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It was a busy hockey weekend for the old sportswriter. In all, I took in two Great North Under 18 Hockey League games, two Under 12 AA matches and a Northern…

The Broadway musical "Come From Away" is playing at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

Come From Away, begins its seven-performance run at Popejoy Hall on Wednesday, May 11.

Welcome to the Rock! The Rock — that is, the island of Newfoundland in Canada — has come to New York with Come From Away. The musical tells a true story that has become something of a legend: how, on 9/11, the residents of the small town Gander welcomed thousands of airplane passengers into their town on a moment's notice, building lasting connections with them in the week that they stayed there.

By 9am on 9/11, all US airspace was shut for the first - and only time - in history. The 4,546 planes still airborne were ordered to land immediately at the closest available runway, or risk being shot down.

Nick Marson and Diane Kirschke have known each other for 20 years—pretty much to the day. The two were on a Continental flight from London to Houston on 9/11 and ended up...

How a small town with a big airport and a bigger heart became famous We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement When Claude Elliott, former mayor of Gander, Newfoundland (pop. 11,688) first heard of plans for a musical about his town’s response to a sudden influx of temporary refugees after 9/11, he was dubious. “I was trying to figure out how you’re going to make a musical out of sandwiches and blankets and pillows...

‘It’s as bad as it sounds’: Pandemic cost Dallas arts $95 million in 2020 Other grim figures include the disappearance of 1,000 jobs and 3 million in ‘lost or deferred attendance.’ A ghost light illuminates a darkened stage at the empty Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.(Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer) Arts organizations within the city of Dallas have lost more than $95 million during the pandemic, suffered a stunning drop of more than 3 million in “lost ...