A&E Blog

Posted on June 12, 2020

Everyone has a favorite Sondheim musical, or at least they should. Stephen Sondheim is one of the t...

Posted on June 04, 2020

I don’t know how to contribute to the current conversation because I don’t know what is left to say. ...

Posted on May 28, 2020

The best of us have figured out a way to be lifelong learners and teachers simultaneously. Nineteen...

Posted on May 21, 2020

During my college theatre years I fell down a lot…literally… It was the second perfor...

Posted on May 14, 2020

Time for some real talk. Let me begin by saying that the views and opinions expressed in this...

Posted on May 07, 2020

Find your light! You will hear these words quite a lot if you happen to wander into a darkene...

Posted on April 30, 2020

What if… What if I told you that those two simple words make up the foundation for the syste...

Posted on April 23, 2020

William Shakespeare turns 456 years old today. I am a professed Bardolator, which is one who...

Posted on April 16, 2020

There can be great power in the pause. Actors and directors use different words to describe i...

Posted on April 09, 2020

I am hopeful that history could repeat itself. Between the 14th and the 15th centuries, a ser...

Posted on April 01, 2020

Terrence McNally has passed away. I understand that most of you engaging with this blog probably have no id...

Posted on June 01, 2013

I hate money. I hate what people will do to acquire it. I hate not having it. I hate how not...

Posted on April 05, 2013

The last theatre project that I was involved in at college was an ethnographic research based original play based upon...

Posted on April 01, 2013

My grandmother had some crazy expressions. She was a remarkable woman that I got...

Posted on February 02, 2013

I was afraid I had lost Art! You see, in the summer of 2002, I was living in the College Park Apartment...

From the Bench: Recalling My Friend D.D....

It was mentioned in the obituary. In fact, it was very concise and to the point in a memorial so loaded with good deeds an...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Johnson Avenue "Pre-Sheetz"...

Look familiar? If it doesn't, it's because today this area of Johnson Avenue is completely built up. Th...

Posted by Dick Duez
Crisis Chronicles: It Takes a Village

Around 5 p.m. on Friday, May 30th, my phone started buzzing with weather alerts. This spring has been particularly int...

Posted by Tim Curry
It's Happening: Baylor Comes Home

Many have been following the journey of 2-year-old Baylor Waggamon since early-2025 when he was awaiting a heart transplan...

Posted by Julie Perine
The Grapevine: Enjoying the Wheeling Sym...

Once again, the residents of Harrison County will have the opportunity to celebrate the Fourth of July with a performa...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: Unlucky 13-Year Anniversary ...

It was August 20, 1970, when what many will consider the worst storm in Bridgeport’s history took place. A torna...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto