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: Hoping Summer Proves Piv...

The sun has been out. Vacations have been booked. And cold drinks are becoming necessary. But, at Wayne...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Super Dry Summer of '87 at ...

For those of you fretting the cold weather, here's a look back to the summer of 1987. This is Maple Lake in...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Remembering a True Super...

“We’re going to have to stop your heart,” he said, to which I responded, “Ok. Will it start again?” His answer:...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: A Closed National Chain at M...

As is sometimes the case, comments on a blog post on one of our social media platforms will lead to another blog. Such...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Off the Shelf: Library's Books & Brews B...

This week we hosted our first Books & Brews book club, and it was a great success! This book club is our newest ev...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
The Grapevine: Upcoming Event to Recogni...

The Board of Directors of the Progressive Women’s Association has announced that it will be presenting a special progr...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Tending Community: Let's Talk Consumptio...

Every week when people talk about the Bridgeport Farmers and Makers Market, the conversation usually centers around fresh,...

Posted by Perris Reed