This whirlwind of a weekend (if you count Thursday) included a "Showboat" revisit at Beef & Boards, a play I won’t be
discussing here on Friday night, and a run to the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville on Saturday (if you
haven’t gone, put a big circle around the month of March on your 2009 calendar).
Slip in some reading, a trip to the Children’s Museum for another look at "Frog and Toad" and a revisit to one of my favorite films, Terrence Mallick’s "Days of Heaven" and, well, life is good.
I’ll be writing about some or all of the above in this week’s blogs and in my IBJ column.
For now, though, let us know what you heard, saw and did these last few days.
And remember to drop a note to me at lharry@ibj.com if you are interested in joining us for the next IBJ Night at the Movies next Monday. The film: "Smart People."
Slip in some reading, a trip to the Children’s Museum for another look at "Frog and Toad" and a revisit to one of my favorite films, Terrence Mallick’s "Days of Heaven" and, well, life is good.
I’ll be writing about some or all of the above in this week’s blogs and in my IBJ column.
For now, though, let us know what you heard, saw and did these last few days.
And remember to drop a note to me at lharry@ibj.com if you are interested in joining us for the next IBJ Night at the Movies next Monday. The film: "Smart People."
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I wrote about it at length, of course, in my own blog. Here is a link directly to the post:
http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2008/03/30/midwestern-hemisphere-at-the-artsgarden/
I am looking forward to reading your take on this year's Humana Festival.
I started reading a book called DOG MAN: AN UNCOMMON LIFE ON A FARAWAY MOUNTAIN, by Martha Sherrill (Penguin Press 2008.)
It is very readable nonfiction, about a man and his wife in northern, rural Japan who secretly kept an Akita dog during World War Two when other people were eating these dogs or selling them to the Japanese militia to use their thick pelts to line uniforms. After the war ended, there were only a handful of this now beloved breed left in the world.
I am more interested in the details of daily life in pre- and post-war Japan, but the dog details are surprisingly interesting, too.
Hey, Lou, congratulations again on your wonderful new play. :-)
Hope Baugh
www.IndyTheatreHabit.com
Congrats!
In movie news, I finally saw the Other Boleyn Girl. It was okay. It was entertaining for awhile, but definately not a movie that really sticks with you. I also watched at home, The Glen Miller Story. I've seen it before, but the end never fails to make me cry. I think June Allison and Jimmy Stewart are great in it.
Book wise, I'm reading Drowning Ruth. It's been sitting on my bookshelf for awhile and I hadn't even looked at it. It's actually quite good and keeps me very interested.
And that's it!