Sep 12, 2017 | Theater | 0 Comments
A summer’s day at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival last week was a smoky affair. OSF canceled outdoor performances. A walk through town required an air filter mask. Still, we saw three plays on the indoor stages, each as different from the others as artistic realism is from abstract impressionism. So, let’s compare.
Aug 2, 2017 | Adventure, Theater, Travel | 0 Comments
The Traverse City Film Festival, founded by Michael Moore, celebrates its thirteenth year. More than 100 films screened over a period of a week in about ten different indoor and outdoor venues.
Sep 12, 2016 | Theater | 0 Comments
Every year we can count on seeing great theater at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Like good books, great theater has the capacity to engage individuals in conversation. It might be an internal dialogue between reader and author over the treatment of a theme.
Nov 12, 2015 | Faith, Fun, Theater | 0 Comments
I saw something new in this week’s study in Ephesians. Being a theater buff, I had to go there. Contrary to popular opinion, creation is not a clock God wound and walked away from to pursue more interesting activities. Creation is a big cast, full-scale production performed before a celestial audience. I draw this analogy from Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians, 3:7-21 (ESV).
Oct 30, 2015 | Fun, Theater | 0 Comments
Looking for ways to put some happy in your Halloween? Some of the fun fizzles when the children parade out the door into their adult lives, and the grandkids are too far away to tag along after. As the seasons of life change, our celebrations change. I still put out decorations, but our doorbell won’t ring on October 31. Trick-or-treaters don’t come through our community.
Sep 12, 2013 | Family, Theater | 2 Comments
On a classic movie channel this week, co-host and incomparably beautiful actress Madeleine Stowe gave her response to a screening of Splendor in the Grass. She commented that back in the day, people and landscape were inexorably woven together.