Random pieces
May. 5th, 2004 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidI finally found out what the construction project is on the median of the Pike, the one that they've shifted all the lanes for (and with the holes in the former lane markings, it's been slightly more challenging driving than just the narrower lanes would imply). They're replacing the median between Boston and Rte. 128 with a new, modern one, and making sure the lights stay on.
More upcoming events of possible interest:
Mayfirearts (at the Hatch Shell this Shabbat afternoon), and
Waterfire (in Providence, on a number of evenings through the summer).
Good things one Tuesday evening
The play was the already-mentioned Cow-Tipping & Other Signs of Stress, and it was a lot of fun. It started out as a light play about a playwright in NYC being supported by his pediatrician wife, a piece with snappy dialogue and quick timing, then got more serious, with issues in both his professional and personal lives. It featured a play-within-a-play, and a vastly rewritten second version of the same. In addition to the obvious self-referentiality of a play about a playwright, there were times that characters from different layers of plot interacted, which I always find interesting. Oddly enough, it turned into a poly play at the end, a positive poly ending.
There was time afterward to give feedback, and I had a number of comments on different aspects. What was particularly satisfying was to be thanked for the comments, and one of the actors chat with me about his character's motivation, since he'd been noticing the same issues I brought up. Cool.
If anyone's interested, there's another staged reading next week, of a play called The Other Ice (Dan Blask). Same bat time, same bat station.
Spring progress:
This weekend the dogwoods were blooming, ranging from pale ivory through pink and the occasional red. The lilacs are just starting, while the violets are out, as were the first dandelions. The crab apples have gone from the beauty of dark pink buds nestled in greenery to branches covered in white with leaves barely visible. And the lilies of the valley are just now starting to come out as well.
Lord of the Flying Ring: a frisbee champ
Lord of the Flies Ring: a rewriting of the German epic with a fishing theme
More upcoming events of possible interest:
Mayfirearts (at the Hatch Shell this Shabbat afternoon), and
Waterfire (in Providence, on a number of evenings through the summer).
Good things one Tuesday evening
- chicken soup with garlic dumplings
- the fourth and last of the pink lily buds opening on the stalk I bought Thursday (I really should take off the little bits that will stain when they fall...)
- a walk in the cool of the evening
- a staged play reading and giving useful feedback
The play was the already-mentioned Cow-Tipping & Other Signs of Stress, and it was a lot of fun. It started out as a light play about a playwright in NYC being supported by his pediatrician wife, a piece with snappy dialogue and quick timing, then got more serious, with issues in both his professional and personal lives. It featured a play-within-a-play, and a vastly rewritten second version of the same. In addition to the obvious self-referentiality of a play about a playwright, there were times that characters from different layers of plot interacted, which I always find interesting. Oddly enough, it turned into a poly play at the end, a positive poly ending.
There was time afterward to give feedback, and I had a number of comments on different aspects. What was particularly satisfying was to be thanked for the comments, and one of the actors chat with me about his character's motivation, since he'd been noticing the same issues I brought up. Cool.
If anyone's interested, there's another staged reading next week, of a play called The Other Ice (Dan Blask). Same bat time, same bat station.
Spring progress:
This weekend the dogwoods were blooming, ranging from pale ivory through pink and the occasional red. The lilacs are just starting, while the violets are out, as were the first dandelions. The crab apples have gone from the beauty of dark pink buds nestled in greenery to branches covered in white with leaves barely visible. And the lilies of the valley are just now starting to come out as well.
Lord of the Flying Ring: a frisbee champ
Lord of the Flies Ring: a rewriting of the German epic with a fishing theme