February 2012

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One Good Story Demands Another

From the movies to your own tales

Ah, we’ve already used up one of the irreplaceable months this no-longer-quite-so-new year gives us. Which brings us to Groundhog Day, that frivolous-seeming cross-quarter day whose significance in the forward march of time hides behind a furry hibernating mammal. We’re great fans of the frivolous. In the words of Jeff Thompson, “It is what it is; might as well have fun along the way!” (I’ll remind you who he is in a few paragraphs.)

article – Letter from the Editor

– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 2/2/12

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First Sign of the Coming Spring

Yellow perch are here

Daylight hours have been getting longer, yet most days, temperatures keep us in winter. But the yellow perch know that their springtime is here. Moving now into the deeper water of the tributaries, they are forming large schools and staging. Yellow perch are the earliest fish to spawn in the Tidewater, and their run is the first trumpet sounding the Bay’s piscatorial spring.

article – Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle

– by Dennis Doyle – 2/2/12

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Spring’s Early Welcome

It’s all how you divide the year

The first week of February marks a seasonal milestone, as the sun hovers midway between its southernmost point above the Tropic of Capricorn on winter solstice and its position above the equator on vernal equinox. If you think of the year as a compass with the equinoxes and solstices the four cardinal points, then this cross-quarter day — one of four — represent the ordinal points, dissecting our seasons.

article – Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll

– by J. Alex Knoll – 2/2/12

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The Grey

Liam Neeson proves old dogs can learn new tricks

There are movies like The Artist in which every shot is an exquisitely composed tableau. And then there are movies like The Grey, where Liam Neeson (Unknown) bare-knuckle boxes a giant Alaskan timber wolf. My job as a reviewer is convincing you that both sorts can be enjoyable and worth your hard-earned money.

article – Movie Reviews

– by Diana Beechener – 2/2/12

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Opera AACC Resuscitates Naughty Marietta

Superb casting, sumptuous costumes, stunning sets and whimsical dance can transcend even the flimsiest plot

Remember Nelson Eddie and Jeanette MacDonald singing Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, At Last I’ve Found You in their 1935 debut film, Naughty Marietta? No? How about Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein? Ah, I thought so.

article – Theatre Reviews

– by Jane C. Elkin – 2/2/12

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Double Feature to Help Twin Beach Players Find a Home

Anyone who is human or has ever been in love finds themselves reflected in these characters

Twin Beach Players have staged Theater at the Beaches since 1997, when the traveling nomads in search of a home debuted with A Christmas Carol. In 14 years, they’ve brightened life at the Beaches. All with never a home of their own. And at prices lower than you’d pay to see a movie.

article – Theatre Reviews

– by Bay Weekly – 2/2/12

February 2012

One Good Story Demands Another

First Sign of the Coming Spring

Spring’s Early Welcome

The Grey

Opera AACC Resuscitates Naughty Marietta

Double Feature to Help Twin Beach Players Find a Home

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