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May 2, 2016
Florida Culture for the Week of May 2, 2016 by Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of May 2, 2016 by Josh Garrick
May 3 to 8 -- Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Before she was Carole King, ‘Superstar,’ she was Carole King, teenage songwriter. No one knew her music would become the soundtrack to a generation, but Carole King fought her way into the record business as a teenager and by the time she reached her twenties, she had the husband of her dreams and she was writing hits for the biggest acts in...
Best Tips for Exchange Students
Thousands of students travel to different parts of the world per year in order to further their education abroad. But it's not easy to adaptto a new environment and culture. Here is a list of exchange student tips that they can follow in order to make their lives easy.
1. Make new friends – You will not be able to survive without friends anywhere. Although it can be difficult and stressful,the first thing that you need to do when you go to a forei...
May 1, 2016
Top 25 Airplane Etiquette Rules: Don’t Ever Fly Again Without Them!
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I’m begging you...please read this. Read all 25 of these etiquette rules before ever stepping foot on an airplane again.
I spend many hours in the air on long international flights.
It seems many people have not gotten the memo in regard to airplane etiquette. I am usually very cordial in my delivery of a message, but this time I’m not holding back. Everyone has a limit. I’ve been compiling a list, and it’s not pretty.
Now, I’m sure it’s not you making these grievous etiquette...
April 30, 2016
Young Stars Light Up the Stage at Stratford's Springworks Festival
In a simple basement with bare light bulbs and a water heater for company, five gifted musicians are making extraordinary music. In a studio that means business (except for the cheerful teal and silver dots adorning one wall), eight talented dancers are pushing the boundaries of what their bodies can do. On an often isolated journey, a budding composer is hearing whole orchestras. What do they have in common? None of them are older than 25.
And all...
April 29, 2016
How to Change Your Life: Just Go!
Let me tell you about an inspiring couple that changed their lives. And before you think, "oh, I can'tdo that," I suggest reading the interview (and their new book, entitled Just Go!), and then seeing how you feel.
I first met Gabi Yetter through a mutual friend (Barbara Adam, of The Dropout Diaries and Saigon Street Eats food tours, who wrote, with her husband Vu, our new travel guide to Vietnam). Of course, writers stick together, and we asked G...
April 28, 2016
Want to go on Safari in Tanzania? Read this first...
Safari in Tanzania - it's a bucket list dream for most people. What makes it so? Maybe the incredible animal diversity, or the interesting locals. Or maybe it's the chance to get away from one's life, and experience something completely different. Whatever it is, we want to go!
So imagine how pleased I was to read a new book by our old friend, author Donna Seim. She's written some lovely books that we loved reviewing, including Where is Simon, Sandy...
Award-Winning Authors Headline Eleventh Annual Newburyport Literary Festival
The eleventh annual Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF) will take place April 29-30 in various venues throughout downtown Newburyport, Massachusetts. This year the Festival will honor the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay and local teacher and poet Deborah Szabo.
This year we introduce a first – a Festival overture. Beginning at 4:00 p.m., Senator George J. Mitchell (The Negotiator: Reflections on an American Life) will be in conversation with journ...
April 27, 2016
Sharron Matthews Set to Open Stratford's SpringWorks Festival With a Bang
Opening nights are ever an exciting and elegant gala, celebrating months of hard work. This year on May 12 – at SpringWorks indie theatre & arts festival – will be no exception. Though there may be a bit more rocking out as Sharron Matthews takes the stage with her signature irreverent wit and solid gold mash-ups in a comedic tour-de-force concert.
“I wanted a show that was new, edgy, intimate, with fabulous musicians…featuring music by your fa...
Promoting International Humanities Education
In my previous article, I expressed my disappointment in my students’ choice of majors (I’m a student advisor for predominantly Chinese international students at an ESL school). Most of them choose either business, management, finance, or accounting because they believe those majors are less complicated for international students and the job prospects in those fields are relatively more compelling.
I do not blame them, because I did h...
What is it like to be a writer? Canadian author Marianne Brandis on the creative life
As a writer, I am entranced by words. I love them – writing them, reading them, re-reading them, finding writers that use them in creative, interesting ways. To say that my life is one of writing and reading is not an overstatement, but rather, a joyful way to be in the world.
When I discover writers that I love, I dig in deeply to their words. They enrich my life, thoughts, reading. And, when I have the ability to share the talents of such writers? W...
