Performance Warm-Up Tips
Listen to music that relaxes, inspires, moves you…puts you in the mood required for performance.
Samuel Barber–Adagio for Strings
Listen to music that relaxes, inspires, moves you…puts you in the mood required for performance.
Samuel Barber–Adagio for Strings
This week I’ve been a Woman About Town experiencing the best of St. Louis’ art and culture. Sunday: Freida Wheaton’s Salon 53 King-Obama brunch in conversation with leading figures in St. Louis’ African American arts, culture, and business. Tuesday afternoon: Groundbreaking for the St. Louis Art Museum expansion program. Tuesday evening: Robert Reich wowing us…
After Ernest Dempsey reviewed “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” on TCM Reviews, we struck up an email correspondence. We began to find out that even though we are from different generations (I am old enough to be his mother), and different cultures (he lives in Pakistan, and I’m in the USA), that we shared many values…
I know the talented poet Laurie Wagner Buyer both from Women Writing the West and Story Circle Network. Laurie Wagner Buyer can be found at the website named after her, or Working Words Guide.–JGR ____________________ Finding Poetry in Everyday Life by Laurie Wagner Buyer We usually find what we look for. We always see things…
In 2006 I published my book “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary”with iUniverse. While my first-line audience was friends and family, I quickly found there were second-third-and-fourth-line audiences rippling out there who were interested in my book, my topic, and by extension, in me and what I thought and had to say. I marketed “Sightlines” by every…
Last night I went to my first St. Louis party. It’s the first party I’ve attended since the going away party I threw for myself in Lake County in Northern California at the end of June. This felt like a welcome home party. This party felt like a welcome to the village. Freida L. Wheaton…
What is the future of African American Arts in St. Louis? “One of the strongest purveyors of African American culture is African American theater. It’s a place where we can strongly control the images portrayed,” said Himes. Ron Himes, director & founder, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, which makes its home at the Grandell Theater…
This week I’ve been a Woman About Town experiencing the best of St. Louis’ art and culture. Sunday: Freida Wheaton’s Salon 53 King-Obama brunch in conversation with leading figures in St. Louis’ African American arts, culture, and business. Tuesday afternoon: Groundbreaking for the St. Louis Art Museum expansion program. Tuesday evening: Robert Reich wowing us…
After Ernest Dempsey reviewed “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” on TCM Reviews, we struck up an email correspondence. We began to find out that even though we are from different generations (I am old enough to be his mother), and different cultures (he lives in Pakistan, and I’m in the USA), that we shared many values…
I know the talented poet Laurie Wagner Buyer both from Women Writing the West and Story Circle Network. Laurie Wagner Buyer can be found at the website named after her, or Working Words Guide.–JGR ____________________ Finding Poetry in Everyday Life by Laurie Wagner Buyer We usually find what we look for. We always see things…
In 2006 I published my book “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary”with iUniverse. While my first-line audience was friends and family, I quickly found there were second-third-and-fourth-line audiences rippling out there who were interested in my book, my topic, and by extension, in me and what I thought and had to say. I marketed “Sightlines” by every…
Last night I went to my first St. Louis party. It’s the first party I’ve attended since the going away party I threw for myself in Lake County in Northern California at the end of June. This felt like a welcome home party. This party felt like a welcome to the village. Freida L. Wheaton…
What is the future of African American Arts in St. Louis? “One of the strongest purveyors of African American culture is African American theater. It’s a place where we can strongly control the images portrayed,” said Himes. Ron Himes, director & founder, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, which makes its home at the Grandell Theater…
This week I’ve been a Woman About Town experiencing the best of St. Louis’ art and culture. Sunday: Freida Wheaton’s Salon 53 King-Obama brunch in conversation with leading figures in St. Louis’ African American arts, culture, and business. Tuesday afternoon: Groundbreaking for the St. Louis Art Museum expansion program. Tuesday evening: Robert Reich wowing us…
After Ernest Dempsey reviewed “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” on TCM Reviews, we struck up an email correspondence. We began to find out that even though we are from different generations (I am old enough to be his mother), and different cultures (he lives in Pakistan, and I’m in the USA), that we shared many values…
I know the talented poet Laurie Wagner Buyer both from Women Writing the West and Story Circle Network. Laurie Wagner Buyer can be found at the website named after her, or Working Words Guide.–JGR ____________________ Finding Poetry in Everyday Life by Laurie Wagner Buyer We usually find what we look for. We always see things…
In 2006 I published my book “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary”with iUniverse. While my first-line audience was friends and family, I quickly found there were second-third-and-fourth-line audiences rippling out there who were interested in my book, my topic, and by extension, in me and what I thought and had to say. I marketed “Sightlines” by every…
Last night I went to my first St. Louis party. It’s the first party I’ve attended since the going away party I threw for myself in Lake County in Northern California at the end of June. This felt like a welcome home party. This party felt like a welcome to the village. Freida L. Wheaton…
What is the future of African American Arts in St. Louis? “One of the strongest purveyors of African American culture is African American theater. It’s a place where we can strongly control the images portrayed,” said Himes. Ron Himes, director & founder, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, which makes its home at the Grandell Theater…