Reading and Roaming
It was a week that showcased some of the best in culture and learning Sarasota has to offer. The play was powerful and timely, the orchestra’s performance moving, and the lecture, food for the mind. WOMAN POWER & SCIENCE Silent Sky at Asolo Repertory Theatre Silent Sky by playwright Lauren Gunderson is a woman-centered work about astronomer …
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TO GO OR NOT TO GO? This was the week that was and that was the question. To go, or not to go. So, this week we went. We went to see a play and the theater was about two-thirds full. Then we debated going to our regular orchestra concert with friends and decided to just do it. It was …
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RECENT READING The Dutch House by Ann Patchett I thoroughly enjoyed Patchett’s new novel about two siblings, Maeve, and her younger by seven years brother, Danny. Set in the Philadelphia suburbs and New York, it takes place over many decades. This brother and sister are linked together, joined at the hip one might say, by the house they …
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MUSICAL NOTES Did you ever realize that many of Richard Rodgers’ wonderful songs are waltzes? At Music Monday, we were treated to conversation with Edward Alley (conductor) and Marcus DeLoach (baritone) along with DeLoach’s warm and luscious renditions of “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” “Some Enchanted Evening,” and other songs from Showboat and South Pacific. Kudos …
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