Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Bullies as a species haven’t really “evolved” in the sense that their essence has changed. Their basic behavior, and the root causes for it, will always be the same. A is A. What has changed, drastically, is how society has dealt with the issue in the past decade or so.
I talked last week about how opera has changed because of television and filmed operas, but it also changes as it is being performed.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
This week I got to view another perspective of the magical work of theater.
Mother’s Day is practically on top of us.
Around Easter I realized someone would have to come up with a plan for celebrating Mother’s Day.
This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and I want to encourage each of you to take some time to thank your teachers, or thank a teacher you know for all the work they do each day in our classrooms.
Albert Einstein once said nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
I would have to disagree. There is something more destructive: Passing laws that either nobody understands or nobody wants to enforce.
Lately I have been talking about how the opera is all about telling a story.
Well there is one more crucial part of opera… its almost all music. It’s the most recognizable music too. Sometimes when you hear it, you know exactly where it came from and the emotions of the character singing it.
I taught in the seemingly similar, yet immensely different, English culture for the duration of a full school year. It was definitely an experience.
And, it rocked my world.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
The editorial cartoon of the week Frank Shiers, Jr.
I’ve always known that medical marijuana is an emotionally charged issue. But I never expected to see a grown man cry about it. And I certainly never thought I’d see two different men crying about it in the same week. But, last week, that is exactly what I saw.
The squabble over zoning and land use is actually a debate over the different visions people have for the city’s identity.
Some of you might be wondering where the people of the Seattle Opera rehearse.
Well, it’s no big ornate room with chandeliers or anything. It’s basically, in short — just a space.
Groupthink – the word has popped up quite often recently.
Some people think that the opera is just like a cartoon — a big lady with two long braids running down off her head onto her shoulders with a Viking hat and an oval shaped mouth, but it’s not.
