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An "abridged" and "revised" production will take on all of William Shakespeares plays this weekend -- both to a live audience and via a live stream. “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]” replaces Greensburg Civic Theatres intended spring production, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Director Vince DAngelo said the planned production had a large cast, which presented difficulties because of the pandemic.  The Oakmont resident suggested the new show because it requi...

Who: Greensburg Civic Theatre When: 8 p.m. April 30-May 1, 2 p.m. May 2 Tickets: $16, $14 for 55 and older, $11 students; $15 livestream Details: 724-836-8000 or gctheatre.org TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. You might think you don’t like Shakespeare, but that might be because you haven’t seen Greensburg Civic Theatre’s version of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised].” “P...

Gay Agenda • April 23, 2021 Apr 23, 2021 | The Gay Agenda Have an event coming up? Email your information to Managing Editor Tammye Nash at nash@dallasvoice.com or Senior Staff Writer David Taffet at taffet@dallasvoice.com by Wednesday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue. The Gay Agenda is now color-coded: Red for community events; blue for arts and entertainment; purple for sports; green for nightlife and orange for civic events and holidays. • Every Monday: THRIVE Resource Center’s THRI...

. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things.” —Lao Tzu in The Tao Te Ching 73 Morning is an abstract thing, it exists, but is not a thing. Here, at this hour, we’re beginning to see the sun. If the morning light on the trees is beautiful, It’s just as beautiful whether we call the morning “beginning to see the sun” That’s why there’s no advantage in giving things th...

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The Writer of Memories Of my first emigration, I have no memories. Of the country that I left, I think I may still have the images from some small colorless photographs. I cannot make out the pain of my mother’s good-bye to her family—or the trip or the landing of the plane or the embrace of my father when he reunited with us. Of my first years as a foreigner I recall a swimming pool where I never learned to swim; that once I got lost running through the lobby of a hotel where we were stayi...

Shakespeare Dallas stages triumphant return with summer season A new take on Photo by Jordan Fraker Finally, some good news: Shakespeare Dallas will present a series of socially distanced, outdoor live performances at Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre beginning in late May. "As you know, our park suffered catastrophic damage from the winter storm," says Raphael Parry, executive and artistic director at Shakespeare Dallas. "Thanks to our community and the City of Dallas, we have made significant ...

Last week, when I returned to the same room, now a bar called 3rd & Bourbon, I saw elegant decor instead of the mural of Byblos. Instead of Middle Eastern music, Stevie Ray Vaughan cranked over the house system while the kitchen prepared for a night of burgers, pasta and specialty cocktails for customers in swank velvety booths.

Share The three winners of the James Berry Poetry Prize will each win £1,000, receive year-long mentoring and their debut book length collection will be published by Bloodaxe Books. The winning poets will be invited to take part in a James Berry Poetry Prize reading as part of the NCLA events series. Devised by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo with inclusivity specialist Dr Nathalie Teitler, the prize is the first national poetry prize to include both mentoring and book publication. ...

THE Garrick Playhouse, Altrincham, has come up with another post-lockdown production, writes Julia Taylor. This one gives young people from the Garrick Ensemble, aged 18 to 30, their annual chance to shine in Chatroom. Written by Enda Walsh, it has been described as The Computer Age Lord of the Flies. Showing from July 19-24 for 75 minutes without an interval, this play will send a chill down your spine. It is a blackly comic tale about manipulation, cyber-bullying and adolescent insec...