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Confession: I'm a method writer. I know this probably sounds incredibly wanky, but it's a truth that, three books into my career, I want to acknowledge. Like De Niro getting his cabbie license for Taxi Driver, or Halle Berry going two weeks without bathing for her role as a junkie in Jungle Fever, my desire to inhabit my characters occasionally intrudes on my real-life tastes, habits, self-perception, and personality. More often than not, I relish these intrusions. They make me feel alive. Empathetic. Energetic. Capable of anything – including breezing through 9–5 workdays on an empty stomach, writing on my breaks, walking home 8 kilometres, doing 1,000 repetitions on the rowing machine, cracking open a bottle of red and writing until dinnertime, and again after it.
That was my method for getting inside the head of my latest protagonist, Paulina Novak: a North Shore bachelorette in the throes of a late-twenties crisis who moves to a tiny seaside community, only to be brutally murdered. It seemed to be working well – until one afternoon, two months into the routine, I had a five-minute seizure and fell into a coma for eight days.
My novel Beautiful Revolutionary took two and a half years to write. It required a lot of research, some of which I travelled for. More importantly, it required putting myself into the mindsets of characters who were young in the 60s and 70s, who get swept up in a revolutionary movement that turns violent. The focal point of my identification was Evelyn Lynden: an intelligent, politically engaged newlywed who becomes the right-hand woman to a cult leader.
Anyone who saw me with any regularity while I was working on Beautiful Revolutionary probably noticed how I began dressing. Flares, peasant skirts, folk blouses, black turtlenecks, love beads, T-shirts with slogans about peace, love, and getting high. More privately, I smoked more weed, took psychedelics for the first time. I seldom wore bras or listened to music made after 1978.
When your favourite quality about yourself is your creative output, not writing much for over twelve months can feel like losing yourself.
There were other things, more Evelyn-specific. I cared more – and felt more apocalyptic about – world events. I had a sense of purpose, almost spiritual. I smiled at strangers less. If I wore my hair up, I preferred it in a neat twist or bun. The things I admired about my own face were different; eyebrows and jawline. I wanted a sharper nose, sleeker hair.
Then the novel was over, and so was my attachment to all this. I didn't know what music I liked, so I listened to podcasts. I didn't know what to wear, so I wore the same clothes, with less zest. I felt more envy and generalised anxiety. And yet – I ate better, slept more soundly than I had in years.
When your favourite quality about yourself is your creative output, not writing much for over twelve months can feel like losing yourself. When it's the same year you're supposed to be promoting a book, and the responses to your book are scattershot, the loss is greater still. Every negative review, every festival I wasn't invited to, every end-of-year list I didn't make, every nemesis I did, hurt a little more – though in the past I've usually just taken these things as they come.
That was my 2018. In early 2019, it was like a switch flipped; I no longer gave a shit. Part of this was the power of a new year; I'd resolved not to give a shit. There were other factors, though. I'd just come back from a tropical holiday, which had its intended effect: it had relaxed me. I'd also begun treatment for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. The treatment was just the humble oral contraceptive pill, Yaz – but it hit me like speed.
Suddenly, I was writing again, more vividly and prolifically than ever. I knew where my novel was going, identified new details faster than I could pin them down. Nights were full-body swarmings, where I'd wake after a few hours' sleep, hot-skinned, heart jumping around like a frog. When I closed my eyes, the dark behind my eyelids reeled, like I was coming down from acid. In the mornings, I got out of bed, sustained by an afterglow of discovery. I looked forward to writing on the commute to my day job at a call centre.
Nights were full-body swarmings, where I'd wake after a few hours' sleep, hot-skinned, heart jumping around like a frog.
I felt a sense of recognition when I first read about author Michelle McNamara, who mistook her husband for an intruder in the middle of the night and swung a lamp at his head while investigating the Golden State Killer. In 2016, McNamara died in her sleep. Her death was attributed in part to the pharmaceuticals she was using to manage the insomnia and anxiety brought on by her research. Her true crime book I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer was a posthumous bestseller.
It is no secret that authors have a tendency to immerse themselves in fictional worlds, often to the neglect of the world around them. It is also no secret that authors take inspiration from real-life events and experiences. Stephanie Danler worked for years at Union Square cafe while penning Sweetbitter, her novel about an ingenue waitress in New York City. Vladimir Nabokov wrote Lolita while road-tripping through the US. Daphne du Maurier channelled her anxieties about her husband's ex-fiancée for her Gothic novel Rebecca.
Method writing isn't all that different; it's just a little more deliberate. It involves choices and restrictions about the media we consume, the clothes we wear, the spaces we inhabit. Victor Hugo supposedly locked away all his formal attire and wore nothing but a grey knitted shawl while working on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Marlon James, writing A Brief History of Seven Killings, listened to Bob Marley's Exodus on repeat. Self-proclaimed method writer Thomas W Hodgkinson wrote most of his novel Memoirs of a Stalker from the confines of a dark closet.
From the beginning, Paulina was different from Evelyn. Louder. Funnier. A better flirt. A bigger drinker. Paulina spoke with an accent more ocker than my own; I imitated it on the phones at work, talking to strangers. She dressed basic, in little sports bras and leggings and singlets; wore her hair in a ponytail, with a fringe. I considered getting a fringe – though I knew I looked better without one. I considered plucking my eyebrows back to their early 2000s thinness. Paulina deeply wanted a lower back tattoo; I began coveting tattoos, too.
Yet there was a trinity of rituals that made me feel particularly close to Paulina: hunger, exercise, and drinking. After walking home from work, I'd head straight for the rowing machine, turn on something up-tempo from my Paulina playlist – 'Crowds' by Bauhaus, 'Animal Nitrate' by Suede, 'Psycho Killer' by Talking Heads – and work up a sweat. Then I'd shower and open a bottle of cheap red; drink half on an empty stomach.
They used to check my ID almost every time I went to the bottle shop. They stopped doing that. One time, my favourite checkout chick winked at me. My feeling? Like I'd accessed something intended for the Paulinas of the world.
The week I had my seizure felt headed for doom before it began. Round-the-clock tramworks were due to take place in our neighbourhood. Forecasts predicted high temperatures all week. Our pantry ran out of salt. We cooked without it, promising ourselves we'd replace it the next day, then the next.
It is no secret that authors tend to immerse themselves in fictional worlds, often to the neglect of the world around them. Method writing is just a little more deliberate.
It's likely that, if I'd removed just one element from the trinity that week – the hunger, the cardio, the alcohol – I would have been fine. But I kept them all up, guzzling litres of water to balance out the alcohol. I kept taking Yaz, as blind to the significance of one of its side-effects being 'decreased sodium retention' as I was to our salt-less pantry. Who thinks about these things? Not method writers high on their own methods, that's for sure.
My insomnia was especially bad that week. On Friday morning, I called in sick – something I don't do often. Yet I didn't behave like a sick person; didn't lie on the couch watching Netflix. Instead, I went to my local cafe to squeeze a few hours' productivity from my exhausted body.
I like my local precisely because they're negligent; a place a cash-strapped writer can go, order a single drink, and swill free jugs of water the rest of the time. That 38-degree day, I ordered cold brew, rather than a more calorie-rich iced coffee. I drank at least three litres of water; probably closer to five. However much I drank, it was enough to make the sodium levels in my blood plummet below the healthy level of 140 milliequivalents per litre and down to 115 – severe hyponatremia, by definition.
The queasiness set in around 3:30pm, rushing home from the cafe. I vomited in the sink, texted my husband to come home from work immediately, with Gatorade. To his eternal credit, he did. I kept vomiting. We sat on the couch googling symptoms, but the brightness of my phone hurt my head. My body seized up just before 5pm.
After that is an eight-day blank, filled with dreams of mucus and forced tooth-cleanings. I woke the following Saturday night with a breathing tube in my throat, hallucinating hot-pink gerberas and golden retriever puppies as a handsome nurse explained what I'd done to myself.
My methods felt worth the risk, as long as I was productive – I didn't realise at the time just how unsustainable they were.
When I originally pitched this article about 'method writing', I planned to explore the ups and downs: how, at its best, method writing is a dynamic process that brings us closer to our characters; at its worst, a mania that impairs judgment. I had anecdotes: the casual job I got fired from, after forgetting too many shifts; the bird's-eye chillies I burned, turning our kitchen into a cloud of pepper-spray. I had doubts about the sustainability of my methods, but also confidence – that they were worth the risk, as long as I was productive.
I didn't realise at the time just how unsustainable my methods were.
Even so, I haven't given up method writing, and don't intend to. Even while bed-bound, it was Paulina's music I asked the nurses to play for me, Paulina's clothes I craved instead of hospital gowns. It was Paulina's tattoo I thought of, when I saw the lumbar puncture bruise on my lower back. It was the thought of living other lives that sustained me, as I found myself stuck in Intensive Care at the age of 29.
But Paulina wasn't the one my husband hurried home from work for, or the one my family flew from Perth to watch over. I understand that I am important in my own right, not simply as a host body; that there is value in the woman who sleeps, and eats, and doesn't make full use of every hour in her day. I want her to persist, too.


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A funding fight looms as the fiscal session begins this week: A rump group of tea party legislators are threatening to hold the entire Medicaid budget hostage in order to try to end the private option. A Medicaid shutdown would immediately end funding for some of the state's most vulnerable citizens on July 1, including the aged, disabled and the blind; people in nursing homes; children on ARKids; and foster kids receiving medical care.
The private option uses money available via the federal Affordable Care Act to purchase private health insurance for low-income Arkansans. It's the state's unique version of Medicaid expansion, which expands coverage to adults who make less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level (around $16,000 for an individual or $33,000 for a family of four). Gov. Hutchinson's plan to continue the policy, now renamed "Arkansas Works," easily passed both houses of the legislature last week with enormous bipartisan majorities — 70-30 in the House and 25-10 in the Senate, with a majority of Republicans in each chamber joining all Democrats in backing the measure. The private option provides health insurance to more than 267,000 low-income Arkansans, projects to save the state budget hundreds of millions of dollars, saves billions in uncompensated care costs for state hospitals, and pours billions in federal money into the state's health care system and economy.
The governor signed "Arkansas Works" into law on Friday. However, the appropriation for the Medicaid budget — that's not just the private option but all Medicaid services — is generally thought to require 75 percent approval in both houses. Theoretically, just nine senators (or 26 in the House) could shut down the entire Medicaid program if the overwhelming majority didn't give in to their demands to rescind "Arkansas Works."
With tensions flaring at the Capitol, Sen. Bart Hester (R-Cave Springs) made a chilling statement, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette last week: "We're playing some pretty hard chicken right now with both people's feet on the accelerator. I think the only thing that's going to bring resolution to this is a crash." If Hester makes good on his threat, a humanitarian disaster would follow.
Hutchinson expressed confidence that the nightmare scenario threatened by Hester could be avoided. "My objective in the coming days is to win the funding for the Department of Human Services that would include the Arkansas Works legislation that has been adopted," Hutchinson said. "It is my responsibility as governor to avoid what some have described as an inevitable crash. I want, as governor, to avoid that crash. I want to keep the wheels of government on the road, and progressing and working for the people of this state. I'm confident that this can be done."
Most observers at the Capitol believe that the governor will be able to find the needed supermajority in the House. Rep. Laurie Rushing (R-Hot Springs), who voted against "Arkansas Works," said that she had no intention of playing shutdown games with the appropriation. "The people of Arkansas have spoken through their representatives," she said. "There's no reason to hold up the whole DHS budget when the majority of Arkansas wants Arkansas Works." Rushing said that six other House members who had voted against the legislation felt the same way.
The Senate is another matter, where nine to 10 senators, led by Hester, are digging in their heels.
What happens if the Tea Party 10 make good on their threat and drive the state over the cliff? At the end of June, all funding would end for the following:
Medical care for the aged, disabled and the blind, covering 142,077 people. This includes the elderly in nursing homes and people with severe disabilities.
ARKids, providing coverage for almost 400,000 low-income kids.
Home and community-based services for 11,000 elderly people and people with severe physical disabilities.
Medical services for nearly 5,000 foster children (the Division of Children and Family Services is not part of the relevant Medical Services appropriation, but medical care for many foster children is funded via the Medicaid budget).
TEFRA, a Medicaid program that provides care to disabled children in their homes. Funding that helps thousands of families with children with severe health challenges such as cerebral palsy and wheelchair-bound children would halt.
Coverage for around 1,000 developmentally disabled patients receiving care at the Human Development Centers.
Funding to help more than 60,000 elderly Medicare beneficiaries with care and costs not covered by Medicare.
Coverage for more than 10,000 extremely poor parents of dependent children.
Coverage for more than 10,000 low-income pregnant women who are not otherwise covered by the private option.
Closure of the 250-bed Arkansas Health Center, a public nursing home that takes patients that few or no other nursing homes will take, such as patients on a ventilator and patients with severe cognitive dysfunction.
State hospitals that provide care for civilly committed patients having acute and severe behavioral health crises would lose 30 beds.
These Arkansas patients and families would have funding for their medical care evaporate if Hester makes good on his threat of a "crash." (This is not an exhaustive list.) Most would find themselves without good options for access to medical care that they desperately need.
On top of that, billions of dollars in Medicaid payments to providers, hospitals, nursing homes and clinics would immediately halt. And DHS would face massive layoffs, likely with unforeseen consequences throughout the department.
Just to be clear, all of this is on top of the more than a quarter-million low-income Arkansans in the Medicaid expansion population who would lose their health insurance if Hester achieved his aim of ending the private option. Hester's real goal is to end their health coverage; he's merely using the elderly, disabled, kids and others in the traditional Medicaid program as hostages to try to get his way via a game of "hard chicken."
When the Times asked Hester about his statement last week, he said, "We have until the end of June to work something out. I don't think we'll have to have a shutdown." However, Hester promised to make good on his threat and go through with a full Medicaid shutdown — immediately ending all of the funding described above for the state's most vulnerable citizens come July 1 — if the governor and the legislative majority didn't cave to his demands and end the Medicaid expansion. "I would," he said, but added that he hoped the legislature would come up with a creative solution to avoid that scenario.
Hester's hope is that the aginners can pass a Medical Services appropriation with "Arkansas Works" stripped out — in other words, it would fund the traditional Medicaid services described above, but would eliminate Medicaid expansion. The problem is that Hester's group is a tiny minority. The legislature just voted overwhelmingly to approve "Arkansas Works." Hester's small group of aginners doesn't have anywhere close to a supermajority to pass an appropriation that kills the Medicaid expansion. They don't have anywhere close to a simple majority. They don't have anywhere close to the votes to even get an amendment out of committee.
"There's a fundamental principle of government that we need to deal with, and that is that the minority should not derail the expressed will of the majority," Hutchinson said.
The governor posed a question for Hester and company: "Will the Democrats, and the Republicans who have supported Arkansas Works, will they vote for an appropriation bill without Arkansas Works?" In other words, Hester, for now, has the votes to block Medicaid expansion, and the entire Medicaid budget — but to actually pass something, he would have to change the minds of 17 senators and 45 members of the House. This seems unlikely.
Instead, the only tool that the Tea Party 10 have is a threat, which Hester promises they will make good on: to crash the government and unleash an unimaginable nightmare on the state of Arkansas and its neediest citizens.
"If he's really willing to run into a wall instead of solving problems, that's unfortunate," said Minority Leader Michael John Gray (D-Augusta).
There is no sign that the majority will simply fold because of Hester's threats, leaving the fate of the Medicaid budget uncertain. The fiscal session can last up to 45 calendar days, with the final possible day in late May. That would leave just a month to come up with a resolution, with the entire state budget in limbo.
"You could have a standoff," Hutchinson said. "That's what leads to government shutdowns in Washington. We've never had that in Arkansas. I don't expect to have that under my watch."
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My late summer cold has sadly prevented a trip to the Grant Farm's Harvestival, which I had been greatly anticipating. The cold has improved today, no doubt due to the mega-antioxidant chicken soup I cooked up yesterday as an antidote. I would add here that I give great kudos to Harrison for cheerfully tolerating my sniffling, whining, chapped-lip and generally unattractive presence. Of course, he was the one who generously passed on this virus…So yesterday I was in no mood for anything but soup, so I pulled a frozen farmers' market chicken out of the freezer and started on a pot of soup. This was sold as a pastured "Cornish Hen," which is really just a smaller chicken of various crossbreeds, not always a hen, and…well, it was a really small chicken. Let's leave it at that. I simmered the chicken whole in several quarts of water, until it was falling apart. I don't season my stock until I remove the bird, so that there is no danger of over-concentrating the salt. I stripped off the meat and put it back in the pot with some preliminary seasonings:
Yes, I like Penzey's. Their poultry seasoning has traditional herbs used for stuffing (sage, thyme, etc.) but no salt, which lets you control the salinity. I also added their shallot salt, which has a lovely shallot flavor that is handy when you don't have the fresh item on hand. The tumeric was added for two reasons: to provide some of that pretty yellow color we associate with chicken soup, and to add a dose of anti-inflammatory, cold-kicking power. I put in a lot of tumeric.
I then chopped up my vegetables to throw in the pot, including some onion, flat leaf parsley, crimini mushrooms, and some stunningly gorgeous red carrots from Grant Farms:
I tossed these into the pot along with a hefty amount of crushed garlic (more of those antioxidants to kick the cold out), and simmered for 15 minutes to get the vegetables softened. Because I am a firm believer that chicken soup is not legit without some noodles, I then tossed in a couple of handfuls of No Yolks noodles and kept the pot going for another ten minutes, or until they were just cooked through. It made a really delicious and healing bowl of soup.
As far as potential mythologies go, I am all about the curative powers of chicken soup. If you add in the right antioxidants and eat it hot, it really does something great. I am feeling better today, and I am ready for another bowl of that soup.
Harrison is in the process of putting up a mini greenhouse so we can enjoy fresh greens deeper into the Colorado autumn, so I leave you with an image of phase one:
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When this dog's favorite little human started drawing off astounding stunts in the living room, he dedicated not to be outdone.
After all, he's the one who gets cookies for ruses , not her. That's not how their design productions. After watching his two-legged sidekick ground a sick cartwheel, he envisaged, "Hey, girl. I can do that. Check this out." He knew he had to wait until someone started filming if he required his achievement to be immortalized and shared for online greatnes, so when the few moments wheeled around, he did his adorable thing.
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As a big crowd of Quorn Hashers went off to the Norfolk 1500th celebration at the weekend this was a run moved from the 3rd Sunday of the month to the following Monday. An unprecedented third missed local hash in a row for me due to the fact I had to go home to look after my invalid wife.
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These and other 'weird and wonderful' facts, mysteries and stories about UWA will appear on a new website, courtesy of the Centenary Grants.
"Most of our work comes from enquiries," said Mim Congdon from University Archives. "And we get to learn all sorts of amazing things when we look for answers to those inquiries."
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"We are like detectives," said Christina Garnett, the third member of the team working on the exhibition. "It's not at all the boring job that some people think it is."
The Centenary Grant of $3,000 will pay for a web designer to create the exhibition once Maria, Mim and Christina have gathered and collated the information and images.
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Event Archives
Interstitial #2 at SECCA
Interstitial #2: A second dance between exhibitions at SECCA will feature dance by Chris and Taryn and Friends, music by SAETTA String Quartet, video by Steve Morrison. Saturday January 25 at 3pm. Free!read more
Cunningham Screening Party
IPLACe celebrates 20th and 21st century interdisciplinary icon, Merce Cunningham, with a Cunningham Screening Party at a/perture on Thursday January 23, 2020 at 6:30pmread more
From The Ground Up Livestream Video
Habby Olusesi's Cuba Trip
Habby Olusesi: In the Spring of 2019, IPLACe helped fund Habby Olusesi ('20) on a trip to study in Cuba, looking at the art and culture of the island. Her photo blog is detailed here.read more
Theatrical Intimacy Workshop
On August 25, the cast of the WFU production of "How I Learned to Drive," will participate in a workshop where they will learn to stage theatrical intimacy ethically, effectively, and efficiently.read more
Rohina Malik, UNVEILED
Five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil in this critically acclaimed one-woman show by actor and playwright Rohina Malik.read more
Entanglements: A Conference on the Intersection of Poetry, Science, and Art
May 13-16, 2019 at Reynolda House. Check out the incredible schedule of events.read more
Aging ReImagined's 3rd Edition.
Aging ReImagined returned 4/29/2019featuring Presentations, Performances, and Discussions.read more
Lynn Book, "Performing the Archive"
A Salon Screening and Roundtable Discussion surrounded Lynn Book's "Performing the Archive" at ZSR Library on Tuesday April 2, 2019 at 5pm.read more
Two Reflections On The Artist CLYFFORD STILL
Monday Feb 25 at 5pm in Art 102- Lecture by Art Historian Robert Slikin, NYU. Tuesday Feb 26 at 7:30pm in Brendle – Still by composer James Romig – Louis Goldstein, piano.read more
Talking about Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves
TALKING ABOUT SARAH DELAPPE'S THE WOLVES NOVEMBER 1, 2018 Dr. Christy Buchanan and Dr. Stavroula Glezakos took part in a post-show discussion on Thursday, Nov. 1, following The Wolves. Dr. Glezakos (Philosophy) was currently teaching a course on Philosophy of Love and...read more
Tim Miller
Tim Miller returned to Wake Forest University for workshops with students and to deliver his performance/lecture/rant on the Tedford Stage on October 18.read more
Orphee Project
An intergenerational community dance company made up of of Wake Forest students, children from the WF Community Ballet program, older adults living with Parkinson's disease and their care partners, and local professional dancers, performed The Orphée Project: An...read more
Video: Bassa Moda by P-Lux
Paul Bright created a "satirical fashion show" / performance called "Bassa Moda" under his pseudonym P-Lux, as part of an exhibition of his collages entitled, "di/Taglia," at the Cloister Gallery, Ferrara, IT, July 24, 2018.read more
Tibetan Monks: Sand Mandalas and Lectures
Tibetan Monks created a sand mandala and delivered lectures as part of the Silk Road Series in October 2018.read more
Cordone & Kilgore, "Side by Side: A Steve & Eydie Tribute"
IPLACe presented this salute to the "King and Queen of the Nightclub World," packed with some of the most recognizable songs of the 20th Century!read more
The Patsy Project
Christina Soriano returned to Music Carolina Summerfest for the fifth time to present her second large scale work choreographed with an intergenerational cast featuring 30 dancers aged 4 to 86. The performance featured live accompaniment by Martha Bassett…read more
Allison Orr and From The Ground Up
Over the last three years, IPLACe has been collaborating with Forklift Danceworks to create a dance featuring the movement and stories of Custodial, Maintenance and Utilities, Landscaping, Construction, and Waste Reduction employees. The result is From The Ground Up which will be performed October 4 +5, 2019 on Hearn Plaza.read more
Silk Road Series
A series of multidisciplinary events revolving the WFU Silk Road Series included a Spring 2019 performance by the Silk Road Ensemble. Silk Roads Winston-Salem aims to advance our understanding of global cross-cultural exchange as it relates to the historic Silk Roads through a program of themed events at WFU…read more
Michel van der Aa Residency
Michel van der Aa is a truly multidisciplinary figure in contemporary music. A unique voice, he combines composition with film and stage direction, and script writing. Classical instruments, voices, electronic sound, actors, theatre and video…read more
Anne Rasmussen Residency
Dr. Anne Rasmussen, a Professor and expert on gender, performance, and Islam in the Middle East and Indonesia, held a three-day residency at Wake Forest that included students from her classes on Middle Eastern instruments to demonstrate and perform them…read more
SITI Company Visit
A member of the SITI company came and taught Viewpoints and Suzuki technique…read more
Alexandra Beller Laban Workshop
Certified Laban specialist Alexandra Beller hosted a 4-day Laban refresher course open to Theatre and Dance faculty at Wake Forest and UNCSA…read more
Aging Reimagined 1.5
This cross-disciplinary symposium on aging capitalized on last year's successful Aging Reimagined conference. It featured Jennie Smith Peers, Director of the National Center for Creative Aging, whose work focuses on the research and public policies to support arts in aging, and Nir Barzilai…read more
Dr. Seuss Carnival
The Theatre in Education class planned an end-of-year carnival for their students at Ashley Elementary. The carnival incorporated elements of performance and interactive activities to engage the students in the material they'd learned throughout the semester…read more
Reading of Myrmidons
In the summer of 2016, IPLACe provided funds for Cheyenne Zuck to study Ancient Greek at the Latin/Greek Institute (LGI) to go towards the translation and completion of a fragmented tragedy. She translated Myrmidons by Aeschylus…read more
Chinese Music and Art Collaboration
Haiqiong Deng, a professional Chinese guzheng player, and Nan Liu, a classically-trained Chinese artist, held a residency at Wake that included workshops with the Chinese Ensemble students, several class visits to Art and Music classes, and a final concert…read more
Tragedies of Character: Leadership Lessons from Macbeth
A discussion following a performance of Macbeth on leadership, ambition, power, war, and politics as seen in the play and today's society, featuring the director Brook Davis, Lillie Burrow and Philip Kayser, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth respectively, and Michael Lamb…read more
Ben Whiting Residency
Ben Whiting, Wake Theatre alum and acclaimed magician, visited Wake to perform a magic show and lecture a Neuroscience class…read more
Soundseen: Cage/Braxton/Marclay
SoundSeen presents the musical compositions of three artists – John Cage, Anthony Braxton, and Christian Marclay – in which drawings, diagrams and images take the place of standard musical notation. These visually engaging "graphic" scores convey ideas…read more
Women's Leadership Symposium
Megan Hooper '04, founder of bsmartguide.com, and Melissa Jones Briggs '04, instructor in organizational behavior at Stanford University's Graduate Business School, offered complementary workshops rooted in the skills they built as students involved in theater…read more
Sick was performed as part of the second Studio Series and explored gender and sexuality in a provocative way. The show partnered with Student Health services to promote their free STD testing services. It was performed in conjunction with The Tiny Closet…read more
Pop Stars Coaching
Cindy Gendrich provided acting coaching to students in a class on Pop Music as they prepared to emulate several of the stars they studied in class for Music and Fashion Day…read more
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues was performed in the Hanes Art Gallery followed by a discussion of feminist activism and inclusion.read more
Evan Mitchell Residency
Mask and movement expert Evan Mitchell held a residency at Wake that included a performance of his one-man mask performance Masked in English and Spanish and three workshops with various classes…read more
Ping Chong Residency and Collidescope 3.0
Ping Chong, recipient of the 2015 National Medal of Arts, joined the Wake Forest Theatre in January and February to direct a new iteration of his piece Collidescope: Adventures in Pre- and Post- Racial America. During his time on campus, Chong spend the majority of time…read more
The World of Overtone Singing
Overtone/throat singing is a special technique of manipulating the vocal tract that has arisen independently throughout the world. Master khoomei (Tuvan throat singing) performer Narisu greeted visitors, answered questions about Mongolian music, and demonstrated khoomei…read more
Allison Orr
Allison Orr (alum and dance artist) held a residency at Wake that included guest teaching several dance classes, visiting with the WGS class "Women Artists", screening her award-winning documentary Trash Dance, and planning for a future project, Served…read more
Capoeira Workshop
Dr. Ugo Edu, Anthropology professor and experienced instructor of Capoeira, and her collaborator Sergio Ferreira visited Wake to provide a social, political, and historical account of Capoeira to Dr. Harrington's class on Race & Politics in Brazil as well as hold a workshop…read more
Joel New Creative Residency
New York-based songwriter Joel New held a two-day residency at Wake that included a songwriting workshop with aspiring musical theatre writers, and a visit to Michele Gillespie's FYS on Thomas Jefferson to help students write Hamilton-inspired music…read more
Honk! Performance
WFU Theatre's Honk! was performed for WSFC first graders, who received copies of The Ugly Duckling, signed by the cast, rubber duckies, and content prompts to discuss the show in their home classrooms…read more
Screening of Eugene Onegin
A screening of Stage Russia's presentation of Eugene Onegin performed by the Vakhtangov Theatre, free and open to the public…read more
Marathon Reading of Der Genius
A marathon reading of Der Genius read by student and faculty aloud over a ten-hour period in Campus Grounds…read more
English Methods Class Visits
Three WFU professors visited Alan Brown's English Methods class to help future teachers with engaging their students in the performing arts and, specifically, Shakespeare…read more
DADA 100! celebrated 100 years of DADA, discussing its historical context and embracing its legacy. The huge event took place in ZSR and involved a mixture of performances and interactive activities for participants…read more
The Katzenjammer Allstars performed live German Music to the many attendees of the annual Oktoberfest celebration, where participants learn about the importance of folk music and folk art in German culture…read more
Scott Anderson Creative Residency
Internationally-renowned novelist and journalist Scott Anderson visited Wake Forest to meet with students and speak on his article Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart. He addressed the Wake Forest community at large…read more
Mande Melody
The Cradle of Jazz Project brought 3 world-class musicians from Mali and two guest scholars to Wake. Their residency included a concert, three class visits to Music, Anthropology, and African Studies classes, and a lecture and Q&A at the Museum of Anthropology…read more
Midsummer Performance
Students Anne Peyton Brothers and Erin Farmer performed a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Shane Lutz to accompany a talk by William Jordan the III on sustainability…read more
A Conversation with Benjamin Franklin
Critically-acclaimed performer, Christopher Lowell, portrayed Benjamin Franklin in a free, one-man show on Tuesday, October 4th, at 7pm. The performance took place in the Kulynych Auditorium in the Byrum Welcome Center. Following the performance, there was a panel discussion…read more
Rhyme of China
An evening of Traditional Chinese Music and Opera featuring members of the Chinese Instruments Symphony Orchestra of NC and the NC Peking Opera Society, followed by an opportunity for the audience to meet the artists and examine their instruments…read more
Caridad Svich Creative Residency
Caridad Svich, OBIE-Award winning, Latina playwright and playwright of WFU Theatre's production Spark, came to campus for a four-day residency that included guest lecturing the playwriting class, hosting a playwriting workshop, engaging the audiences of Spark…read more
Alexandra Beller
Alexandra Beller, NYC dance artist, hosted a three-day residency that involved guest classes geared to Dance and Theatre students, rehearsal work with Christina Soriano and Jessie Laurita-Spanglet, and a Q&A session and lecture about her creative practices…read more
Megan Cramer Paisley Playwriting Workshop
Megan Cramer ('99), led a two day playwriting workshop for Paisley's Drama program, run by Tracy Wegner ('18) and Stephanie Moore ('18). It helped students with writing, acting, and directing skills, and brought structure and discipline to this WFU student-led theatre program…read more
The Goldberg Project
This intergenerational dance and music event feaured J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, performed by WFU faculty pianist, Peter Kairoff. The piece featured Christina Soriano's choreography, which united 31 child, community, and professional dancers from throughout the Triad…read more
Thinktank 2016
Ping Chong joined Wake Forest faculty, staff, and students to watch Sharon Andrews' Development & Performance class's final performance, complete with reception and post performance discussion on how next year's Collidescope can change and further the discussion of race on our campus…read more
Theatre for Youth Project
The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet with Brook Davis's Theatre for Youth class and Paisley Middle/High School. Directed by Heather Sullivan ('16) and Alexa Erb ('16). Final performances at Paisley and during Wake Forest's annual Shakespeare Day…read more
Student Exploration Series- Serena Cates
The Student Exploration Series gives students the opportunity to navigate each part of the creative process with support and guidance. The Exploration Series culminates…read more
A Staged Reading of Hispanic Plays
In Greene 145, professor Sanhueza's Spanish 347 class explored Spanish theatre with staged readings of relevant works. Features professor Leah Roy as both guest teacher and an actor alongside students…read more
Shadow Ballads Course Enhancement
Combining the stylized visuals of American "crankies" and Indonesian shadow puppet theatre (wayang) with Kroncong and old-time instrumentation, the Shadow Ballad project celebrated various traditions in an April 19th performances. Wake Forest students and Winston-Salem…read more
Student Exploration Series- Serena Daya
The Student Exploration Series gives students the opportunity to navigate each part of the creative process with support and guidance. The Exploration Series culminates…read more
Lakota Voices and Hand Games From the Great Plains
On Wednesday, April 16th, four members of the Lakota Nation were on campus to perform alongside the Reynolda House's exhibit George Catlin's American Buffalo. The performers hosted an interactive night of games and play readings, and it was free and open to the public…read more
Red Bird Blue Bird
April 14, 2014 at 7:30pm. Ring Theatre, Scales Fine Arts Center
An original play by Nina Foster, directed by Elizabeth Patterson and sponsored by IPLACe.
With cast members from Can I Poet…
Greek and Roman Comedy Course Enhancement
Leah Roy directed/rehearsed a scene for Ted Gellar-Goad's Greek and Roman Comedy class. Eli Bradley, Eric Bray and Isabella Basco presented two contrasting interpretations of a scene from Pseudolus. IPLACe also funded the commission of 6 authentic Greek masks for use in Dr. Gellar-Goad's classes…read more
Via Romen Performance
As part of the symposium "Global Governance, Democracy, and Equality: Roma/Gypsies in Contemporary Europe," we brought in the musical group Via Romen. Via Romen, a Central and Eastern European group, is known for blending music based in traditional Romani performance…read more
They Wouldn't Bite
For her Senior Honors Project, Sarah Fine brought together Wake students and members of the community for a devised theater piece about inclusion and rejection. Featuring a cast of actors of varying abilities, the crew pulled together a script from interviews and "moment-work" rehearsals…read more
IF Labs- Encounters with Creativity at WFU
IF Labs [Inventing Futures]: Encounters with Creativity at WFU was a week-long series to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the Program for Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship (ICE). Drawing together departments like ICE, Art, Biology, and Theatre & Dance, this week featured…read more
Aging Symposium
Designed to determine what we are doing as a society to improve aging and to highlight the multi-disciplinary research happening here at Wake Forest in this field, the March 17-18 Aging Symposium featured four speakers from outside Wake Forest including one Voices of Our Time speaker…read more
Romantic Music- Do We Know What We're Doing
Will Crutchfield, the internationally acclaimed conductor, musicologist, author, journalist, and director of the Caramoor International Music Festival presented to Music and Journalism classes. Presentations included a singer focused presentation expressing 20th century changes…read more
Carlos Perez and Poetry
Guitarist Carlos Perez returned to Wake Forest University for a performance in the Byrum Welcome Center! In addition to Perez's internationally acclaimed guitar work, the performance featured readings of Spanish poetry with English translations provided in the program…read more
Celebrating Maya Angelou
On Thursday, 2/19 at 6PM at SECCA, members of the Wake Forest and Winston-Salem communities honored the legacy of Dr. Maya Angelou. The evening featured readings of Angelou's poetry by Wake Forest University students and faculty as well as members of the community…read more
Perspectives on Integration- Music at Little Rock Central High and Beyond
This symposium featured Brice Evans, current Director of Bands at Little Rock's Central High School, and drew heavily on Brandon Robinson's Ph.D. dissertation, "The Band at Little Rock Central High School Before, During, and After Integration in 1957–1958." Using Central High as a "test case,"…read more
Waiting for Godot Collaborations
WFU Theatre's production of Waiting for Godot runs from Friday, February 6th through Sunday, February 15th. During the run, IPLACe is sponsoring events for collaborators across campus to look at the show through the lenses of their own disciplines…read more
The Looking Glass Self
Student Kim Korzen combined slam poets from WFU's Can-I-Poet? with dancers to craft personal poetic narratives. The dancers and poets employed mirrors in their performances to explore their own identities and how they feel others view them in the Lower Dance Studio…read more
Paige McGinley Book Talk
Scholar and author Paige A. McGinley was on campus to talk about her 2014 book Staging the Blues: From Tent Shows to Tourism in which she explores the "creatively vibrant" history of blues performance. McGinley is an Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at Washington University in St. Louis…read more
Ramon Griffero and the Politics of the Dramaturgy of Space- A Lecture and Demonstration
Exploring the work of Chilean playwright/director Ramon Griffero, guest professor Adam Versényi utilized his own translations of Griffero's plays as he investigated how Griffero's aesthetic approach emerged out of the conditions of late twentieth century Chile…read more
Black Mountain Summer of 1948
On Wednesday, November 5th from 5:00-6:30PM in the Hanes Art Gallery, there was a performance to showcase student and faculty work in the style of Black Mountain College artists. The performance honored artists John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Willem De Kooning, and Erik Satie…read more
Balinese Music, Dance and Culture Course Enhancement Project
Organized by professor Elizabeth Clendinning, professors from the Music, Dance, Anthropology and Religion departments combined to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of the Balinese performing arts. Through playing, dancing, chanting, preparing food and participating…read more
Kyle Abraham
We were thrilled to bring in dancer and choreographer Kyle Abraham to lead two masterclasses and panels in October 2014. Kyle's work explores race, gender, sexuality, identity, and the human experience through movement…read more
Be Steadwell- Finding Identity in Pop and Soul
Junior Clarielle Marsh, event organizer, invites you to come and enjoy a night of unique Pop & Soul. D.C. singer/songwriter Be Steadwell will be on campus in October to perform some of her original musical selections that shine light on the experiences of queer people of color…read more
Being Here – Todd Drake Photography Exhibition
Photographer Todd Drake combined stills of associate chaplain Imam Khalid Griggs and Muslim Wake Forest students with the self-portrait project "To Be Rather Than to Seem." Featuring a photo exhibit in the Hanes Art Gallery…read more
Thinktank 2015
The annual IPLACe Thinktank serves to bring together voices from around campus. This year, we're hosting performing artists and thought leaders to talk about how IPLACe can help solve problems and to celebrate what makes Wake Forest special…read more
Capturing Grace – aperture Screening
This documentary tells the unlikely story of what happens when the world renowned Mark Morris Dance Group and people with Parkinson's disease join forces to create a unique performance. Over the course of a year, the film captures the hopes, fears, frustrations and triumphs…read more
Venice – The Floating City
We worked with Dr. Monique O'Connell's FYS in the History Department to bring the performing arts to their study of early Venice. Check out these great photos from a class visit with student actors to bring the material to life…read more
Dance and Art Airmail Course Enhancement Project
The Airmail course enhancement project brought together Christina Soriano's Improvisational Dance class, Amy Beasley's Advanced Modern dance class, and Leigh Ann Hallberg's Life Drawing class for a semester-long collaboration. Life Drawing students were paired…read more
Visions of the Great Plains- George Catlin and American Indians
Visions of the Great Plains: George Catlin and American Indians
Saturday, March 7, 2015…
Under the direction of Professor Christina Soriano, Christopher Gonzalez La Corte created an original dance theatre piece about diversity, inclusion, hate, identity and the burden of having one…read more
Office Warming Party
On Thursday, November 18th from 4:30-6:00PM, members of the Wake Forest community dropped by our new office to help break in the new space with food, drink, and good conversation. We are now located in Tribble A106 (to the left of DeTamble Auditorium)…read more
Not in My Neighborhood- Racism and Real Estate
The Office of the Provost, the Wake Forest University Theatre, and IPLACe are proud to present "Not In My Neighborhood: Racism and Real Estate," a series which seeks to establish a broader context for Wake Forest University Theatre's production of Clybourne Park…read more
Student Salon Series
On the first Saturday of the month, IPLACe assistant Molly Dunn is in Campus Grounds from 2-3PM hosting a conversation on the arts on campus. She is joined by Wake Forest Campus Life Fellow Paige Horton. The event is open to all students, and all drinks and snacks are paid for by IPLACe…read more
This Is Our Youth Talkback
On Friday, October 10th, there will be a post-show reception and talk-back featuring Dr. Terry Blumenthal, WFU Psychology professor. Come out and see This Is Our Youth in the Ring Theatre at 7:30, and stay to hear Dr. Blumenthal answer questions about the impact of drugs…read more
Reading of A Man for All Seasons
Dr. Cindy Gendrich in the Department of Theatre and Dance and James Otteson in The Center for the Study of Capitalism collaborated on a staged reading of the play A Man For All Seasons on Friday, October 3rd…read more
Seis Miradas Por Latinoamerica
An interdisciplinary series honoring Chilean poet Pablo Neruda; events ran Monday, September 22nd through Thursday, September 25th…read more
These Shining Lives Postshow Talkbacks
We sponsored a number of audience Q&A "talk-backs" during the run of the Wake Forest University Theatre's These Shining Lives in September 2014 in interrogate the connections between the show and contemporary social issues…read more
Theatre and Education Course Enhancement Project
In the fall of 2014, the Theatre, Dance, and Education departments continued their three-year collaboration to help pre-service education students develop strategies for teaching Shakespeare. Professors Woody Hood, Brook Davis, and Leah Roy led workshops for Dr. Alan Brown's class…read more
Staged Reading of Original Play, Boston Marathon
A staged reading of Boston Marathon, an original play, was performed on Monday, September 15th, 2014 at 5:30PM in the Ring Theatre. The play was written by Janos Degi in collaboration with Wake Forest students…read more
Dancing with Parkinson's- Choreography for the Seated Position
Professor Christina Soriano brought her work with individuals with Parkinson's Disease to the Reynolda House Museum of American Art for a dance performance in collaboration with the Fall exhibition, "The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design"…read more
Broadway's Next H!t Musical- Student Improv
The popular New York City improv group, Broadway's Next Hit Musical visited campus on September 11th, 2014.
Along with its performance as part of the Secrest Series, the group offered an improv masterclass for students from 2:00-3:30 in the Ring Theatre…
Contemporary Theatre in Spain Course Enhancement Project
In the Fall 2014 semester, Theatre professor Leah Roy brought students Jessi Wagner ('15) and Taylor Hagely ('15) to Dr. Sanhueza's Spanish 342 class, "Contemporary Theater in Spain and Spanish America." Leah Roy directed Jessi and Taylor's in-class performance of a scene from the play Saverio el cruel…read more
Traversing- Carolina Musical Festival 2014
On August 18th, 2014, twelve dancers and choreographers, four musicians, and community volunteers came together to put on "Traversing," a site-specific dance piece exploring West End Mill Works. Audience members were led through Hoot's Roller Bar, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Olio glassblowing studios…read more
Over-Under II
Wake Forest dance professor Amy Beasley choreographed, directed, and edited this short film at Experimental Film Virginia in August 2014. It has since been screened at…read more
Viva Voce! A World Voice Day Celebration
In celebration of World Voice Day 2014, members of the Wake Forest University Departments of Music, Theatre and Dance, and the Wake Forest Baptist Health Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders led an exploration of the amazing human voice…read more
Abigail Child
Abigail Child, filmmaker, media artist, poet and theorist came to campus as part of 'Innovation Visionaries' Series presented in collaboration with…read more
The Last 5 Years
In The Last 5 Years by Jason Robert Brown, modern relationships are examined through a touching, raw lens as Jamie and Cathy struggle with balancing their relationships and their budding (or struggling) careers. In conjunction with the performance in Hanes Art Gallery…read more
Classroom Management Course Enhancement
Secondary pre-service teachers (Education majors) got experience handling classroom management via various scenarios with the help of Theatre students. Theatre students served as the actors who played the role of students in a high school classroom. In each skit, the actors needed to react to the teacher and each other…read more
Greek and Roman Comedy Course Enhancement Project
Theatre Professor Leah Roy worked with three student actors from the Theatre Department to prepare a reading from a scene of a comedy of Aristophanes. The students did a reading at a class meeting of Ted Gellar-Goad's course Greek and Roman Comedy, and then led a class discussion…read more
Embers and Stars
Petr Ginz was a marvel. He wrote novels and poetry, made linocuts and watercolors, invented designs for spaceships and secret codes. And he was murdered by the Nazis when he was only 16. Embers and Stars, The Story of Petr Ginz is a story about imagination and courage…read more
Inspired by the Hanes Gallery exhibition Letterforming, Lynn Book performed a concert-style version of Kurt Schwitters' sound poem Ursonate. Letterforming traces how pictures became letters that became text and are sometimes becoming pictures again…read more
Cantus Vocal Ensemble with Theatre Latté Da in "All is Calm"
Professor Louie Goldstein kicked off a semester long celebration of John Cage with a Musicircus event in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University…read more
A film screening of the John Waters film Hairspray upon which the stage musical–and the subsequent movie musical–were based was held on October 29, in DeTamble Auditorium, with a lively discussion following…read more
Spanish Ballads
Performance artist and ethnomusicologist Tomas Lozano played a variety of instruments (hurdy gurdy, guitar, traditional percussion instruments) and music styles from or linked to the Iberian Peninsula. He brings to life Iberian traditional music, as well as Spanish-language romances…read more
Laramie – Inside Out
On October 9, 2013 IPLACe, along with Film Studies, Documentary Film, Department of Theatre and Dance, LGBTQ Center, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, hosted a film screening and discussion with Laramie Inside Out as a remembrance on the 15th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard…read more
Identity Crisis
Music Professor and WFU Orchestra Director David Hagy accompanied Wake Alumni Natalie Cordone and Matt Mundy at Identity Crisis: A Night of Finding Yourself at the Theatre, a public recital of Broadway show tunes in Brendle Recital Hall…read more
Divinity School and Theatre Course Enhancement Project
Professor Tom Frank invited Theatre Professors Sharon Andrews and Brook Davis to work with students in his Divinity School class, "Spirituality and Ministry in Theater, Film, and Visual Arts." The master class on September 28, 2013 centered around the University Theatre's production…read more
Dancing with Parkinson's
Theatre and Dance professor Christina Soriano continues to run the "Dancing with Parkinson's" community class as part of a research project to see if regular participation in movement through dance can lessen some of the physical effects of Parkinson's disease…read more
Kevin Kopelson 'Hollywood Hasbeens' Lecture
This lecture, by renowned queer theorist and University of Iowa professor Kevin Kopelson, took place on September 13, 2013. After being introduced by WFU Reynolds Professor Herman Rapaport (English), Professor Kopelson delivered a presentation entitled, "Hollywood Has-Beens"…read more
Kyle Haden (WFU '99)
Roosevelt University Chicago, Viewpoints Residency, September 11-13. (Dance/Theatre/Documentary Film Petr Ginz project). Three separate classes; multiple external meetings with students and faculty…read more
Matt Wolf Residency
While visiting Wake Forest on September 6-8, international theatre critic Matt Wolf engaged Journalism and Theatre students and faculty, and community members in a friendly conversation about his work as a London theatre critic for The New York Times…read more
Art Students & Theatre Course Enhancement Project
Theatre Professor Leah Roy and Art Professor Morna O'Neill collaborated on a project bringing Period and Style movement into Art 273: Eighteenth-Century European Art class during the Fall 2013 semester. Two sessions introduced students to a vocabulary for…read more
Apartment House
Apartment House: an Evening of Dance and Music involved professional musicians and dancers from UNCSA and WFU's departments of music and dance. A selection from John Cage's 44 Harmonies from the work "Apartment House 1776"…read more
Art & Theatre Course Enhancement Project
Funding for student Bentrice Jusu's Senior Honors art installation, "Paradoxica Mimesis/Houses of Dignity"—design and execution of her central piece with Rob Eastman-Mullins (Theatre)…read more
Catherine Branch Residency
Music of Difference: Exploring the Beauty in Disability and Diversity with Catherine Branch, speaker/performer and Robert Bradshaw, speaker/composer. The project draws attention to the need for people in all disciplines to find beauty in disability and diversity and to look to music…read more
Tango and More!
A concert featuring Latin American music for string quartet, piano, and voice including tango song arrangements by Argentine composer Aljandro Rutty, Associate Professor of Music-Composition at University of North Carolina at Greensboro…read more
Zenaida Romeu
Zenaida Romeu, Cuban musician and director of the internationally acclaimed, all-woman string orchestra, Camerata Romeu, collaborated with WFU Music Professor and Concert Choir Director Brian Gorelick; Conductor Matt Troy and the Winston-Salem Youth Symphony Orchestra…read more
Cole Porter revue, Let's Misbehave
Reynolda House/Music/Theatre (Phil Archer/Cindy Gendrich/David Hagy/Leah Roy, multiple others) Edward Steichen and Cole Porter. A Cole Porter revue in conjunction with the Edward Steichen exhibit at Reynolda House, March 7, 2013…read more
Professor Louie Goldstein kicked off a semester long celebration of John Cage with a Musicircus event in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. September 28, 2012. Additionally, Stephen Drury hosted a master class open to all students…read more
Dr. Thomas Moore Visit
Dr. Thomas Moore of Rollins College in Florida, one of the leading researchers in musical acoustics in the United States, is among a very few physicists for whom musical acoustics forms the basis of his research endeavors…read more
José Rivera's award-winning play Marisol ran Sept. 28-29 and Oct. 3-7.
Rivera participated in an IPLACe-sponsored post-performance discussion immediately following the play on Fri., Oct. 5…


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Sexual minority youth need specialized treatment from therapists, says researcher
President Obama officially declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. However, despite advances in civil rights, sexual minority youth are still at greater risk for suicide than their heterosexual peers, according to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. A University of Missouri psychology graduate student recently published recommendation to improve psychologists' treatment of sexual minority youth, which could help improve psychological functioning and reduce depression and suicide rates.
"Psychologists sometimes face a particular dilemma when treating sexual minority youth, many of whom are still in the process of developing their sexual identity," said Alex Dopp, doctoral student in psychological sciences in MU's College of Arts and Science. "Serious mental strain can result if a core piece of a young person's emerging identity is unacceptable to his or her family. Parents may observe this anguish and want to know what is troubling their children. However, when therapists share that information with parents, they may reveal a youth's sexual identity, which may exacerbate the problem."
For example, parents may bring a depressed and suicidal adolescent in for therapy, Dopp explained. The youth may then confide in the psychologist that they are suicidal because they fear their family won't accept their identity as a sexual minority. The therapist faces an ethical dilemma: on the one hand, bringing the youth and parents closer together is critical to the youth's adjustment, but on the other hand, opening up to the parents could exacerbate the youth's suffering and suicide risk (if revealing their sexual minority status leads to increased conflict in the home, parental rejection, etc.).
"There is no single recommendation for what the psychologist should do in this situation," said Dopp. "Instead a therapist must be well prepared and educated in the best ways to treat sexual minority youth." The necessary background will include, but is not limited to, familiarity with the development of and variation within human sexuality and gender, detailed understanding of ethical issues, competence in affirmative psychotherapy, and clinical skills for managing suicide risk.
In his paper, published in Ethics and Behavior, Dopp made recommendations on how psychologists can best prepare to meet LGBTQ youth's needs, including:
- Broadly disseminate and continue to update professional guidelines and training resources,such as the American Psychological Association's Guidelines for Psychotherapy With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients and the American Counseling Association's Competencies for Counseling With Transgender Clients.
- Actively advocate for affirmative psychotherapy and reject therapies that treat sexual minority identity as a disease
- Continue to build knowledge regarding sexual orientation and identity development in youth
- Develop reliable diagnostic tools to assess and treat transgender youth
Dopp's paper, "Treatment of Sexual Minority Youth: Ethical Considerations for Professionals in Psychology," was published in the journal Ethics and Behavior. The paper resulted from an assignment in an MU course taught by Nan Presser. The paper won an honorable mention in the American Psychological Association's Graduate Student Ethics Prize competition.
"Required ethics courses can be mundane requirements," Dopp said. "Dr. Presser turned her ethics class at MU into a dynamic learning experience and an excellent opportunity to develop and publish a paper."


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Bobby Grich
|Bobby Grich
|Second baseman
January 15, 1949
Muskegon, Michigan
|MLB debut
|June 29, 1970, for the Baltimore Orioles
|Last MLB appearance
|October 2, 1986, for the California Angels
|MLB statistics
|Batting average
|Home runs
|Runs batted in
|Career highlights and awards
Robert Anthony "Bobby" Grich (born January 15, 1949) is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1970–1976) and California Angels (1977–1986) of Major League Baseball. He currently works in the Angels' front office.
- Career 1
- Hall of Fame candidacy 2
- References 3
- External links 4
Grich was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his debut with Baltimore midway through the 1970 season. Later that season, the Orioles defeated the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series.
Between 1969 and 1974, the Orioles featured a loaded roster that resulted in the team winning won five of six of AL East Division titles. Grich's emergence was blocked by incumbent second baseman Davey Johnson, but the Orioles thought highly of Grich and traded Johnson to the Braves following the 1972 season.
In 1973, Grich set an all-time major league fielding record with a .995 fielding percentage, and 12 seasons later in 1985, he broke the record again (.997). He won four consecutive Gold Glove Awards and made the American League All-Star squad six times. He was an excellent fielder, with good range, soft hands, and a good arm, and he was steady turning the double play.
Grich became a free agent following the 1976 season and signed a multi-year contract with the California Angels. He batted .294 in 1979, adding 30 homers and 101 RBI. In the strike-shortened 1981 season, Grich tied the lead in home runs (22, along with Tony Armas, Dwight Evans, and Eddie Murray), led in slugging average (.543), and hit a career-high .304.
While with the Orioles, Grich appeared in the World Series in 1970 and 1971 and played in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) in 1973 and 1974, when Baltimore lost to Oakland. The Angels made their first three postseason appearances during Grich's tenure, losing to the Orioles in the 1979 ALCS and again to the Milwaukee Brewers in 1982. Grich came closest in his final MLB season (1986), when the Angels, leading the ALCS by a 3-1 margin and thus needing just one more win to advance to the World Series, blew a 5-2 lead to the Boston Red Sox in the ninth inning of Game 5, then losing Games 6 and 7 as well. Grich hit a home run in Game 5 that deflected off center fielder Dave Henderson's glove, putting the Angels on top 3-2. But with the Red Sox down to their final strike, Henderson hit a home run to put Boston ahead. In the post-game interviews following Game 7, Grich announced his retirement.
Over 17 seasons, Grich batted .266, with 224 home runs, 864 RBI, 1033 runs, 1833 hits, and a .371 on-base percentage in 2008 games. When commenting on his baseball career, he stated: "I was short on talent so I had to be long on intensity."
- 6-time All-Star (1972, 1974, 1976, 1979–80, 1982)
- 4-time Gold Glove (1973–76)
- Twice Top 10 MVP (1974, 1979)
- Led league in slugging average (1981)
- Led league in home runs (1981)
- First second baseman to lead AL in home runs since Nap Lajoie (1901) and in either league since Rogers Hornsby (1929).
- Hit three consecutive home runs in a game (1974)
- Set an AL 2B record with 484 putouts in a season (1974)
- The first player elected to the Angels' Hall of Fame (1996)
Hall of Fame candidacy
Using sabermetric statistics there is a compelling case for Grich to be in the MLB Hall of Fame. Grich has the highest (JAWS) Jaffe WAR Score System and career WAR of any second basemen not in the Hall of Fame, and there are more than 10 Hall of Fame second basemen with a lower JAWS. The JAWS statistic is particularly compelling given it incorporates both career and peak year statistics.[1] Similarly, Grich has the most runs of any second basemen not in the Hall, and many inductees have fewer.
- ^ "Second Base JAWS Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- 1949 births
- Living people
- American League home run champions
- Baltimore Orioles players
- California Angels players
- Gold Glove Award winners
- Baseball players from Michigan
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- People from Muskegon, Michigan
- American League All-Stars
- Bluefield Orioles players
- Stockton Ports players
- Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- International League Hall of Fame inductees


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Eclectic Elements Fabric
A while back I was asked by Paula Cheney , Creative Coordinator for Tim Holtz brands, to create a design using the new Eclectic Elements fabrics presented by Coats . I love the fabrics, and was so excited to create with them. I decided to make a wallhanging using fat quarters of as many of the fabric designs that I could. It was so fun working with the fabrics, creating a patchwork collage. Tim's fabric line has many fabrics with writing or script , which I LOVE. And the butterflies and watch faces…! My wallhanging was displayed in the Coats/Eclectic Elements booth at Fall Quilt Market in Houston 2013.


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'Profit over security': Business trumps climate targets – Oxfam UK
The NGO's report, Food, Fossil Fuels and Filthy Finance, argued European leaders must withstand pressure from a powerful and lucrative fossil fuel industry, which fritters up to €44 million a year on lobbying EU governments in pursuit of policies that bolster its profits.
The report also called on leaders to pledge to cut carbon dioxide emissions by a minimum of 55 percent, introduce energy savings of at least 40 percent, and dramatically increase their usage of renewable energy.
Leaders from EU member states will begin talks to discuss their emissions cutting targets by 2030 on October 23. EU states' usage of renewable energy and methods of improving energy efficiency will also feature in the discussions.
The two-day session is a prequel to the UN's 2015 climate change conference in Paris. While EU leaders are expected to pledge cuts of 40 percent, Oxfam warn such a move falls short of what is required of Europe if it is to make a just contribution to tackling "climate chaos."
The European Union will emit 10 percent of global greenhouse gases, based on current targets.
Oxfam describes the "toxic triangle" as a dangerous cocktail of "political inertia, financial short-termism and vested fossil fuel interests," which must be dismantled if climate change is to be controlled.
Oxfam's Chief Executive, Mark Goldring, warned the fossil fuel industry, with the help of EU governments and investors, is effectively "trapping us into a warming world."
Goldring argued EU governments and profit-driven investors are empowering the industry to recklessly pursue myopic profit-centered interests at the expense of ordinary citizens.
"The world's poorest are already being hit hardest and millions more will be made hungry by climate change," he added.
Oxfam claims more than $674bn was spent on fossil fuel energy in in 2012. The NGO's report revealed investment in the industry was bolstered by convenient tax breaks, incentives brokered by governments and approximately $1.9tn in subsidies each year.
The report follows recent claims by the UK's former Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, that current climate change predictions are "widely exaggerated."
In a speech to delegates of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the Conservative MP – supplanted from his post by Liz Truss in the July Cabinet reshuffle – questioned the scientific evidence surrounding climate change, describing estimated levels of warming linked to carbon dioxide as "uncertain."
While climate skepticism is not uncommon within Conservative Party ranks, Paterson's views conflict with targets laid out by Prime Minister David Cameron during September's UN Climate Summit.
The PM acknowledged that "climate change is one of the most serious threats facing our world."
He added "it is not just a threat to the environment. It is also a threat to our national security, to global security, to poverty eradication and to economic prosperity."
Oxfam's report, however, emphasizes that Europe-wide policy reforms are vital if climate change is to be effectively addressed.
The NGO predicts fossil fuel firms will spend up to $6tn in further developing the industry over the next 10 years.
This investment will go ahead despite the firms' responsibility for 80 percent of CO2 emissions – the primary contributor to rising temperatures, which threaten well-being, economies and food security.
Oxfam is calling for greater transparency with respect to lobbying, and demands governments take steps to "climate proof" the global economic system by acknowledging risks and by setting aside capital for low-carbon investment.


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I have said it once and maybe a hundred times. Waiting is not easy. Isaiah 40:31 reminds us that if we wait upon the Lord, he will renew our strength. This lets us know that if we are weary and never feeling rejuvenated, we are just waiting to see something happen, but not necessarily waiting upon the Lord. I like to think that "Up On" means literally up on the rock. I am waiting up on the word. I am waiting up on the Lord. In other words I am planted on a solid rock, and he is the source of my strength. Even if I hit rock bottom, he is that rock. I will never be alone or in a place the Lord is not with me, as long as I wait up on him. Don't just wait for something to happen in your life. Wait on God to happen. Wait with expectancy and hope. Even when you are in the darkest of nights, his word is a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your path. It is time to stop waiting for anything and time to wait for the only thing, God! Let him renew your weary mind and strengthen your heart. Run on and don't be weary. Walk and don't faint. You shall reap in due season. So, I repeat, wait "Up On" the Lord!
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Fairleigh Dickinson University is ranked among the best universities in the North region by U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2019.
Nationwide, mathematics educators are in notably high demand. At Fairleigh Dickinson University, the online Master of Arts in Mathematical Foundations degree prepares you to meet this need and go further in your teaching career.
The Master of Arts in Mathematical Foundations program is designed for elementary, middle school, and special education teachers who wish to teach math at the upper primary and middle school levels- even if they lack a mathematics background. The curriculum emphasizes pedagogical competence, technical proficiency, and cultural responsiveness to the needs of diverse learners. Taught by reflective practitioners who embrace the concept of lifelong learning, you'll gain the hands-on skills you need to help students understand math concepts, solve problems, and build their academic capacities.
Key topics taught by the online master's in math program include:
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Practical use of mathematics
- Application of mathematics to the sciences
- Probability and statistics
- Real-world problem solving
- Models of supervision and evaluation
- Student assessment
- Curriculum theory and practice
- Educational change and collaborative strategies
In addition, you can take up to 12 credits in supervision and learn how models of supervisory leadership and their practical application can help you in the next phase of your career. Depending on your state requirements, these courses may apply for your supervision license. Other elective options are available if you do not choose supervision as a career path.
For your convenience, the online masters in math education is taught fully online. This flexible format means you'll never have to sacrifice classroom time with your students, and your coursework can be completed when and where it's right for you. Because your degree fits around your work schedule, you can immediately apply your training to your career.
Courses and Requirements
The online M.A. in Mathematical Foundations is designed to help professional instructors become certified teachers of middle school mathematics. In a community of scholars, FDU helps participants master their abilities through advanced education.
- MATH 6507 World of Mathematics: Number
- MATH 6508 World of Mathematics: Algebra
- MATH 6509 World of Mathematics: Geometry
- MATH 6512 World of Mathematics: Seminar
- MATH 6513 World of Mathematics: Mathematics in Science
- MATH 6516 World of Mathematics: Data Analysis & Probability
- MATH 6517 World of Mathematics: Application in the Real World
Other courses may be substituted for the following with permission of your Mathematical Foundations advisor if you are not seeking to attain the NJDOE Supervisor Certificate.
- EDUC 6702 Curriculum & Instruction: Theory & Practice
- EDUC 6704 Change: Curriculum Development & Program Improvement
- EDUC 6703 Supervision of Instruction
- EDUC 6718 Curriculum, Program Evaluation and Student Assessment
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the online M.A. Mathematical Foundations program will need to submit the following:
- Graduate application form.
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and any graduate studies. Students must have earned a 3.0 GPA or higher.
- Two letters of recommendation. These should come from your immediate supervisor and your principal.
- State teacher examination scores, GRE scores or a copy of your state teaching certificate.
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PHOTOS: Modi worships swords and guns
Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday performed 'Shastra Puja' in the presence of police and security personnel.
Modi, like every year, after fasting for nine days, performed 'Shastra Puja' (worship of weapons) at his home on Sunday on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi, an official release said.
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Photographs: Courtesy Narendra Modi's website
PHOTOS: Modi worships swords and guns
In the pictures released by the state information department, Modi was seen worshipping swords and guns.
"Greetings on Vijaya Dashmi. Joined "Shastra Puja" with our police and security personnel earlier today," Modi tweeted on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Photographs: Courtesy Narendra Modi's website


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post548987342793996594..comments2020-08-11T05:39:16.362-04:00Comments on slight paranoia: Google: Iranian Internet users deserve communications security -- Americans, not so muchChristopher Soghoianhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-50404355742876008122011-01-20T20:26:11.008-05:002011-01-20T20:26:11.008-05:00I wonder if you have an opinion on the fact that S...I wonder if you have an opinion on the fact that State extended this "privilege" to Iranians but not Syrians, Cubans, or Sudanese, who are all still forbidden (officially) from accessing these programs?Jillianhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-5322673401734824002011-01-20T03:33:58.400-05:002011-01-20T03:33:58.400-05:00Be sure they do something that is better for their...Be sure they do something that is better for their own email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-14795266058987563972011-01-19T12:33:04.818-05:002011-01-19T12:33:04.818-05:00Why can't Google Talk clients use any kind of ...Why can't Google Talk clients use any kind of encryption? GTalk protocol just uses underlying Jingle/XMPP for transfer. Clients can encrypt/decrypt the stream without much trouble. There even are solutions which plug into existing non encrypting clients:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZfoneShmerlhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-22438185010468898062011-01-19T12:17:49.543-05:002011-01-19T12:17:49.543-05:00To be fair Chris, in the US the government can jus...To be fair Chris, in the US the government can just show up and get the data directly from Google. In Iran they can't. Therefore in Iran the risk is of live intercept over the wire, and perhaps that isn't secure enough against a government. Or, that is at least one way to read Google's comments.

I don't think this is quite as nefarious as you're implying.Andy Steingrueblhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mar 22, 2016
This week I chat with Darrel Drobnich, President of the American Sleep Apnea Association, about his history with sleep health advocacy, his motivation for the greater good, his work at the American Sleep Apnea Association, and partnering with IBM to release a sleep study on Apple's ResearchKit platform.
Learn more about the American Sleep Apnea Association at sleepapnea.org, and the SleepHealth app at sleeptember.org.
Follow Darrel on Twitter @DarrelDrobnich.
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I have now seen all the plays in Shakespeare's "Shipwreck Trilogy" at the Royal Shakespeare Company season at the Roundhouse and there is no question that the productions of "Twelfth Night" and "The Comedy of Errors" are brilliant (I was less enamoured by "The Tempest" but then the play is by no means one of my favourites anyway).
Illyria has become in this version of "Twelfth Night" a rather sleazy Latin American state (with copious total immersions taking place – avoid the first two rows in the left-hand front of the stage if you don't want to get wet), while Ephesus – the setting for "The Comedy" – is a proto-fascist state, taking a robust line with illegal immigrants and featuring incidental water-boarding and ECT use. Normally such devices would be a distraction from the plays but in these productions the action seems to fit perfectly into the settings contrived for them.
There are some superb individual performances: notably Jonathan Slinger's Malvolio (his buttocks provoking waves of hysteria amongst the youthful audience in the cross-gartering scene on the day I saw it), Kirsty Bushell's Olivia in "Twelfth Night" and Adriana in "The Comedy", Emily Taafe's Viola (possibly the best rendering of the part I have ever seen) and Nicholas Day's Sir Toby. The twin Dromios (Felix Hayes and Bruce Mackinnon – who also carries off a suitably inept Sir Andrew Aguecheek) ensure that the farcical set-pieces in "The Comedy" are genuinely hilarious. There are strong supporting performances from Cecilia Noble (as Maria in "Twelfth Night" and a formidable Emilia) and from Kevin McMonagle (as Feste and a terrifying merchant in "The Comedy").
The tragedy is that none of the performances I saw was sold out and there were plenty of empty seats: the good news therefore is that you still have a few more days to catch the season before it ends.