My Latest Theatrical Endeavor

I have just been cast in Crown Point Community Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” this summer!  This is a featurette of the late, great Elizabeth Taylor playing Kate – the “shrew” of the title – in the 1967 film adaptation;  Richard Burton (Taylor’s husband at the time) plays opposite her as Petruchio, who tries to win Kate’s heart in spite of her reluctance.  The rest of the cast and I will definitely be posting updates on the CPCT blog, so go check that out!  Also stay up-to-date by visiting our website, http://www.cpct.biz.

If you’d like some more information about the “Taming of the Shrew” story, you can check out the article on Wikipedia, or you can even read the entire play -- complete with side-by-sides of the original words and a more “modernized” translation -- on the No Fear Shakespeare section of SparkNotes.

So let’s see …

Gonna try to use this space a bit more frequently.  I know you really can’t be too careful with the things that you publish online, but I’ve got stuff that I might like to say from time to time.  Stuff that might take more than a blurb or 140 characters to say.  So we’ll give this a try.  Hopefully I won’t regret it.  :-/

Life Developments and Upcoming Events

First off, the biggest most recent development in my life is that I have a new job!  It's been going fairly well, mostly because I work with good people.  But I have a bad tendency of taking myself at work FAR too seriously.  Fortunately, I work for a place where we are encouraged to have fun and be outgoing.  ;-)

July 10th officially marked the last birthday of my twenties.  I'm not sure how happy I am about that .... but at least my friends made it a birthday that I will never forget.  ;-)  My Daddy & brother also got me a netbook (which I am posting on at the moment), which I have been having lots of fun playing with.

We are also heading full-throttle into Hell Week for "Othello".  I am pretty proud of how well I've been getting my lines down.  I have to hand it to our directors too ... they have had to deal with quite a few complications throughout this whole process, and they have done it with a great deal of professionalism and grace.  My hat is off to you!

Apologies for not updating more frequently.  I update my social networks a lot more often than this blog, it seems, but I am going to try to change that.  I feel a book review coming on!

LILITH FAIR IS BACK!

Image of Sarah McLachlan, off the cover of her 1997 album Surfacing.

In the late 90s, Canadian performer Sarah McLachlan helped to found a touring music festival that featured and celebrated female artists.  This festival was known as Lilith Fair.  According to its Wikipedia article, in the three years that Lilith Fair ran (from '97 to '99), it raised over USD $10 million for women's charities throughout North America.

After being silent for almost ten years, Lilith Fair is now finally BACK, starting at the end of June 2010!  It features a pretty stellar lineup this year, including a good mix of Lilith veterans (Erykah Badu, the Indigo Girls, and Sarah herself) and newcomers (Colbie Caillat, Jill Scott, Sara Bareilles).  Click here to see when Lilith is coming to an area near you and to buy tickets.  It's coming to the Chi-town area July 17th, so hurry and get your tickets now!

Big News!

This is just an announcement to say that nuTrishn is now an Amazon.com Associate!  Whenever I mention a product -- a book, a film, a music album, or whatever -- on my blog, I will place a link to it in my Amazon.com store, where you can purchase it via Amazon.com, and I get a portion of the proceeds!  Pretty cool, eh?

You can find my Amazon.com store by clicking here, or you can click on the "Amazon.com Store" link in the  upper navigation.  ;-)  I will be adding more products to it soon, so keep checking it out!