Meet professional actress and WHEELOCK FAMILY THEATRE Alum, Julia Jones, who plays Leah Clearwater in the upcoming summer blockbuster, THE TWILILGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE You may not know Julia yet, but you will after June 30 and Wheelock Family Theatre’s 2010 Fundraiser! To celebrate Wheelock Family Theatre’s commitment to youth, education, and the community, this year's [...]
We arrived by horse and buggy last night as Maestro Keith Lockhart (he was so kind to help me out of the carriage) & the Boston Pops opened its 125th Anniversary Season. Of course some of the beautiful people from 1885 were there: BSO Founder Henry Lee Higginson (Matt Heck) and art collector and philantropist, [...]
For the last week, a bird has been flying repeatedly into my glass door. The creature perches in the window box, then flies into the glass, and does this over and over, intermittently during the day. For days. It's happening right now. What does this mean? I know this is nesting time, and several generations [...]
So here's how it goes. One night I'm making my entrance to a screaming crowd under the big top wearing a skimpy bustier, fishnets and heels, carried on the shoulders of a smokin'hot, nearly naked, leather and chain clad adonis named Eddie; the next morning I'm cleaning up cat puke. The last 24 hours have [...]
***THIS JUST IN*** According to Conan O'Brien, "Jim Carrey rudely interrupted my power ballad last night. How did he get past security in a Superman outfit?" Look here: https://teamcoco.com ***IN OTHER NEWS*** It was an exhilarating weekend out at Saratoga Springs New York where my girl and her crew team-- "WAYLAND/WESTON GO GO GO!!!"-- rowed [...]
While the rest of us were filing our tax returns last week, our Aunt Lottie was turning 109 years old. This is not a misprint. This is true. It's freaking biblical. Lottie Stern does not wear glasses or a hearing aid. She only uses the walker to get down to the dining room. She entertains [...]
I'M BACK and on overload! What do the Kennedys, Joan Rivers, Patsy Cline, and Shakespeare have in common? I tweeted about them all tonight, so check out my twitter link for full info! (I think this is an efficient way to corral a whole bunch of wild info! Let me know what you think.) And [...]
I have not dropped off the face of the earth. I have been rethinking the blog and meeting and talking and speaking and spewing and ducking the bricks being thrown by certain rabid members of the conservative right as they protest the healthcare bill. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE by the leaders of the opposition to [...]
I just got off the phone with THE THEATRE OFFENSIVE head Abe Rybeck whose father used to be the dentist for THE FLYING WALLENDAS! They apparently had terrible teeth and needed constant repairs for breakage from falling down. It's no wonder...check this out: Wallendas One of the Wallendas,Karl,currently works for The Big Apple Circus whose [...]
It has been raining. Like a hurricane. A typhoon. Like the gods are angry--for the last 5 days. Basements all over Boston are flooded, roofs are leaking, power is out, trees are down, my boots are leaking, my hair is frizzy, there's been thunder and lightning, sleet, hail, and snow. Today the center of our [...]
