Memories quickly rushed back, drawn out by the arrangement of the tables. The large compressed wood rectangles with table legs, touching end-to-end, have plastic chairs tightly spaced underneath them. Adults sitting on them nearly hip to hip. Utensils for writing, marking, and sketching stand in cups, some lay resting on the table's flat surface. Paper... Continue Reading →
Climate Control, Uprooted Theatre, Suddenly Last Summer
Down in the Bayou, Violet Venable's (Marti Gobel) genteel Victorian sensibilities cling to changing times. Her son Sebastian, the apple of her eye, her muse, her poet, anchors their impenetrable blood alliance, rooted in his artist talent and the rush of collecting graces available only to those with penchant for the niceties of high art... Continue Reading →
Jazz will never die, Kneebody, Jazz Estate
Shane Endsley's horn pitter-pattered like hand-placed rain drops on a hot tin roof, pinging tones varying with the contours of the surface they hit; mo' better. Ben Wendel bled raw emotion over the reed of his sax in response to the weather around him, seeking companionship from Kaveh Rastegar's bass scales, sharing the moment. Mirages... Continue Reading →
Bayou Fixings, Bronzeville, The Big Eazy
Bronzeville laid in wait, and nabbed a prize foodie establishment in The Big Eazy. Nestled on a quiet corner of Lloyd and Martin Luther King Drive, The Big Eazy offers authentic soul food staples from the delta region, raised a notch to unpretentiously meet the tastes of discerning diners. Sticking to the gulf theme, helpings... Continue Reading →
Moving on Sideways, The Rep, Good
Really bad wallpaper hung in Margie's kitchen. It might as well been the kind your grandma had. Dated decor lines the room, things look like they haven't changed for an entire generation. Margie (Lauran Gordon) sits with some old gal pals, Dottie (Laura Fisher) and Jean (Tami Workentin), volleying old stories about characters that have come... Continue Reading →
Local Trolley 