Former Turtle Island apprentice Christian Kaltreider is now an engineer specializing in energy efficiency and renewables, He’s dismayed — if not exactly mystified — by Conway’s decision to take part in a reality show. “I think it’s ego and a drive to teach the world,” the Asheville man says. Conway once told Kaltreider that his dream was that those he touched would go home and create “hundreds of little Turtle Islands everywhere.” Most have fallen far short of Conway’s goals, Kaltreider says.
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Northam returned to Richmond on Sunday afternoon. A small circle of staffers and trusted advisers has been helping him handle the crisis, including Chief of Staff Clark Mercer and Brian Coy, a former spokesman who was a holdover from the administration of former governor Terry McAuliffe, D. Party leaders, concerned that Northam will become a liability for 2020 Democratic hopefuls and threaten Democratic control of an important swing state, have been unrelenting in their demands that he step aside.
“On June 1, our youngest dancers up to age 7 will perform,” says Diablo Ballet artistic director Lauren Jonas, On June 3, dancers ages 7 and up will perform the variations from “Swan Lake” as well other classical and contemporary ballet works choreographed by Erin Leedom, Mayo Sugano and Rebecca Crowell Berke, director hot pink and lime green ballet flats with polka dots - felt baby shoes - can be personalized of Diablo Ballet’s Professional Intermediate program, Both performances will incorporate pre-ballet, tap and hip hop, Tickets to the June performances are $10, For more information, call the Civic Arts Education office at 925-943-5846..
• Christmas Shorts–For those hankering to walk on the wild side, City Lights Theater Company can readily fill the bill with this new production. Spend a rollicking evening watching “five dirty little comedies that expose the glorious and the gratuitous of the holiday season.” From the annual family dinner to a visit to the sperm bank, nothing escapes the mercies of the City Lights playwrights and cast. Runs through Dec. 23. 529 S. Second St., San Jose. Tickets are $24.95-$34.95. Call 408.295.4200 or visit cltc.org for additional details.