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CAROLINA BYRMO/Press Samantha Randazzo, 14, practices the Waltz of the Flowers for The Nutcracker performance on Nov. COEUR dALENE -- The Nutcracker is coming to Coeur dAlene for the second year this holiday season, bringing professional ballet dancers to perform with local children in what Le Danse Studio owner and show sponsor Debi Terracciano hopes will become a community holiday tradition. Monday October 23, 2006 It is the messiest divorce of the year and the womens mags are all eagerly dishing the dirt on the Heather Mills/Sir Paul McCartney fiasco. Pops aptly named album fades away The Cincinnati Pops presents nearly an hour of back-to-back, nonstop music in three-quarter time. Subway Squawkers October 20 Innovative ‘My Fair Lady mixed bag at Play House The 50-year-old “My Fair Lady” by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe is as perfect as a musical can be. The problem with being perfect is that it sets the standard by which all future revivals may be judged. ARTS: Our Critics Picks If you’ve ever been curious what it would be like to be stuck inside a washing machine on spin cycle, or trapped inside a warehouse full of Emperor geese during mating season, then free jazz/black metal duo Ettrick are just the band for you. Haunting season It’s the fright of all nights, the marriage of the freakish and the fabulous—the best display of creative human adornment imaginable. Our biggest whine this year? The big night is on a Tuesday. But sample some witch’s brew anyway—just be back by midnight lest you turn into a pumpkin. Sects and Drugs By Bellos, Alex Travels A religion in Brazil mixes Catholicism with powerful hallucinogens. Aw-shucks ball of fire Spektors charm a mix of little girl, temptress Between songs, Regina Spektor laughed nervously, pushed her cherry-red hair from her brow and responded to the applause and sporadic proposals (Marry me, insisted one tenacious fan) with an aw-shucks shrug of the shoulders and the occasional, Wow. Aw-shucks ball of fire Between songs, Regina Spektor laughed nervously, pushed her cherry-red hair from her brow and responded to the applause and sporadic proposals (Marry me, insisted one tenacious fan) with an aw-shucks shrug of the shoulders and the occasional, Wow. | ||||