by Bill Schlesinger I recently reviewed some plans for a proposed new apartment complex in Durham, NC. I was surprised to see that the footprint of the building accounted for…
Final Bow P.G. Woodhouse’s 1926 adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’s 1924 comedy The Play at the Castle (an absurdist play possiblyly influenced by the uncompleted 1922 masterpiece novel The Castle by…
crocus by Kevin T McEneaney A dusting of snow to remind us all that bountiful Spring has not yet arrived as tall trees skyward splay sleeves of white lace, chipmunks…
S by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday at The Stissing Center’s Young Artists Showcase series saxophonist Steven Bank and accordionist Hanzhi Wang performed an idiosyncratic selection of Classical works. They…
by Kevin T McEneaney Robert Schumann was enthusiastic about the invention of the French horn; love of this new valve sound which was able to play every note of the…
by Bill Schlesinger Agriculture is the world’s top user of surface water, and irrigation is increasingly used to extend agriculture to marginal lands and seasonal climates to maintain crop yield. …
Final bow Who says they died decades ago? Both of them were at the Bard Sosnoff Theater bar last night drinking a nightcap. They live on despite rumors of their…
by Kevin T McEneaney Since there are ten quintillion molecules of water in a typical snowflake, they are unwilling to be alike as you or I, yet they appear to…
Sophia Barbatsuly as Aphrodite by Kevin T McEneaney As a student, I had studied classical Greek, but gave it up due to my fifty-hour work schedule, yet I did acquire…
by Kevin T McEneaney John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt: A Parable won five Tony Awards in 2005. The play begins with endearing humor about the Roman Catholic Church, then gradually…