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STONINGTON 鈥?Opera House Arts presents Broadwa air force 1 y Comes to Stonington-Pride! on Saturday, June 4 at 8 p.m. at the Stonington Opera House. This Pride-themed concert features musical theatre hits and lesser-known jewels performed by Leenya Rideout, Leana Rae Conce adidas samba pcion, John McVeigh and Fred Rose. Proof of COVID vaccination required. Purchase tickets at operahousearts.orgRideouts wide range of disciplines as well as her unique and sometimes offbeat take on the human condition have enabled her to reach audiences in plays, musicals, films, and concert stages in New York City and around the world. She has worked with such directors as John Doyle, Marianne Elliott, Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall as well as Master Puppeteers Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler in the Tony Award-winning Warhorse at Lincoln Center. She has premiered roles in new plays and musicals as well as collaborated in Tony award winning revivals such as the 1998 revival of Cabaret and the 2006 Actor adidas samba og Musician production of Company. From Guenevere to Aldonza to the Witch in Into the Woods as well as musicals celebrating folk heroes such as Woody Guthrie, she loves creating characters and telling stories. Leenyas songwriting blends folk, rock and country with a Celtic edge and her original solo play with music entitled Wild Abandon premiered off Broadway in 2018. She stars in the new Romantic Comedy Film, Love, Repeat. She has taught voice at NYU and has worked as a teaching artist for students of all ages. Always a Pnhp Blues beat the Bruins
The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant r stanley cup ecruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship 鈥?at least temporarily.A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday and dated July 20 spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of men and women who enlisted in the special immigrant program, effective immediately.It was not clear how many recruits were impacted by the action, and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the memo. Effective immediately, you will suspend processing of all involuntary separation actions, read the memo signed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Marshall Williams.The disclosure comes one month after the AP reported that dozens of immigrant enlistees were being discharged or had their contracts canceled. Some said they were given no reason for their discharge. Others owala website said the Army informed them theyd been labeled as securit owala y risks because they have relatives abroad or because the Defense Department had not completed background checks on them.Early last month, the Pentagon said there had been no specific policy change and that background checks were ongoing. And in mid-July the Army reversed one discharge, for Brazilian reservist Lucas Calixto, 28, who had sued. Nonetheless, discharges of other immigrant enlistees continued. Attorneys sought to bring a class-action lawsuit last week to offer protections to a broader group of reservists a |