Continue Reading Pure Magic So far this week we’ve discussed cheerleaders, animals on stage, ballet dancers, puppets and such. It’s time, then, to turn to another…
Continue Reading Puppets and such (Photos courtesy of Lorenzo Mella) In honor of Boom Arts’ upcoming performance of CHIFLÓN: EL SILENCIO DEL CARBÓN (The Silence of Coal), created and…
Continue Reading Shout Out for the Art Critic Our family had an imaginary friend, the Legozwerg, who could be plied with nuts, left out overnight, to produce some pretty amazing Lego…
Continue Reading Live on Stage I have not been lucky enough to see a live performance of War Horse, but I was always intrigued by the puppetry that…
Continue Reading What Room does Fear have Shrove Monday was celebrated with large carnivals and costume parades where I grew up. Heuer the drama queen (or pirate, as the…
Continue Reading Swan Song After a particularly trying episode of whooping cough my sister and I were dragged to the Black Forest to “take the air.”…
Continue Reading Andantino One of the most beautiful pieces of music I know is Schubert’s posthumously published Sonata D 959 – 2nd part of a trilogy, all…
Continue Reading 2nd Act One of my favorite voices these days is British: George Monbiot writes for the Guardian, when he doesn’t write books. (Regarding the latter…
Continue Reading Intermezzo Do you know those days when you wake up feeling like this? And your immediate reaction to what greets you at the breakfast table is,…
Continue Reading First (Class) Act I have a few people who recommend books to me that invariably hit the spot. Those people are from different backgrounds and of…
