“Perfectly Frank,” a comedy about love and lattes written by Charlie Birdsell and directed by Darren Hembd continues its run through March 10 at the Bremerton Changing Scenes Theatre.
The debut play of Birdsell, a local playwright and actor, takes place in the familiar city of Seattle with an even more familiar setting; a coffee shop. But Birdsell maintains the production is anything but predictable.
ARTS & CRAFTS
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Kingston Art Gallery invites local artists to join the co-op gallery. Information and applications at the gallery, corner of SR 104 and West Kingston Rd., Kingston or online at www.kingstonartgallery.com….
PORT ORCHARD — In an early tribute to sweethearts everywhere, the Western Washington Center for the Arts is inviting couples to a night of love songs in a romantic setting Feb. 2.
“Here’s to Love!” will feature a myriad of WWCA singers. The event will be emceed and hosted by local comedian and actor Erik Furuheim.
The popularity of hospital dramas on television attests to society’s fascination with death, illness and the struggles of modern medicine. These are subjects that fascinate and terrify us, and have been studied in the media and literature since the first writers put pen to paper. “Wit,” opening at the Jewel Box Theatre Feb. 2, explores the subject in a different way — through the eyes of a literary professor with terminal cancer as she assesses her life with profundity and, as the title suggests, wit.
When you become an editor, the first thing you need to absorb is that the buck stops with you. As cliche as it may seem, it is as true as it comes.
Reporters come and go, some are more prone to mistakes, some less, but both trials and triumphs reflect directly on the editor. We’re the men and women behind the scenes who are ultimately responsible for crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s, but even so, we’re not infallible. We miss some T’s and I’s along the way and don’t always exercise the judgment we should when editing a piece.
BREMERTON — With the skill and artistry of someone who has truly been immersed in music from day one, Mark Lewis is partnering up with other jazz musicians to bring down the house at Ponderay Cafe and Lounge on Thursdays — all at the drop of a hat.
“They just show up and play,” said Lewis’ manager, Rhonda Stewart. “They don’t practice at all before performing.”
In the theater it is still a rare event to find strong leading roles for women over 40. However, in “The Sisters Rosensweig,” playwright Wendy Wasserstein has delivered us three. And theater-goers will likely find traits in each sister that resonate with familiarity.
The hilarity of an actor getting an accidental bonk on the head persists no matter what one’s age, wisdom, profession, or stature happens to be.
Slapstick comedy is somewhat of a universal language, and the Bremerton Community Theatre’s latest production is loaded with its dialect. “Exit the Body,” a mystery farce written by Fred Carmichael will be and acted out by a small ensemble cast beginning Feb. 2 at the BCT.
She was born Brenda Gayle Webb, the daughter of a Kentucky coal miner. But, while her older sister Loretta Lynn played up that folksy “coal miner’s daughter” image and rode it all the way to fame as a country singer, Brenda took a different path.
It was actually Loretta, older by 16 years, who advised Brenda to change her name to the more exotic “Crystal.”
ARTS & CRAFTS
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Kingston Art Gallery invites local artists to join the co-op gallery. Information and applications at the gallery, corner of SR 104 and West Kingston Rd., Kingston or online at www.kingstonartgallery.com….
Wanted: One enthusiastic live audience. No experience needed, just the ability to clap loudly and not cough during the show. Whistling, foot stomping skills optional. Compensation: Eternal gratitude of guitarist Peter Spencer.
Bainbridge Island guitarist, singer/songwriter Spencer is holding a concert Jan. 26 at Island Music Guild Hall for the purpose of making a live recording of his blues tunes.
British humor. Or, “humour.” The very phrase seems like an oxymoron, the antithesis of the stiff upper lip, stuffed shirt image of a Brit. Yet, as Monty Python and Dame Edna have proven, those Brits do love a good laugh, especially at their own expense.
The London-based a cappella quartet Cantabile blends classic English humor with solid musical skill to produce one of the most popular vocal acts in the world.
ARTS & CRAFTS
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Kingston Art Gallery invites local artists to join the co-op gallery. Information and applications at the gallery, corner of SR 104 and West Kingston Rd., Kingston or online at www.kingstonartgallery.com…
Two Seattle authors pair up Jan. 25 to present a thought-provoking discussion on women, love and literature at Eagle Harbor Books.
Randy Sue Coburn will be bringing her second novel, “Owl Island,” while Kit Bakke will present her debut novel, “Miss Alcott’s E-Mail: Yours For Reforms Of All Kinds.”
“Owl Island” is a pretty straightforward romance novel, with descriptions like “ … a tale about mothers and daughters, power and control, and the liberating lessons of opening one’s heart.”
The University of Washington is considered to be one of the leading research colleges in the nation. Groundbreaking medical and scientific discoveries are everyday news, but did you know the university also houses one of the nation’s leading sex experts?
That would be Dr. Pepper Schwartz, professor of Sociology and expert in the field of sex, relationships and families.
Mary Lou Sanelli remembers eating sausages for lunch when the other kids had peanut butter and jam sandwiches. She had to learn to put away her high heels as an adult when she moved to the Birkenstock-shod town of Port Townsend; she toned down her animated hand gestures and loud voice.
“I always felt different,” she said. Sanelli was born in New York’s Little Italy to immigrants who fled Italy after WWII.
Opera is not as high falutin’ as you might think.
Before I took on the glamorous career of journalist, I worked for several years as a home care aid for low income elderly people. It was an important service, performing basic household chores and taking seniors shopping so they could continue to live in their own homes, but it was not particularly mentally stimulating. If you’ve scrubbed one toilet you’ve pretty much scrubbed them all.
The late William Stafford is revered as a poet who had both feet firmly planted on the ground.
“He didn’t distinguish between poetry and the way he lived his life,” Neil Baker, of Bainbridge Island, said.
Part of that grounding came from his Kansan roots, a formative time when he learned that “everywhere we looked the land would hold us up.”
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BLOOM VENDORS: Bainbridge in Bloom garden tour seeking art vendors for Art Fair. Application deadline Feb. 16. Information www.artshum.org.
IKEBANA CLASSES: Japanese flower arranging classes 10 a.m. to noon first and third Saturdays, Bainbridge Senior Center, Waterfront Park, Bainbridge Island. Next class Jan. 20. Information (360) 297-2901….
The Jewel Box Poets Sunday Reading Series continues Jan. 21 with Seattle poets Kathleen Flenniken and Josie Emmons Turner.
The series is hosted by Poulsbo poet Jenifer Lawrence, author of the recently published book of poetry, “One Hundred Steps from Shore.”
