Victorian « Woman Around Town

Alice in Wonderland—Timeless as the White Rabbit’s Watch

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

“It’s still new. It’s still fresh. If it were written yesterday and released on shelves today, people would still be as amazed by it as

CONTINUE READING »

alice-in-tim-burton-s-alice-in-wonderland-alice-in-wonderland-2009-7168314-800-600-512x384

Lewis Carroll’s Alice—A Favorite for Film Makers

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

When Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland opens on Friday, March 5, the film will join many others that have sought to bring Lewis Carroll’s tales

CONTINUE READING »

Love in the Parlors: A Real Victorian Valentine’s Day

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
by Woman Around Town on Living Around

Going out to dinner this Sunday for Valentine’s Day? Already dreading the crowds and the limited fixe prix menu that all restaurants offer that night?

CONTINUE READING »

Invictus: Clint Eastwood’s Tribute to Mandela

Sunday, January 10th, 2010
by Barbara Kurka on Playing Around

Invictus, Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, is about leadership, loyalty, love of country, forgiveness, and the power of moral authority to bring change to a nation.

CONTINUE READING »

A Charming and Ageless “Ernest in Love”

Monday, December 28th, 2009
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

The Importance of Being Ernest, arguably Oscar Wilde’s most popular play, has been produced repeatedly during every epoch since its premiere in 1895. Set in

CONTINUE READING »

Saul Jaffe’s One Man Show as “Merrick the Elephant Man”

Friday, December 4th, 2009
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Joseph (John) Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man 1862-1890, developed a congenital disfigurement (when he was three) now thought to be “Proteus Syndrome” named for the

CONTINUE READING »