Just a reminder that TUTA is gathering this Sunday and I'd love to get a chance to have a drink with you in support of them.
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We're Engaged! Join Us!
Join us to celebrate “The Wedding” and our entire new season of engaging entertainment.
What: An "Engagement Party" featuring drinks, wedding-themed parlor games, and a chance to meet our actors in an informal setting, all for $20
When: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 7pm. Save the Date!
Where: The Spot, 4437 N. Broadway, Chicago
Why: A portion of the proceeds will benefit TUTA, a theatre company known for marrying cultures, time periods and artistic expressions of all kinds.
Bonus: Get engaged now by donating online. ANY amount is appreciated! Help reach our goal of 100 donations by Nov 15 and we'll unveil a special thank you treat!
More details and RSVP on our blog http://www.tutato.com/blog/were-eng
Rules for Good Manners in the Modern World: Photo by Guedrius Suenis.
Hello all ~
Personally, I don't get all that excited about attending benefits, so I understand if you cringe at this post. But bear with me for a moment. If you enjoy hanging with bohemian types. If you like knowing that you make a difference in the world. If you live in the area and want to support local, innovative, subversive art in a way that is fun and painless, this is the benefit for you!
No dressing up. No sycophantic actors trying to fit their heads in your bum. No constant begging for additional donations or auction/raffle bids. This is actually a low-key, lost-cost night of relaxing and playing games with me and the Tutians (who are an amusing group, let me tell you). It's easy and it's all for a worthy cause...helping to pay for my wedding dress!
I'd love to see you there. Details are below. Feel free to contact me with any questions ~
We’re excited to invite you – friends and strangers -- to our upcoming celebration of The Wedding and our whole new season of engaging entertainment. We invite you into the party, whether you are familiar with TUTA already or a first-time visitor into our land. We provide a welcoming and humorous environment for traveling from the familiar into lesser known places, times and genres.
Here is how one audience member put it, “I love that TUTA provides an accessible challenge. In each show, I get most of what’s going on -- enough to thoroughly enjoy the experience -- but honestly there is always some part I am still wondering about days later. It’s a good stretch.”
So, save the date of Sunday, November 15 for the Engagement Party!
The evening will feature drinks, wedding-themed games -- for the married and unmarried alike! -- and the chance to informally meet members of TUTA. The event will entertain you while helping to support us, via a recession-friendly $20 admission at the door. Of course, you can help us out anytime with an online donation.
Below are all the party logistics. Let us know if you have any questions or suggestions.
Don't forget to bring your friends along! Use the button at the bottom of this post to share it with your favorite social media site or good old-fashioned email. While you're at it - make sure you stay up-to-date on TUTA events by joining our Facebook group or following us on Twitter.
What: An "Engagement Party" featuring drinks, wedding-themed parlor games, and a chance to meet our actors in an informal setting, all for $20
When: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 7pm.
Where: The Spot, 4437 N. Broadway, Chicago (easily accessible via Wilson Red Line stop and #78 Montrose, #36 Broadway buses - and since you'll be drinking and the parking can be difficult, you should really consider this option.)
Why: A portion of the proceeds will benefit TUTA, a theatre company known for marrying cultures, time periods and artistic expressions of all kinds.
Bonus: Get engaged now by donating online. ANY amount is appreciated! Help reach our goal of 100 donations by November 15th and we'll unveil a special thank you treat!
RSVP: Facebook Event ~ Direct Message on Twitter
If we don't support our local artists...who the hell will? Stand up (or sit down and have a drink) for what you believe in...LOCAL ART!!!
Many of you know my roommate,
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tarirocks, who is a talented (and sassy) singer/songwriter. If you've never heard her original music, I encourage you to listen to some of her free tracks here. The tracks don't really do her justice though, so it would be even better if you attended some of her upcoming gigs in October. I've listed details from T below. Enjoy!*** October 5th, 8 pm at Silvie's Lounge (1905 W. Irving Park)
Silvie's does Acoustic Showcases every Monday night, where you can see five local acoustic acts. I've played here before, and it's actually a really cool, low-key room. Plus, it's just down the street from the Irving Park Brown Line stop, in case you want to get lit on a Monday!
*** October 11th, 3-5 pm at Argo Tea - St. Clair (550 St. Clair)
I love playing coffee and tea shops, mostly because they're such low key gigs....a couple hours to just hang out and rock out and play song after song after song after song. If you're hanging out downtown, why not stop in for some tea and listen to a couple songs? This tea shop is right off Grand, not far from Michigan Avenue.
*** October 27th, 9 pm at Wild Pug (4810 N. Broadway)
Wild Pug is a very cool LGBTQ-friendly pub in Uptown, and this Fall, they're running an Acoustic concert series featuring a bunch of local queer and queer-friendly acts (such as yours truly!).
While this Tennessee girl has become overly fond of spring and summer since living in Chicago ('cause there's just too much damned cold weather in these parts!)...my favorite season is fall. A lot of folks seems to share this love and all around me, people are making happy noises about the beginnings of fiery foliage and sweater season. The Farmer's market is a delight of rounded, russet glory as pumpkins, apples and gourds of every type are displayed in vibrant piles. Suddenly my tongue is dreaming of all the sweet, warm spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove, anise, mace and cardamom. The fabric of love is shifting from summer silk and is knitting itself from sage, sienna and scarlet skeins.
I am bewitched by it all and in love with the richness of life. Along with many of my other "most favorite things", I see that the Mexican Fine Arts Museum is opening their annual Day of the Dead Exhibt next weekend. Their website touts it as the largest Dia de los Muertos exhibit in the nation! If you're going to be in town between September 25 and December 13, 2009 - I cannot recommend this experience enough (as I mentioned in a previous post from 2007). It is a stunning, sacred, marigold-clad honoring of the beloved dead and a joyfully-sorrowful herald of winter's coming sleep.
Songwriters' Showcase ~ Tari Follett and Last Chance Runaround
Saturday, August 29, 2009
7:00pm - 10:00pm
TUTA @ The Fulton-Carroll Center
2032 W. Fulton, Ste# F-263-A, Chicago, IL
Suggested donation of $5-15 to cover costs. Light snacks and soft drinks will be provided; BYOB!
For more information, contact TariRocks@gmail.com
It's an all-acoustic evening of singer-songwriter goodness with Chicago's own Tari Follett and special guests from sunny Atlanta - Last Chance Runaround! Come on out and support two independent acts and three talented musicians...
Tari Follett is a classically trained vocalist, a self-taught guitarist, and a bluesy folk-rock singer-songwriter. Since moving to Chicago in 2001, she's played both alone and with various other players in venues like Gunther Murphy's, Heartland Cafe, Subterranean, The Note, HotHouse, and the Beat Kitchen. She's played for fancy underground supper clubs, empty cafes on the South Side, fundraisers and benefits, and just about everything in between. Once she even got to write a song with Shakespeare (okay, not exactly with)!
Last Chance Runaround is a new musical combo hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Scott Roberts and harpist/vocalist Sue Volkert's partnership began in 2005 and was fueled by a mutual love for 1980s jangle-rockers Winter Hours as well as an instant admiration for each other. The duo have used their influences and friendship as a springboard for a rare and magical collaboration that has been the most productive and rewarding either of these veteran musicians have ever experienced. They are following up their 2005 self-titled EP and their appearance on the 2008 Winter Hours Tribute CD, A Few Uneven Rhymes, with the 2009 release of their debut full-length Alter Idem, a melodically-rich 12 song collection of Roberts originals and well-chosen covers. Last Chance Runaround hopes that the aptly named Alter Idem (Latin for "the same, but different") will be the aural equivalent of meeting a new and old friend simultaneously.
TUTA’s 2009/2010 Theatre Season ~ “Young and Restless Brecht”
TUTA opens the season with Bertholt Brecht’s 1919 Bavarian folk comedy The Wedding, directed by Artistic Director Zeljko Djukic and featuring original music by Jesse Terrill ~
When nine middle class self-important guests converge on a young bride and groom’s apartment, each one slowly unravels the horrors of living a pretentious life. As the guests’ uptight facades collapse, a slapstick adventure full of extremely truthful physical and verbal humor is unleashed. Featuring live original music performed by the cast, The Wedding takes you through early Germany just after the fall of the Hapsburg Empire and in the face of rising Nazism on their borders.
The Wedding will run January 14 – February 14, 2010, at Chopin Theatre Studio, 1543 W. Division, Chicago. For Tickets call 847-217-0691 or go online to www.tutato.com.
In May, TUTA will present the World premiere of a new adaptation loosely based on Brecht’s Baal, directed by Zeljko Djukic, with music by Josh Schmidt (Adding Machine – A Musical) and libretto/book by Ugljesa Sajtinac (author of the critically acclaimed play Huddersfield). With this production, TUTA strives to musically enlighten the play of young Brecht known for its inaugural form and risky themes of stardom and power. A fusion of serious drama and music, this premiere will have a strong emphasis on the musicality of the words, saturating them with rhythm, harmony, sound and structures. Developed through company workshops, this collaboration brings forward an original score, full of surprises and frequent shifts in perspective that explore the value of the politically charged subject of arts in times of economic crisis.
"In Near Eastern mythology, Baal is a God of rainfall and fertility. In Weimar Germany, Baal was a subversive announcement of the approaching gallop of Nazism. For us today, he is a trickier figure. Like anything that has had social subversive appeal, the character of a drunken, nihilistic poet-musician, has repeatedly been sterilized with the commercialism of popular culture: the Vietnam War protests and Jim Morrison; the Civil rights movement and Bob Dylan. Most aesthetic monstrosities end up in safe hands. They sell. Perhaps theatre can bring a glimpse of the original danger?” ~ Artistic Director, Zeljko Djukic
Baal will run May 20 – June 20, 2010 at Chopin Theatre Studio, 1543 W. Division, Chicago. For Tickets call 847-217-0691 or go online to www.tutato.com.
If you're interested, I'd recommend booking tickets in advance. The last two weekends might fill up quickly.
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"Best Chicago Production in 2009" Chicago Reader more
"Top 10 Productions of 2008." TimeOut Chicago Magazine more
"Striking. . . apt and arresting. . . fascinating." Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune (Critic’s Choice) - more
"Heartbreakingly genuine performances… timeless and universal." K. Vire, Timeout Chicago - more
"Hilarious and harrowing… at once heartbreaking and exhilarating." J. Hayford, Reader (Critic’s Choice) - more
A.P. Chekhov
UNCLE VANYA
Translated by Yasen Peyankov & Peter Christensen
Directed by Zeljko Djukic
Through July 26, 2009
Chopin Studio Theatre
1543 W. Division Street
Chicago, Illinois 60618
For tickets go to: http://www.tutato.com
For more info including reviews, photos, and video clips go to: http://www.tutato.com/production/uncle-v
For discounted tickets:
THURSDAYS AT 8pm and SUNDAYS at 3pm we offer $12 Industry/Student Tickets. Just show your H/R or student I.D. or business card at the door. Also, a limited number of HOT TIX half price tickets are available on-line at www.hottix.org
Cast includes:
Gary Houston (SEREBRYAKOV)
Stacie Beth Green (ELENA)
Jacqueline Stone (SONYA)
Christina Irwin (MARIA)
Trey Maclin (VANYA)
Andy Hager (ASTROV)
Christopher Popio (TELEGIN)
Joan Merlo (MARINA)
- Mood:
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8th House Productions presents...
Working With Dreams to Strengthen the Soul
with Anne Hill
We all have questions we want answered, and fears we need to resolve. The great wisdom expressed every night through our dreams is our best guidance for all these concerns. Bizarre and troubling dreams especially bring healing energy for us, if we know how to access it. Understanding our dreams puts our worries to rest, builds wisdom, and helps strengthen our souls.
Dreams also open windows into the future, and help us see things from startling new perspectives. In this workshop we will use group dreamwork and shamanic dream techniques to dive into the world of dreams, find the treasure waiting there for us, and emerge stronger and more confident. We will create dream allies out of disturbing images, and learn how to be bold dreamers. All levels of dreamwork experience are welcome. Please come with an old or new dream to share, a journal, and a small object that evokes your dreams.
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Anne Hill, D.Min., is the author of What To Do When Dreams Go Bad: A Practical Guide to Nightmares. She teaches and speaks internationally, has a private dream practice, and hosts a weekly radio show on dreams. Anne writes about dreams and culture for the Huffington Post, and also writes the award-winning Blog o' Gnosis, http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog She co-authored Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions, is a Reclaiming and Feri priestess, and a faculty member of Cherry Hill Seminary. Anne’s website is http://annehill.org.
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When: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 10am–4pm
Where: Lifeforce Arts Center, 3148 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago IL 60657, www.lifeforcearts.org
Cost: $50 - $75 sliding scale, a $25 deposit is required to hold your space by Wed. 6/24.
To register or for questions, contact River Roberts at 773.506.1099 or river.roberts@gmail.com.
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WEEDS as Foods.
WEEDS as Medicine.
A Series of in-depth URBANFORAGE classes
In this series we will meet and learn from 25+ common weeds as well as many local trees and wild perennials. We will cover techniques that include: elixirs, infusions, decoctions, energetics, pickling, pestos, pates, dips, spreads, salves, tinctures, infused oils, flower essences, drying, vinegars and wine.
May 30, 9am – 1pm class 3 – HERBS AS FOODS
Pickles, pates, dips, spreads and sprinkles
June 13, 9am – 1pm class 4 – HERBAL SKIN CARE
Infused oils, salves, creams, linaments, compresses
June 20, 9am – 1pm class 5 – TINCTURES & ESSENCES
Medicinal tinctures, glycerites and flower essences
PRICING:
$65/single class
$60/class if 3 or more taken
$275 for entire series ($55/class)
class price includes: light meal, tastings and handouts
- Registration is required 1 week before each class without exception.
- Classes are intentionally kept small to facilitate learning. Maximum/class=10 participants.
- All classes held at 2446 South Sawyer Avenue – Little Village, Chicago.
more info/registration: nettlesting@yahoo.com
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Public URBANFORAGE walks
Sundays 3-5pm (rain or shine!)
$10-$20 donation/person (young kids are free!)
June 07 - meet at Gold Dome building entrance at Garfield Park
July 12 – meet at train tracks Kinzie and Racine streets
August 02 - meet at Japanese tea house in Jackson Park
- Mood:
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Birds. Photo by Andy Rothenberg.
Hello dear ones -
TUTA Theatre Chicago is hosting our annual benefit and I'm hoping some of you might be interested in attending. If you follow my blog then you know a bit about TUTA; about the uniqueness and integrity of our work. This really is a special group of folks who are manifesting truly special work and as you can imagine - we are struggling in this economic climate.
If you believe in art and its ability to challenge the human mind, to inspire and to bring change into the world, please support TUTA as you are able. This benefit will be a blast (and I actually mean that - we know how to throw a good party) and/or you can catch our upcoming production of Uncle Vanya by A.P. Chekhov. It's a stunning show that was heralded as the best local production in the last year by the Chicago Reader and was so popular in its first run that we have remounted it.
This ain't your momma's Chekhov and you won't see this anywhere else in town. In fact, you may want to buy your tickets now since last year's run sold out so quickly and 2009 shows are already filling.
If you can't make it to either event but would like to support us (after all, we're very lovable as well as skilled), you can go to our website and make a donation. No donation is too small, every dollar and bit of love can make a difference and because we are a 501(c)(3) your contributions are tax deductible.
And to those of you who are able to make the benefit, I'll be there, whippin up tasty finger foods in a fabulous dress and dancin' shoes. Care to cut a rug with me?
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TUTA Theatre Chicago is proud to announce our annual fundraising event, Worldwide TUTA: 2009 Gala, benefiting the 2009–10 season (Young & Restless Brecht) and the continuation of our training center.
Step into an international festival full of desserts, wine, music, prizes, and much more.
Guests will be treated to a non-stop evening featuring: live music by the eclectic Balkan rock band Eyes Manouche, a classical violin performance by members of the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, a wine tasting sponsored by House Red Wine, mingling with the cast and crew of Uncle Vanya, a video history of TUTA, an exclusive silent auction, access to Mars Gallery’s collection of artwork, and plenty of dancing.
For full event details, ticket purchase and auction items, please visit us at
www.tutato.com
Worldwide TUTA: 2009 Gala
Sunday, June 7, 2009
6:30 – 10:00pm
at Mars Gallery
1139 W. Fulton Ave (in the West Loop)
Ample free street parking is available.
Today was the first Farmer's Market in Daley Plaza. It was lovely to stroll through and take in the beautiful, young plants and the first produce of the season. The purple-tipped asparagus winked suggestively and a few early tomatoes made a surprise appearance. Last year the season got off to a poor start (with low temps, little sun and too much rain). This year seems much better; there appear to be some new vendors and all the tables were much more full.
So it begins...I will fill my backpack with canvas bags and each Thursday will march down to the plaza to get produce for our household. While we like to grow our own food, it will be quite a while before our yard will begin to yield much beyond greens. The sunshine will kiss me, luring out my freckles. The plaza fountain will sing like a thousand ladies rustling their silk skirts while The Picasso looks on cryptically. Though commuting home with pounds of produce on each arm is not always a thrill, it is well worth the joy of living a little closer to my values.
One of the best milestones of my year has come...now I begin counting days until the blueberries arrive. :)
To find a Chicago Farmer's Market near you click here. Folks outside Chicago can track markets through Local Harvest.
- Mood:
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Yours, A. Chekhov, May 9, 2009
“Let the sons of bitches read and find out about things that happened a long time ago.” -Anton Chekhov
Join TUTA Theatre for an afternoon salon featuring the letters of Anton Chekhov.
Complimentary Russian tea provided by Tea Gschwender
Soviet censors are gone and their Russian counterparts have come to terms. The humorless, decorous, and chaste image of one of the world’s greatest writers is exposed as a fraud. Follow the life and career of this most insightful, funny, and rather decadent man of the world through his own words drawn from letters in his own hand to his friends, family, colleagues, and lovers.
Where: Chopin Theatre lounge, 1543 W. Division St.
When: Saturday, May 9th at 3:00pm
Parking: Complimentary parking ½ block west of the 90/94 Division exit at Division/Noble or paid parking at Division/Bosworth just diagonal to the theater.
- Location:work
- Mood: creative
MASTER CLASS: Chekhov Monologues
with Zeljko Djukic, Artistic Director of TUTA
Tuesdays, July 21, 28 and August 4 (3 weeks only!)
3 weeks, 6:30-9:30pm at TUTA Theatre Chicago
This 3 week master class will focus on active scene analysis and study of Chekhov’s monologues. Students will work on individually assigned monologues with a focus on structure and movement. Using TUTA's approach to devising a unique process for each project or workshop, this class will help you learn the language of theatrical space and discover how an impulse triggers movement, and a movement expresses emotion and tension.
To Register:
Admittance by instructor approval only
For consideration please submit H/R to jackie@tutato.com
Class Size: Limited to 10 students
Price: $65 for three weeks
MASTER CLASS: Body, Space, and Movement
with Jacqueline Stone, Company Member of TUTA
Mondays, Aug 3 - Sept 28, 2009 (No Class on Sept 7)
8 weeks, 6:30-9:30pm at TUTA Theatre Chicago
This 8 week master class uses TUTA's unique physical approach to explore the power of your own body on stage in relationship to space. Using both improvisational exercises and simple pieces of text, you will learn the power of rhythm, responsiveness, emotion, and trusting your gut. Each student will have the opportunity to work in both groups and pairs, with scripts and without.
To Register:
Admittance by instructor approval only
For consideration please submit H/R to jackie@tutato.com
Class Size: Limited to 12 students
Price: $250 for eight weeks
Psst, refer a friend - get a $25 discount on your own class tuition!
- Location:work
- Mood: tired
Last Friday I went with
tarirocks to see one of our favorite bands, Girlyman, at one of our favorite venues Old Town School of Folk Music. It was a great show and one that felt perfectly tailored to me because they a) played a Patty Griffin cover (Mary) and b) picked my request (artfully and loudly posed by myself and T at just the right moment) playing Amaze Me...a tune that has haunted me and my poor guitar for months now.While being back at Old Town is always bittersweet (I miss my fiddle lessons and cannot afford to pick them up right now) it was wonderful to see live music and to walk home on a warm night, high on the Muse - aching to write my own tunes and serenade the world. While my slow progress often frustrates me, time with the guitar is feeding me more and more these days and I am making more of it (and am daring to play in front of other folks...watch out!). Both
tarirocks and artemis112 are inspiring me to push my musical edges...so we'll see.- Location:work
- Mood: sore
Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Federal Plaza
Street: 50 W. Adams, Chicago, IL
The International Olympic Committee will be in town from April 2-8th to evaluate Chicago's potential as a Host City for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Let them know that Chicago 2016 does not speak for the people of Chicago. Let them know that Chicagoans have other priorities. Let them hear your voice.
RALLY. SPEAK OUT. PROTEST. SHUT DOWN THE OLYMPIC BID!
We need Better Hospitals, Housing, Schools, and Trains -- Not Olympic Games.
For more info please contact someone at No Games: Chicago -
Phone: 312-235-2873
Email: nogameschicago@gmail.com
- Location:work
- Mood: tired
Thorn Coyle will be signing copies of her new book Kissing the Limitless at Life Force Arts Center on Friday, March 7th at 7PM. Thorn will also be discussing the Magic of Wholeness and Coming into our Godhood.
This event is FREE!
Life Force Arts Center is located 3148 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago IL. Please contact me if you'd like more information.
- Location:work
- Mood: sore
TUTA THEATRE CHICAGO
Early Spring Classes 2009
Only 3 Spots left!
MASTER CLASS: CHEKHOV SCENE STUDY with Zeljko Djukic
Mondays, March 2nd - April 20th, 2009
6:30-9:30pm
Eight weeks
This master class is focused on the exploration of an actor's movement. Using TUTA's approach to devising a unique process for each project or workshop, this class will help you learn the language of theatrical space and discover how an impulse triggers movement, and a movement expresses emotion and tension.
To Register:
Admittance by instructor approval only
For consideration please submit H/R to jackie@tutato.com
Class Size: Limited to 12 students
Price: $250 for eight weeks
ZELJKO DJUKIC is Artistic Director of TUTA, where he has staged Heiner Müller's Quartet, Peter Handke's The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, original adaptations of Caroll's Alice books and Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince, Pushkin's Mozart and Salieri, Jean-Luc Lagarce's Rules for Good Manners in the Modern World, Aristophanes' Birds, Dawkins' Still Life In Color, Markovic's Tracks, Lagarce's It's Only The End of The World, Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Shakespeare's The Most Excellent Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Often inspired by the aesthetics of the silent film and early American vaudeville, Djukic and his actors invent energetic movement sequences, creating poignant images where gestures and actions enhance or frame the text. Djukic taught acting at Belgrade's Drama Arts School for two years. He also conducted advanced acting classes, workshops and seminars at The Second City, University of Maryland, Missouri State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and JMU Summer Drama Program in London.
- Location:work
- Mood: sick
This view of my current show, from the Chicago Tribune, is less flattering in general but I like to post all the reviews to offer a diverse picture of the works with which I'm involved.
I found the title of the review interesting, since the "real Russians" who have seen the show have said that they loved the piece and have given us glowing feedback, including the playwright himself (the playwright is not a she as Mr. Jones suggests).
I will give Jones this, he is correct that the tone of the show was a directorial choice which the actors committed to. We (the actors) were playing the work as though it were one big tragedy when we first began but then moved into the world of dark, surrealist comedy. I stick by my directors though (particularly after reading some of Bogaev's other works). I think they were/are on target and Bogaev seems to have agreed.
I have pasted the entire text( behind the cut )
- Mood: crappy
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Sunday Feb. 1, 10am-5pm – Free 6-hour NVDA (Non-violent Direct Action) Training.
This will be an in-depth training that will cover all aspects of civil disobedience, getting arrested, legalities, strategy, etc. Our trainer
will be Annie Sartor, an organizer with Rainforest Action Network from San
Francisco.
Where: Irving Park Road and Damen Ave (brown line train).
RSVP: Questions or to sign up for any of these events, please email Debra with RAN Chicago at debramichaud73@gmail.com.
The schedule will be updated on our website at http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoRainforest
there if you'd like to be on RAN Chicago's email update list.
RAN Calendar Details
Sun. Feb. 1 -- Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Training 10am-5pm Irving
Park Road and Damen (Brown Line). Please email debramichaud73@gmail.com
to reserve a spot.
Feb. 27th-March 2nd -- Powershift Conference and Day of Action in D.C.
Mark your calendars, we are working on a bus trip. Please RSVP with
Debra @ debramichaud73@gmail.com.
T. Thorn Coyle ~ Sex, Will and Magic: Opening to Life Power
A 2-day intensive March 7 & 8, 2009
Do you yearn to feel life force flowing through you?
Magic is the marriage of breath, will and desire. If our lives lack full access to any of these, our magic will not thrive. In this experiential workshop we will learn ways to tap the energy of life and sex, using this to strengthen our will and fuel our work.
Energy techniques, meditation and chanting will help us access life power, opening our lives to heightened awareness, energetic sensitivity, and a strong, magical will. Strength, love, and beauty will surely follow.
This workshop is open to anyone, no previous experience required. If you would like to bring more magic into your life, if you would like to open up the channels to your creativity, if you would like to access the life force that each of us has within us, please join us for this intensive.
Location
Life Force Arts Center
3148 N Lincoln Av.
Chicago IL 60657
773-327-7224
www.lifeforcearts.org
Dates and Times:
Saturday, March 7, 10am-9pm
Sunday, March 8, 10am-3pm
Admission: $125
Please also bring a bag lunch or an item for potluck.
Other things to bring: journals, simple art supplies, divination tool (cards or runes), a cup, and a pendulum.
T. Thorn Coyle
T. Thorn Coyle is a Magic Worker, Mystic, and Pagan. An internationally respected teacher and author, her work focuses on the alchemy that occurs when we open ourselves fully to our humanity in our quest for Divine knowledge. In combining art and science, magic and mystery, body and soul, practice and ecstasy, she has created a unique body of work that has touched the lives of many seekers, artists, activists, parents and other change-makers.
A student of the Craft for more than 25 years, she is an initiate of the Feri Tradition (her religious home), Reclaiming, and the Mevlevi Order of America. Thorn combines her esoteric studies, work with her Gods and Guides, and years of practice, to form a teaching that honors the fertile dark and the limitless light. Citing her primary influences as G. I. Gurdjieff and Victor and Cora Anderson, she continues her spiritual studies in many traditions.
Through individual spiritual direction, weekend workshops, tele-classes, and group study as well as her webblog and podcasts, Thorn provides insights on the multi-facets of our lives, from spiritual practice, mystic revelation, and personal awareness to politics, religious observance, and celebration. Musician, dancer, activist, poet, and author of Evolutionary Witchcraft, she makes her home near the San Francisco Bay.
www.thorncoyle.com
For more information or to register, please contact Jennifer at greenjenbyers@gmail.com
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