinkit was an over the top, no-holds barred tasteless comedy. Closer inspection, how- ever,revealsthat the Special Olympics and the National Down Syndrome Society endorse this film. There is nothing wrong with this; in fact both groups hoped the film would increase under- standing. But,as far asthe film goes, it creates anunevennessthat both disrupts the flow of the film and leaves you with a moviethat feels shamelessly manipulative, predictable, and at times boring. There are some genuinely funny bits, but unfortunately the film flounders in alot of other places. Thefilmhoweverdoeshave a positive message and has someexcellentperformances fromsomechallengedactors. The Ringer has a good mes- sage and definitely has its heart in the right place but ultimately fails to deliver enough laughs to make the it worth renting. When A Stranger Calls (PG i3) X-MEN 3 (PG-13) Digital Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply Fri. - Mon. (10001130 12201245 215 320 400 500) 645 715 745 930 1000 1030 Tue. - Thu. (11301220 1245 215 320 400 500) 645 715 745 930 1000 THE DA VINCI CODE (PG-13) Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply Fri.- Sun. (1005 1145 1225 110 315 345 420) 700 730 800 10101035 OVER THE HEDGE (PG) Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply Fri. (1135) 700 Sat. (200) 900 Sun. 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