Holiday Ice Show

Holiday Ice Show
BOARDMAN -- The theme of this year's Holiday Ice Show at the Ice Zone at 5 p.m. today is "peace on earth." The program will feature 120 area skaters, dressed in holiday style, who will perform to traditional Christmas carols. Among the performers will be the Youngstown State University hockey team skating as Mr. and Mrs. Claus and elves, miniature skaters "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" with the Chipmunks and "Frosty the Snowman." Call (330) 746-1064 for ticket information.
Conductor in concerts
CLEVELAND -- Christoph von Dohnanyi will conduct the Cleveland Orchestra in concerts featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 on Jan. 10, 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. at Severance Hall. The concerts will also include the world premiere of British composer Harrison Birtwistle's "The Shadow of Night," which was commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra. Tickets (add $3 for Saturday) are orchestra, $51 and $36; dress circle, $63 and $41; and balcony, $51, $41 and $29. Call (800) 686-1141 or (216) 231-1111 for information.
Not good pets
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Environmentalists are worried that children's enthusiasm for Harry Potter may create a market for Hungary's protected owls as pets. Hedwig, a snowy owl, is the fictional child wizard's mascot.
While snowy owls are relatively rare in Hungary, "We want to draw attention to the fact that owls are not fit for being held in homes and can even be dangerous in some cases," said Szilard Drexler, a public relations officer for the Hungarian Ornithology and Environmental Protection Association. The grasp of a snowy owl is strong enough to break the wrist of a child, he added.
J.K. Rowling's four "Harry Potter" books have sold more than 400,000 copies in Hungary, where print runs for children's books are usually of 3,000 to 4,000 copies. And, the feature film based on the first book in the series was to make its local debut Thursday.
Accused of censorship
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-- The director of a community college's photography museum planned to leave her position Friday, accusing administrators of censorship by telling her to cancel an exhibit on Afghanistan. "It's clear that there is no place for me at the college," said Alison Nordstrom, director and senior curator of the Southeast Museum of Photography at Daytona Beach Community College since 1991.
Vice President of Academics Frank Lombardo denied that college officials told Nordstrom to cancel the Afghanistan show. Instead, Lombardo said, he told Nordstrom not to schedule the show at the same time as another exhibit celebrating American patriotism.
"I said, 'Do the shows, but do them separately,"' Lombardo said. "We wanted a feel-good show. I didn't want to bring in veterans and have pictures with a bunch of dead bodies laying around."
Despite Nordstrom's resignation, administrators said plans were still moving forward for the exhibitions on Afghanistan and U.S. patriotism.