Here is the link to this week's column. Just click on the above link! As always, enjoy, and thank you for reading! Let me know what you do in your town to make it your own!
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Tonight is the show!
The day is finally here for our CAVA fundraiser! I am so excited about sharing this piece with all of you! Thank you for all the support and donations to CAVA!! See you at the show!
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Happy Earth Day
Monday, April 20, 2015
Sometimes my students are the teachers...
Sometimes my students are the teachers - KPCNews: Kpcnews
Here is the link to this week's column. Just click on the above site. As always, thank you for reading and enjoy!
Here is the link to this week's column. Just click on the above site. As always, thank you for reading and enjoy!
This is Taylor Hall which houses the Humanities and Communication program. It is a spectacular building including Wells Theatre. Come visit sometime! |
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
(If you are not able to make it to our event, please check
with your local University or town to see what they have
planned. This is an important event. Hope to see you tonight!)
Wednesday night is OUR night to
TAKE BACK The NIGHT
Please encourage your students to attend
as we all come together to TAKE a stand AGAINST Sexual Violence .
TAKE BACK The NIGHT
Please encourage your students to attend
as we all come together to TAKE a stand AGAINST Sexual Violence .
When: Wednesday, April 15th 2015 @ 6:30 p.m.
Where: Trine University
Best Hall Lawn
What IS Take Back the Night?The first Take Back the Night event was in 1977 in England, and was a women-only protest against the violence and fear that women encountered while walking alone at night. In 1978, San Francisco followed suit and since then Take Back the Night events have spread across the country, particularly among college campuses. Trine University has planned its annual Take Back the Night rally and march to observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Wednesday April 15th. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. on the north lawn of Best Hall. In the event of inclement weather, the event will take place in Best Hall room 229. Pizza, sandwiches, refreshments and games
Monday, April 13, 2015
Charles Baudelaire
The
Ragpickers' Wine
TRANSLATED BY C. F. MACINTYRE
In the muddy maze of some old
neighborhood,
Often, where the street lamp gleams
like blood,
As the wind whips the flame, rattles
the glass,
Where human beings ferment in a
stormy mass,
One sees a ragpicker knocking against
the walls,
Paying no heed to the spies of the
cops, his thralls,
But stumbling like a poet lost in
dreams;
He pours his heart out in stupendous
schemes.
He takes great oaths and dictates
sublime laws,
Casts down the wicked, aids the
victims' cause;
Beneath the sky, like a vast canopy,
He is drunken of his splendid
qualities.
Yes, these people, plagued by
household cares,
Bruised by hard work, tormented by
their years,
Each bent double by the junk he
carries,
The jumbled vomit of enormous Paris,—
They come back, perfumed with the
smell of stale
Wine-barrels, followed by old
comrades, pale
From war, mustaches like limp flags,
to march
With banners, flowers, through the
triumphal arch
Erected for them, by some magic
touch!
And in the dazzling, deafening
debauch
Of bugles, sunlight, of huzzas and drum,
Bring glory to the love-drunk folks
at home!
Even so, wine pours its gold to
frivolous
Humanity, a shining Pactolus;
Then through man's throat of high
exploits it sings
And by its gifts reigns like
authentic kings.
To lull these wretches' sloth and
drown the hate
Of all who mutely die, compassionate,
God has created sleep's oblivion;
Man added Wine, divine child of the
Sun.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Hendry Park provides great theater opportunity...
Ali Baba as played by Jonah.
Sinbad and his sailors!
Part of the cast of Aladdin!
Here is today's column on the Missoula Children's Theatre coming to Angola. We have had the best time this week and the culmination was the show last night. There is still one today at noon. You don't want to miss it!
To read the column, just click on the above link. As always, thank you for reading!
Lou Ann
Friday, April 10, 2015
Missoula Children's Theatre Descends on Angola once again!!
Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Local couple taking lights, camera and action to save historic buildings in Angola -- and here, too - News-Sentinel.com
We are so honored and delighted to have this historic restoration happening in our town. Last night the Angola Historic Preservation Commission gave the OK to begin the restoration of the facade to the original 1931 look. I don't have an opening date yet, but I will certainly announce it when I do. You can also follow the restoration on Facebook: Brokaw 1 & 2 Theatre. The Facebook page is full of videos and photos and objects found in the dark of night. The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne did a wonderful story as well. Please just click on the above link for the full story!
I have always been proud to live in my town, but I am especially happy for this lovely piece of history coming back to life.
Saturday, April 04, 2015
Easter is about rebirth and forgiveness...
This week's column is about so much that you will just have to read it for yourself! Just click on the above link. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and a Happy Easter to all of you. This photo is from my dear friend's garden. Jake and Steve Wahlig have one of the most beautiful gardens in town. You can actually see it from the library and often their flowers grace the check out areas. Thank you to Jake and Steve for making a town just a little more beautiful! Lou Ann
Friday, April 03, 2015
"In The Quiet" by Rhon Van Erman
I would like to share this piece of music with you. It was written and performed by my neighbor and friend, Rhon Van Erman. He is a very talented musician as you will see.
Rhon wrote this piece for Good Friday so I used it today in lieu of a church service. There are many more selections on his youtube channel.
Thank you, Rhon, for such a beautiful piece.
Thursday, April 02, 2015
The First Spring Rain...
Rainstorm in Union Square by Childe Hassam, 1890 |
This morning was the first rain storm of Spring. I heard it begin to rumble in the West and within minutes rain was pouring down on this old house of mine. It was such a lovely sound with the pelting rain and the thunder. I used this poem last night at the Cherry Blossom Festival so I wanted to share it with you tonight as well. Enjoy.
Spring Rain by Sara Teasdale
I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.
I remembered a darkened doorway
Where we stood while the storm swept by,
Thunder gripping the earth
And lightning scrawled on the sky.
The passing motor busses swayed,
For the street was a river of rain,
Lashed into little golden waves
In the lamp light's stain.
With the wild spring rain and thunder
My heart was wild and gay;
Your eyes said more to me that night
Than your lips would ever say. . . .
I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.
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