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“A Journal of the Plague Years” in Mankato
The cross-stitch picture I submitted to the Textile Center members’ show was picked to travel to the Carnegie Art Center in Mankato. The Carnegie is a visual arts space lovingly adapted from a turn-of-the-twentieth-century Carnegie library. It was a thrill to have my picture hanging with other work I admire. (Mine is at the far...
A Common Thread
Social media of the 1980s
Getting Ready for Restoration
Government Shuts Theaters: 1642
“Murderess” in New Mexico
Mary S., Mary W. and the pursuit of happiness
Technology, competition and cousins: or, How my grandfather learned to tat
I don’t have any clear memories of my maternal grandfather, who died when I was two. He was born in 1884, grew up in the small town of Paw Paw, Illinois, got a medical degree from Northwestern in 1908 and practiced until the 1950s, when he retired from his position as Medical Director of the...
“Murderess” in Indiana
Evansville Civic Theatre will be producing four performances of Murderess in November as part of their Underground series. To celebrate, I thought I’d share the trailers from previous productions. Here’s the one from Theatre Unbound’s 2012 production in St. Paul: And here’s the one from Gamut Theatre Group’s 2019 production in Harrisburg, PA: