December 2009
17 posts
Holiday spirit 2009
It’s Christmas eve now. I’m on a train to Baltimore, getting ready to spend a few days with my family. And I’m thinking about how my holiday spirit has truly been—“dramatically” enhanced. I spent last weekend in the Twin Cities+ saw four shows: Cinderella—an outrageously funny panto version of the story at the Children’s Theatre Company (Dean...
Black Nativity at Penumbra: Twin Cities music...
Man o’ man…this group of performers… Greta Oglesby, T. Mychael Rambo, Ginger Commodore, Sanford Moore heading the band, and my dear brother Dennis Spears….absolutely amazing group of performers in Black Nativity at Penumbra Theatre. See Dennis’s Vera Wang Chrsitmas tree below.
“From 85 degrees to minus 5 degrees. I’m taking a break from my Havana...”
– Teresa
“From the Commonweal Theatre Company’s commemorative book “Impossible...”
– from Eric Bunge, founder and current managing director
Havana Dispatch
12/8: It’s my last full day in Havana, where I have been since December 1 for the Festival of New Latin American Film. It’s been an amazing week, and one that is not so easy to report on since…Cuba has the lowest ratio of internet per person in the world, lower than Haiti or Sudan I’m told. There’s only one cell service “Cubacell,” which doesn’t work...
U.S., Cuban artists stage a collaboration - Jordan... →
An article in today’s Miami Herald about The Closest Farthest Away
I am in Havana for The Closest Farthest Away, a hybrid film and theatre project that is taking place as part of the Havana Festival of New Latin American Cinema. As soon as I master the technology situation here, I will post some updates!