Check out “Beast on the Moon” April 3, 2007
Posted by Steve in : Weblog , add a commentIf it is April, it must be time for another Provision Theater production. This time, this award-nominated troupe is putting on ” Beast on the Moon”. Written by Richard Kalinoski, a man personally familiar with the difficulties associated with growing up in a post-genocide Armenian community, this play examines the trials of a young couple, having survived the genocide themselves, in their effort to start a family of their own. THIS PLAY HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED by the Jeff Awards Committee.
Here is a brief description of the play:
“When his teenage mail-order bride arrives in Milwaukee in 1921, young Aram believes his future can finally begin. His sole desire is for a large family - a family to replace the one ripped from him in the recent Armenian genocide. But when the affects of the atrocities begin to surface for and Seta, their hopes for children are dashed. Can the present heal the past? The desperate couple finds out with the help of an unlikely young stranger.” (more…)
The Birth of “On Faith” November 26, 2006
Posted by Steve in : Weblog, Breaking News, The Cultural Conversation , 1 comment so farThe WashingtonPost.com has recently debuted a new internet column called “On Faith”, which hopes to provide “a new global conversation about what is perhaps the most pervasive and least understood force in human affairs: religious faith. It is a subject about which many people have strong opinions, about which many people care passionately-but about which there is, in our view, far too little constructive discussion and debate. “
It is a collaborative, moderated, blog-like site dedicated to encouraging “intelligent and respectful conversations on religion and faith” among people around the world. It looks like a good place to hear the various voices in the dialogue on some very contentious issues.
Led by Sally Quinn, of the Washington Post, and Jon Meacham of Newsweek, two (more…)
