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Copyright: October 21, 2007
By: Laura Deni
In what is believed to be the only collaboration of its type in America, Stages of the Law is a unique partnership between the Lansing, Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School and each of Lansing's downtown theaters – BoarsHead, Riverwalk and Lansing Community College - who each produce a play with a theme involving an aspect of the law. That is coupled with a discussion presented by a noted legal scholar from Cooley Law School. This season's theme? Ethics.
"We don't know of anybody else who had done anything like this. It is really a unique situation," Mike Siracuse business manager of the Riverwalk Theatre told Broadway To Vegas.
"When Riverwalk was getting ready to open in 1988, capital development campaign co-chairman Bill Helder approached Judge Thomas Brennan," Siracuse said referring to the man who founded Cooley Law School in 1972. Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the country with three campuses across Michigan. In addition to the Juris Doctor program, students at Cooley can also pursue a Master of Laws degree in taxation or intellectual property.
The Honorable Thomas E. Brennan played the judge in
Inherit The Wind
"They did a fund raiser for this theater at Cooley," continued Siracuse about Brennan putting in the word that Cooley should lend Riverwalk its auditorium to stage
Inherit The Wind,
the famous courtroom drama whose theme is the celebrated Scopes Monkey Trial.
The production was also noteworthy because Judge Brennan, former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and former president of Cooley, was enticed away from his Florida retirement to take on the role of the judge.
A good time was had by all, but it would take over fifteen years before Stages of the Law would be an idea sparked in the lobby of the Center for the Arts, at a reception for incoming BoarsHead artistic director Kristine Thatcher. As Thatcher chatted with Cooley President Don LeDuc, Bill Helder had a brainstorm - the three downtown theaters collaborating. He pitched the idea LeDuc.
"They talked about doing a law themed play," recalled Siracuse. "Don said - If you can put together a season and put a law themed play in there - we'll be part of it. We'll underwrite it."
From there theatrical competition morphed into cooperation.
President and Dean of Cooley Law School, Don LeDuc thought up the name Stages of the Law. Before assuming his position at Cooley he served the U.S. Department of Justice as a special attorney in the criminal division. His position with the federal government included working on the Organized Crime Strike Force in Detroit, Mich. He then served as the administrator of the Office of Criminal Justice Programs for the State of Michigan.
"Don LeDuc said - Let's call it Stages of the Law - and suggested a package where somebody can go to the box offices at either Riverwalk or BoarsHead, buy this package that will give them admittance and do it at a discount," continued Siracuse.
"We have BoarsHead, Riverwalk and LCC involved. We had three law themed plays, at different months, in the same season."
Stages of the Law was officially launched, marking the first time that all the downtown theater groups would come together on a collaborative project.
"At the end of last season everybody wanted to do it again - only bigger and better," added the ecstatic Siracuse.
The four groups kept meeting, to hone the devil in those details.
"Then the principle shopping district in downtown Lansing got involved. They wanted to really promote this and get some restaurants involved in the package," Siracuse continued.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero sees Stages of the Law as a positive for Lansing
"This is an exciting step for the Lansing-area arts scene," Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero said. "All three of these theatre groups have rich histories, but by teaming up to develop this series, this creates incredible opportunities to build our downtown arts community."
"We're excited to be part of this theatrical adventure," Riverwalk Theatre representative Tom Ferris said. "It's really a tribute to Judge Brennan's foresight. It was his idea to have Cooley host our production of
Inherit the Wind
when we were raising funds to build the Riverwalk. I had the privilege of directing that show. Riverwalk is proud to be a part of this collaboration with Cooley, BoarsHead and LCC which will raise the profile of live theatre in downtown Lansing."
"The power of these three theatres joining with Cooley is an exciting demonstration of the vibrant cultural energy in this community," said Gary Knippenberg, dean of the Liberal Studies Division at Lansing Community College.
BoarsHead representative Kristine Thatcher added, "Cooley Law School is providing the foundation for an unprecedented collaboration among three area theatres. Stages of the Law will not only focus on three rich plays with law as their theme, but it will also bring the community together through forums with experts in the field of law who will share their accumulated knowledge in a unique way. We will be able to examine the philosophy of law, its guiding principles and the democracy that brought about the laws we have in place."
"It was such a success last year that we immediately agreed to do it again this season, and expanded it by including offers by area restaurants through discounts and deals to Stages of the Law patrons. Our Dinner & A Show billboards and marketing efforts have been a hit," stressed Terry Carella Director of Communications for Cooley Law School, who spoke with Broadway To Vegas about this project.
She was still gleeful about enjoying a free dessert she had devoured after eating in one of the participating restaurants. Carella received the sugar high because she possessed a Stages of the Law ticket.
"And the desserts are nice," injected Siracuse. "They didn't chintz on it at all."
"We're going to continue this every year because it has worked out so well," he promised.
The biggest challenge is not staging the shows, but keeping the books straight.
"I met with BoarsHead and LCC. It was a real challenge - accountability wise," admitted Siracuse. "How are we going to do this? What do I owe BoarsHead and what do I owe LCC?"
A voucher package good for all three Stages of the Law productions is $37 for adults and $22 for students. Packages contain a voucher for each show, plus a downtown Lansing restaurant voucher good for deals and discounts.
Siracuse has been with Riverwalk for 13 years. He confided that "believe it or not, my degree is in hotel management." After working for some major hotel chains he changed tracks. "I said, enough of this abuse, I'm going to go work in a theatre - where it's fun!"
Not everyone defines
as a
"I use an Excel spreadsheet," he explained. "A lot of it is by hand in the beginning. I just do a tally stroke for how many regular packages I sell and how many student packages I sell. I keep track of who I sold to. I keep all of that in my folder. Then at the end run of this show, I plug those numbers into the Excel spreadsheet and it figures BoarsHead and the LCC portions. I can show what I sold, how much I sold it for and who I sold it to."
"I gave BoarsHead and LCC the bookkeeping spreadsheets so they would know how to do their accountability," he expounded on the importance of everyone being on the same page.
"Cooley Law School sends us a check, BoarsHead a check and LCC a check to underwrite the costs of putting the show on. They are the money behind each of those three productions. It puts them in the forefront of the promotion of the package," he continued.
Last year saw $10,000 in underwriting funds from Cooley Law School with $5,000 going to BoarsHead and $2,500 each earmarked for Riverwalk and LCC.
"We are so excited about this," Siracuse emphasized. "When people first heard about it the reaction was - Drop dead!! I can't believe this!! What a cool idea!!"
This could be an example for other sections of the country.
You're dealing with lawyers. Get everything trademarked, copyrighted, compile a 'how-to' booklet and offer other communities help, for a consultant's fee, was our unsolicited suggestion.
Cooley Professor Cynthia Ward, who teaches and supervises law students in the area of elder law, will be the forum speaker for
Jane Eyre,
on Saturday, March 29 at Lansing Community College Performing Arts.
"The fun thing is that the Stages of the Law performances tie in to some sort of legal topic. We have one show where we have a lawyer from Cooley come in and talk about the legal subject which pertains to that performance," Carella added.
"Arts is a positive for lawyers," stressed Carella.
Gone are the days when an undergraduate degree in political science was the way to get accepted into law school
"Anyone with any kind of an undergraduate degree can get a law degree - even someone who has a degree in theatre," she proclaimed.
"There are so many options with a law degree. It just basically opens the door
for opportunities. Also, you can command some sort of higher salary," she predicted.
No downside to having a law degree - except for the bad jokes.
"We have attorneys who are now in the arts," she emphasized. "We have an attorney here, Gordon Boardman, who has his own fine arts gallery.
He's an intriguing and fascinating man. He donated one of his pieces of art to Cooley and we have it displayed in our Cooley Lobby and it is
The arts and law is an exciting thing."
First of this season's law themed production is
The Best Man,
a political intrigue by Gore Vidal, directed by Bob Gras. William Russell and Joseph Cantwell are the chief rivals for their party's Presidential nomination. Cantwell, a ruthless and ambitious young man, has some "dirt" which could destroy his opponent's chances. But Russell uncovers equally damaging material against Cantwell. The question is will Russell forsake his high-minded principles and sink to his opponent's level.
"It did great," emphasized Siracuse about the production which closes this evening.
"The Best Man
is about candidates running for president. The theme this year is ethics. So, they are slinging mud at each other. Do I do this? Do I release this information? This is such a good show and everyone comes out of the auditorium going - That was wonderful. I learned something and it was great!"
Cooley law professor Nancy Wonch conducted the Riverwalk forum.
"They talked about this show and ethics and ethics in general. It was also a talk back. It lasted about 45 minutes and was very informative," Siracuse reported.
"The forum is an important part because each of the three venues sponsors one night of the production for a forum. People can even come to the free forum and not see the show. People who weren't intending to see the production have come to the forum and
decided to later see the show," he admitted.
"It is a great way to extend into the community," he stressed.
All venues have reported both new and crossover audiences. The rewards of cooperation and coordination have also had an impact on downtown revitalization.
"The legal forums are a wonderful part of the show package," reiterated Siracuse.
Nancy-Elizabeth Kammer as Sister Aloysius and Michael Joseph Mitchell as Father Flynn clash in John Patrick Shanley's
through November 18 at BoarsHead Theater. Photo by Trumpie Photography. Photographed by St. Mary Cathedral
Next up for the Stages of the Law series is BoarsHead Theater's production of Jonathan Patrick Shanley's
Thomas M. Cooley Law School Professor John S. Brennan will speak at BoarsHead Theater on Friday, November 9, before the theater's production.
Brennan's lecture is free and open to the public.
previews October 24 and 25 and opens October 26.
Set in a Catholic school in 1964,
examines the clash between a progressive parish priest and the conservative nun who suspects him of taking an inappropriate interest in one of the school's young male students. The play won four Tony awards and the 2005 Pulitzer Prize.
BoarsHead's production of
is directed by Jonathan Courtemanche and includes Michael Mitchell as Father Flynn and Nancy Kammer as Sister Aloysius. Amy Fitts and Tiffany Mitchenor also appear.
Lansing Community College's Theater Department will close this season's Stages of the Law series in March 2008 with Charlotte Bronte's
Jane Eyre,
in which ethical dilemmas are exposed with exceptional power in this much-loved romantic drama adapted by Robert Johanson and directed by Chad Badgero.
"Next spring Cooley Professor Cynthia Ward will be the forum speaker for
Jane Eyre,
on Saturday, March 29, at Lansing Community College Performing Arts," Carvello reported.
Siracuse said that in February they will begin preparing for the 2008-09 series.
Portrait of the artist Walter Sickert in 1884
paintings of the female nude produced by Walter Sickert (1860-1942) in and around Camden Town between 1905 and 1912 are among the artist's most significant contributions to 20th century British art.
Sickert is considered one of Britain's greatest modern painters. He established his reputation during the 1880s and 1890s as one of a group of artists who pioneered the Impressionist movement in England. He was an assistant of Whistler's and later worked in France where he was a friend of Degas, sharing with the latter a realist's commitment to painting unconventional subjects drawn from modern life. Sickert was encouraged to return to London in 1905 by a younger generation of progressive artists with whom he would later found The Camden Town Group, England's first 20th century avant-garde. The group's name reflected Sickert's fascination with this seedy and sometimes dangerous area of North London where he lived and worked. It was in Camden Town that Sickert believed the artist could experience real life and find authentic modern subjects which engaged the painter's powers of observation and expression.
Walter Sickert: The Camden Town Nudes
will take place at the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, Somerset House, London from October 25 to January 20, 2008. The exhibition brings together a selection of over twenty-five of his finest canvases and related drawings from public and private collections to provide the first major account of his reinvention of the nude as a subject for modern painting. It is the first of three exhibitions which celebrate the Courtauld Institute of Art's 75th anniversary.
The exhibition will explore the ways in which Sickert developed an uncompromisingly realist approach to the nude in order to address major social and artistic concerns of the early 20th century. His four famously enigmatic Camden Town Murder paintings - brought together for the first time - is a powerful expression of his fascination with the darker aspects of urban life in Edwardian London.
Nude by Walter Richard Sickert
In his 1910 essay,
The Naked and the Nude,
Sickert claimed that the subject of the nude had become so idealized in contemporary art as to have lost all basis in reality. He argued that "the modern flood of representations of vacuous images dignified by the name of the Nude, represents an artistic and intellectual bankruptcy". Sickert described the nudes typically shown at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon as 'obscene monsters'.
The exhibition begins with examples of Sickert's earliest treatments of the nude, such as The Rose ShoeM, c. 1902-05, probably produced while living in Neuville in Normandy, and the remarkable pastel, Le Lit de Fer (The Iron Bed), c. 1905, one of the first nudes he exhibited publicly. These works show his early concern for integrating the nude figure within a grittily real interior, sparsely furnished with an iron bedstead.
Following his return from France in 1905 to settle in London, Sickert set up various studios in the cheap lodging houses of Camden Town which would form the settings for his most adventurous nudes, such as
La Hollandaise
The Iron Bedstead.
The uncompromising poses and the raw quality of Sickert's brushwork imbue these figures with an insistent sense of reality that many critics found disquieting. Rather than the familiar treatment of the unclothed figure as an abstracted ideal of beauty, Sickert's nudes appeared to be naked women in real contemporary settings.
These scenes were also charged with uncomfortable social meanings. Sickert's shabby interiors were unmistakable to contemporary viewers as the dark realms of London's poorest working classes. His nudes played unflinchingly to middle class fears of such 'dens of iniquity', known as the notorious haunts of prostitutes, slum landlords and petty criminals. But Sickert also stimulated middle class fascination with such subjects, his 'keyhole' vantage points implicating the viewer as a voyeuristic spectator.
The Camden Town Murders
What Shall we do for the rent?
oil on canvas 1908 Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
His ambition to create realist nudes achieved profound expression around 1908 with a group of four canvases which are known as the Camden Town Murder paintings; they include
L'Affaire de Camden Town
The Camden Town Murder.
In 1907 a young prostitute called Emily Dimmock was found murdered in bed at her lodging house. The image of the Camden bed-sitter as a place of moral corruption and danger was propelled into the popular consciousness. Sickert's paintings of such interiors took on heightened significance as he – along with the rest of the country – followed the case avidly in the popular press.
He painted several versions of a scene in which a heavy-set man sits in a despairing pose by a bed, while a plump naked woman lies on it. Sometimes he exhibited it with the title
What shall we do for the rent?
(implying that the man is sitting up worrying about debt while his wife sleeps), sometimes as
The Camden Town murder
(implying that the man has just killed the woman beside him). This play on multiple interpretations of the same scene was a development of the Victorian genre of the problem picture. These and other works were painted in heavy impasto and narrow tonal range.
An area of the exhibition is devoted to a selection of working drawings for these paintings which reveal Sickert's remarkable practice of exploring different narrative possibilities before arriving at the final image.
Sickert's paintings certainly had the power to shock and confound, so much so that Fred Brown, Professor of Painting at the Slade School of Art, broke off his friendship with the artist because he found his work too sordid. However, Sickert's virtuoso technique also won him great admiration and it was during this period that he became firmly established as one of the most important modern British painters of his age.
The exhibition concludes with works from around 1912, such as Jack Ashore, which effectively mark the culmination of his profound engagement with the nude and its pictorial and narrative possibilities. In just over five years Sickert had produced a body of work which, as the exhibition will demonstrate, revitalized the possibilities of the genre and which can now be seen as a seminal moment in the history of modern British painting. His influence continues to be felt in the work of artists such as Frank Auerbach and Lucien Freud.
Two ladies at their toilette, Rajasthan, Jaipur, c. 1780
will be presented at the Francesca Galloway Gallery in London to coincide with Islamic Week in October and the 10th Asian Art in London. The exhibition takes place from October 23 to November 23.
The term Shringar not only describes the sentiment of erotic love in ancient Indian aesthetics, but is also used to describe the daily appearance of the god Srinathji at his shrine at Nathdwara in Rajasthan.
Indian miniature paintings from Rajasthan are most commonly associated with the aesthetic classification of erotic love (shringara rasa) and this exhibition presents a number of paintings and ivories showing either passionate couples engaged in the throes of love or in preparation for it. In addition to several Imperial Mughal works on paper and ivory and a fabulous Deccani processional scene.
Paradoxically, the same term shringa is also used to describe the outfit and ornaments worn by the image of Srinathji during his daily appearances at normal ritual and for special festivals at the great shrine at Nathdwara in Rajasthan. Several paintings and painted textiles will be exhibited which will illustrate this theme.
Erotic ivory plaque, South India, Mysore, 17th century
Nathdwara in northern Mewar north of Udaipur is one of the great pilgrim centers of India and is particularly important for the Pushtimargis or Vallabhacharis, adherents of a very particular sect who worship Krishna in this form. The sect was founded by Vallabhacharya (1479-1531) who is regarded as one of the five principal acharyas or teachers of Hindu religious philosophy.
In day to day worship and ritual, Vallabhacharya laid great stress on Pushti (grace) and Bhakti (devotion) and also on the ritual worship with clothing, food and ornamentation of the sect's most important images or svarups. Vallabhacharya also emphasized seva or service to images of Krishna as Srinathji in the form or personal attention to his every need as though he was a royal personage, and his shrine at Nathdwara does not resemble a typical Hindu temple but rather a palace.
Krishna at Nathdwara known as Srinathji is depicted as a two-armed black stone image, its left raised up as a sign of Krishna's having lifted up Mount Govardhan to protect the people of Braj during a great storm sent by the god Indra.
In the daily rituals the image is woken up, washed, dressed, its clothes changed and fed several times a day before being finally put to bed.
On each occasion the hangings around the image change. These consist of a U-shaped back cloth or picchavai hung behind the image as well as other cloths which cover the back of the stele on which Srinathji is carved, while there are other cloths which cover the adjacent walls and the seats, steps and associated furniture. All these are prescribed by the ritual and are changed several times a day.
A nobleman, perhaps Rao Ajit Singh of Bundi, with his beloved on a terrace (detail), Rajasthan, Bundi, c. 1770
The Vallabhacharis also celebrate a large number of festivals in the course of the year for many of which the image has to be dressed accordingly with the correct hangings.
Examples in the exhibition will include a cloth hanging or picchavai of Srinathji dressed for the festival of Sharada Purnima, the autumn full moon, which commemorates the Rasalila, when Krishna summoned the gopis to the groves of Vrindavan to dance with them in the silvery light of the full moon of autumn, as well as paintings of Srinathji dressed for other festivals.
Pigment paintings on cloth are also central to other religious centers in India. At Puri in Orissa in eastern India is situated the great temple of Krishna as Jagannath or Lord of the World, whose worshippers come from all over India in vast numbers to celebrate his festivals - particularly the great Ratha Yatra or Chariot Festival when Jagannath and the other images are moved to their summer quarters.
Rama and Lakshmana fighting with Ravana to win back Sita, Punjab Hills, probably Bilaspur, 1700-1720
The traditional painters of Puri paint all sorts of pilgrimage mementoes on stiffened cloth for pilgrims to take away, of which the most spectacular are the great Skankhalavi Patas or maps showing the sacred geography of Puri. Also in the exhibition will be a rare early example of this type of pata.
A different purpose is served by the Jain painted pilgrimage hangings produced at various centers in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
The exhibition will include a pilgrimage map of Shatrunjaya, the hill top shrine in western Gujarat sacred to Adinatha, the founder of the Jain system, a type of hanging which serves as a substitute for worshippers who cannot get to the great pilgrimage centers themselves.
The exhibition will also include paintings associated with another of the rasas or aesthetic sentiments, vira rasa, the sentiment of heroism, displayed by warriors engaged in battle or in hunting.
The heroism of Rama in winning back his wife Sita abducted by the demon Ravana is a recurrent theme in Indian painting and there are some splendid examples in the exhibition
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Hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, the Savannah Film Festival features the best in independent and innovative film from around the world. From feature-length films to two-minute shorts, the annual festival presents a full range of cinematic creativity from both award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers.
Panel discussions and presentations by visiting artists offer movie buffs the unique opportunity to experience the art of film while interacting one-on-one with their favorite filmmakers.
This year, the Savannah Film Festival will honor special visiting guests nightly including:
Vanessa Redgrave
--Two-time Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas
--Noted thespian siblings Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave. The English siblings will be presented with kudos on the opening night of the event. It will be the first time all three have been honored together.
--Academy Award-winning director Milos Forman
--Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin
--Emmy Award-winning journalist Charlie Rose
--Entertainment and media pioneer Todd Wagner
--Actor, director, writer and producer John Sayles
--Director Brett Ratner
The festival regularly screens award-winning films before their national release dates at the Trustees Theater, a 1946 cinema house, and the Lucas Theatre, a former Vaudeville theater. In 2006, all but one of the evening gala screenings went on to be nominated for an Academy Award, and all but two of those films won the Oscar in their category.
Nightly gala screenings scheduled for this year include Marc Forster's
The Kite Runner
(2007), Julian Schnabel's
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(2007), Tamara Jenkins'
The Savages
(2007), James C. Strouse's
Grace is Gone
(2007), Eran Kolirin's
The Band's Visit
(2007), Terry George's
Reservation Road
(2007) and the animated film
(2007), which won the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. SCAD students from across the college's more than 30 accredited academic disciplines participate in the festival to learn about the art of filmmaking from industry leaders through workshops and other presentations October 27- November 3.
THE 25th ANNIVERSARY PRINCESS GRACE AWARDS GALA
will see James Earl Jones introduce George Lucas who will be honored with the Prince Rainier III Award for his outstanding contribution to the arts. This year's 25th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala will mark the jubilant culmination of the ten-day
Grace, Princess of Monaco: The Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly Exhibition
at Sotheby's, presented by the Consulate General of Monaco and the Monaco Government Tourist Office in New York, in close collaboration with the Princely Palace, Sotheby's and the Princess Grace Foundation-USA.
Princess Grace of Monaco visits Ireland wearing the kelly green dress and jacket that she wore to the Kennedy White House, which will be part of the Sotheby's auction. Photo; Princess Grace Irish Library
The Gala, to be held at Sotheby's New York on October 25, will be preceded the night before with a live auction which will include the gaveling down of two outfits worn by Princess Grace, with proceeds to benefit the Princess Grace Awards program of PGF-USA. The outfits were personally selected by Prince Albert and Princess Caroline and will be auctioned by long-time family friend and acclaimed Sotheby's auctioneer, James G. Niven.
The first outfit is a Givenchy-designed sleeveless dress with matching fringed bolero jacket in vivid green worn on an official 1961 visit to the White House for lunch with President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. The outfit was also worn on an official visit to her ancestral Ireland, accompanied by Prince Rainier, in June 1961. It will be sold with a coordinating hat (also worn by Princess Grace but not the one accompanying the original outfit).
Grace Kelly with Frank Sinatra in the movie
High Society.
The Helen Rose ball gown will be auctioned off to benefit the Princess Grace Foundation
The second dress to be auctioned is the beautiful Helen Rose ball gown worn by a young Grace Kelly in the 1956 musical comedy,
High Society.
The layered gray-over-rose chiffon gown is appliquéd with rhinestones and pink and white embroidered flowers.
Helen Rose was responsible for creating Princess Grace's iconic wedding dress, a gift from MGM studios, as well as the suit she wore to her civil marriage ceremony and her costumes for the films
The Swan.
The auction will take place during an evening of high stakes and high fashion co-hosted by Wynn Resorts, the Consulate General of Monaco and the Monaco Government Tourist Office. That takes place at Sotheby's, New York on October 24.
Under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert, the Principality will pair with Las Vegas residents Steve and Elaine Wynn and the Societe des Bains de Mer Hotels, Spas & Casinos, to transform Sotheby's into a glamorous high-stakes Casino salon for a star-studded night to benefit the Princess Grace Foundation-USA.
The live auction will also include: Your Weight in Chocolate from the Chocolaterie de Monaco and a special suite of diamond and pearl jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Donna Lynn Champlin
Bidding for those who are not able to attend the Gala will be available by phone through Sotheby's.
All auction proceeds will benefit Princess Grace Awards to advance its mission of providing crucial support to emerging artists in America.
Opening the Princess Grace Awards Gala on October 25 will be Donna Lynn Champlin who, in 1992, was awarded a Princess Grace Award, a theater scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University, given to emerging artists to pursue their studies. She now an accomplished, recent Village Voice Obie award winning actress and singer.
She will perform for presenters Roger Moore, James Earl Jones, Susan Stroman and the children of Princess Grace HSH Prince Albert of Monaco and Caroline, Princess of Hanover and honoree George Lucas.
George Lucas
Honoree George Lucas is being recognized for his outstanding contribution to the art of filmmaking.
His accomplished artistic career spans almost 40 years.
Lucas' work as a writer, director, producer and most significantly, creator of some of the most noteworthy movies of our generation, include the epic
Indiana Jones
Star Wars
In 2006, George Lucas' Lucasfilm Foundation donated $175 million to Lucas' alma-mater USC School of Cinematic Arts for the construction and renovations of educational buildings and to provide an endowment for the school.
Lucas will be introduced by two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee James Earl Jones.
Robert Battle
Michael John Garcés
Set to receive the Princess Grace Statue Awards are Robert Battle and Michael John Garcés. This honor is conferred upon artists who have previously won Awards and have shown achievement and growth in their respective fields.
Battle is the Artistic Director of Battleworks Dance Company while Garcés serves as Artistic Director of the Cornerstone Theater Company.
In addition to the statue, the award includes a $25,000 unrestricted cash gift.
During the evening, 22 awards to emerging artists in theater, dance and film will be bestowed by the public charity which has awarded over $5 million to outstanding individuals, so they may continue their work in the performing arts - theater, dance and film.
Honorary Chairs for the 25th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala are Celeste Holm, Nancy Reagan, Mrs. Frank Sinatra (Barbara) and Lynn Wyatt. The Gala Chair is Anne Hearst and the Gala Co-Chairs are Hon. Maguy Maccario Doyle, Consulate General of Monaco and Pamela Fiori,
Town & Country.
Oana Botez-Ban, Bucharest, Romania. Pierre Cardin Theater Award. Costume Design Fellowship, Classic Stage Company
Gisela Cardenas, Lima, Peru. Robert & Gloria Hausman Theater Award. Directing Fellowship, INTAR
Toccarra Cash, Dayton, OH. Acting Scholarship, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Laurie O'Brien, San Francisco, CA. Fabergé Theater Award. Puppetry Arts Scholarship, CalArts
Alex Torra, Miami, FL. Grace Le Vine Theater Award. Directing Apprenticeship, Pig Iron Theater.
Scott Turner Schofield, Atlanta, GA. Gant Gaither Theater Award. Acting Fellowship, 7 Stages
Kara Manning, Philadelphia, PA. Playwriting Fellowship, New Dramatists.
Andrew Bartee, Everett, WA. Dance Scholarship, Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Eric Ray Kupers, Los Angeles, CA. Choreography Fellowship, AXIS Dance Company
Brooklyn Mack, Elgin, SC. Dance Fellowship, Orlando Ballet
Sarah Kathryn Lane, Bloomfield, NY. Dance Fellowship, American Ballet Theatre
Rashaun L. Mitchell, Stamford, CT. Dance Fellowship, Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Darrell Grand Moultrie, Harlem, New York. Choreography Fellowship, Cincinnati Ballet; Cincinnati, OH
Christopher Vo, Dallas, TX. Dance Scholarship, The Juilliard School.
Meredith Webster, Manitowoc, WI. Chris Hellman Dance Award. Dance Fellowship, LINES Ballet.
Pavel Zuštiak, Kosice, Slovakia. Choreography Fellowship, Laboratory Dance Company.
Maru Buendia-Senties, Mexico. Cary Grant Film Award. Graduate Film Scholarship, University of Texas- Austin.
Thomas Javier Castillo, Tucson, AZ. John H. Johnson Film Award. Graduate Film Scholarship, Northwestern University.
Gonzalo Escobar, Bogota, Colombia. Undergraduate Film Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Robert M. Jones, Boston, MA. Graduate Film Scholarship, American Film Institute.
Elyse T. Montague, Rockland, ME. Graduate Film Scholarship, UCSD.
Max Winston, Sonoma, CA. Undergraduate Film Scholarship, CalArts
First Annual Halloween Party Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf. On October 27th, the Saturday before Halloween, the Wax Museum will be celebrating its favorite Holiday! The walls of the Wax Museum have been transforming spirits and souls for 45 years at Fisherman's Wharf, and it's time for them to Celebrate.
San Francisco's Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf, celebrating 45 years as the City's number one tourist destination, will hold its first annual Goblins, Ghouls & Ghosts Halloween Party on Saturday, October 27. Proceeds benefit the Thomas and Eva Fong Family Foundation.
Outrageous costumes encouraged.
"Halloween is San Francisco's favorite holiday and the Wharf its favorite party destination," says Wax Museum owner Rodney Fong. "This year we thought was the perfect time to start a new annual tradition. So come to our party and help a good cause at the same time."
The museum started with 150 life-sized figures in front of black curtains on the first floor and opened as the largest wax museum in North America. Now the exhibits span four floors with over 200 figures in elaborately staged scenes, with costumes, props and lighting, carefully constructed to authenticate people at the peak of their fame.
The Haunted Gold Mine fun house opened in 1979, and the Medieval Dungeon, a museum of ancient European history, opened in 1989. Many scenes were designed and sculpted by Thomas Fong's son Ronald, who co-directed the family business in partnership with his father from its inception.
"It's the only place in town you can party with people who are really ghosts," notes Fong. "Where else will you see Marilyn Monroe, FDR and Frankenstein - all at the same bar, at the same time."
The ghosts also get around. The San Francisco Wax Museum confesses that their Frankenstein's Monster sometimes escapes and has traveled over 65,000 miles, attending shows, tourism conferences and touring wax exhibits for more than 40 years.
In addition to providing entertainment for San Francisco and its visitors, the Wax Museum supports many of the city's non-profit organizations. Their belief in the importance of giving back to the community inspired the Fong family to establish the Thomas and Eva Fong Family Foundation, which primarily supports local charities and causes that do not receive national assistance.
a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Actors Fund. Based of the diaries of Kenneth Tynan. Edited by John Lahr. Adapted by Richard Belson with Colin Chambers. Reception hosted by Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave. Monday, October 22, at the Anspacher Theatre at The Public Theatre in NYC.
will be honored Sunday, October 28, by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), during its Eighth Annual Gala Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street.
Harvard University law professor, author and civil liberties champion Alan Dershowitz will take part in a question and answer session with CNN's Larry King, who will also serve as Master of Ceremonies. Frederick Frank, Vice Chairman of Lehman Brothers will be the dinner honoree. Entertainment will be provided by The Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars Band, Johnny Colon and his Salsa Orchestra and the cast of the hit musical
Three Mo' Tenors.
Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh will also be a part of the gala event with a special performance.
Located in Israel, the Rabin Medical Center, named after the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Ravib, serves over a million patients a year – Israelis and Arabs; Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The Rabin Medical Center offers state-of-the-art medical care to all people from throughout the region.
Join two beloved storytellers for an evening of riotous and ridiculous tales of fear and suspense. Dave Barry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated humor columnist and author, and Ridley Pearson, the bestselling mystery writer, have collaborated on several books about Peter Pan, including, most recently,
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon.
Monday, October 29 at the 92nd Street Y in NYC.
a joint world premiere by the Kennedy Center and VSA arts. Based on the book by Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney. Script and lyrics by Doug Cooney. Music by Deborah Wicks LaPuma. Directed by Coy Middlebrook.
Fourth grade is not easy and after spending a year planning her "positively purple" birthday party, Megan finds herself at odds with new student Alexis. To Megan, Alexis has it all: beauty, brains, and athletics - she's practically perfect in every way. Though Megan tries to be nice to her, Alexis is anything but friendly, making Megan wonder, "Does she not like me because I'm deaf?" When they're forced to collaborate on a science project, Megan discovers Alexis's secret.
Based on the children's book by Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin (Best Actress,
Children of a Lesser God
) and Doug Cooney, this touching new musical - simultaneously performed in spoken English and American Sign Language - with Open Captions, is a poignant reminder that despite first impressions, nobody's perfect. For ages 9 and up.
Opened October 19 at the Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. with performances through November 3.
the fourth and final show in the Fall 2007 Musicals in Mufti Series - the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances. This Series celebrates the work of playwright Joseph Stein.
The Baker's Wife with a book by Joseph Stein, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz will feature:: Reneé Elise Goldsberry in the title role, Genevieve, Lenny Wolpe as Aimable, the Baker, Max Von Essen as Dominique, Kevin Cahoon as the Priest, and Gay Marshall as Denise. The cast also includes:Rick Crom, Betsy DiLellio, Wendi Bergamini, Jacque Carnahan, Joy Franz, Laurent Giroux, Mitchell Greenberg, Michael Medeiros, John O'Creagh, Richard Pruitt, Maureen Silliman and Clinton Zugel.
Directed by Gordon Green,
The Baker's Wife
will play October 26, 27 and 28 at the Theatre at Saint Peters, New York City.
AN EVENING WITH PATTI LuPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN
Choreography by Ann Reinking. Paul Ford at the Piano. Costumes by Anne Hould-Ward.
Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin have both starred in film, television, the concert stage and back to Broadway.
A special benefit performance will take place on Tuesday, October 23 with an exclusive cocktail reception to follow. Regular performances October 24-29 at The Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia.
a world premiere of a Geffen Playhouse commissioned play. Written and directed by Jane Anderson.
Starring Laurie Metcalf, Scott Bakula, Dennis Boutsikaris and JoBeth Williams.
Dinah (Williams) and Bill (Bakula), a conservative Christian Midwest couple, still recovering from the loss of their daughter, who have decided to visit their left-leaning cousins, Jeannette (Metcalf) and Neil (Boutsikaris) who've lost their house and everything they owned in a wildfire.
When Dinah and Bill arrive for lunch, Jeannette and Neil's stubborn equanimity is replaced by the perfect storm. In true Anderson form,
The Quality of Life
takes on tough socio-political questions and personalizes them with questions about morality, self-righteousness and our right to live and die by our own design.
Scenic design by Francois-Pierre Couture. Costumes by Christina Haatainen Jones. Jason Thompson in charge of lighting design and sound by Karl Lundeberg. Props supervisor is Ilana Gordon.
Presented by The Geffen Playhouse at the Los Angeles company's Skirball Kenis Theater. Performances will continue through Nov. 18.
written by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein directed by John Bowab. Starring Penny Marshall as the overbearing mother, with Desmond Harrington as her put-upon son.
Sheldon & Mrs. Levine
is the story of an ultra-possessive mother and her 31 year-old neurotic runaway son told through their exchange of outrageous and dysfunctional letters. In this love-hate relationship, Sheldon (Desmond Harrington) blames his mother, Mrs. Levine (Penny Marshall), for breaking up his marriage and ruining his life. His domineering mother can't understand why something so trivial should bother her ungrateful son.
Travel the globe and share in the angst, aggravation, madness and mail of a mother and son, who although thousands of miles apart, are still too close to each other for their own good.
Officially opens Friday, October 26, at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA.
performs Tuesday, October 23, at the Amway Arena in Orlando, FL. On Wednesday the show is at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, GA. Friday they are on stage at the Toyota Center in Houston. On Saturday the performance is at the Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX.
and his gang in the spotlight Friday, October 26, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA.
bring their home grown tour to Cox Arena in San Diego on Wednesday, October 24. On Friday they can be enjoyed at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
takes his distinctive sound to the Fox Theatre in Saint Louis, MO on Monday, October 22. On Friday he's on stage at the Qwest Center in Omaha, NE.
who has been nominated for three Tony Awards, for her roles in
She Loves Me
and the American premieres of
Les Misérables
She is also remembered for her stunning portrayal of Fosca in
during the Kennedy Center's
Sondheim Celebration,
and for singing the title role in Disney's
In this intimate concert, she performs the songs of singer/songwriter Laura Nyro. October 26 at the Terrace Theatre, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
This Grammy Award-winning a cappella ensemble captures the sounds of blues, spirituals, gospel, reggae, ancient lullabies, and jazz improvisation. Special Appearance By StepAfrika. This performance will be sign language interpreted. Friday, October 26 at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Joey Bishop
the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, died last Wednesday at his home in Newport Beach, CA. He was 89.
Born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb in the Bronx on Feb. 3, 1918, Bishop was the youngest of five children of two immigrants from Eastern Europe.
When he was three months old the family moved to South Philadelphia, where he attended public schools. He recalled being an indifferent student, once remarking, "In kindergarten, I flunked sand pile."
The high school drop-out would become not only a show-business success, but a highly respected real estate investor.
After leaving school, he formed a music and comedy act with two friends. They worked the smoky dive circuit in Philadelphia, New York, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland and other cities.
When his partners got drafted in World War II Bishop went to work as a single, playing his first solo date in Cleveland at the aptly named El Dumpo.
Joining the Army, Bishop rose to sergeant, based at Fort Sam Houston in Texas.
After the war, he developed a solo act. Within five years he was earning $1,000 a week at New York's Latin Quarter, and attracting the attention of television producers and Frank Sinatra, who hired him as his opening act.
The Rat Pack performing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis,Jr., and Joey Bishop.
He first appeared in Las Vegas at the Desert Inn pared with other besides Sinatra - although his greatest Las Vegas achievement would come as a member of the famed Rat Pack. In 1981, he appeared on Broadway, replacing Mickey Rooney for four weeks in
Sugar Babies.
Since Bishop couldn't sing, the script was re-written for Bishop to play the mandolin.
Bishop appeared in 14 movies including
Ocean's Eleven
Sergeants 3
and served as mater of ceremonies at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.
Bishop starred in two TV series, one on NBC and the other on ABC. Both were called
The Joey Bishop Show.
Bishop is credited with giving Regis Philbin his start.
The Joey Bishop Show,
with Regis Philbin as his sidekick, ran 21/2 years on ABC. When Bishop was told the show would be canceled he decided to leave his way. The following day he informed the studio audience of the cancellation during his opening monologue, praised the staff and announced he was going home to have dinner with his wife. He walked offstage, leaving Philbin to handle the rest of the show and thus gain his own recognition.
In 1941 Bishop married Sylvia Ruzga. It was a union which lasted until her death from lung cancer in 1999. He is survived by son Larry Bishop; grandchildren Scott and Kirk Bishop; and longtime companion Nora Garabotti.
Teresa Brewer
enjoyed a four-decade career performing in nightclubs and on Las Vegas stages died Wednesday at her home in New York from progressive supranuclear palsy, a brain disorder. She was 76.
Her record hits included
Music! Music! Music!, Till I Waltz Again With You, Let Me Go, Lover
A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl.
The 5-foot-2, 100-pound singer worked with singer Mel Torme on the CBS musical series
Summertime USA
(1953), set at resorts from Havana to Atlantic City. She was a guest singer on the Ed Sullivan, Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey variety shows and performed at New York's Latin Quarter, Chicago's Palmer House, Las Vegas's Sahara Hotel earning up to $40,000 a week.
Her first marriage, to William Monahan, ended in divorce. She married jazz producer Bob Thiele in 1972. He died in 1996.
Survivors include four children from her first marriage, Kathleen Monahan-Granzen of Rye Brook, Susan M. Dorot of White Plains, Megan Ahearn of Port Chester and Michelle McCann of New Rochelle; a stepson, Bob Thiele Jr. of California; a brother; four grandsons; and five great-grandchildren.
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An autoimmune liver disease panel is a series of tests that is done when a person is thought to have autoimmune
These tests include:
Anti-liver/kidney microsomal antibodies
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
Anti-nuclear antibodies
Anti-smooth muscle antibodies
Sometimes the panel may also include other tests. Often immune protein levels in the blood are also checked.
Alternative Names
Liver disease test panel – autoimmune
How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see:
The blood sample is sent to the laboratory for testing.
How to prepare for the test
No special preparation is needed for this test.
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
In autoimmune disorders, cells from the immune system attack tissues or organs. These disorders are one possible cause of liver disease. The most common autoimmune liver diseases are
This group of tests helps your health care provider diagnose liver disease.
Normal Values
Protein levels:
The normal range for protein levels in the blood will change with each laboratory. Please check with your health care provider for the normal ranges in your particular laboratory.
Negative results on all antibodies are normal.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
What abnormal results mean
Blood tests for autoimmune diseases are not completely accurate. They can have false negative results (you have the disease, but the test is negative) and false positive results (you do not have the disease, but the test is positive).
A weakly positive or low titer positive test for autoimmune disease is often not due to any disease.
A positive test on the panel may be a sign of autoimmune hepatitis or other autoimmune liver disease.
If the test is positive mostly for anti-mitochondrial antibodies, you are likely to have primary biliary cirrhosis.
If the immune proteins are high and
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
Faintingor feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)

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It's been six months since my last blog post and a little longer since my last Klinefelters post.
I want to say sorry for the lack of blog commitment but honestly folks, we have been making memories and I'm really not that sorry! We have had the best year ever and I really wanted to enjoy life and vowed to keep less distractions after coming off of the road (I was on an international tour the entire year of 2015 and really wanted to make up for lost time).
With that said, this evening I was going through my blog emails and realized that people are still emailing me! It's crazy! My heart gets so full every time I read your emails and tonight I am reminded why I started this blog in the first place. To help myself cope with something that I am now able to somewhat help other moms cope with as well. And I realized that as much as I want to eliminate distractions, the klinefelters community kind of needs me – even though many do not agree with my honest approach, there are still moms out there who are searching for the realness that I give, and I cannot let those moms down.
So here we are.. blog restart part 3 lol
I have SO many great articles planned the next couple of months. Many to do with Klinefelters and others to related to raising toddlers.
I will have my first post back posted next week for you all to read!
If there are any topics you want me to touch on in the future please comment below!!!
I am really excited to write this post, because we have hit an incredible amount of milestones the last 6 months or so!
A couple months ago, we had sought out an Early Intervention Service to get an evaluation done on Cheekies. For those of you out of the US or those who may not know what EIS is, the early intervention services help diagnose learning/development delays, autism, etc and provide therapy. Everything had been looking good for cheeks before the initial evaluation, but the services were free to us so we figured why not?
Our evaluation came back great, and there is no sign of autism or severe delay. We accepted the offer of speech therapy as well as occupational therapy because there were a couple delays in his speech (nothing crazy at all) and we are seeing slight issue with sensory in eating, sleeping, and excitement. Because of his diagnosis with KS, these services are covered by the state of Nevada and decided to take advantage of the opportunity.
(look how happy he looks here lol)
When we initially went in for the evaluation – we sensed that cheeks was a bit delayed with his words. He was saying a pretty good amount, but only on his time. He also wasn't really putting two word sentences together. By the time we had our first speech therapy appointment, he has already progressed so much. Our therapist sees that once he goes over two words, he starts to mumble everything together. To me, I think his brain is still learning to think as fast as he talks. We have been working with him to express his words a lot more, and his therapist has been impressed with the amount of attention we have been giving him and his speech. In the past couple of months, he has progressed immensely and is starting to really say sentences and appropriately combining the words and the feeling. It has been amazing to see the progression.
Before we started with his therapist, we had taught Cheeks a couple sign language words to help him express his wants. After further discussion with the therapist, and especially after hearing and researching more information about the tip of the tongue phenomenon we have decided to really encourage more signs and Cheeks is really starting to progress in that as well! Super exciting and extremely proud of him 😀
(Helping mom cook pancakes)
With any two year old, eating is a struggle, a chore, and a frustration. I believe that a lot of what Cheeks is going through here is normal for his age. The problems we WERE facing – were that he didn't want to eat anything really. We struggled to get him to eat anything but cereal bars. After really eliminating the bottle (yes that took longer than I wanted and he is still not completely weaned), we saw a big difference in his food intake, however we are still struggling to get him to eat more of a variety. We saw a nutritionist and she didn't think that we had anything to worry about, so thats good!
I began to notice that we eats the most at lunch time at school, so I have been loading him up with everything in his lunch. As much food as I can get him to eat. Adding extra peanut butter to his sandwiches to get some more fat and protein in him, and really just making sure there is a good selection of nutrients of him.
We tried to get him to drink some meal replacement type protein packet things, but he wants digging the vanilla flavor. My worry right now is that he may not be getting enough protein. BUT, baby steps is all we can do. Our OT suggested that we don't put a lot on his plate, and for dinner instead of putting everything on at once, bringing out each at a time. So we are trying a bunch of different stuff. One day he will just eat all 3 meals without a problem 😀
I think this is one of our bigger issues right now is Cheekies sleeping at night. We go through bouts of him waking up in the middle of the night screaming and then wanting to go downstairs to sleep on the couch.. and of course – mom has to sleep there too ha.
At first – and I'm still not taking it out of question, I thought that he was having night terrors. Our OT suggested limiting the nighttime TV and substituting with something else to see if that works. So we have a couple options there. I am also kind of noticing a pattern with his eating and his sleep. The last couple of nights he has woken up at about midnight/1am and I have noticed it was on a day where he didn't eat much dinner. So I'm going to track that down and see what we can do. He may be waking up hungry? I don't know. Lots of tracking when it comes to his sleeping issues.
Huge progress at daycare and at home with his pretend play. I have been waiting for this moment for a long time for personal satisfaction and I love that it has finally arrived! Cheeks LOVES to play with dinosaurs, cars, monsters (his personal fav), and really tries to bring you into his little play world. I love it!
Overall guys and gals, we couldn't be happier with the way everything has been going with his development. I truly believe that love and support of the parents is what truly helps development happen and progress in kids. Get ahead of anything that may pop up, and continue to grow with your child 😀
And even after some of the negative that we have experienced with all of this the last year, I couldn't be prouder of my son for all his milestones, and couldn't be more prouder of B and I as parents.
I couldn't believe my ears as I heard my girlfriend talk about a server at a restaurant who almost poured hot food over her sons head. As she kept on with her story I could feel her pain, her fear, and her maternal instinct. I prayed this would never happen to me…
I was already a little on edge because our hostess had seated us A. at the worst table in the area (I am just one of those people who hate when other people are two feet away when we are eating) and B. at a table where the only spot for Cheeks' high chair was smack dab in the middle of server traffic (I am very familiar with the restaurant life as I worked at a very popular steak house for 3 years back in the good ol days. This is not only annoying to me, but I know how annoying it is to the servers as well). So I am already in bitch mode.
Yet another asshole moment by the one and only… I'm rubbing his back for a good 10 min and this is how he repays me… You might as well poured water all over me with how much drool is coming out of him… Sick. But look how cute he is? I can't get mad at his assholeness… Sigh.
This is going to be a very personal post, and the reason I haven't posted this yet is because I honestly didn't know if I wanted to. BUT. My niche on here is to be honest and real, and what's more real than sharing some of your most vulnerable times? It's long I know.
The whole reason why I started this blog in the first place was because I believed I had Postpartum Anxiety. I needed an outlet to gather my thoughts, as I thought I was going legitimately crazy.
Postpartum depression/anxiety is easy to figure out. It generally has a lot to do with being a new mom and the care for your child and the feelings you get towards it (There are many articles on this – so if you want exact info just google it). The baby blues is also another easy one. This really just kind of stems from the lack of sleep you get… and with anyone who hasn't been able to sleep in a full week… o two, you get cranky, irritable, and extremely emotional. Basically ladies.. your hormones are completely FUCKED – hang in there! Baby blues go away after a couple of weeks… but if you think you have postpartum depression or anxiety – please talk to your Dr. A simple medication will help ease those feelings and I promise you it will get better.
Ok – so what if your thoughts and feelings have absolutely nothing to do with your baby or the role of being a new mom? What do you do?
The first couple of weeks after having Mr. Cheeks I had typical baby blues… I was tired as all hell and just really irritable. Nothing too crazy there.. I was prepared for that. What I wasn't prepared for was the wave of overbearing emotions that I would feel after giving birth. Some good, and some bad.
First, I was NOT ready to feel the overwhelming love. I had so much love for Mr. Cheeks, it literally scared the hell out of me. People will tell you time and time again when you are pregnant how that love is just indescribable and amazing. I was looking forward to feeling that. I was excited. But after I experienced it – it was not amazing…it was scary.
I transformed into this animalistic protector. I remember one of our first outings we went to a craft fair thing and I was gripping the stroller with all of my might. Brandon took over to let me go taste some goodies and when I turned back they were out of my sight. Those feelings….. were unreal. Extreme fear. I was the most scared in that 2 seconds then I think I have ever been in my life. I think for 2 and a half months straight I lived in fear. Fear of death. Fear off love. Fear of my mind..
After 6 weeks, I finally returned to work. I felt like a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. I love working and it was easy for me to shut my brain off and was able to surround myself with my friends and laugh again.
Shortly after returning to work, I had a weekend where I wouldn't stop bleeding and ended up in the ER. I received probably the worst pelvic exam I had ever had in my life by a male Dr. who had absolutely no business shoving any type of contraption into my vag. After those 5 minutes of uncomfortable shock… my world literally turned upside down.
My mind went into complete….meltdown….breakdown…..I cant event describe to you the month after. I started having playbacks in my mind of situations that I couldn't ever remember…. people…places…..situations… it was like movies were playing in my mind and I couldn't figure out what was happening. I tried to shut them off. I meditated and prayed.. I did everything I could to just stop these small.. horrific memory clips involving me…. "are they memories? No, they couldn't be! That never happened to me… I don't remember that!".. . I was getting so angry and sinking deeper and deeper into a dark hole… it scared me. I just wanted to scream.. at everyone. I researched postpartum anxiety and depression… all the information was about the child and caring for him. I didn't want to kill my child.. I loved him. If anything he calmed my episodes. I called my Dr. and she had given me Zoloft to help with everything. It wasn't strong enough to stop my mind. At this point….my crazy level was at an extreme I wouldn't wish upon anyone. Talking with Brandon now – he said he was scared by how I was acting..it got to a point where he feared I was going to kill myself (do not fear – I have never in my life ever thought about killing myself – this was just how off I was).
The moment I knew I needed to seek therapy was the day Brandon and I were running errands. Brandon was telling me about his day… nothing crazy… But my anger was boiling… to an extreme where I was trying to calm myself down. All I wanted to do was scream. Literally just scream at him to stop talking.. or as my mind said "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!" I was raged.. not annoyed.. raged. I scared myself. I didn't say one word to Brandon the rest of the night in fear that I was just going to snap. When we finally went to bed, I got online and looked for a therapist… and told Brandon, "I need to get some help. I cant describe to you what's going on, but I'm not Ok."
I was able to get into the therapist the following week, and I am so glad I did. I explained to him everything… the clips playing over and over in my head, the anger, the fear… how none of what I am feeling has anything to do with my child or parenting. And more importantly… how I felt like I was going crazy.
Well… it turns out my sudden turn is very common.. and very normal…… for those who have PTSD. 'PTSD? AAAWhat? Noooooo. How could I have PTSD?' As it turns out, my horrible cervical exam had triggered memories of a childhood trauma that I had blocked completely out of my memory. The clips were real…. the feelings were normal.. and I…was not going crazy. I had spent over 10 years perfecting the art of emotionally shutting off and shutting down…. My defense mechanism is quite easy – No feelings = no hurt.
Two things happened after Mr. Cheeks was born. 1. Emotionally blocking and shutting down my emotions caused a sudden flood of emotion when I first saw Mr. Cheeks. I describe it as this – There is a wall that I had built.. a strong wall…holding in water of emotions.. every now and again there is a leak that I patch up very quickly before anything can really leak out. I saw my child for the first time…. and the floodgates opened. And so I am left drowning in 20 years of emotions, feelings, and memories that I am now left to deal with all at once.
2. PTSD Trigger that made me go absolutely nuts.
Sometimes its not postpartum depression. Sometimes we can experience something totally different. I wanted to share this for the women who have or are going through the same thing as I am. Postpartum depression in itself is very hard for women to admit having, and when it comes to situations like mine I'm sure it's even harder to admit. If you are reading this and have a similar story.. please please seek therapy. Don't try and be the hero and think you can deal with it yourself. It was the best decision I have ever made. Not only did it help me overcome this very hard obstacle, but it has made me realize a lot of other things I need to work on. And quite frankly.. at this very moment I am the happiest I have ever been.
Amber is a natural analgesic and when worn on the skin, it releases healing oils that helps babies stay calm and more relaxed thoughout teething. They are a great natural remedy that can eliminate the need for over the counter drugs. Which is great for us "granola moms" who are paranoid about what we put into our child's body.
I had heard from many girlfriends who swore by the necklaces and so the instant Mr. Cheeks showed signs of teething I bought one right away! He had been fussy for 2 days and literally within an hour of putting the necklace on him he stopped fussing and went back to being his happy normal self. Coincidence? Maybe. But we haven't taken it off of him since and we have had no issues……. Aside from the pools of drool the leaks out of his mouth.
Basically I highly recommend it to anyone! We haven't had to give him any type of Tylenol at all and he doesn't even know he's wearing it.
ALSO! Bonus! They make adult size necklaces and I plan on trying one out for my migraines to see how it works.
After a long night of teething fussiness, we are finally awake this morning. The air is crisp, the sun is out, the cats are finally happy with food, and I have my coffee…. My sweet sweet coffee………..
Anyways, Brandon has the feeding shift this morning and everything seems to be going fairly smooth. He finishes, burps him, and starts playing with the now happy, Mr. Cheeks. So where does this story turn do you ask? With one kiss. Mr. Cheeks gives his I want kisses face and so Brandon brings him in to give him kisses…. And that's when Mr. Cheeks changed…. In a blink of an eye… He had spit up all over Brandon's face! Soooooo close to hitting the ol mouth. This isn't when he becomes the asshole – it's when he turns around to look at me with the most devilish- problem child look and giggles! He knew what he was doing….. He knew…..


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Mike Baur is a hero and role model to many people in Switzerland. After a 20 year banking career that saw him start as a commercial apprentice and retire at 39 as a member of the board of a top Swiss bank, Baur has gone on to do great things. When he began investing in Swiss start-ups, Mike Baur realized the staff of many of those companies needed more and better training if their companies were to succeed. Rather than simply shift his investments to more established companies, Baur decided to create a comprehensive training program to help them. With two friends, Mike Baur co-founded Swiss Startup Factory.
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We all know taylor swift the most dragged celebrity there is and here she is realizing an album about it. Her is set to release on kanye wests mothers death anniversary. I must say this is all types of horrible and i don't think this is right. Do onto others as you want others to do unto you, words we must all live by to get through life safely. Respect also goes both ways,with that said I hope taylor swift is ready for Kanye's clapback. If he is going to, remember when his sweet wife got dragged??, well he hasn't responded to that either maybe he's changed?
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Taylor swift is one celeb who got dragged by many petty celebs and yet she has always made a positive out of EVERYTHING from terrible ppl.
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Taylor Swift really just released a garbage song. Kim, Kanye, Calvin, and Katie dragged her and this is her response?
Taylor Swift is the most dragged celebrity ever, the most hated one and yet ppl dare to say that she has no right to have an album about it.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 23, 2017
She also realeased this song 'look what you made me do' on August 24th with the lyrics,
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Citing concerns about taking time away from the classroom, the Donegal School Board has decided to enforce a long-existing but previously unenforced policy to limit field trips to one per year.
During the public comment portion of the school board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 7, three mothers of fourth grade students asked the board to lift the one field trip per year rule or rename a farm trip so that it is not considered to be a field trip.
The fourth grade field trip has been taken at the state Capitol each year — but this year, fourth grade teachers voted to take the students to a farm.
Mothers who have spoken at recent meetings had voiced concern about the students not being able to experience a trip to the state capitol.
The one field trip rule has been on the books for many years, but it has not been enforced until this school year, under new Superintendent J. Michael Lausch.
"I propose that the new policy, if you will, could state that students are permitted one field trip per grade, but additional community-sponsored events may be permitted, provided that appropriate nursing coverage is available, because I know that was a sticking point," said Ann Kritzer, mother of a fourth grade student.
Mother Jessica Good gave the board several ideas for names to call the farm trip, instead of a field trip.
And mother Beth Karpel questioned the board about whether or not nurse staffing on trips is an issue that would limit students to one field trip per year.
"If we change the policy where we allow – whatever you call it. You call it an 'educational opportunity' – then every grade is going to want that 'educational opportunity,'" Board President Oliver Overlander III said after public comment.
"Now, our administrators are held to the high standard of testing, testing. I'm not saying that's right, but that's what our state keeps putting on us. I'm just really concerned that if we open the door or change the policy, and have two field trips per grade, or one field trip and one 'educational opportunity,' I think everyone is going to want to do that then. And I'm just concerned it's going to take away more time from the day, more time from our education," Overlander said.
Lausch was also opposed to changing the one field trip per year policy.
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This year's fourth graders have already taken their field trip when they visited an area farm.
The board also held its yearly reorganization meeting on Dec. 7.
Overlander was re-appointed President, and Timothy Markovits was re-appointed Vice President.
Sturgis remains Treasurer, Michelle Kendig remains Board Secretary, and Stephanie Manuel stays on as Board Recording Secretary.
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Massar Stables, Orr Road, Arlington, Tenn., hosted a clinic with Kirsi Nevalainen-LaCorte, USDF Certified Fourth Level Instructor, on February 16-18, 2018.
Kathy Massy said, "We had a great clinic - probably one of the best! Kirsi is such a kind and encouraging teacher who worked with a beginner group with the same detail as with upper level riders. She admitted half way through that most of her clinics involve trainers and upper level riders, and it can be more of a challenge to break things down in a different way for beginners. She is very serious about the responsibility of being a licensed/certified instructor and feels that the welfare of the horse is always most important. She has also been a contributor to Dressage Today." Her article, published July 6, 2016, is: "Prevent Your Horse from Coming Above the Bit." Read it at: https://dressagetoday.com/instruction/prevent-your-horse-from-coming-above-the-bit-32033
Born in Finland, Kirsi was a horse-loving girl who spent a lot of time at the stable. She developed her riding and soon found herself offering advice to other riders. She taught beginners at a local riding school, which sent her to the Finnish Instructor School in Upaja to take an assistant instructor course. She competed in both dressage and jumping in Finland. At age 19 she moved to Germany to become a working student for Georg Heyser. Heyser, who passed away at age 80 in January of this year, was coach to eventing riders Hinrich Romeike and Peter Thomsen who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games.
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OMAHA, NEB (August 16, 2017) – Today, Curt Simon, executive director of Metro Transit, announced the branding of the rapid transit bus service currently under design. Omaha Rapid Bus Transit (ORBT) is a new public transportation option that will be implemented in Omaha in late 2018. Project is proceeding to the next design phase, and with the assistance of the Board of Directors, staff, and stakeholder committee, Metro has developed a brand identity for the service.
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