WPR’s 9XM Players will put on performances in Wausau on February 9, 2018, in Eau Claire on March 24, and in Mineral Point on May 5. The Canterville Ghost Comes to Door County My stage adaptation of the classic supernatural … Continue reading
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At the July 17 Concert on the Square in Madison I was the narrator as Abraham Lincoln’s timeless words came to life via the music of Aaron Copland in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Lincoln Portrait.
Lincoln Portrait: During the July 17, 2019, Concert on the Square, I narrated Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait in a performance with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra before an audience of about 25,000. Lincoln’s words ring as true today as they did when he … Continue reading
During the July 17, 2019, Concert on the Square, I narrated Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait in a performance with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra before an audience of about 25,000. Lincoln’s words ring as true today as they did when he wrote them. … Continue reading
June 22, 2019 “There’s Always a Woman” Our Wisconsin Public Radio 9XM Players production of the 1930s madcap mystery There’s Always a Woman kept a lively audience guessing and laughing at the Racine Theater Guild. Each of our talented (and versatile!) actors … Continue reading
On Thursday evening, May 30, 2019, at 7:30, the Middleton Community Orchestra will perform Mozart’s Two-Piano Concerto and two works by Camille Saint-Saens, his Organ Symphony and his Carnival of the Animals with verses by Ogden Nash read by yours … Continue reading
On May 24, 2017, it was my pleasure to give the keynote address for the UW Colleges colloquium at UW-Fox Valley. The audience of faculty from around the state was lively and attentive. The topic “Teaching Today: Frontiers or Frontlines?” … Continue reading
Saturday, February 17, 2018 From sound without pictures–radio–to pictures without sound–silent films. Yesterday I co-hosted the Duck Soup Cinema vaudeville with veteran emcee Joe Thompson onstage at the Capitol Theater in Madison prior to the showing of Mantrap starring “It Girl” Clara … Continue reading
Sierra Club founder John Muir (1838-1914) was one of those rare scientists who was also a great storyteller. Muir and his times come alive through his prose in The Story of My Boyhood and Youth and other writings. It’s great stuff! And … Continue reading
On Sunday, November 11, 2018, at 2 pm at First United Methodist Church in Madison, I’ll be hosting a performance by the lively Kat Trio. Their repertory ranges from Russian classical music to Americana, with the distinct sound of clarinet, … Continue reading