Thoughts and musings about theatre, art, music, politics and life.
In theatre there is a concept called scene obligatoire. That's when finally, just towards the climax of the play, the key characters finally meet and have it out. Yesterday and today, in Justice Merchan's courtroom in New York, was the…
GritLit is the annual Hamilton literary festival. For years I didn't go, for a number of reasons, but the most compelling one was that I was busy running Artword Artbar. Well, that's over now, so now I can go. I…
We parked the car and headed to Theatre Aquarius to see Beautiful Scars, the Tom Wilson musical. A woman passing by stopped to talk. "You're one of those Theatre Aquarius types." (I think it was my new hat.) "You're going…
Part 1 My mother told me this story. She and I were on a train. I was about 2 years old. We were probably travelling from Sarnia, where my father had a war job of some sort, to Toronto, where…
When it started, I thought the interruption would be short. Life would revert. We'd get back to the headlong insanity that we called normal. A year has passed, and that once-vivid world is just another memory. Like university. Like that…
Today (January 19, 2021) everyone in the U.S. is busy guessing who will be on the pardon-list of that outgoing guy. The official list will be documented here: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-trump#Jan202021 Meanwhile, let's find out how a person who Pardons does it.
How your intrepid blogger discovers new answers to her puzzles about the Noguchi sculpture ... on Dec. 1 Timothy Harleth and Nikki Pisha in the Rose Garden. On Dec 1, 2020 at 10:00 am, the White House Historical Association host…
How a surprising news story in the US leads us to a Noguchi sculpture, a White House puzzle, and an unexpected update a week later ... Breaking News, Friday Nov 20, 2020 "First Lady Melania Trump is pleased to announce…
