Octo Observations: When You’re Smiling Have you ever noticed how easily you respond to a person who smiles? Have you ever gone to the grocery store, and someone you never saw [...] May 9, 2019
Playwright Catherine Filloux Confronts the Tragedy of Child-Separation Policy When, in June 2018, Judge Dana Sabraw of California put a legal chokehold on the Trump administration’s unconscionable child-separation [...] May 8, 2019
A Beautiful Dawning: Oklahoma! at 75 Jason Gotay’s “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” is everything one would hope Curly McLain’s opening salvo to represent. Gotay is [...] May 8, 2019
Gary-A Sequel to Titus Andronicus – A Clown Becomes a Fool Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of iconoclast Taylor Mac is that as playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, [...] May 7, 2019
Gary Ferrar – Magician/Mentalist I’m sitting with magician/mentalist Gary Ferrar in a room beneath Oxbow Tavern on Columbus Avenue where once a month he’s [...] May 6, 2019
Hans Christian Andersen -Tales Real & Imagined Hans Christian Andersen’s (1805-1875) fairy tales are embedded in our culture. Rife with disguised lessons, appreciated by children and [...] May 6, 2019
Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas I love Mother’s Day. I love that it comes just as spring has really started blooming. The scent of lilacs fill the air, [...] May 6, 2019
Link Link Circus by Isabella Rossellini Isabella Rossellini is pursuing a new chapter in her life with the infectious enthusiasm and curiosity of a teenager. An actress, writer, [...] May 5, 2019