Playing with Fire

Thoughts were provoked at the Guthrie’s “Frankenstein—Playing with Fire.” The Frankenstein novel was published 200 years ago; applying technologies while ignoring morality damages our society today.

Unforgiven

Watched “Yurusarezaru mono” (“Unforgiven”) set in Japan’s brutal 19th century frontier, Hokkaido. It parallels America’s West: settlers (from Honshu), indigenous people (Ainu), and destitute Samurai rather than washed-up gunslingers. In 2013 I visited this 1870’s frontier home.

Two American Indian Galleries

Visited two American Indian galleries: All My Relations and Two Rivers. Relished a slow-cooked bison melt at Gatherings Cafe in the Minneapolis American Indian Center.

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The Legend of Georgia McBride

At the Guthrie tonight: “The Legend of Georgia McBride.” Struggling Elvis impersonator finds his mojo as a drag queen

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West Side Story

Tonight, tonight: explored what it means to be American. West Side Story.

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Speaking to Our Times

Every time I look up from my reading, I see rainbows rising up the Guthrie Theater marquee. We go there to escape, but also for plays that speak to our times from earlier times: themes of race (1968), the rise of fascism (1941), and a polluted water suppl

Fellow Travelers

Tonight: MN Opera, “Fellow Travelers,” set against the witch hunts and mass firings of gay and lesbian federal employees in the 1950’s. 2017, Inauguration Day, the administration rescinded an apology to the thousands whose lives were distorted and careers ruined.