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Two Plays on Life and Learning

Two entertaining and thoughtful plays opened this weekend, the Woods Hole Theater Company‘s “All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” and the Barnstable Comedy Club‘s “Proof.” While, in many ways, the two offerings are very different, both plays espouse the value of learning, making the best use of our natural abilities and saying … Continue reading

James Judd Puts On A Great Show

James Judd Puts On A Great Show

June 19, 2009 I smiled all evening, except when I was laughing. San Francisco comedian James Judd is in Falmouth this weekend presenting his one-man show, “7 Sins,” at the Woods Hole Community Hall (sponsored by the Woods Hole Theater Company.) Judd kept everyone laughing uproariously throughout his 90-minute show. He is not a stand-up … Continue reading

Washington DC

April 25, 2009 We didn’t really stop in Washington DC, where I went to college and lived for seven years, and where entertainment abounds: both the art-music-theater-dance sort and the political kind. Instead we visited my niece in Bethesda and an old friend in Reston, and found time to talk about the arts. Laura, my … Continue reading

Christmas in Falmouth Begins

December 5, 2008 Christmas officially begins in Falmouth this weekend with Santa’s arrival Saturday morning, by boat, at the Flying Bridge Restaurant, where he is met by eager children and their parents (who are sometimes even more excited) and the Falmouth High School Chorus, singing holiday songs; the lighting of the Christmas tree on Saturday … Continue reading