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From the Back of the Balcony: ‘Inside Out’ is summer's best movie

“Have you ever looked at someone and asked yourself, ‘What’s going on inside their head?’” In a summer full of repeats (Another cartoon movie, another Mad Max, another Magic Mike, another “M-I really watching another Tom Cruise spy movie?”), Disney’s Pixar pros answer the above question with an animated movie as original as a love song about volcanoes (more on the volcano song later).

In Depth: Inside Out

Joy, Disgust, Fear, Sadness, and Anger vie for top billing on the big screen this week in “Inside Out,” Pixar’s latest 3D animation adventure.
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Less than 2 weeks until 'Mary Ingalls' opens at IBSSS auditorium

12 days until the “Mary Ingalls – Her Journey” Pageant debuts for the 2nd Season on the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School auditorium stage beginning Friday July 31, 2015 The cast and crew are working hard to make this 2nd Season as enjoyable and moving as the premiere season.

In Depth: 'Spy'

As a distaff version of James Bond in “Spy,” Hollywood’s reigning empress of ha-ha Melissa McCarthy has a license not just to kill the audience with laughter but also to slay us with her acting skills.
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24 days until 'Mary Ingalls' opening at IBSSS

Only 24 days till opening night of “Mary Ingalls – Her Journey” at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. There is lots of activity – lines to learn, costumes to try on, props to find, furniture to move, pictures to take and promotion to prepare.

In Depth: Mad Max

Apocalyptic Mad Max returns from the early 1980s with “Mad Max: Fury Road.”  This fourth in the series that originally propelled Mel Gibson into big screen fame, features Tom Hardy as Max.

'Mary Ingalls' play returns to IBSSS

“Mary Ingalls – Her Journey” returns to the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School for its 2nd Season. Once again the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School auditorium will provide the setting for the Pageant depicting Mary Ingalls and her life as a student at the school.

Act 1 announces 'Oliver' cast; show to open September

Steve Arnold, the director of the Act 1 production of Oliver, has announced the cast. The musical, based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, will open on the Palace stage Sept.

ACT I will hold auditions for the musical Oliver

ACT I of Benton County announces auditions for the classic musical Oliver! by Lionel Bart, to be presented at the Palace Theatre in Vinton September 11 – 20, 2015.
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