September 16, 2011 It is a good weekend for a trip into Boston. The Museum of Fine Arts’ new Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art opens tomorrow with ticketed parties beginning at 7 PM, 11 PM, and 3 AM. Sunday, the museum is open to the public from 7 AM to 7 PM — for … Continue reading
September 8, 2011 Kate Whouley, author of the just-published “Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words: Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia” (a wonderful book–see my review in the Enterprise on Friday, September 9), has written remembrance on the September 11 terrorist attacks, a gentle statement on the devastating impact of the attacks and … Continue reading
September 1, 2011 An estimated 11,000 people ran the Falmouth Road Race on Sunday August 14. Most of them were not expecting to win, but their participation was no less meaningful. For many, just finishing the grueling 7-mile race was a victory. Some trained for a the whole year to complete the race. Some run alone, … Continue reading
August 20, 2011 Almost every week this summer, Lin Whitehead, director of the Falmouth Town Band, has turned over her baton to a new guest conductor to lead the band in “The Stars & Stripes Forever.” It has been fun for the band, the audience, and, the guest conductors, some of whom have never conducted … Continue reading
August 15, 2011 “Beverly, Lois, & Gladys,” by Ricky Bernstein. Photo by Gene M. Marchand. It is unlike any glass exhibition ever seen at the Sandwich Glass Museum. Ricky Bernstein’s “Kitchen Dreams” fills two rooms at the museum with his floor-to-ceiling Pop Art creations: warm and vibrant “visual stories” of the life he knew growing … Continue reading
August 12, 2011 Jason Danieley and Kelli O’Hara Even at 1:30 PM or so, when we arrived in Hyannis on Sunday for the 26th Annual TD Bank Pops by the Sea concert, it was hard to find a place to park. We got the last quasi-legal space in one of the parking lots behind Main … Continue reading
August 7, 2011 Gus Nightingale Gus Nightingale was only 4 years old when he starred in his first movie, an experiment produced by his filmmaker father Sean Nightingale, who has created films for National Geographic and others. Inspired by Animal Planet’s wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin, Gus was a natural. The father-son team has since gone … Continue reading
August 6, 2011 NOTE: I wrote this story for publication in yesterday’s Enterprise (Friday, August 5). The film screened last night at the Woods Hole Film Festival. It was outstanding. Five of the actors (including Evan Sneider and Nate Krawshuk) were present and answered questions after the screening. I will write about that event soon. … Continue reading
August 6, 2011 Photo by Brend Sharp. Ruth dances the Conga with the Naval Cadets. Sisters Eileen and Ruth leave Columbus, Ohio to seek their fortunes in New York City in Betty Comden and Adolf Green’s “Wonderful Town,” presented by the College Light Opera Company at Highfield Theatre in Falmouth this week. Music is by … Continue reading
August 3, 2011 “Losing Control” A quirky romantic comedy, with a bit of scientific method and international intrigue thrown in, “Losing Control” will be screened at 7 PM on Thursday, August 4, in Redfield Auditorium. Director Valerie Weiss has a doctorate in biophysics from Harvard University, where Samantha, the main character in her film, is … Continue reading
Notes on The Arts 