scribe to King Psamtik I. With his guidance,
our two heroes unravel their mystery. Algon
the way they meet King Psamtik I and his
daughter the Princess Nitocris. Jesse and
Bobby travel with the Princess and the
scribe on their fateful journey up the Nile to
Thebes. Eventually, Sema-tawy-tefnakht and
his Egyptian friends help Jesse and Bobby
find their way home.
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The Wizard of Oz
October 18 7:00 pm
Tickets: $35, $45, $59
“For nearly forty years this story has given
faithful service to the Young in Heart; and
Time has been powerless to put its kindly
INSIGHT
philosophy out of fashion. To those of you
who have been faithful to it in return …and
to the Young in Heart …we dedicate this
picture.”
When the dedication for the opening credits
of the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz
was written, no one could’ve imagined
the lasting impact the movie would have
on American culture. Or how accurate the
assertion that ‘Time’ would be powerless to
stop the story, was going to be.
The actual time it takes (just over one
hundred minutes) to transport viewers
from Kansas to the magical world of Oz
and back again is relatively brief. But, as
anyone who has viewed the movie knows,
the story resonates much longer than that.
Climatic lines such as, “Toto, I’ve a feeling
we’re not in Kansas anymore,” and “Lions
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