Tuesday, August 18, 2009
SHOW TIMES:Monday - Friday
3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
show every 1/2 hour 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
show every 15 minutes *Schedule may vary.
The Fountains of Bellagio Music
Title: One, Singular Sensation. Artist: Original Broadway Cast. Composer: Marvin Hamlisch. Work: A Chorus Line, Broadway Musical. Year: 1975. Length 4:43
Title: Hoe-Down. Artist: London Symphony Orchestra. Composer: Aaron Copland. Work: Rodeo. Year: 1988. Length 3:30
Title: Simple Gifts. Artist: London Symphony Orchestra. Composer: Aaron Copland. Work: Appalachian Spring. Year: 1988. Length 3:12
Title: Singin' in the Rain. Artist: Gene Kelly. Composer: Alex North. Work: Singin' in the Rain, Movie Musical. Year: 1952. Length 3:32
Title: Rondine al Nido. Artist: Luciano Pavarotti. Composer: Vicenzo deCrescenzo. Work: La Rondine, Opera. Year: 1990. Length 3:23
Title: Luck Be A Lady. Artist: Frank Sinatra. Composer: Frank Losser. Work: Guys & Dolls, Broadway Musical. Year: 1955. Length 5:14
Title: Winter Games. Artist: David Foster. Composer: David Foster. Work: Composed for Winter Olympics. Year: 1987. Length 3:00
Title: Hey, Big Spender. Artist: Gwen Verdon & Original Broadway Cast. Composer: Cy Coleman. Work: Sweet Charity, Broadway Musical. Year: 1966. Length 3:35
Title: Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye). Artist: Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman. Composer: F.Sartori, L.Quarantotto. Work: Pop Song. Year: 1996. Length 4:04
Title: Hallelujah Chorus. Artist: Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Composer: Handel. Work: The Messiah. Year: 1992. Length 3:53
Title: Carol of the Bells. Artist: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Composer: M. Leontovich. Work: Christmas Carol. Year: 1996. Length 1:29
Title: O Holy Night. Artist: Placido Domingo. Composer: Placide Clappeau. Work: Christmas Carol. Year: 1984. Length 3:57
Title: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. Artist: Johnny Mathis. Composer: Meredith Wilson. Work: Christmas Carol. Year: 1997. Length 2:18
Title: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Artist: Johnny Mathis. Composer. Eddie Pola & George Wyle. Work: Christmas Carol. Year: 1997. Length 2:45
Title: We Need a Little Christmas. Artist: Johnny Mathis. Composer: Jerry Herman. Work: Mame, Broadway Musical. Year: 1997. Length 1:54
Title: Sleigh Ride. Artist: Johnny Mathis. Composer: Leroy Anderson. Work: Christmas Carol. Year: 1997. Length 2:57
Title: Santa Baby. Artist: Madonna. Composer: J. Javita & P. Springer. Work: Christmas Carol. Year: 1987. Length 3:57
Title: Your Song. Artist: Elton John. Lyrics: Bernie Taupin. Work: Elton John. Year: 1970. Length 4:10
Title: God Bless The USA. Artist: Lee Greenwood. Composer: Lee Greenwood. Work: American Patriot. Year: 1992. Length 3:57
Title: Star Spangled Banner. Artist: Whitney Houston. Composer: Francis Scott Key. Work: CD Single. Year: 2001. Length 5:08
Title: PinkPanther. Artist: Henry Mancini. Composer: Henry Mancini. Work: The Pink Panther, Movie Soundtrack. Year: 1964. Length 2:39
Title: My Heart Will Go On. Artist: Celine Dion. Composer: James Horner. Lyrics by Will Jennings. Work: Let's Talk About Love & Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture. Year: 1997. Length 5:08
Title: Fly Me To The Moon. Artist: Frank Sinatra with Count Basie. Composer is Bart Howard; from the work The Very Best of Frank Sinatra, 1957; Length: 2:28
Title: This Kiss. Artist: Faith Hill. Composer: Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff and Robin Lerner; Work: Faith; 1998, Length: 3:00
Title: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Artist: Mikhail Rudy. Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov; Work: Theme of Paganini; 1992, Length: 2.55
Title: Gayaneh - Suite: Dawn, Ayeshe’s Dance. Artist: London Symphony Orchestra. Composer: Aram Ll’yich Khachaturian; Work: Spartacus; 1942, Length: 4:12
Title: Overture/And All That Jazz. Artist: Catherine Zeta-Jones. Composer: Fred Ebb & John Kander; Work: Chicago Soundtrack; 2002, Length : 4:37
Title: Ecstasy of Gold. Composer: Ennio Morricone; Work: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Soundtrack; 1966, Length: 3.22
Title: Viva Las Vegas. Artist: Elvis Presley. Composer: George E. Stoll; Work: Viva Las Vegas Soundtrack; 1963, Length: 2.25
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Creative thoughts... thinking of others...
A Call To Serve: The Butterfly Project
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We are on vacation here at Craft Critique, celebrating our American Independence. Rather than being stagnant this week, we thought we'd give something back, and reach out to our readers, asking you to take time over this summer to do something special for someone else.
There are so many deserving causes out there... it was difficult for us to select one. Then on June 10th, our cause came to light, when a gunman walked into the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington , D.C. and opened fire.
Crimes of hate are devastating. I believe that the Holocaust Memorials around the globe serve as sacred places where we are reminded of humanity's darkest times so we can be sure actions of hate, ignorance and apathy are never again perpetrated against a group of people.
More than 1,500,000 innocent children were murdered during the Holocaust. In an effort to remember them, the Holocaust Museum of Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2012, for all to remember.
Craft Critique would like to send a box of butterflies as one large gift to the museum. We encourage you to share this project with your friends, families, students and children... and to take some time out of your busy summer to make one or more butterflies for the museum.
Please Note:
* Butterflies should be no larger than 8 inches by 10 inches.
* Butterflies may be of any medium the artist chooses, but two-dimensional submissions are preferred.
* Glitter should not be used.
* Food products (cereal, macaroni, candy, marshmallows or other perishables) also should not be used..
* Place your butterfly in a Ziplock Bag with your name and address.
Mail your Butterflies no later than September 15th, 2009 to:
Craft Critique
Attn: Butterfly Project
649 N. Spring Street
Elgin, IL 60120
You can read more about the Butterfly Project and access teaching tools HERE.
And this week we will be bringing some simple and beautiful butterfly crafts to help inspire you.
Thank you for participating and have a wonderful Independence day!
The Butterfly
The last, the very last,
So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow.
Perhaps if the sun’s tears would sing against a white stone....
Such, such a yellow Is carried lightly ’way up high.
It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye.
For seven weeks I’ve lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto.
But I have found what I love here.
The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut branches in the court.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.
Pavel Friedman, June 4, 1942
Born in Prague on January 7, 1921.
Deported to the Terezin Concentration Camp on April 26, 1942.
Died in Aushchwitz on September 29, 1944.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Excerpts from Maker Fairre
While I am happy to be Volunteering with to help set up Maker Fairre on Thursday and Friday - I am Looking forward to attending the Fairre on the weekend with my three sweeties.
Its a bit unusual that I am looking for stuff to TAKE WITH us though lol... I think that bag of barbies may have a new home !
Maker Faire Bay Area 2009
Accessorize with Toys!
Ever wonder what to do with those random small toy parts too dear to toss but no longer any fun? Learn how to revitalize old toys into bangles, earrings and brooches by utilizing basic jewelry techniques. San Francisco designers, emiko oye and Shana Astrachan (members of the Metal Arts Critique Collective) will show you how to approach jewelry making with alternative materials and simple craft tools. Participants are encouraged to bring small plastic and rubber toy parts to work with or contribute. All ages welcome; especially great for families.
Web site: http://www.rewarestyle.com/custom/index.html
Diet Coke and Mentos Fountains
See the original Internet sensation LIVE! Geysers of soda shoot over twenty feet into the air in this spectacular mint-powered version of the Bellagio Fountains, brought to you by the mad scientists of EepyBird. EepyBird has been featured on Late Night with David Letterman, Ellen, the Today Show, and Mythbusters, and they were named "Best of 2006" by People Magazine. Their online videos have won two Webby Awards and received two Emmy nominations.
Web site: http://www.EepyBird.com
Projects with MAKE editor Mark Frauenfelder
MAKE Demos , Saturday 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder recently showed how to make Vibrobots on the Martha Stewart show! Learn how to make these little bots and more favorite projects, like homemade guitars.
MAKE Demos , Sunday 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM MAKE editor Mark Frauenfelder and Make: TV host John Park show off their favorite coffee hacks, including the Florence Siphon, the Precision Espresso Tamper, and more cool coffee projects from MAKE magazine.
Join MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder to see how to make simple Vibrobot toys, homemade guitars, and more. Plus: Mark's joined by Make: television host John Park to demonstrate their favorite coffee hacks, including the Florence Siphon, the Precision Espresso Tamper, and more cool coffee projects from MAKE magazine.
Web site: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=0596514395
Maker Faire Bay Area 2009
Hacking Toys and Clothes
MAKE Demos , Saturday 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MAKE and CRAFT online editor Becky Stern will share her tips and tricks for hacking toys and clothes to make art, new toys, musical instruments, and wearable electronics. She'll show how she made her TV-B-Gone Hoodie, the sweatshirt that turns off TVs, and how to hack the circuit board of an electronic toy to change its sound. Don't miss special appearances by Becky's Twitchie Scorpion toy and Human Hair Blythe doll.
MAKE and CRAFT online editor Becky Stern hacks toys and clothes to make art, new toys, musical instruments, and wearable electronics. She'll show how she made her TV-B-Gone Hoodie, the sweatshirt that turns off TVs, and how to hack the circuit board of an electronic toy to change its sound. Don't miss Becky's Twitchie Scorpion toy and Human Hair Blythe doll.
Web site: none available
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day - this Saturday!
According to the official website for FCBD,
An international store locator can be found here.
Local stores in the bay area include the following stores:
| "LEGENDS OF COMICS & GAMES, LLC" "925 BLOSSOM HILL RD, SPACE #1230" INSIDE THE OAKRIDGE MALL NEAR SEE'S CANDY SAN JOSE, CA (408) 578-5978 | |
| LEGENDS OF COMICS & GAMES 10123 N. WOLFE ROAD SUITE 2108 CUPERTINE SQUARE CUPERTINE, CA (408) 996-7640 | |
| HIJINX COMICS 2050 LINCOLN AVENUE SAN JOSE, CA (408) 266-1103 | |
| ALAN/HEROES 24 E. CAMPBELL AVENUE CAMPBELL, CA (408) 378-3667 | |
| SLG ART BOUTIKI & GALLERY 577 MARKET ST SAN JOSE, CA (408) 971-8929 | |
| ILLUSIVE COMICS AND GAMES 2725 EL CAMINO REAL SUITE 105 SANTA CLARA, CA (408) 985-7481 |
Saturday, March 7, 2009
World adventurer - another mandarin game
- 3D gaming environment.
- Rapid learning by funny playing.
- Pump 3000 common vocabularies into your brain.
- Learn over one hundred common sentences.
how to listen and read the mandarin lyrics at same time.
on right you can listen to the song being sung (open the window twice first - then can read lyrics in one window and listen on another duplicate window.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Mandarin Version of "yellow" by Coldplay
wǒ
我
xiǎng
想
zhī dào
知道
liú xíng
流行
néng
能
fēi
飞
duō
多
jiǔ
久
tā de
它的
měi lì
美丽
shì fǒu
是否
zhí de
值得
qù
去
xún qiú
寻求
yè kōng
夜空
de
的
huā
花
sàn luò
散落
zài
在
nǐ
你
shēn
身
hòu
后
xìng fú
幸福
le
了
wǒ
我
hěn
很
jiǔ
久
zhí
值
wǒ
我
qù
去
děng hòu
等候
yú shì
于是
wǒ
我
xīn
心
kuáng bēn
狂奔
cóng
从
huáng hūn
黄昏
dào
到
qīng chén
清晨
bù néng
不能
zài
再
chén shòu
承受
qíng yuàn
情愿
zhuì luò
坠落
zài
在
nǐ
你
shǒu
手
zhōng
中
yǔ
羽
huà
化
chéng
成
hēi yè
黑夜
de
的
cǎi hóng
彩虹
tuì biàn
蜕变
chéng
成
yuè guāng
月光
de
的
qīng fēng
清风
chéng
成
yuè guāng
月光
de
的
qīng fēng
清风
wǒ
我
zòng shēn
纵身
tiào
跳
tiào
跳
jìn
进
nǐ de
你的
hé liú
河流
yī zhí
一直
yóu
游
dào
到
jìn tóu
尽头
nà li
那里
duō
多
zì yóu
自由
wǒ
我
xǔ
许
gè
个
yuàn
愿
wǒ
我
xǔ
许
gè
个
yuàn
愿
bǎo yòu
保佑
ràng
让
wǒ de
我的
xīn
心
níng gù
凝固
zài
在
zuì
最
měi
美
de
的
shí hòu
时候
qíng yuàn
情愿
zhuì luò
坠落
zài
在
nǐ
你
shǒu
手
zhōng
中
yǔ
羽
huà
化
chéng
成
hēi yè
黑夜
de
的
cǎi hóng
彩虹
qíng yuàn
情愿
bú zài
不再
jiàn
见
míng mèi
明媚
de
的
tiān
天
bú zài
不再
jiàn
见
míng mèi
明媚
de
的
tiān
天
xìng fú
幸福
tiào
跳
jìn
进
nǐ de
你的
hé liú
河流
yī zhí
一直
yóu
游
dào
到
jìn tóu
尽头
tiào
跳
jìn
进
nǐ de
你的
hé
河
wǒ
我
xǔ
许
gè
个
yuàn
愿
bǎo yòu
保佑
zài
在
zuì
最
měi
美
de
的
shí hòu
时候
wǒ
我
xǔ
许
gè
个
yuàn
愿
wǒ
我
xiǎng
想
zhī dào
知道
liú xíng
流行
néng
能
fēi
飞
duō
多
jiǔ
久
xìn fú
幸福
le
了
wǒ
我
hěn
很
jiǔ
久
Friday, January 30, 2009
Popular, video from Wicked, the Musical
Galinda:
WHENEVER I SEE SOMEONE LESS FORTUNATE THAN I
AND LET'S FACE IT... WHO ISN'T
LESS FORTUNATE THAN I?
MY TENDER HEART TENDS TO START TO BLEED
AND WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS A MAKEOVER
I SIMPLY HAVE TO TAKEOVER
I KNOW I KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED
AND EVEN IN YOUR CASE...
THOUGH IT'S THE TOUGHEST CASE I'VE YET TO FACE!
DON'T WORRY! I'M DETERMINED TO SUCCEED
FOLLOW MY LEAD
AND YES INDEED
YOU
WILL
BE...
POPULAR!
YOU'RE GONNA BE POPULAR
I'LL TEACH THE PROPER PLOYS
WHEN YOU TALK TO BOYS
LITTLE WAYS TO FLIRT AND FLOUNCE (SQUEALS)
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT SHOES TO WEAR
HOW TO FIX YOUR HAIR
EVERYTHING THAT REALLY COUNTS TO BE POPULAR
I KNOW ABOUT POPULAR
AND WITH AN ASSIST FROM ME
TO BE WHO YOU'LL BE
INSTEAD OF DREARY WHO YOU WERE...
WELL ARE...
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP YOU
FROM BECOMING POPULER...
LAR!
WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU POPULAR!
WHEN I SEE DEPRESSING CREATURES
WITH UNPREPOSSESSING FEATURES,
I REMIND THEM ON THEIR OWN BEHALF
TO THINK OF
CELEBRATED HEADS OF STATE
OR ESPECIALLY GREAT COMMUNICATORS
DID THEY HAVE BRAINS OR KNOWLEDGE?
DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!
THEY WERE POPULAR
PLEASE, IT'S ALL ABOUT POPULAR
IT'S NOT ABOUT APTITUDE
IT'S THE WAY YOU'RE VIEWED
SO IT'S VERY SHREWD TO BE
VERY VERY POPULAR
LIKE ME!
Elphaba: This is never going to work!
Galinda: Oh Elphie, you mustn't think that way anymore! Your whole life is going to change... and all because of me. Okay, stand... I will turn your frock into a beautiful ball gown! Stand up... She Picks Up Her Wand And Waves It. Ball gown!!! Nothing Happens, So She Repeats. Ball gown!!! Still Nothing Happens. She Taps Her Wand On The Bed. Is this thing on?
Elphaba: Do you want me to try?
Galinda: No, I've got it! She Throws The Wand Down. Oh, just wear the frock... it's pretty! Now, I'll show you how to flip your hair: Flip flip. Or you could use your hand. Demonstrates. Or, you can use your whole body. Falls onto bed. Squeals. Now, for the finishing touch. Takes flower out of her hair, puts it into Elphaba's. Why, Miss Elphaba, look at you, you're beautiful. Hands her the mirror.
Elphaba: After Looking In The Mirror. I... I have to go.
She Runs Off.
Galinda: You're Welcome! She Admires Herself In The Mirror.
AND THOUGH YOU PROTEST
YOUR DISINTEREST,
I KNOW CLANDESTINELY...
YOU'RE GONNA GRIN AND BEAR IT
YOUR NEW FOUND POPULARITY! (SQUEALS)
YOU'LL BE POPULAR!
JUST NOT QUITE AS POPULAR
AS ME!!!














