Reading and Roaming
RECENT READING: ADVENTURE AND SUSPENSE ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love by Sophie Elmhirst Maurice Bailey was a quiet Englishman, a print setter, awkward, insecure, and uncomfortable around other people. He lived alone, wanted to escape his dowdy village, and never expected to marry. Nine years younger, Maralyn was …
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MUSICIAL INTERLUDE Chamber Music Raleigh The Chief Penguin and I are new to the Chamber Music Raleigh series. It’s held in an intimate auditorium in the North Carolina Museum of Art on Sunday afternoons. To date, the performers have included a cello quartet (yes, 4 cellos!), a trio of female string players, and most recently, the Italian …
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This week’s post includes a play about race that is compelling and uncomfortable and a beautiful memoir on delayed grief. The drama is the Pulitzer Prize winner, Fairview, and the book is Memorial Days. CHALLENGING THEATER Fairview (Justice Theater Project) The Justice Theater Project, a small drama company, presents plays about social issues at Umstead United …
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A valentine gift in the form of two novels and an Australian TV series.
