I’m not a crafty girl — at least I didn’t think I was. Flashback to ninth grade when I had my first group project. Our teacher tasked us to explore a country and its culture. Aside from volunteering to make Irish doughnuts and volunteering my eight-year old sister to show up and play her fiddle,...
When all the phone alarms start buzzing on the morning of February 14th, pressure sits on the chest of everyone in America. It’s Valentine’s Day. Some singles and even couples will claim to be ignorant of it, but it’s there, ready to intrude on the peaceful dinner or movie night. Valentine’s Day pressure is good...
They hadn’t played live in six months and they were nervous for their sold-out show. ‘Did they still know how to do this?’ the members of August Hotel asked themselves. This would be the first time the band would play their newest single, “Disaster and Delight,” live. Their fears would soon fade as the night...
Markel Auditorium was a blur of color, sound, and obscure facts this weekend. Debbi Wyse and Kristi Gautsche’s 35th annual piano concert, “The Allure of the Obscure”, featured music from little-known artists, trivia about their lives, and customized lighting that reflected the mood of each piece. Gautsche said that she and Wyse, an Artist-Teacher at...
It was the beginning of “Marriage Story” that did it for me. The Oscar-nominated film opens up with a soon-to-be-divorced couple recounting what they each love about their estranged spouse (at this point the viewer has no idea that they are, indeed, estranged). Charlie Barber, played by Adam Driver, has the first line. “What...