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Happenings the week of Dec. 17, 2013

FOOD Cook Once, Eat for a Week, speedy meal plan to make five entrees at once to fit your lifestyle and budget, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Dec. 18. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. WED Chef Knife Skills, learn San Francisco-style chopping skills and sharpen and hone your knife to a razor’s […]

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Despite leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood incomplete when he died in 1870 (of all the nerve!), the book has hit the screen about half a dozen times since, most recently this two-hour version from the BBC, now on Blu-ray fresh from airing on PBS’ esteemed, enduring Masterpiece Classic showcase. Edwin Drood (Freddie Fox, The […]

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While the Patient Slept

The MOD DVD has the Federie clan gathering again on a dark and stormy night at the behest of patriarch Richard (Walter Walker, Dangerous) “to watch me die.” But first, he has something to say to everyone. Before he can, however, it’s R.I.P. via gunshot — oh, not for Richard, but one of his sons […]

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Grand Central Murder

She receives just such a threatening call from an ex (“Death and me are just around the corner,” he warns, “don’t keep us waiting”), so she locks herself in a private train car at Grand Central Station, saying, “He’ll never find me there.” Famous last words. And among the first uttered in Grand Central Murder, […]

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Mystery meat

Whodunit Dining RoomStarting Tuesday www.whodunit.net 420-3222 The Whodunit Dining Room, a mystery dinner theater troupe, is not for passive audiences wanting to sit quietly in the darkness and admire a cast while trying to power through clinking glasses and scraping forks. The company appeals to more raucous crowds comfortable with characters breaking the fourth wall […]

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