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ruminativerabbi · 3 years

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The Interconnectedness of Generations

The passing this week of Irving Roth, one of the truly great Holocaust educators, was a loss for his family and his friends, of course. And it was a loss for our entire community. But it was also a loss for the larger world of Holocaust education, one made all the more terrible by the fact that he will not be replaced, by the fact that the countless young people (and countless really is the right word here) he spoke to in every one of the fifty states and all across the world about his personal experiences at Auschwitz and Buchenwald will collectively constitute the final generation of young people to meet actual Shoah survivors and to hear their stories not on videotape or in books but personally from their own mouths. This is how the world works in other contexts as well, of course—when Albert H. Woolson died in the summer of 1956, there were no remaining veterans of the Union Army left among the living for young people, or any people, to hear speak about the Civil War in terms of their personal experience. (The last living veteran of the Confederate Army had died five years earlier, so Woolson was the very last one on either side.) When Peter Mills died in 1972, there were no more individuals alive who had been slaves in the ante-bellum South. And yet, even though all events far enough back in history must have some specific individual who becomes the last living person to have experienced that specific event in person, there is a certain poignancy to that thought when applied to the Shoah because that what the survivors of the Shoah survived was not a tragic accident like the sinking of the Titanic or a natural disaster like the eruption of Krakatoa, but a well-organized, fully-funded, diabolical plot to murder them and every other Jew in occupied Europe. Given that detail, it feels amazing that there were survivors at all and doubly so that some have managed to live to become nonagenarians or even centenarians. But once they are gone from the world, there will be none left who can counter the kind of demented anti-Semite who insists that the Shoah never really happened with the simple sentences that Irving spoke so easily and so gracefully. I was there. I saw this happen. I knew these people. I was in that place. I remember. I personally was an eye-witness.

But even though every event in the far-enough-past past has logically to have a final witness to it, there is also the way the generations interlink and interconnect to consider.

For my first example, I submit the case of Lyon Tyler Jr., who died at age ninety-five last October and whose grandfather, John Tyler, was our tenth president. Elected to the vice-presidency in 1840, Tyler came to the presidency when William Henry Harrison died in office after serving all of thirty-one days. Tyler was an interesting personality in his own right. Like our forty-fifth president, he ended up serving only one term, but unlike President Trump he failed even to win his own party’s nomination for a second term, let alone actually be returned to the White House by the electorate. (The Whigs nominated Henry Clay instead, who lost to Democrat James K. Polk.) Probably, that was all for the best—Tyler not only owned slaves himself and ended up siding with the Confederacy during the Civil War, but he actually ran for office and was duly elected to the Confederate House of Representatives shortly before his death in 1862. But my question was not how an American President born in the eighteenth century—Tyler was born in 1790—could have ended up working actively against the nation he once led, but how a grandson of his could possibly still have been alive in 2020.

The answer, it turns out, isn’t all that amazing. Tyler was married twice and had fifteen children in all, the youngest of whom, a boy named Lyon, was born in 1854 when his father was sixty-three years old. Lyon, who died in 1935, fathered a son in 1925, Lyon Jr. And it was this Lyon Jr., the grandson of a man born in 1790, who died last October at age ninety-five. (Even more amazing is that he wasn’t the sole surviving grandson of our tenth president—Lyon Jr. had a younger brother named Harrison who was born in 1928 and who is still alive.)

So to think that all three of my granddaughters’ lives overlapped with the life of a man whose grandfather occupied the White House in the 1840s—that collapses history just a bit and makes the past seem—if not really part of the present—then at least intertwined with it in a way that makes events from John Tyler’s eighteenth century childhood somehow linked—at least fancifully—with my twenty-first century granddaughters’.

Of course, to as keen an observer of the human condition as myself, the eighteenth century doesn’t really feel all that distant. I regularly take my youngest granddaughter for a long walk in Ridgewood, Queens, where she lives, in the course of which we follow a route that takes us around the perimeter of two contiguous cemeteries, one of the which, the Linden Hill Cemetery, has some very, very old Jewish graves in it. And on our walk we regularly pass the grave of the late Mrs. Caroline Welsh, who died at age 90 in 1860—so who was therefore born in 1770, a cool six years before the United States even existed as an independent nation. I think about Mrs. Welsh and the others in her row as we walk by their graves, wondering what the corner of Flushing Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue looked like when she was borne to her final resting place…and what that corner might have looked like, assuming it wasn’t still virgin forestland, in the year of her birth. But I also wonder what Mrs. Walsh would make of us, of me and little Josie, as we pass by on our walk all these centuries after her birth. Would she find us indecipherable? Would she look at my cell phone or at Josie’s super-cool Italian stroller and wonder what planet we came to earth from? Or would she see, not something strange or alien but entirely familiar: a man and a baby going for a week on a shady street just as grandfathers have taken their baby granddaughters out for some fresh air since the beginning of time?

I noted two different video clips on youtube the other week that fed into this line of thinking for me.

The one was a clip from the old television show “I’ve Got a Secret,” which aired in its first iteration for fifteen years starting in 1952. For those too young to remember, I’ll explain that the format was very simple: a panel of celebrities was challenged to ask contestants as many questions as they could squeeze into the time allotted in order to figure out the contestants’ “secret.” Most of the time, the secrets were slightly silly. (The lifeguard at a nudist colony sticks in my mind for some reason.) But the two clips I want to write about now weren’t silly at all.

The first aired in February 1956 and featured one Samuel J. Seymour, who at that point was the sole living soul to have been present in Ford’s Theater when President Lincoln was assassinated almost ninety years earlier. He spoke well and clearly, although he didn’t look too well or too healthy. (He died a mere two months later.) I don’t know if readers will respond the way I did (you can take a look by clicking here), but I had that same sense of the past intruding on the present as I watched: it would have been amazing enough to listen to someone who saw or talked to President Lincoln at all, let alone someone who saw him being shot. And yet our lives overlapped: I was a little boy of three and he was a nonagenarian, but we occupied the planet for a while together. And that brought President Lincoln into my life in a way that I would otherwise have found highly unlikely.

The second, also amazing, featured two older women, Delia and Bertie Harris of Knoxville, Tennessee. (Their episode aired in 1961 when both women were in their mid-seventies. To see the clip, click here.) And their “secret” was that their grandfather, Simon Harris, had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was with Washington at Valley Forge. How it was possible was also revealed: Simon’s son (the women’s father) was born in 1818 and he became a father when he was in his seventies. And now his daughters were themselves in their seventies…and that is how two women appeared on American television in the 1960s whose grandfather fought under George Washington. And so Washington himself stepped out of the shadows for the eight-year-old me and took his place in my parents’ living room. At eight, I wouldn’t have known to refer to what I was feeling as suggestive of the interconnectedness of the generations. (I heard that. But I was definitely not that precocious.) In retrospect, though, that is precisely how I felt as I listened to these elderly dames and imagined their grandfather’s ghost flitting past us as we communed with President Washington during their fifteen minutes of fame in TV-land.

Both clips, of course, were meant to entertain rather than to serve as spurs to deeply ruminative thought. But both clips lured me into the same kind of thinking that the story about the death of President Tyler’s grandson inspired: that sense that the past is (pace Faulkner) not only not really gone, it’s not even really past. And that is how I propose we respond to Irving Roth’s death too.

The survivor generation is dwindling. When I came to Shelter Rock, there were literally scores of survivors in our midst. Earlier on, when I was a little boy, our neighborhood was filled to overflowing with survivors. (They were called “refugees” back then before the word “survivor” came into common use.) But we can serve, all of us, as those people’s hooks into future generations. My granddaughters will not know people like Irving personally. But they can know me. And us. And all those who knew these people and listened carefully and can say, slightly derivatively but still meaningfully and sincerely, “I wasn’t there…but I knew a man who was. And this is what he told me, what he saw with his own eyes, what he was an eye-witness to….”

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Rule the Waves 2 Review : Does it Still Rule?

It’s June, 1944. A line of French battleships screens a motley collection of carriers, escort carriers, and destroyers. The sun is about to rise as flight crews prepare to attack a target in Sardinia. Our fighters are inferior to the Monarchist Italians, but our bombers are glorious. The signal is sent, and waves launch…

Rule the Waves 2 is a early-mid 20th century naval combat simulator/ship designer/bureaucrat game. Have you ever wanted to play as Jackie Fisher? Designing new fleets, tactics, all the while fighting off political demands? Balancing a budget, starting wars to get more money, torpedo’ing civil reforms? Then this is your game.

The first Rule the Waves was a surprise hit. It built upon a basic simulation layer (the lackluster Steam and Iron) with an entirely unique strategic layer. RtW1 broke ground into an entirely new area unlike anything else out there. From 1900 to about 1925 you got to control the great worlds navies and steer them through a changing era.

It’s like a cake. A base layer of chocolate cake is good. But add frosting and man, you’ve got a tasty creation. A subtle layering of flavors can make a basic dessert into a masterpiece. But get too wild or stray too far and you no longer have a tasty condiment but a mess of flavors.

The TLDR

Let’s cut to the belt armor here. RTW2 is a fun game. But it’s also a mess. It’s plagued by errors, crashes, bad design, complete lack of UI beyond Microsoft Excel, but through it all somehow maintains a quaint charm. The devs and publishers have screwed up PR in so many ways they make the Battlefront guys look civil and professional.

First let’s look at what it gets right. It gets a lot of things right. The ship designer, an afterthought of common derision in 4X games, is fun here. Not only fun but a place where a choice in the early game can have a long life into the 50’s.

As your technology progresses you’ll unlock better turrets, weight savings, speed, so a ship from 1945 is much more powerful than the same tonnage from 1915. You always walk the cutting edge between budgetary needs and military desires.

That is the core of the beauty here. Tradeoffs. Do you act belligerently for more funding, and tension, or play civil and stretch out a few more months till war? You always need more money. Tension is about the only way to get more.

The major change to RTW2 is aircraft. This is a game for the carrier age. While the Dreadnaught was king in 1918, the aircraft carrier reins supreme in 1940 on. Force projection really becomes amazing. You send your carriers to the extent of the range and strike, hoping that the enemy hasn’t done the same to you.

When it works right, it works exceptionally well. The horror of seeing 20 torpedo bombers appearing on your fleet is priceless. You definitely feel like a Nimitz or a Yamamato.

As each turn progresses you may get a political choice, you may see research progress, or even see a ship or sub completed. Depending on the budget you can design, build, train, allocate, shift about, or just click next turn.

Once you enter a war you’ll get missions. You may accept or decline them (as may the opponent). These range from convoy defense to bombardment to fleet engagements. Declining them costs victory points. The battles themselves are real time with acceleration.

The battles, for the most part, feel pretty good. The control setup is rather obscure and can be a pain for large fleets. One must be careful to not accept a mission with your forces deep inside hostile waters, and this can be a real pain depending on the theater.

Aircraft, the core of this release, are almost an abstraction. Yes, kind of visible in a weirdly obscure way, but they are functional. Little red dots signify air groups, slightly larger ones airships.

The AI is competent. It behaves like you’d expect and can surprise you with a destroyer rush. Sometimes missions end with no contact, but that’s OK, usually someone is going to Davy Jones’s Locker. Or wherever airplanes go when they crash into the water.

The process to launch them though is a pain. Unlike gunships that open fire on their own, you must give strike orders to your strike aircraft. Then the little icons fly off and eventually you get a pop up announcing a strike. You may get a few hits and they recover.

It is very satisfying to see things like airships and parasite fighters moving about of their own volition. Seeing AI strikes come and go is really exciting, even if you usually have zero control over the units. This is both historical, and in some cases absolutely not.

More than once I entered a war thinking I was predator only to discover that my battlecruisers lacked punch, or my planes were out ranged. Now I was on a defensive footing attempting to draw out the hostiles. The nature of the world map made this challenging as you don’t get to choose the engagements.

The Ugly

Which brings us to the bad. I’m tempering this as this is a small team (one man?).

Aircraft, the main theme of this game, are both land and naval based. You as the player can control the naval based aircraft. Determining the details of land based aircraft, beyond a checkbox, is out of your control. Which leads to the Thunderdome.

The Thunderdome is what happens when every airbase you have launches strikes along with every airbase the enemy has. For me this has been the Mediterranean. Aircraft don’t begin in the air, no assets are pre-deployed, every single plane launches at mission start. Often with hilarious outcomes.

But the utter lack of coordination can be maddening. Planes bomb airfields, hundreds of aircraft are destroyed, all the in the span of a day. By the next mission everything seems to be fine and beyond a VP loss doesn’t seem to make much matter. On top of it the game halts every time the Thunderdome progresses so it can take an hour of just pushing next while having no control.

It’s neat to see the first time but then becomes rapidly stale. Much of this could be abstracted and simulated away and the player would be none the wiser. About the only time it could have an impact is when land based air units directly come hunting.

Among the most glaring issues is the war system. The world will only go to war against you. Multiple nations may attack you, but they will never attack each other. Now a nation may ally with you and appear in a limited fashion, but you never get to dogpile into an AI war.

Confederates? Really?

Another odd choice is including the Confederates States of America as a “what if” but not including the Ottomans, a historical figure that at least could have had an interesting navy. Countless other “minor” powers would have made for more engaging gameplay on a limited scale. Let me play a Spain or Sweden with a more limited scope.

Supposedly SAM’s and AAM’s are coming in a future update but I’m not sure it’ll add much other than a layer of abstraction rather like the bombs or torpedo’s.

The homegrown DRM is another oddity worth mentioning. You purchase the game, run it, generate a Site code and a MID string. Then you send the codes to an email address. Then you wait for an individual to respond back with your serial number. You get a 3 day grace period in case said individual is busy.

The DRM Conundrum

My concern is for the future. What if NWS ceases to exist? This software is tied to one machine and is now non-transferable. Instead of DRM free or even on Steam, I have to deal with a generic GoDaddy webstore tied into some sort of manual key generation. These are all problems that have been solved, NWS attempting to go it alone is just odd.

I’ve seen enough games where the servers go dead, the phone-home mechanic dies, or someone just screws up, and I’m stuck with a dead game. The potential for that occurring here is real. This game is viable only as long as someone with an @Yahoo.com email address continues to service it.

I’ve run into numerous bugs, crashes, errors, and general pop ups about floating point difficulties and other such gibberish. The game functions and I’m willing to wait for a patch or two for flawless execution.

Ship design can be frustrating when you try to make a ship and it just tells you it’s an illegal design without telling you exactly why it’s illegal. Same with overseas holdings, you need a certain amount of tonnage on foreign station but the mechanic doesn’t feel fun or engaging.

Even with the oddities, quirks, poor UI, and downright strange design choices, the game is fun. It’s an enjoyable romp in a whole new genre of game. NWS has laid groundwork in a particularly new and unique way that I hope others capitalize on. Rule the Tanks? Rule the Jets? Rule the Rockets?

The game could benefit from a simulator/auto-resolve in the vein of what TortugaPower made. Sometimes I don’t want to fight another cruiser battle.

It’s just waiting for a ridiculous mod of crazy tech like dual hull catamaran battleships with a carrier deck on top. Airships with guided missiles. Look at the crazy stuff you can make in Aurora 4X, but do it here. There’s so much potential, but I only see the game moving ahead in the current vein. I’m not sure NWS has the resources to create a title much beyond this one.

All in all, it’s worth the money. It lacks the quaint focus of the previous title and the expanded scope brings problems. A patch or two will hopefully subdue the nasty bugs and smooth out the gameplay. If you’re into the era definitely give it a go.

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21 Things To Do in Dallas This Week

Justin Timberlake is returning to the AAC on Thursday night. email Print Article

Wednesday

Need a ladies night? Or a men’s night? Or just a night to get totally wasted and scream and holler when you see men taking off their clothes? Chippendales is coming to town just in time for bachelorette party season. Or a way to unwind after the stress of the holidays? Or it’s cold outside and you miss the sight of shirtless men? Whatever floats your boat or makes you hoot and holler, see it all (well, mostly all) at 8 p.m. Wednesday at House of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St. Tickets start at $25 at livenation.com. Paige Skinner

Thursday

Rover Dramawerks picked Muriel Resnik’s Any Wednesday for its 19th season opener, which you can catch at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday at 221 W. Parker Road, Suite 580, Plano. Playgoers 55 years ago (any readers still around?) may remember the play on Broadway with Sandy Dennis and Gene Hackman. Jane Fonda starred in the movie. Familiar plot: Married business tycoon visits mistress in office-paid-for apartment every Wednesday. Complications ensue when client and tycoon’s wife mistakenly get sent to the apartment. Carol M. Rice directs Mark Massey, Jade Reyes, Eddy Herring and Lucia Welch. For info and tickets, roverdramawerks.com or 972-849-0358. Thursday and matinee tickets are $18; others are $24; teacher/student/senior, $20. Reba Liner

It’s been about eight months or so since Justin Timberlake appeared in town, gracing the same American Airlines Center stage that he will again command Thursday night. Such is the magnitude of his star power. After all, there are very few artists who could return to the same scope and size of venue in such a short time. On that last appearance, JT took the sold-out crowd on a journey through his vast solo catalog of hits, enthralling the audience with his slinky dance moves, buttery smooth falsettos and charmingly, magnetic charisma. His shows also skew heavily toward the mom demographic. Much chardonnay will be sold and much is likely to be spilled as the gaggle of 30- and 40-something ladies will undoubtedly raise their glasses high in the air as they swoon and sway to his every move and note. If you’re there, feel free to join in. If you’re not in attendance, your social media feeds will keep you updated minute by minute. 8 p.m. Thursday, American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave., $49 and up at ticketmaster.com. Jeff Strowe

Toro y Moi, along with Neon Indian and Washed Out, was a forerunner of the chill wave movement about a decade ago. But, like many in the scene at that time, he’s moved on from the sound, as is evident in his new album, this year’s Outer Peace. One critic described the album as "new disco," while others label it as a funk album rooted in the present. 7 p.m. Thursday, Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave., sold out. Diamond Victoria

Friday

Ella is a girl with a dopey fairy godmother who “blesses” Ella with obedience, which means whatever anyone tells her to do, she does. Even worse, she ends up with a stepmother and stepsisters who know about her quirk and are happy to take advantage. Throw in a handsome prince and adventures with ogres and magic, and you have a twisty retelling of Cinderella. See a song-filled version of Gail Carson Levine’s Newbery-honored fractured fairy tale as the Dallas Children’s Theater stages Ella Enchanted: The Musical at 5938 Skillman St. Friday’s performance is at 7:30 p.m., and the show runs through Feb. 24. Tickets, $15-40, can be found at dct.org. Patrick Williams

Did you know that comedian Iliza Shlesinger got her start here in Dallas? You didn’t? How dare you call yourself a resident! Shlesinger was born in New York, but she grew up in Dallas and took her first steps onstage as an improv comedian before heading off to college and a lucrative stand-up comedy career. She returns to her homeland for a show at The Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St., at 7 p.m. Friday. Shlesinger cut her teeth in stand-up at The Hollywood Improv and quickly caught on with her unique take and skill. She found fame as the first female comedian to win the NBC reality competition Last Comic Standing and began regularly touring theaters across the country and the world. Tickets are between $32 and $209 depending on available seating and can be purchased at theatredallas.com. Danny Gallagher

There is a story behind Amaluna, the Cirque du Soleil show making a stop at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, 1000 Lone Star Parkway. Here goes: Queen Prospera rules over a magical island populated by all women until a group of men wash ashore shipwrecked. Her daughter … OK, look. It’s Cirque du Soleil. You know, lots of brightly colored leotards and amazing acrobats dangling from straps above the audience, flying through the air launched from seesaws to the sound of mildly weird new-agey music. There are two shows Friday, at 4:30 and 8 p.m. Adult ticket prices start at $63, with discounts for children, and an assortment of special packages are available at cirquedusoleil.com. The circus continues with shows until March 3. Patrick Williams

As do many institutions at their silver anniversary, sports-talk station KTCK-AM 1310 and 96.7 FM “The Ticket” is getting nostalgic for the 25th iteration of its signature P1 fan festival. Along with celebrity guests Troy Aikman, Jay Novacek and Daryl “Razor” Reaugh, Ticketstock 25 has a Ticket Time Tunnel, where Tier One hosts discuss the history of the station in panel discussions, and there’s an interactive Ticket Hall of Fame with memorabilia, audio, Marconi Awards and retro Ticket merch. As usual, the Timewasters will perform Saturday at 6 p.m., this year from a greatest-hits set list, with Fox 4 sports anchor Mike Doocy — the ultimate good sport and straight guy during his frequent guest-hosting appearances — as emcee. Ticketstock 25 is Friday and Saturday at the Plano Event Center, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway. Doors open at noon both days and admission is free. Visit theticket.com for the full schedule of on-air roundtables and gotta-be-there-to-hear-’em Ticket Time Tunnel panels. Jesse Hughey

In the sage words of the world’s pre-eminent British girl band: spice up your life. Winter doldrums be damned, things are getting hot at ZestFest Jan. 25-27 at the Irving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd. This three-day celebration of all things bold and piquant is packed with cooking demonstrations; celebrity chefs like Jon Bonnell, Eddie Deen and MasterChef champ Shaun O’Neale; gourmet vendors to help you level up in your own kitchen; live music; plus food samples and beer tastings aplenty. For those of us with stomachs of steel and something to prove, there’s a jalapeño-eating challenge and the annual “Atomic Wing” contest. Pack your antacid and plan a full day on Friday from 1 to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is $15 at the door, though kids 10 and under get in free. For more info, check out zestfest.net. Jennifer Davis-Lamm

Creator and headliner of last year’s inaugural I Am Dallas Hip Hop event, Mozez Tha Great performs his long-awaited EP Undefined in its entirety as part of a stacked bill at The Prophet Bar on Friday night. Mozez has gone through his fair share of setbacks over the years regarding his music career. A few years ago, Undefined was ready for release, but when an engineer who was commissioned to mix and master the album took off with Mozez’s money, its completion got delayed. Catch Mozez along with several other of Dallas’ best up-and-coming hip-hop artists. With Lou Charle$, Mokah Soulfly, Smoothvega, Drama Tha King and Raw Elementz, 8:30 p.m. Friday, The Prophet Bar, 2548 Elm St., $10. Diamond Victoria

Thursday is on a small run of dates where they play two of their classic LPs, Full Collapse and War All the Time, front to back. Though they have a rather extensive back catalog, these are the two records that changed their fortunes and gained a huge audience. The first night — Friday night — is devoted to Full Collapse, the record that broke the band out of the New Jersey scene and into the national spotlight. The next night is devoted to War All the Time, the major-label debut that brought the band to larger acclaim. Normally shows like these happen in New York, LA or Chicago, so Dallas is very lucky to have these dates. Thursday is not really an active band as compared with the 2000s, so you should strongly consider going if you’ve never seen this powerful and legendary band before. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26 at Trees, 2709 Elm St., $29-$36 at ticketfly.com. Eric Grubbs

Saturday

Sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment,” according to the Google search we just did. By that definition, cheerleading is 100 percent, no doubt in anyone’s mind, a sport. Backflips are physical. Somersaults must be learned and perfected. And competitive cheerleaders, well, compete. See them do that Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27 at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas, 650 S. Griffin St at National Cheerleaders Association National Championships. Tickets start at $20 at eventbrite.com. Paige Skinner

Finnish vocal ensemble Rajaton joins the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the music of megastar pop group Abba, who are enjoying a much deserved critical reconsideration. Expect orchestral renditions that shine new light on the Swedish artists’ soaring, emotionally raw classics, including “Mamma Mia,” “Waterloo,” “Dancing Queen” and more. There are three performances: at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. All performances take place at the Meyerson, 2301 Flora St. Tickets start at $20. More info at mydso.com. Jonathan Patrick

The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook is a funny and moving play about a boy who was born without a right hand. When doctors fitted him with a prosthetic hook, he was sidelined at recess until the other kids asked to play Peter Pan with him. Of course, he played Captain Hook — until he grew tired of it. The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook takes a look at David Harrell’s childhood living with a disability as he tells the story of how he wished to change his own narrative and not be just the boy with a hook. The play is at 3 p.m. Saturday at Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson. Visit eisemanncenter.com for more information and tickets ($25). Paige Skinner

KNON is the nonprofit, listener-supported community radio station that has been showcasing the blues in DFW for 20 years. From the up-and-coming, 11-year-old Jack Barksdale to headliners like the award-winning blues elders in Gregg A. Smith and the Blues Revue Band, the 20th annual KNON Blues Festival will be two days packed with Texas talent. Before hosting festivals, KNON released compilations of blues music from all over DFW. The radio station has brought blues a long way over the years and shows no sign of stopping. The festival will be held at Poor David’s Pub, where blues has been put on display in Dallas for over 40 years. Keeping up with what is seemingly a festival tradition, Dickey’s Barbecue will be available for $10 a plate. 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27 at Poor David’s Pub, 1313 Lamar St., $20-$150 at eventbrite.com. Jacob Vaughn

Blake Ward is one of the busiest DJs in Dallas, with four different weekly events and recently having taken up the management of his new Four Four Booking agency. He has a long-standing Saturday night Glamorama gig at Beauty Bar. As far as promotion goes, Ward is relentless, a perfect example of how to connect, inform and grow a DJ audience. 9 p.m. Saturday, Beauty Bar, 1924 N. Henderson Ave., free. Wanz Dover

Sunday

International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Name doesn’t ring a bell? Then mark the day with a visit to the Dallas Holocaust Museum and Center for Education and Tolerance, 211 N. Record St., Suite 100. Remember, those who forget the past are … well, just doomed. The museum is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, and admission is $10 for adults, with discounts for kids and seniors. Find more information at dallasholocaustmuseum.org. Patrick Williams

Monday

Who doesn’t love The Bachelor? You? OK, no one asked you. Jeez. Well somebody loves it, because the entire franchise has spanned more than 40 seasons and people keep watching. This season, four Dallas women are vying for virgin Colton Underwood’s love and cherry as America watches. If you don’t have anyone to watch it and cringe over it with, then head to Steam Theory Brewing Co., 340 Singleton Blvd., Suite 100, at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, to bond with fellow Bachelor lovers at the Bachelor Nation Watching Party. Visit steamtheorybrewing.com for more information. Paige Skinner

Tuesday

Namo in West Village, 3699 McKinney Ave., is hosting a sake-tasting class from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Those attending will get six hand rolls matched with sakes from TYKU Sake, whose reps will be on hand to tell you what to look for in the traditional Japanese wine made from rice, water, yeast and koji (a kind of mold used in Japanese cuisine). Tickets are $50 at eventbrite.com. Patrick Williams

Wednesday

The Disney empire is a vast, all-encompassing thing. They’re the masters of the Ice Capades, one of the biggest names in Broadway and have a virtual lock on the kids pajama market. Now, their reach expands to the world of a cappella singing. Yep, the domain once reserved for Ivy League a-holes in striped jackets is now replete with mouse ears: meet DCappella, Disney Music’s a cappella super group. Assembled by Deke Sharon, who’s like the Lou Pearlman of the a cappella world, these seven men and women don’t need backing instruments. It’s just their sweet, sweet voices and sculpted eyebrows up onstage, belting out all your favorite Disney tunes at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, 1001 Performance Place, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30. Tickets to see the Disney-fied vocal acrobatics are $19.50 to $54.50 at axs.com. Jennifer Davis-Lamm

In Incognito, playwright Nick Payne tells three different stories to better explore the human mind. One is about Thomas Stoltz Harvey stealing the recently dead Albert Einstein’s brain. The other is about a man named Harvey undergoing brain surgery, and the third is about Martha, a clinical neuropsychologist making some changes in her life after her marriage falls apart. See the play Jan. 30 through Feb. 23 at Bryant Hall, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Tickets start $25 at secondthoughttheatre.com. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Paige Skinner

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Houses For Sale in Hilmar, CA

20088 Amethyst Dr #4, Hilmar, CA

Price: $398425

New Single-story home under construction. 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage. Quartz kitchen counters, tile flooring in bathrooms and kitchen, stained beech wood cabinets throughout, stainless steel appliances.

8688 Anning Ct Lot19, Hilmar, CA

Price: $368490

New Two-story home. Move-In Ready. 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage. Master bedroom is downstairs. Bonus room upstairs. Upgraded quartz kitchen counters, tile flooring in bathrooms and kitchen, white cabinets throughout, stainless steel appliances.

20112 Amethyst Dr #2, Hilmar, CA

Price: $372084

New Single-story home under construction. 5 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage. Granite kitchen counters, tile flooring in bathrooms and kitchen, stained beech wood cabinets throughout, stainless steel appliances.

1955 W Geer, Hilmar, CA

Price: $369000

A countryside home with 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath with over 1,400 sq ft with plenty of space to expand and have animals, park RV, boat, build a large shop in back. This home has an outside building for storage, plenty of parking has over 40 fruit trees. Great location to build a custom home.

24051 Swenson Rd, Hilmar, CA

Price: $830000

Attention Home Buyers!! this is one you don’t want to miss. This is one of the most Beautiful Custom homes in the valley with all the upgrades. Home includes Viking appliances, custom cabinets throughout, Granite counter tops, 12 Ft ceilings, 5 ft wide hallway. All of this sits on over 2.5 acres and priced to sell. This home is AMAZING, you have to see it to believe it, definite pride of ownership come take a look today and make this one your own. YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED!!

20120 Amethyst Dr #1, Hilmar, CA

Price: $323893

New Single-story home under construction. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage. Granite kitchen counters, tile flooring in bathrooms and kitchen, stained beech wood cabinets throughout, stainless steel appliances.

20438 Amethyst Dr, Hilmar, CA

Price: $329900

Hilmar Classic Home with 4 Bedroom Home and Pool. Great Entertaining Backyard with Trellis, Elevated Planters, Deck, Patio, and More. This home has a Remodeled Kitchen with Granite, Custom Cabinetry, Tile Floors Throughout, and More. Approx. 1537sf with an Open Great Family Area. Inside Laundry. Newer Carpet. Designer Paint, Dcor, and Accents thoughout this home.

20182 Arlon St, Hilmar, CA

Price: $299999

Home on quiet cul de sac. Roof replaced 5-7 years, air conditioner replaced 5 years ago.

20426 1st St, Hilmar, CA

Price: $299995

Very nice home, in good area of Hilmar,priced to sell,subject to sellers finding suitable property out in the country. Laminate Floors in Kitchen & Hallway, Tile in the Laundry Room and 1 bathroom. Kitchen has Stainless Steel Appliances which are 2 years old.

19584 Portofino Ct, Hilmar, CA

Price: $529900

All Upgraded and Immaculately maintained 4 Bedroom 3 Baths. Master Suite PLUS additional bedroom downstairs. Upstairs bedrooms with jack&jill bath.Formal dining area. Great Room w/fireplace.Kitchen w/granite counters and stainless steel appliances.Inside laundry w/sink and cabinets. Huge game room. Separate loft.Beautiful Hardwood Floors. Plantations Shutters. 3 Car Garage w/extra storage area. Swimming Pool; Patio; Grass area. A must see!

19825 Somers Dr, Hilmar, CA

Price: $257280

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19577 American Ave, Hilmar, CA

Price: $274999

Beautiful 4 bed 2 ½ bath home with one bedroom and a ½ bath down stairs. This two story home shows well and has plenty of room for the whole family. Yard has dog run and garden shed. Low maintenance landscaping throughout. Very nice floor plan with extra loft/computer area on landing above stairs.

19576 Gibraltar Ct, Hilmar, CA

Price: $469990

This beautiful home boast nearly 3300sf, an ample sized lot of approx 6300sf on a court. The open floor plan easily accommodates the largest of family gatherings w/the kitchen overlooking the family rm. The gorgeous hard wood & stained concrete floors compliment the separate living, formal dining area & family rm. Noteworthy: 2 downstairs bdrms & 2 baths, one of which is the master, huge upstairs theater room and loft & 3car garage.

7580 Lander Ave, Hilmar, CA

Price: $229950

2 unit DUPLEX on corner lot a total of $1700 a month rental income.

19600 American Ave, Hilmar, CA

Price: $369500

Hilmar Single Story! Wonderful family home featuring 2324 sq. ft.,3 bedrooms, office/den or possible 4th bedroom & 3 full baths. This spacious floor plan has separate living/family rooms, each w/fireplace & formal dinning. The large country style Kitchen has an oversized island, SS appliances, granite counters, pantry & is open to the family room . Beautiful master suite/bath, large walk-in closet.Inside Laundry w/sink & cabinets. 2 car garage & separate 1 Car Garage used as man cave & more.

8336 Rexford Dr, Hilmar, CA

Price: $249500

A very nice home with 3brd/2bths. Nice bright kitchen with tile floors & counters. 60”X 13”.5 concrete RV driveway+pad. Huge 34”.6 X 14”.2 covered patio area next to home off the 2 car garage. Could be used for large party groups ect. Let your imagination roam on the possibilities Now being use as a shop area. Just down the street from the soccer field at Holy Rosary church.

20225 Tiffany Ln, Hilmar, CA

Price: $270000

Come see this nice single story home with 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths located in desirable little town of Hilmar! Home is in close proximity to shopping, churches, schools, and much more. At approximately 1,371 square feet, this home features a spacious living room with a brick fireplace, tile counter tops in the kitchen, stainless steel appliances in kitchen, good-sized bedrooms, large backyard with a covered patio area and has lots of potential, possible RV access, and much more!

8661 Lander Ave, Hilmar, CA

Price: $249900

Built in 1925 Cute California Bungalow with a front porch. House features 2 bedroom & 1 bath with 1217sf. Newer comp roof. Updated dual pane windows, electrical and plumbing 6 years ago. Central heat and air installed in 2011. Living room features surround sound speakers. Dining room features built in hutch & large sliding glass door that opens up to the deck. Newer fencing. Large lot 21,784sf which is ½ an acre you can add on to the house or build your dream home.

8097 Shoreen St, Hilmar, CA

Price: $259500

Welcome Home! Adorable family home in Hilmar right off Bloss Ave! 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms with remodeled kitchen and bathroom on a quiet neighborhood street! Newer roof, newer water heater, bonus room, large bedrooms and more! Great for first time home buyers starting their family!

20058 Geer Ave, Hilmar, CA

Price: $114900

Welcome to 20058 Geer Ave., located in Hilmar CA. Home of the famous Hilmar Cheese Factory. Quiet country living, but still just minutes away from schools and shopping. This 2 bedroom 1 bath sits on a 13,500 sqft lot. Nothing but potential here. Plenty of room to have that garden you have been dreaming of. If you have a RV, boat, car, truck well there is plenty of room for them here. Don’t miss out, come and take a look today!

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Houses For Sale in Hilmar, CA

20088 Amethyst Dr #4

Price: $398425

8688 Anning Ct Lot19

Price: $368490

20112 Amethyst Dr #2

Price: $372084

1955 W Geer

Price: $369000

24051 Swenson Rd

Price: $830000

20120 Amethyst Dr #1

Price: $323893

20438 Amethyst Dr

Price: $329900

20182 Arlon St

Price: $299999

Home on quiet cul de sac. Roof replaced 5-7 years, air conditioner replaced 5 years ago.

20426 1st St

Price: $299995

19584 Portofino Ct

Price: $529900

19825 Somers Dr

Price: $257280

19577 American Ave

Price: $274999

19576 Gibraltar Ct

Price: $469990

7580 Lander Ave

Price: $229950

2 unit DUPLEX on corner lot a total of $1700 a month rental income.

19600 American Ave

Price: $369500

8336 Rexford Dr

Price: $249500

20225 Tiffany Ln

Price: $270000

8661 Lander Ave

Price: $249900

8097 Shoreen St

Price: $259500

20058 Geer Ave

Price: $114900

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Houses For Sale in Hilmar, CA

20088 Amethyst Dr #4

Price: $398425

8688 Anning Ct Lot19

Price: $368490

20112 Amethyst Dr #2

Price: $372084

1955 W Geer

Price: $369000

24051 Swenson Rd

Price: $830000

20120 Amethyst Dr #1

Price: $323893

20438 Amethyst Dr

Price: $329900

20182 Arlon St

Price: $299999

Home on quiet cul de sac. Roof replaced 5-7 years, air conditioner replaced 5 years ago.

20426 1st St

Price: $299995

19584 Portofino Ct

Price: $529900

19825 Somers Dr

Price: $257280

19577 American Ave

Price: $274999

19576 Gibraltar Ct

Price: $469990

7580 Lander Ave

Price: $229950

2 unit DUPLEX on corner lot a total of $1700 a month rental income.

19600 American Ave

Price: $369500

8336 Rexford Dr

Price: $249500

20225 Tiffany Ln

Price: $270000

8661 Lander Ave

Price: $249900

8097 Shoreen St

Price: $259500

20058 Geer Ave

Price: $114900

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