Baptist Girl's Guide to Sex, Love, and the Happily Ever After...

(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 .

When:  Wednesday, April 15^th 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 15^th. 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 

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire (1867-1821)

I don't know when I first fell in love with the poetry of Charles Baudelaire. Perhaps it was in my French literature class in college or my travels to Paris or even in my research of Poe, but nonetheless, I did.

Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821. His father was 34 years older than his mother and did not live to see him grow up. When his mother remarried he was sent to boarding school and then off to India to see if that would shake out his writing interests. It did not.

Baudelaire was known for his urban subject matter and often wrote of sensual and aesthetic pleasures. 

For a while he wrote politically about the Revolution of 1848 but soon found that type of writing was not for him. As with most writers, he found himself in poor health with pressing debts in the late 1850's. He died at the age of 46 in Paris.

Baudelaire is well known today for his complete translations of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry from English into French.

The following poem is one of my most beloved. I hope you love it as well as we continue on into poetry week. 

As always.

The Ragpickers' Wine

BY CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

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.

Hendry Park provides great theater opportunity...

Hendry Park provides great theater opportunity - KPCNews: Kpcnews

 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

Missoula Children's Theatre Descends on Angola once again!!

This was Jonah a few years ago when he was in the Tortoise and the Hare!

Hendry Park Elementary School once again has brought the Missoula Children's Theatre to our town. This is the 11th year for this wonderful adventure for our elementary students.

It is always my great honor to house and host the directors. This year the directors are Vicki Pace and C.J. Bonde. 

The show is "Aladdin" and it is full of singing, suspense and the hunt of Ali Baba. Jonah is playing the part of Ali Baba in this production.

If you are in the area, please come on out to the show. Showtimes are Friday night (tonight) at 7:00 and tomorrow at noon. Both shows are at the Angola High School (the new high school) and there is no charge so bring the whole family.

Who knows? Maybe next year you will have some kids of your own take part in this wonderful adventure.

See you at the show!

Local couple taking lights, camera and action to save historic buildings in Angola -- and here, too - News-Sentinel.com

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.

Easter is about rebirth and forgiveness...

Easter is about rebirth and forgiveness - KPCNews: Kpcnews

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