Reading and Roaming
ON STAGE The Sound of Music You’ve probably seen at least one stage production of The Sound of Music or the movie starring Julie Andrews, but did you pay attention to the year and the context? I don’t think I did until we saw the superb performance at the Asolo Theater. This is a darker, more nuanced play and …
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RECENT READING Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens From the online comments I’ve read over the past six months, people either loved or hated this novel. I put off reading it until now, mostly because my local book group was going to discuss it and I wanted it to be fresh in my mind. I’m in the …
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PROVISIONING—Cheese and More I grew up eating good cheese, not expensive cheese, but good New York State sharp cheddar. In our household, there was no such thing as American cheese, a misnomer if there ever was one. In that era in upstate New York, Black Diamond cheddar from Canada was the height of sophistication and an occasional …
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BIG SCREEN Judy The Chief Penguin stated it succinctly: this is a movie about pain. And it’s exquisitely wrought pain. You know it will not end well, but you remain fixated on those smoky dark eyes and the pouty red lips. Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland is brilliant. She captures all the physical twitchiness of an addict while her expressive …
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