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Advocates are hoping that New York’s public database will begin to pull back the curtain on shell companies.
A group of Broadway theater owners and producers is leading an effort to lower the curtain on plans for a Times Square casino.
Source: https://gothamist.com/news/broadway-group-doubles-down-on-times-square-casino-opposition
Also, Ahasuerus is the ultimate failson — impetuous, ineffectual, at one point draping himself in a curtain and sobbing.
Source: https://forward.com/culture/538331/purim-movies-book-of-queen-esther-christian/
And BANG, the curtain falls on the bank.
And in a particularly creepy image, “The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji,” a ghoul uses his skeleton hands to pull down a curtain and peer into the bed of the lovers who murdered him.
Source: https://crosscut.com/culture/2023/10/artsea-ghosthunters-guide-seattle-art-museum
As a massive curtain of clouds lifted, we could see part of the Serengeti plains far beyond on the left, the sled-shaped Lake Natron way off in front and the remote volcano to our right, its top crowned with a cloud mass bigger than the mountain.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/travel/tanzania-crater-highlands.html
As he emerges for the encore in a jewel-studded dressing gown for a karaoke duet with a virtual Dua Lipa on “Cold Heart” – his disco-fied “Sacrifice” – the final curtain clearly beckons, and we’re in for a teary send-off.
A sound-deadening curtain has been installed to temper noise from the pickleball courts at Deerpath Park in Vernon Hills.
At 6 p.m., the curtain behind the window opened to reveal Barnes, who reporters wrote could be seen lying on a gurney and covered by a white sheet.
Backstage, Mike handles the technical aspects, though he's recently stepped out from behind the curtain to gain more experience hosting and performing.
But regardless of these big names, the awards show isn’t televised and remains an exclusive event, showing recognition behind a curtain and not to the public eye.
Source: https://decider.com/2023/06/30/angela-bassett-honorary-oscar-worse-than-her-losing/
But this was authorial sleight of hand—a decision, by Neihardt, to close the curtain on a mournful, elegiac note.
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-siege-of-wounded-knee-was-not-an-end-but-a-beginning
“COP28 has sent an unprecedented signal to the world that the curtain has been raised for the end of the fossil fuel era.
Culpo pulled back the curtain for McCaffrey, but he is far from the only one!
Source: https://brobible.com/sports/article/christan-mccaffrey-olivia-culpo-injury-bruise-cut-nfl/
Dim the lights and add a little ambiance with a twinkling string light curtain because they can't see the dust if it's dark enough, and they won't care if it's cozy enough.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/daniellehealy/ways-to-make-home-look-cleaner-than-it-is
Eric Johnson didn’t make up the terrible conditions in the city; he simply pulled back the curtain and called it like he saw it.
Evans concluded: “Our next Academy game is a week on Thursday at St Helens in a curtain raiser to the Super League clash and that will be a real test for us but one that we are looking forward to.”
Fans meanwhile, greeted LeMahieu with a pregame curtain call, a nice moment for the typically reserved veteran.
Finally, you can deal with the massive stockpile of shampoo bottles and other products taking over the floors, walls, and corners of the shower — simply hang them in the curtain pockets instead!
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/cierracowan/lazy-products-for-an-organized-bathroom
From the opening notes to the final curtain call, the entire cast of GODSPELL 2012 delivers a feast for the senses.