Author: thinaar

I was at a meeting of fundraising people recently, who work for small or medium-sized theater companies, and we were talking about the impending funding cuts. And people started tossing around that hackneyed non-profit mantra of “We have to learn to do more with less.” And I thought (but was too timid to say): How…

This is a clip of Mark and Lorna, a couple who perform six nights a week at the Red Fox Lounge in Winter Park, FL, near Orlando. I happened to be staying at the Best Western where the Red Fox is located, and got to see them. They have been playing there for 18 years,…

I just stumbled onto this speech, and I think it’s worth reading. There’s a lot here. Take a breath, get a beverage and block out some time: http://www.ispa.org/ideas/cameron.html Here are two tidbits: 1. “We may be in the arts looking at the world—watching our audiences shrink, seeing subscribers decline, standing by as organizations teeter and…

Here is a video of excerpts from some monologues I put together a couple years ago. There’s going to be a production of this piece in San Diego, directed by Judy Bauerlein, later this year.

I thought this op-ed captures something of now.

1. Order what you can neither pronounce nor translate. It’s likely it will taste good. 2. Listen to how nice everything sounds on the lips and tongue. 3. Saudade. 4. Go to a record store where you like the sounds coming out the door. Maybe in the Bairro Alto. Ask the clerk, in Portugese (“fala…

So, here at thinaar’s blog, I’m real proud of my friends and family who have come out with published works of literature and music and stuff in 2008. With that in mind I want to link all you holiday purchasers to these special products, written by mine and yours: Growing Up White: A Veteran Teacher…