Hello Beautiful People, I’m so excited for the next concert in the Lucky Disaster Concert Series. The music, the cast, the all around process regarding this particular show has just been phenomenal, with great theater comes great collaboration, and these performers, composers, and musicians are nothing short of exceptional. For those of you who are…
Internationally renowned pianist Jeffrey Biegel is to perform as the featured soloist in “A Summons to Life,” the South Florida Symphony’s final Key West master concert of its 16th anniversary season. Biegel and the symphony, composed of eminent classical musicians from around the United States, are scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27,…
Hello Friends, I’ve always been a fan of young adult fiction. The formation of identity – how we define ourselves, why we become who we become and how that’s always changing has always been a focal point of my work. These issues are never so resonant or important or obvious as they are in young adult…
Hello Beautiful People, Last week, I shared my story about a disrespectful student, here. THIS week, we’re opening the comment threads to all of you. There have been so many emails on how to handle disrespectful students in the high school and middle school readers, that opening up the post to include YOUR comments, thoughts,…
Hello Beautiful People, Stage fright. Perhaps the two most threatening words to any artist. That paralyzing, infectious, horrible feeling that occurs when one graces the stage…and….panics. And that’s exactly what occurs in Grand Piano. Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood), the most talented pianist of his generation has an extreme, paralyzing, horrifying experience with stage fright that…
Hello Beautiful People, Michael Roderick is one of the nicest human beings in show business. And that’s no exaggeration. Michael began his career as a high school English teacher before producing Off Broadway and then on Broadway. This combination of experience in the arts and entrepreneurship led to Michael starting an arts incubator program to teach…
Hello Write Readers, At this time last year, I had just finished Amour, which was my final review to be submitted before the Academy Awards were televised, and it’s interesting to me that this year my final review is Philomena, which I equated to “the Amour of 2014” when I heard about it. In case…
Hello Beautiful People, Almost there! We’re almost there! There’s just one more film left to see, and just in time for the Academy Awards this evening. WHEW! This has been a whirlwind of film watching. Next year aka this year, I promise, I’m going to start early. (I think I said that last year?) Nebraska…
Hello Write Readers, More movie reviews! Our countdown to the Oscars continues with another Best Picture Nominee: American Hustle. I’ve seen a lot of movies lately, but I approached none of them with the enthusiasm with which I entered the theatre for American Hustle. I was beyond ready. I entered the movie theatre in San…
Hello Write Readers, The year 2013 seems to be the year about race films. When I saw the trailer for this movie, I couldn’t help but wonder, “what’s happening in Hollywood?” Everywhere you turn, there are poignant and deeply relevant conversations going on about the history of race in this country. Some of the films…