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lemonbalmandrosemary · 3 years

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To-Read List

I'm limiting this to books I actively want to read, rather than what's on my shelves, because those are two very different animals. (Yay book hoarding from my early days.) * = books I own.

Advanced Magick for Beginners - Alan Chapman

*Anatomy of a Witch: A Map to the Magical Body - Laura Tempest Zakroff

*Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels - Katie West & Jasmine Elliott

*Besom, Stang, & Sword: A Guide to Traditional Witchcraft, the Six-Fold Path, & the Hidden Landscape - Christopher Orapello & Tara-Love Maguire

*The Black Toad: West Country Witchcraft and Magic - Gemma Gary

*The Book of English Magic - Philip Carr-Gomm

Bringing Race to the Table: Exploring Racism in the Pagan Community - Crystal Blanton

The British Book of Spells & Charms - Graham King

Casting a Queer Circle: Non-Binary Witchcraft - Thista Minai

Cecil Williamson's Book of Witchcraft: A Grimoire of the Museum of Witchcraft - Steve Patterson

The City is a Labyrinth: A Walking Guide for Urban Animists - Sarah Kate Istra Winter

*City Magick: Urban Rituals, Spells, and Shamanism - Christopher Penczak

City Witchery: Accessible Rituals, Practices & Prompts for Conjuring and Creating in a Magical Metropolis - Lisa Marie Basile

*Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic - Phil Hine

Craft of the Untamed: An Inspired Vision of Traditional Witchcraft - Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold

*Creating Magical Entities - David Michael Cunningham

The Crooked Path: An Introduction to Traditional Witchcraft - Kelden

*Curses, Hexes, and Crossing: A Magician's Guide to Execration Magic - S. Connolly

The Dabbler's Guide to Witchcraft: Seeking an Intentional Magical Path - Fire Lyte

A Deed Without a Name: Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft - Lee Morgan

Deep Liberation: Shamanic Teachings for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma - Langston Kahn

*DIY Magic: A Strange and Whimsical Guide to Creativity - Anthony Alvarado

The Door to Witchcraft: A New Witch's Guide to History, Traditions, and Modern-Day Spells - Tonya A. Brown

*Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America - Margot Adler

Enchantments: A Modern Witch's Guide to Self-Possession - Mya Spalter

*Everyday Magic: Spells & Rituals for Modern Living - Dorothy Morrison

*Evolutionary Witchcraft - T. Thorn Coyle

Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition - Cora Anderson

The Flame in the Cauldron: A Book of Old-Style Witchery - Orion Foxwood

*Folk Witchcraft: A Guide to Lore, Land, and the Familiar Spirit for the Solitary Practitioner - Roger J. Horne

*Grovedaughter Witchery: Practical Spellcraft - Bree NicGarran

*Hedgewitch Book of Days: Spells, Rituals, and Recipes for the Magical Year - Mandy Mitchell

*Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration - Mallorie Vaudoise

The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home - Arin Murphy-Hiscock

It's Witchcraft: A Beginner's Guide to Secular and Non-secular Witchcraft - Jamie Weaver

Light Magic for Dark Times: More than 100 Spells, Rituals, and Practices for Coping in a Crisis - Lisa Marie Basile

*Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change - Michael M. Hughes

Magic Power Language Symbol: A Magician's Exploration of Linguistics - Patrick Dunn

Magic When You Need It: 150 Spells You Can't Live Without - Judika Illes

Magical Power for Beginners: How to Raise & Send Energy for Spells that Work - Deborah Lipp

*Making Magic: Weaving Together the Everyday and the Extraordinary - Briana Saussy

*The Master Book of Herbalism - Paul V. Beyerl

*Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks, and Covens - Paul Huson

*Mrs. B's Guide to Household Witchery: Everyday Magic, Spells, and Recipes - Kris Bradley

A Mystical Practical Guide to Magic: Instructions for Seekers, Witches & Other Spiritual Misfits - Aliza Einhorn

The New Aradia: A Witch's Handbook to Magical Resistance - Laura Tempest Zakroff

New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic - Cory Thomas Hutcheson

Of Chalk & Flint: A Way of Norfolk Magic - Val Thomas

A Practical Guide for Witches: Spells, Rituals, and Magic for an Enchanted Life - Ylva Mara Radziszewski

*Practical Protection Magick: Guarding & Reclaiming Your Power - Ellen Dugan

Protection & Reversal Magick: A Witch's Defense Manual - Jason Miller

Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries - Lee Harrington

Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World - Tomas Prower

*Queering Your Craft: Witchcraft from the Margins - Cassandra Snow

*Rebel Witch: Carve the Craft that's Your Alone - Kelly-Ann Maddox

Silent as the Trees: Devonshire Witchcraft, Folklore, & Magic - Gemma Gary

*Southern Cunning: Folkloric Witchcraft in the American South - Aaron Oberon

Spellcrafting: Strengthen the Power of Your Craft by Creating and Casting You Own Unique Spells - Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Tarot for Troubled Times: Confront Your Shadow, Heal Your Self, Transform the World - Shaheen Miro & Theresa Reed

*Three Books of Occult Philosophy - Cornelius Agrippa

The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices - Claude Lecouteux

*Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways - Gemma Gary

Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft - Nigel G. Pearson

Urban Magick: A Guide for the City Witch - Diana Rajchel

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power - Pam Grossman

Walking the Tides: Seasonal Magical Rhythms and Lore - Nigel G. Pearson

*Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft - Laura Tempest Zakroff

A Witch's Guide to Wildcraft: Using Common Plants to Create Uncommon Magic - J.D. Walker

*A Witch's Natural History - Giles Watson

*The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present - Ronald Hutton

The Witch's Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit - Arin Murphy-Hiscock

The Witch's Cauldron: The Craft, Lore, & Magick of Ritual Vessels - Laura Tempest Zakroff

The Witch's Path: Advancing Your Craft at Every Level - Thorn Mooney

Witchcraft Activism: A Toolkit for Magical Resistance - David Salisbury

Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants - Claudia Muller-Ebeling

Witchery: Embrace the Witch - Juliet Diaz

The Witches' Ointment: the Secret History of Psychedelic Magic - Thomas Hatsis

Witches of America - Alex Mars

#resources #books

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fangirleaconmigo · 2 years

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I was tagged by @soundsfaebutokay thank you!

This is a music tag game. So I’ll just disclose this up front... I listen to r&b, soul, neosoul, hip hop girls, Latin pop, and then one English folk band on repeat 🎶 one of these things is not like the other 🎶 lmao. I literally cannot explain why this band has gripped my very soul and will not let it go.

And I don’t think the music I listen to has much in common with other TAD fans.

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

1) every song on The Amazing Devil’s albums on repeat. Ok fine. I’ll pick the last one I listened to, and one that I currently put on repeat. The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace. (But this could all just be TAD songs)

2) Cranes in the Sky, Solange

3) Tempo, Lizzo feat Missy Elliot

4) Get into it Yuh, Doja Cat

5) La Gozadera, Gente de Zona

Rules: Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people. No skipping!

My favorite playlist I called Soul Feelings

1) Try Me, James Brown

2) Use Me, Bill Withers

3) Love TKO, Teddy Pendergrass

4) Feeling Good, Nina Simone

5) Mr Big Stuff, Jean Knight

6) Misty Blue, Dorothy Moore

7) Oooo Baby Baby, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

8) Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield

9) The Dark End of the Street, James Carr

10) Love and Happiness, Al Green

#tag game #music #the amazing devil #i promise I’m not 100 years old #i just love old music

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lesbian-books · 5 years

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Lesbian Authors

A.J. Adaire Pat Adams-Wright Dorothy Allison S.W. Anderson Elizabeth Andre Mavis Applewater Ann Aptaker J.A. Armstrong Michelle Arnold Clare Ashton K. Aten Victoria Avilan Darla Baker Roslyn Bane Ann Bannon Solia Panche Bealti Alison Bechdel Georgia Beers Sharon Marie Bence Bridget Birdsall Harper Bliss Andrea Bramhall Jaye Robin Brown Anna Burke Amalie Cantor Brandee Carbo Suzie Carr Dawn Carter C.L. Cattano Becky Chambers Kate Charlton Sharon Cho Barbara L. Clanton Hannah Abigail Clarke Shelby Cochran Helen Corcoran Jeanne Córdova Audrey Coulthurst Delores Cremm Maggie Dane Emily M. Danforth Sandra de Helen Barbara Dennis Nicole Dennis-Benn Stefani Deoul K.E. DePalmenary T.L. Dickerson Jennifer Diemer Sarah Diemer * Jane DiLucchio J.M. Dragon Moondancer Drake K.B. Draper Cassandra Duffy A.L. Duncan Nann Dunne Sarah Ettritch Lillian Faderman Sara Farizan Leslie Feinberg Anna Ferrara Fannie Flagg Jane Fletcher Laura Foley Katherine V. Forrest Diane Fortier Giselle Fox Anna Furtado Elisa M. Galbreath Lynn Galli S.L. Gape Nancy Garden Lyn Gardner S. Anne Gardner Pauline George Ana B. Good Parker Gordon Erin Gough Kimberly Cooper Griffin Nicola Griffith Agnes H. Hagadus Anne Hagan Radclyffe Hall S.M. Harding Ellen Hart Nancy Ann Healy Fran Heckrotte Natasja Hellenthal Dotti Henderson Claire Highton-Stevenson Gerri Hill E.M. Hodge Dayna Ingram Isabella Jae Adiba Jaigirdar Jo Jennings Heather Rose Jones E.A. Kafkalas Karin Kallmaker Riley LaShea Stacey-Leanne Lez Lee Malinda Lo Ann-Marie MacDonald Renee MacKenzie Prudence MacLeod Lise MacTague Lucy J. Madison Rachel Maldonado Siera Maley Laurie J. Marks Julie Maroh Michelle Marra Paula Martinac Arkady Martine Q.C. Masters Andi Marquette Pamela Mauldin Robbi McCoy M.K. McGowan Gill McKnight Ann McMan Heather McVea Mary Meriam Ronni Meyrick Martha Miller Rogena Mitchell-Jones K.A. Moll Sallyanne Monti Annette Mori Bonnie J. Morris Jaycie Morrison Niamh Murphy Charlene Neil Natasha Ngan Nik Nicholson Baren Nix Ocean Paula Offutt Chinelo Okparanta Chris Parsons Angela Peach Julie Anne Peters B.J. Phillips Ashley Quinn Radclyffe Cheryl Rainfield Adan Ramie Nina Revoyr Rhavensfyre Julia Diana Robertson Nita Round Morgan Routh Joanna Russ Laurie Salzler Shamim Sarif Lacey Schmidt Sarah Schulman Tina Sears Cass Sellars Merry Shannon Fiona Shaw ** Kaden Shay Djuna Shellam Jen Silver Jennis Slaughter Adrian J. Smith E.H. Smith Vanessa Snyder Alison R. Solomon Raven J. Spencer Ali Spooner Rose Stone Carren Strock Rebecca Sullivan Leandra Summers Mariko Tamaki Michelle L. Teichman Keira Michelle Telford Rae Theodore M.E. Tudor Vanda Elle Vaughn Missouri Vaun Anastasia Vitsky Tillie Walden Sarah Waters HollyAnne Weaver Laney Webber Louise Welsh Caren J. Werlinger K.D. Williamson B.L. Wilson Catherine M. Wilson Barbara Winkes Lee Winter Jeanette Winterson Chris Anne Wolfe T.J. Wolfe Jacqueline Woodson Fiona Zedde Kristen Zimmer

* Also writes under the pen names Elora Bishop and Bridget Essex

** Not to be confused with the Irish actress of the same name

This list is subject to changes. Compiling a list of lesbian authors is a challenge because not all authors are out and my sources of information are limited. I had to rely on finding author bios, interviews, tweets, etc. in which an author mentions her sexual orientation. I also got many of these names from the Lesbian Authors Guild.

#lesbian #authors #writers #lesbian authors #lesbian writers #female authors #female writers #lesbians #long post

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miran-native · 5 years

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About Mimeosomes

Everyone who’s played through the main story knows the basics: Mimeosomes were designed to bridge the unknown amount of time it would take humanity to find a new habitable planet. This way, people wouldn’t grow old and be able to maintain the White Whale and protect the Lifehold. We know that they are artificial in nature and that they are controlled from the consciousness stored within the Lifehold.

Elma mentions in one of the chapters (l can’t remember which one rn, but if someone requests it I will look it up) that the Lifehold cannot be too far, since they would otherwise feel the lag. Considering how the player can move freely all around Mira it is suffice to say that while the Lifeholds transmission range is limited, it is nonetheless still huge. Like, encompassing a whole planet huge.

(Though, this observation might be futile since the endgame reveals that humanity would have been dead all along, so Mira Magic prevents us from making a sensible estimate as to how far this range could have been.)

What the main story chapters don’t tell us are the little details: can mimeosomes get sick, do they need food, etc.

So here is what I found:

Right off the bat: Mimeosomes have organic components. It is why in the sidequest “Lakeside Getaway” the cantors are able to exterminate the workers there, as they had laid eggs inside their bodies. We also see symptoms of sickness in Ajoa (the NPC who either dies or survives depending on your choices) because of that.

Despite that, other NPCs tell us that a mimesome doesn’t experience allergies and that they keep the humans safe from germs and contaminations which means they can’t get sick.

I’ve seen other speech bubble dialogue pop up when you walk past NPCs, talking about the ration bars BLADE use when they are out in the field (unfortunately I didn’t take screenshots at the time because I didn’t think I’d make a blog with all that neat trivia. They didn’t say anything important, just talked about the taste of these things).

If they didn’t need to eat at all, I figure they’d just pass on eating while they are on a mission since it’s just additional hassle – which is why I believe that (part, if not all) those organic components make up the digestive system. A lot of parasites do settle in the intestines, so I feel this is most likely the case.

Other neat things I found:

We know that mimeosomes are supposed to mimic the actual human as close as possible when it comes to looks, but there are a few NPCs that tell us that there is a bit of leeway included when it comes to outer appearance.

Hair, for example, can be easily swapped out (or in Felice’s case replaced), so there don’t seem to be any restrictions on hairstyle and color. Used to have straight hair and want curls now? Apparently no problem.

In the same dialogue Dorothy tells us that ‘bells and whistles’ is stuff like less weight, get rid of scars, beer bellies, etc. (I really wish I had screenshotted that latter part too, but again, I didn’t think I’d make a blog with this. I tried talking to her again, but I had cleared a chapter or the main story even and the dialogue didn’t pop up again.)

So from how I understand it: As long as it doesn’t concern one’s facial features (you know, that thing that makes a person actually recognizable, like eyes, nose, mouth, jawline, etc. you are good to go. Height, I assume, is one of them. Not sure on eye color, since technically there do exist contact lenses that change eye color) one is free to do whatever they want. Make oneself skinnier, get rid of wrinkles, whatever comes to mind.

And it kinda makes sense, really. The higher-ups would know that people would never get their old bodies back and start over with newly created ones, so things like scars or overweight and other stuff one did to their body (surgeries and tattoos included) wouldn’t carry over anyway. The new body would be a blank slate in regards to that.

Other bits of trivia:

Another NPC says that one can regulate the growth of their hair and nails, even shut it off completely if they so wish.

(Unfortunately I do not have a screenshot and I don’t remember which NPC that was, so until I go through the game again and actually find it, take this one with a grain of salt.)

One of the NPCs in front of the mimeosome maintenance center (Kent D. Carr) says that sensory impressions like taste are just data that one could easily recreate by uploading them in the mimeosome maintenance center. Which means that any kind of sensation can be recreated as long as it is in the database. (I assume this doesn’t only apply to the taste of say, chocolate cake, but also touch or maybe even visual recreation of something.)

I find it very interesting that this is even possible to do, since mimeosomes can eat and taste well enough to differentiate tastes (if they didn’t why would fellow BLADEs gush about Lin’s food or complain about the taste of the ration bars. And Lin has this whole thing in one of the official short stories where she complains about the canteen food on the White Whale). I guess it is still different from the real thing. Or maybe this is to preserve the taste of food one can’t get on Mira anymore. All human food is synthesized after all and in no way ‘natural’, so it wouldn’t possibly taste the same.

(I actually do have a screenshot of this buuuuuut it’s in German and I took it with my phone because I couldn’t connect the Wii U with the internet at the time. If anyone wishes to see it, I will gladly upload it though.)

The blood substitute is called “biocirculatory plasma”

This is said by Lin in Ch. 5 after Cross gets their arm blown off (screenshot available, but I didn’t deem it necessary to add as it’s a mainstory cutscene). Not exactly missable, but thought I’d throw it in here in case someone needs it for fanfiction or anything. The plasma is also blue, not red, as implicated by the following things:

a.) Mimeosomes are called Blue Bloods in Japanese

b.) After the attack on NLA (Ch. 8) there are NPC who do express their surprise at the humans being blue blooded/mimeosomes.

c.) This picture:

The plasma also has to circulate somehow inside the body so it’s not a stretch to assume that mimeosomes have an artificial heart that acts as pump.

Ch. 5 also shows that mimeosomes can be shut down to prevent pain or further plasma loss. It is also possible to just turn off the pain response and stay conscious (I think this was said in the Sylvalum mission “Predator and Prey”).

Mimeosomes are able to feel some sort of “reverse phantom pain”, i.e. feeling the (partial) lack of a body part even though it’s connected and up and running. This is also part of Ch. 5 after the player awakens in the maintenance center and is asked if they feel okay. One of the options leads to this bit of trivia.

Okay, I think that was all I had for now. Thanks for reading :D

If anyone can provide missing screenshots or has found other bits of trivia regarding mimesomes do tell – or even better, submit!

An extra bonus:

The name mimeosome may come from the Greek μνήμη (mnimi, pronounced as mnee-mee)) and σώμα (soma). Minimi means memory and soma body so the word would basically translate to memory body. And that’s kina dope.

Not sure if this is right, obviously, the “mimeo” might be latin or some shit (or ancient Greek which is NOT the same, lemme tell you, as a native Greek speaker) and just mean mimic (as in mimic the human body), but, oh well.

Edit:

So, someone in the tags said that “Blue Bloods” is a term used in Japan to describe the rich and exempt (makes sense, here in Germany the nobility used to be referred to as such as well because the veins look blueish against pale skin. And back then pale skin meant you didn’t bust your ass open working in the fields), so basically sth among the lines of “rich and lucky ones” which is a neat bit of foreshadowing that got lost in translation. (I know who you are but since this was just tag-rambling I figured you might wanna keep your name outta this - if not, I can edit your name into the post.)

They also wondered how tf this mix of organic and mechanic components would even work; now, I don’t think the game is ever going to give us an actually coherent and scientifically sound explanation for that - I think they most likely settled on bullet points of what mims can/can’t do to keep things consistent (bc one would need not only a medical, but also a scientific and engineering degree to have a good grasp of everything and I’m sure af the developers didn’t study up THAT meticulously on this), but I was thinking about it, bc ya know, I studied biophysics and find this kinda stuff interesting af.

And then I remembered that one of the research groups at my university studies the interaction between organic molecules and solid surfaces.

This kind of research can be used to get new insights on how those molecules function, and also helps developing better prostheses (in regards to biocompatibility) - obviously they aren’t trying to make artificial organs or anything related to mimeosomes, but it IS a pretty big field afaik.

Organic molecules can be viruses or bacteria for examples - and bacteria are a very important part of our intestinal flora.

So, what if a mimeosome’s intestinal tract is made out of a material that those kinda bacteria can thrive on? (It can’t be cells imo, bc human cells have to replace themselves very regulary. Intestinal cells get replaced every 2 - 4 days for example - and making use of life cells that need renewal seems to defeat the purpose of almost-immortal machines since the point was to live in and with them as long as possible as it was unclear when they’d find a new planet to settle on.) Gut flora can digest carbohydrates and certain sugars, so there is a starting point as to how mims could digest food. These bacteria can’t break down everything, but it is common practice in life sciences to use bacteria as hosts to express certain enzymes (even though they weren’t native in that bacterium before), so engineering bacteria that could digest all kinds of food doesn’t seem like too much of a stretch to me.

#Xenoblade chronicles X #mimeosome #XBCX #Xenoblade X #mimeosomes

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mychameleondays · 4 years

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Various: Willkommen Im Weltraum

Limited Edition, silkscreen cover

Weltraum Disk 02

Released: 2010

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dweemeister · 6 years

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

In the early 1950s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had reached the peak of the studio’s powers, becoming the de facto home of the American movie musical. Its recent releases read like an honor roll: In the Good Old Summertime (1949), On the Town (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), An American in Paris (1951), and Singin’ in the Rain (1952). For 1954, MGM needed to juggle two future additions to that list: Brigadoon and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The former starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse, was directed by Vincente Minnelli (1944′s Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris), and produced by the famed Arthur Freed unit. The Freed unit produced all of MGM’s A-list musicals, so the studio relegated Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as a “B” picture – cutting its production budget, slashing advertising expenditures. Stanley Donen’s (Singin’ in the Rain, 1955′s It’s Always Fair Weather) movie came dangerously close to being permanently shelved by MGM, but production did commence. In the end, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers outperformed Brigadoon in almost all metrics. And despite its very politically incorrect premise, it has held up better than Brigadoon as well as most musical films from that decade.

It is 1850 in Oregon Territory. Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel) has come down from the mountains – chest forward, masculinity erect for all the villagers to see – to announce he is here to find a bride. After eavesdropping on Milly (Jane Powell) and noting her sassiness and dedication to finishing her chores, he proposes, and she accepts without much question or resistance. Believing she is going home with Adam and only Adam, she is surprised that he also lives with six younger brothers – Benjamin (Jeff Richards), Caleb (Matt Mattox), Daniel (Marc Platt), Ephraim (Jacques d’Ambroise), Frank (Tommy Rall), and Gideon (Russ Tamblyn) – all of whom are ill-mannered slobs, are conveniently colored-coded by the costume design, and most of the six younger Pontipee brother actors are dancers (explained below). Furious at Adam, Milly demands an explanation. He responds that living in the backwoods requires men and women depending on each other to thrive. In time, Milly decides to teach the seven brothers proper etiquette and how to clean up after themselves.

I would be remiss without mentioning the six other women who become the brides (in alphabetical order with who they are hitched with, from Benjamin to Gideon): Dorcas (Julie Newmar), Ruth (Ruta Kilmonis), Martha (Norma Doggett), Liza (Virginia Gibson), Sarah (Betty Carr), and Alice (Nancy Kilgas).

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is based on “The Sobbin’ Women” by Stephen Vincent Benét – a parody of the Roman mythological tale of the Rape of the Sabine Women. Wait! One quick explanation, please! Regarding the Rape of the Sabine Women, the word “rape” in the classical context refers to the Latin word “raptio”, which means abduction rather than the contemporary definition of rape. But this means the six other brides will be abducted by the Pontipee siblings – setting up the film’s frantic, comedic finale. A piece of modern feminism Seven Brides is not. Yet viewers need to consider that the seven men in the film have lived their lives in the Oregonian forests, with only Adam having infrequent contact with women and society at the most. The six younger Pontipee brothers might never have met women in a social context; their only understanding of women is through the Greek/Roman myths that Milly has read to them (considering the Rape of Sabine Women and Zeus/Jupiter’s behavior, you are right to be a bit horrified).

The Pontipees know nothing of physical boundaries, being respectful of women, and believe that they – perhaps not necessarily as men, but as individuals – should have what they want. Do you really expect them to not behave like lechers? Through the musical score, Seven Brides positions itself as a satire (and, especially in a scene where the younger Pontipees are trying not to knock other men’s lights out, often a hilarious one), never endorsing the behaviors of the Pontipee brothers. This tale of frontier courtship integrates Stockholm Syndrome (a psychological condition in which a hostage develops sympathetic feelings for their captor; also a narrative trope that has been abused by numerous artistic mediums). This is the point where the film’s screenplay by Albert Hackett (The Thin Man series), Frances Goodrich (Hackett’s spouse and co-writer), and Dorothy Kingsley (numerous Esther Williams movies including 1953′s Dangerous When Wet). As entertaining as Seven Brides is from its opening minutes, the women just seem too forgiving of the Pontipee brothers. Milly, in her active and open resistance to all that Adam is teaching his younger siblings, turns a one-sided argument into a battle of the sexes – making this a far more watchable film than it might otherwise have been.

For the musical team of supervisor Saul Chaplin (1961′s West Side Story), score composer Adolph Deutsch (1960′s The Apartment), song composer Gene de Paul, lyricist Johnny Mercer (maybe the best English-language lyricist from the 1930s-50s), and orchestrators Leo Arnaud (a longtime MGM contractee best known for “Bugler’s Dream”, a theme for American television’s presentation of the Olympics) and Alexander Courage (also a long-serving MGM contractee, but best known for his theme to Star Trek: The Original Series), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ musical score is spectacular from the very first song.

That first song? “Bless Your Beautiful Hide”, sung by Howard Keel in the opening minutes. The catchiest song in the film, it also serves as burning a hole through any expectations of clumsy or overlong exposition that can ruin a musical. In two-and-a-half minutes of Keel’s accented, blustering, unusually expressive bass-baritone, “Bless Your Beautiful Hide” has successfully introduced Adam Pontipee – that he is searching for a woman to sling over his shoulder, that she be at least conventionally pretty and not fat, can do work around the house, and someone who is “SASSY as can be!” One could not ask for a better introductory song than this. The song, “When You’re In Love” is a demonstration of Milly’s more refined nature against the rugged Adam. It is the song’s reprise – sung by Adam? – that poses problems. Keel also objected to the reprise’s placement in the film, saying that Adam did not understand what love is the moment he reprises the song (one could interpret it as Adam parroting Milly’s song, not fully understanding the lyrics, but I am not of that camp). Other highlights include Jane Powell singing “Goin’ Courtin’” a few scenes before Adam counters with “Sobbin’ Women” – recounting the story of the Rape of the Sabine Women, and setting the film’s resolution in motion. Seven Brides might not have the most memorable score, but it’s musically fascinating and I can’t label any of its de Paul and Mercer songs – okay, maybe “Wonderful, Wonderful Day” – as a dud.

But we haven’t gotten to the film’s ultimate musical accomplishment yet. Enter the barn dance sequence – an inspired composition by Adolph Deutsch and choreographer Michael Kidd (1953′s The Band Wagon, It’s Always Fair Weather). Alongside the excellent orchestration by Arnaud and Courage, the cue that accompanies this scene is just as fun to listen to within the film as well as when removed from it. Based heavily on “Bless Your Beautiful Hide”, the melody is passed back between strings and woodwinds with infectious zest. Infectious Western-styled themes; string-crossing; finger-numbing runs from the string section set the pace; and, when timed to the athletic, rather than balletic, choreography (the actors who played the six younger Pontipee brothers, the women, and the other suitors are all magnificent dancers), epitomizes the peak of the 1950s MGM musical. Because of the technical footwork, Donen sought to cast six dancers as the younger Pontipee brothers. Three weeks of rehearsal were needed just to record these several minutes of breathtaking movement.

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Why resort to fisticuffs when things can be settled with a dance-off? Instrumentalists, dancers, and those who just love a good musical number will be left in awe here. For those who wanted to see a cartoonish brawl ensue, don’t feel deflated. This film will fulfill your wishes a few minutes after this, too!

Because of the film’s lack of support from MGM executives, the original plans to shoot on-location in Oregon fell through. The screenplay calls for the depiction of all four seasons, which would require a year-round shoot that MGM did not want to cough up for a “B” picture. Thus, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would be shot almost entirely on the MGM backlot in a soundstage – which allows for some glaringly artificial painted backdrops and foliage that the viewer needs to overlook to enjoy such an electric musical. With production design as clunky as the Yellow Brick Road backdrops in The Wizard of Oz (1939), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers feels like it could have been made decades earlier. But don’t think Seven Brides is stuck in a previous decade. The film was shot on CinemaScope (a widescreen screen aspect format, though not represented in the video provided for the barn raising sequence, that had been introduced the previous year) as well as the then-industry standard 4:3 format – not all theaters had the technology to present CinemaScope or other widescreen formats yet. As a result, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was shot in and exists in two different formats: a CinemaScope and a 4:3 version. This review was based on the CinemaScope version shown on Turner Classic Movies (TCM), and it is also the print I recommend you watch.

This is a musical movie I had been holding off on for years, for insubstantial reasons. In the end, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – because of its depiction of men asserting their own gendered primacy – may not appeal to all audiences, and I will not quarrel with anyone who has given Donen’s film a mindful look. The film is hampered by the nature of its narrative and external, business-side limitations. Those aspects should not define it. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ gorgeous musical score culminates in a stunning dance scene and contains an unexpectedly thoughtful look on how a single person can inspire change in another (not exclusively in terms of “fixing” them), making this a splendid addition to the best musical lineup produced by any Hollywood studio.

My rating: 8.5/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. Half-points are always rounded down. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found here.

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2021年5・6月読書記

日本語の本読んでないな・・・すべて読み返し、聴き返しなので個別の感想はなし【Audible】 To Wake the Dead / John Dickson Carr Castle Skull / John Dickson Carr Death-Watch / John Dickson Carr The Hollow Man / John Dickson Carr Five Red Herrings / Dorothy L Sayers The Nine Tailors / Dorothy L Sayers Mystery in the Channel / Freeman Wills Crofts 【Book】 The Antiquities of the Jews / Flavius Josephus

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Dorothy Dwan and Larry Semon in Wizard of Oz (Larry Semon, 1925)

Cast: Dorothy Dwan, Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Spencer Bell, Charles Murray, Bryant Washburn, Josef Swickard, Mary Carr, Frank Alexander. Screenplay: Frank Joslyn Baum, Leon Lee, Larry Semon, based on a book by L. Frank Baum. Cinematography: Frank B. Good, Hans F. Koenekamp, Leonard Smith. Art direction: Robert Stevens. Film editing: Sam Zimbalist.

A critical and commercial flop that seriously damaged the career of its director and writer, Larry Semon, Wizard of Oz (as the on-screen title has it) somehow survived the mass extinction of silent films, perhaps because of the perennial interest in Oz stories. But only the most die-hard Oz fans need to bother checking it out: It's a hopeless mess, a mishmash of conventional slapstick comedy and rather lame fantasy. It features characters from L. Frank Baum's book: Dorothy (Dorothy Dwan), the Wizard (Charles Murray), the Scarecrow (Semon), and the Tin Woodman (Oliver Hardy). But it does nothing with them but place them in various kinds of comic jeopardy that usually climax in pratfalls. Much of the film takes place in Kansas, where Dorothy is a farm girl about to turn 18, an age when she can open a mysterious letter that was delivered to her Uncle Henry (Frank Alexander) and Aunt Em (Mary Carr) when she was a foundling infant. The letter, of course, reveals that she is Princess Dorothea of Oz. She is being courted by two farmhands, also played by Semon and Hardy, who are swept off to Oz by a tornado -- or rather just a strong windstorm, since there's no funnel cloud -- along with Dorothy and Uncle Henry, where they assume disguises: Semon swipes the clothes off of a scarecrow and Hardy improvises an outfit from a scrap heap. There's also a black farmhand known, inevitably, as Snowball, played by Spencer Bell under the pseudonym G. Howe Black. Get it? We first see him eating a watermelon, but aside from that, the racist humor is fortunately kept to a minimum. In Oz, to which Snowball is somehow chased by lightning, he adopts a lion costume, creating the third in Dorothy's familiar trio of companions. The scenario was written by Semon, Leon Lee (who also wrote the intertitles), and Frank Joslyn Baum, credited as "L. Frank Baum Jr." Frank J. Baum's efforts to capitalize on his father's name led to a break with the rest of his family.

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AWARD-WINNING FAMED GOSPEL ICON KURT CARR RELEASES NEW ALBUM BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE, AVAILABLE NOW

Nashville, TN (July 19, 2019) – Award-winning famed Gospel icon Kurt Carr returns with a vibrant vocal musical extravaganza on his new album Bless Somebody Else (Kurt Carr Gospel/RCA Inspiration), available now. The pioneering two-time GRAMMY® nominated, Dove Award and multiple Stellar Award-winning Gospel Hall of Famer has created another soon-to-be classic album, delivering sixteen tracks filled with rousing vocal runs and cutting-edge melodic flourishes that have made him one of the most illustrious and enduring recording artists, songwriters and producers for the past three decades.

Featuring The Kurt Carr Singers and special guests, Bless Somebody Else comes six years since his last release, 2013’s Bless This House. After enduring a painful period dealing with a prolonged season of losing loved ones including his mother Delores, his longtime ministry partner Dorothy King, and mentor Andraé Crouch among others, Carr has come through with Bless Somebody Else, bringing a message of thanksgiving and hope, with powerful inspiration to praise God’s blessings in our lives and be a blessing to others.

After enduring this season of loss, Carr told God, “I’m tired and I can’t do this anymore,” and he says as clear as day, he heard God say, “If you don’t want to do it anymore, DO IT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.” This epiphany fueled the title track and carrying out his mission with the album, to bless somebody else. Produced and written by Carr, Bless Somebody Else features the all-star single “Bless Somebody Else (Dorothy’s Song).” Carr is joined by The Kurt Carr Singers and special friends Miles Caton, Wess Morgan, Fred Hammond, Faith Evans, Yolanda Adams, Smokie Norful, Erica Campbell, Roosevelt Griffin, John P. Kee, Jekalyn Carr, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Keke Wyatt, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Denise Tichenor, and Zacardi Cortez on the track, which is becoming a new anthem.

Kurt Carr

Blending traditional sounds along with the rollicking arrangements that have made his songs a staple for choirs and churches of all denominations worldwide, Bless Somebody Else provides a restorative lively mix with new songs such as “With Thanksgiving,” “Blessing After Blessing,” “I Owe You Praise,” “Something Big, Something Marvelous,” “Grace Brought Me Back/Love Lifted Me” feat. Le’Andria Johnson, “I Got Back Up” feat. B. Slade, and creating new arrangements of classics such as “I Never Lost My Praise” feat. the voices of Carr’s 2018 Millennial Search winners Tiya Askia and Travis Taylor, and “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

With a career spanning over thirty years, Kurt Carr continues to be one of the preeminent music legends influencing Gospel in the world, with distinguished classics like “In the Sanctuary,” “For Every Mountain,” “God Blocked It,” “I Almost Let Go” and more. The maestro has continued to mentor new voices, serve as Creative Director in music ministry at The Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, TX, as well as maintaining a busy slate of engagements across the U.S. and abroad.

KURT CARR: BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE is available now.

https://KurtCarr.lnk.to/KCBlessSomebodyElsePR

KURT CARR: BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE Track List:

Intro/My Promise

I’ll Make Sure You’re Lifted Up

Something Big, Something Marvelous

Bless Somebody Else (Dorothy’s Song) feat. Special Friends

Thanksgiving Prelude

With Thanksgiving

Blessing After Blessing

I Owe You Praise

Pastor Remus Wright introduction

Grace Brought Me Back/Love Lifted Me feat. Le’Andria Johnson

The Fall interlude

I Got Back Up feat. B. Slade

Say All Is Well

I Never Lost My Praise feat. Tiya Askia and Travis Taylor

Lift Every Voice and Sing

God Bless You Forever

To connect with Kurt Carr, visit:

Twitter @TheKurtCarr

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*A little odd that they say absolutely nothing about Make magazine or Maker Faires.

Nation of Makers -

Wow! What an amazing June we've had thus far. NOMCON was an event to remember. Attended by over 300 maker leaders from around the country,

I was personally awed by the breadth and depth of the conversations, and all of the feedback we've received thus far. We'll be sending our feedback survey directly to all attendees shortly, but if you have additional feedback you'd like to share, please do send your comments to our feedback team at: [email protected].

And the great news is that the month isn't done - the Week of Making is just getting started! Check out more information below about how YOU can get involved in the Week of Making, and where our team will be during this week long celebration of the maker movement (hint hint, it's in DC at the ALA Annual Conference and the Capitol Hill Maker Faire - we'd love for you to join us!).

As always, keep MAKING a difference in your communities, large and small,

National Week of Making What Will YOU Make?

We're thrilled to announce that the National Week of Making is happening THIS WEEK, from June 21-27, 2019. Here are some great ways that YOU can get involved: Community Build: The National Week of Making presents an opportunity to showcase what makers do best - making things to solve problems! The goal of the community build project is to encourage makers around the country to identify a problem in their community and build a solution.  In celebration of the National Week of Making, we challenge YOU to identify a need in your community, and work with your community of makers during the Week of Making to build a solution! Post your community’s problem and your maker solution online during the National Week of Making on social media with the hashtags #NationofMakers #WeekOfMaking #WhatIMade #MakersSolveProblems Events/Activities: Organize events or activities in your communities (e.g. open house, maker summit, maker town hall, maker meal, workshop, showcase, or fundraiser, etc.) during the Week of Making and then let everyone else know by creating an entry on the Week of Making site at http://www.weekofmaking.org/events/post/  Maker Profiles: Send us profiles of amazing Makers, Maker educators or community leaders, young and old, who are advocates for broadening access to the Maker Movement. We’ll feature a selection of these profiles on the Week of Making site. And don’t be shy about submitting a profile for yourself! Check out profiles and submit your own at: http://weekofmaking.org/maker-profiles/  Photos: Send us photos from your maker spaces, workshops, projects, and events that we can feature on NationofMakers.org. Make sure to include a brief description of the photo (i.e. location, event) and to provide photo credit. Send photos to: [email protected], with the Subject line: [Photos] Week of Making 2019

Join Nation of Makers at the American Library Association Annual Meeting! Nation of Makers loves libraries and library makerspaces! If you'll be at ALA, come visit us at Booth 3245 in the Exhibit Hall on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23 from 9-5 pm.

Then, on Sunday, check out the two panels our Executive Director, Dorothy Jones-Davis, is on:

Building a Nation of Makers: Rural Libraries and Makerspaces Sunday, June 23, 2019, 1 to 2 p.m. ET WCC RM 140 A

Small and rural libraries have unique constraints when it comes to planning a makerspace. Learn more about developing a sustainable curriculum and developing a maker community in rural and small libraries and hear how the Nation of Makers has been bringing maker organizations in rural America together to build equity of access through innovative partnerships and programs.

Introduction: Dorothy Jones-Davis, PhD, Executive Director | Nation of Makers Moderator: Dr. Marvin D. Carr, Sr. Advisor, STEM & Community Engagement | Institute of Museum and Library Services Panelists: • Hope Decker, Member Library Liaison | Pioneer Library System • Leah Hamilton, Executive Director | Phelps Library & STEAM Lab Makerspace • Jeff Stratter, Co-Founder, Design Thinking Space | Salmon Public Library • Allen Brooks, VP Education and Outreach | Building Momentum

Make, Prototype, Patent, Manufacture: The Full Cycle of Inventing in the Library Sunday, June 23, 2019, 4 to 5 p.m. ET WCC RM 140 A

Did you know that there are Patent and Trademark Resource Centers in libraries across the U.S.? Patenting an invention and trademarking a product name can be challenging. PTRC library staff are information experts trained on how to use the search tools to access patent and trademark information. Learn how these PTRC offices are collaborating with makerspaces and creating a pipeline between making and manufacturing.

Moderator: Dorothy Jones-Davis, PhD, Executive Director | Nation of Makers Panelists: • Joyce Ward, Director, Office of Education and Outreach | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office • NaThanya Ferguson, Supervisory Innovation Development Program Specialist, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office • Amelia Cohoes, Fellowship Librarian

Celebrating the Maker Movement at the *Capitol Hill Maker Faire!

Held on Monday, June 24, 2019, the Capitol Hill Maker Faire will celebrate the American Maker movement as a part of the National Week of Making (June 21-27, 2019).

Hosted by Nation of Makers, in collaboration with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Congressional Maker Caucus, and with generous sponsorship of Chevron and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the day will explore the maker movement, and provide hands on demonstrations of the breadth of making across the United States. Driven by engineers, hobbyists, tinkerers, crafters, artists, entrepreneurs and innovators, the U.S. maker movement is changing the face of education, is breathing new life and innovation into American manufacturing, and is strengthening American communities and their economy. It will be a fun and interactive event for members of Congress, staff, and the public.

Preceding the Faire, there will a series of panel discussions with leaders of the Maker movement discussing its impacts across a variety of sectors and American communities. The Faire, as in past years (2015-2016, 2018), will be held in the Rayburn Congressional Office Building in Washington, DC from 5-8 pm.

For more information about the panels and the Faire, go to the National Week of Making page about the event. To register, please see links below.

Feel free to share online using the hashtag #CapMakerFaire

And a huge thank you to the generous sponsors of this event:

*Capitol Hill Maker Faire is independently organized and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc.

Welcoming New Innovators and Connectors in Round 2 of the American-Made Solar Prize!

The American-Made Solar Prize is welcoming a new group of competitors in the recently announced second round of the $3 million American-Made Solar Prize. It will run simultaneously with the first round, which began last year and is at the midway point. Competitors will have access to a diverse and powerful support network that leverages the expertise of national laboratories, energy incubators, and other resources across the United States. Like the first round, Solar Prize Round 2 is a series of three progressive competitions that will incentivize the nation’s innovators and entrepreneurs to rapidly discover, research, iterate, and deliver new solutions to market. Submissions are due July 16, 2019. If you're a makerspace or maker organization that is interested in a) hosting an information session about Round 2 or b) being a facility or service provider for either Round 1 or Round 2, please email [email protected] and let us know!

We want your feedback!

Did you attend NOMCON 2019? Loved it? Hated it? No matter what your experience was, we want to know what you thought. Let us know by: 1 Filling out our post-event survey 2 Sending us an email at: [email protected] 3 Attending our all-community feedback calls (see info below) on either July 10th or July 15th at 8pm ET/5pm PT

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The Chevron STEM Education Award Are you an educator excited about STEM and Digital Fabrication? Have you created lessons and activities that you want to share with others to promote STEM and Digital Fabrication while making a difference?  Chevron has partnered with the Fab Foundation since 2016 to celebrate educators using STEM and digital fabrication for student learning. Awarding over $30,000 to date to educators who are creating lessons and activities for their students and sharing them with the Fab Foundation network worldwide. Award prizes range from $1,000 to $5,000 and will be announced at the annual Fab X Conference, Fab 15 in Egypt. The application deadline is Friday, June 28th at noon ET. Apply for the Chevron STEM Education Award Now!

The 2019 Etsy Maker Cities Grant Program Powered by the Etsy Impact Fund and the Mastercard Impact Fund with support from Recast City, five nonprofit organizations will be selected to invest in a year-long economic development project of their choosing. We are seeking proposals that use data to drive innovative new programming that supports creative entrepreneurs in their areas and address the barriers they face related to accessibility, building community, small batch manufacturing, resource sharing and collaboration. The program will support nonprofit small business development practitioners to not only build the capacity of small and microbusinesses but also partner with their cities and other key stakeholders to grow, connect, and help empower their local maker economy as an engine of local economic development. Grantees will receive grants up to $40,000 in direct program support in addition to the following: • A robust, custom built training program and ongoing cohort support from Recast City, a technical assistance firm focused on business development for the maker economy to create thriving communities • Access to an online facilitated community where grantees can connect and share progress • Access to a city-specific economic impact dashboard powered by mySidewalk Proposals are due July 3, 2019! Apply for an Etsy Maker City Grant Now!

The Makerspace Training, Collaboration, and Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot Competition

A $1 million competition to help Makerspaces train the workforce of tomorrow

The SBA believes that existing makerspaces are uniquely positioned to help increase workforce development in U.S. cities. The MaTCH Pilot Competition seeks to address the job skills and placement gap faced by U.S. businesses by providing funding to create or expand programs within existing makerspaces that offer job-specific and soft skills training.

The SBA challenges individual organizations or teams to use existing makerspaces to create or expand skills training programs, including industry or trade certification when feasible, with a goal to immediately place all program graduates in positions with previously-identified employers that are in need of skilled labor. The SBA will award up to $1 million in total prizes to fund winning program proposals. The Competition will award up to $1 million in total prizes, based on the following tiered approach: • Seed: up to $25,000 will be awarded to seed small workforce development programs. • Proof of Principle: up to $100,000 will be awarded to grow programs with a proven history of training and/or workforce development. • Scale: up to $200,000 will be awarded for capacity building of successful existing programs with a strong history of training and/or workforce development. This winner would also have graduated participants in at least two training cycles.

Each award will be disbursed in a series of four payments, per completion of key milestones. Review the MaTCH competition rules and the FAQs for more detail on how the prizes are disbursed. Submission Period: May 21, 2019 to July 8, 2019 Entry Review and Judging Period: July 9, 2019 - August 5, 2019 Winners Announced: August 6, 2019 Apply for SBA MaTCH!

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foresthillsirisgardens-blog · 6 years

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Iris Hybridizers C

The following is an alphabetical list of hybridizers: When fully developed it will contain links to pages that provide; a brief biography, lists of introductions, and awards.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Cadd, Anna & David

Cahoon, William

Caillet, Laura

Cairy, L. N. & F. W.

Caldwell, Charles

Caldwell, Rita

Caldwell, Wentworth

Callis, Ella

Calvert, Allen

Calvert, Merton

Cammer Iris Garden

Campbell, Andrew

Campbell, Betty

Campbell, Colin

Campbell, Farron

Campbell, Mrs. R. L.

Campbell, Oren

Campbell, Janet

Cancade, Sébastien

Canning, Robert & Janet

Cannon, P and D.

Cantwell, Dorothy

Cao, Ying

Caparne, William J.

Capetillo, Samuel

Carlson, Gerhard & Beryl

Carlson, Grace

Carlston, Mrs. Ralph

Carney J.

Carney, Robert

Carpenter, Archer

Carpenter, Carl

Carpenter, Ellis

Carpenter, Mel

Carper, Charles

Carr, Franklin

Carrière, Élie-Abel

Carrington,Thelma

Carroll, Craig

Carruth, Charles

Carson, Brita

Carson, Dudley

Carstensen, Katie

Carter, John and Galen

Carter, Mrs. William

Carter, Ryan

Carter, W. C.

Cashin, Susan

Cassebeer, Fred

Casselman, Arthur

Cattanach, Volma

Catton, Hilmary

Cavagnaro, Mrs. Emanuel

Cave, N. Leslie

Cayeux, Ferdinand

Cayeux, Henri

Cayeux, Jean

Cayeux, René

Cayeux, Richard

Chacon, Caroline

Chadburn, H.

Chadwick, Keith

Chadwick, L. T.

Chamberlain. Sir Austin

Chamberlain, R. K.

Chambers, Kathryn

Champ

Chancellor, Stephanie

Chanter, June

Chapelle, Alain

Chapman, Chuck

Chapman, Herbert

Chapman, Mrs. L.

Chappell, Lyn

Chase, H. F.

Chaudhary, Kirkwood, Weymouth

Cheal, Joseph

Chen, Yuchu

Chenoweth, Valera

Cherniss, Stanley

Chernoguz, Alla

Chien, Sung-Shu

Childs, David

Childs, Frank

Childs, John

Chivers, T. H.

Chowning, Frank

Chreitzberg, H. F.

Christensen, Edward

Christensen, Ethel

Christiansen, K.

Christie, Dorothy

Christie-Miller, C. W.

Christlieb, Leda

Christopherson, Vincent

Christy, W. Miller

Chugai Nursery

Cikovac, Pavle

Claar, Elmer

Clark, Barry

Clark, Bruce

Clark, Florence

Clark, G & A Ltd.

Clark, Leo

Clark, Mrs. Hattie

Clark, Theda

Clarke, Stanley

Claussen, C. T.

Clayville, Merle (Margaret)

Cleaves, Edith

Cleveland, Frances

Clevenger, Louis

Clifton, Mrs. A. B.

Cline, Everett

Clinefelter, Robert

Closs, Mrs. P. H.

Clouette, Burr

Clough, William Harry

Clouser, W. Ross

Clutton, Mrs. Fred

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londontheatre · 8 years

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While 2016 provided London with some fabulous new productions, 2017 looks to continue with another exciting year for West End theatre. Many theatregoers will be looking forward to the Broadway exports – An American in Paris and 42nd Street.

Here are a few productions that will be opening in London during 2017. There will, of course, be many more exciting productions, established and new, to get along to see in London’s West End and Off-West End venues.

The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre – opens 26th January 2017 This new musical comedy has brought together the writing talents of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth who grew up in the same village in the North of England and have been friends for 25 years. The Girls originally opened at The Grand Theatre in Leeds and The Lowry Theatre, Salford where it received standing ovations at every performance. Time is the longest distance between two places. Following a multi Tony Award-nominated run on Broadway, Oliver and Tony Award-winning director John Tiffany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two, Let the Right One In, Black Watch) revives his visionary staging of Tennessee Williams’ heart-rending masterpiece about a family struggling to survive on hopes and dreams.

A domineering mother. A daughter lost in a world of her own. A son desperate to leave. Former Southern Belle Amanda Wingfield, played by Tony Award-winning Broadway icon Cherry Jones, enlists the help of son Tom (Michael Esper) to find a husband for her fragile daughter Laura (Kate O’Flynn). But will the long-awaited ‘gentleman caller’ (Brian J. Smith) fulfil or shatter the family’s delicate dreams?

Sex With Strangers at the Hampstead Theatre opens with 27 Jan 2017 ‘Look, I’m giving you another chance to show the world how talented you are. Take it. It’s worth the risk’

Olivia, an attractive and talented but underappreciated mid-career writer, is unexpectedly trapped overnight in a secluded, snowed-in B&B with Ethan, an equally attractive and wildly successful young blogger.

Her latest novel is an unsung masterpiece; his blog is being made into a movie. She prefers books; he prefers eBooks. She is anonymous; he has half a million Twitter followers. But opposites soon attract passionately as each realise they want more of what the other has. But the closer they get, the more they must confront the murky side of ambition, success and Wi-Fi…

Laura Eason’s smart comedy is a multifaceted love story packed with hidden ambitions, soaring desires and secret agendas.

Peter DuBois reunites with Emilia Fox following sell-out hit Rapture, Blister, Burn in 2014. His other directing credits include All New People (West End) and Becky Shaw (Almeida).

The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre – opens 28th January 2017 The Girls is the true story of the Yorkshire Calendar Girls – a group of ordinary ladies who achieved something extraordinary.

This new musical comedy has brought together the writing talents of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth who grew up in the same village in the North of England and have been friends for 25 years. The Girls originally opened at The Grand Theatre in Leeds and The Lowry Theatre, Salford where it received standing ovations at every performance.

The ‘Girls’ will be played by Debbie Chazen as Ruth, Sophie-Louse Dann as Celia, Michele Dotrice as Jessie, Claire Machin as Cora, Claire Moore as Chris and Joanna Riding as Annie.

Travesties at the Apollo Theatre – opens 3rd February 2017 The Menier Chocolate Factory’s current revival of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties will transfer to the West End’s Apollo Theatre, beginning performances on 3 February 2017. The revival stars Tom Hollander as Henry Carr alongside Amy Morgan as Gwendolen, Freddie Fox as Tristan Tzara, Clare Foster and Forbes Masson.

Tom Stoppard’s dazzling comedy of art, love and revolution features James Joyce, Tristan Tzara and Lenin as remembered – and misremembered – by Henry Carr, a minor British diplomat in Zurich 1917. When Gwendolen and Cecily wander in from The Importance of Being Earnest Henry’s mind wanders too. He knows he was Algernon in a production in Zurich. But who was the other one? The original production of Travesties won the Evening Standard award for Best Comedy and the Tony award for Best Play. This first London revival in over 20 years will be directed by Patrick Marber and will star Tom Hollander.

The Miser at the Garrick Theatre – opens 1st March 2017 Actor, writer, presenter, comedian and two-time Olivier award-winner Griff Rhys Jones returns to the West End alongside BAFTA and British Comedy Award-winning comedian Lee Mack, who is making his West End debut in this hilarious new adaptation by Sean Foley and Phil Porter of Moliere’s classic comedy, The Miser opening at the Garrick Theatre from 1 March 2017.

Griff Rhys Jones has most recently been seen on stage as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver, and previously in Feydeau’s An Absolute Turkey.

Lee Mack is best known for his television and stand-up work. He is team captain on popular BBC panel show Would I Lie To You and a regular host on Have I Got News For You, Nevermind the Buzzcocks and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre – opens 1st March 2017 Amanda Holden heads a phenomenal cast in this wonderfully funny and heart-warming comedy which charts the lives of seven women and one man attempting to tap their troubles away at a weekly dancing class. Initially all thumbs and left feet, the group is just getting to grip with the basics when they are asked to take part in a charity gala…

Over the course of several months we meet the group, and all of them have a story to tell, There’s haughty Vera, mouthy Maxine and uptight Andy; bubbly Sylvia and shy Dorothy; eager Lynne and cheerful Rose and, of course, Geoffrey. At the piano is the dour Mrs Fraser and spurring them all on, the ever-patient Mavis.

Directed by triple Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman, the stellar cast also includes Angela Griffin, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite and Nicola Stephenson.

An American in Paris at the Dominion Theatre – opens 4th March 2017 Acclaimed as “a perfect integration of dance, romance and classic Gershwin” (The New York Times), An American In Paris is the award-winning, thrillingly staged and astonishingly danced Broadway musical featuring some of the greatest music and lyrics ever written.

Jerry Mulligan is an American GI striving to make it as a painter in a city suddenly bursting with hope and possibility. Following a chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer named Lise, the streets of Paris become the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love in the aftermath of war.

Performed by a company of over 50 actors, dancers and musicians, and directed and choreographed by Olivier and Tony® Award-winner Christopher Wheeldon, this stunning re-imagining of the Oscar® winning film played a sold out, world premiere engagement at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris before transferring triumphantly to Broadway, where it became the most awarded musical of the year.

This “breathtakingly beautiful staging of the MGM musical” (The Independent), features many of George and Ira Gershwin’s most popular and timeless songs, including I Got Rhythm, ’S Wonderful and They Can’t Take That Away From Me, together with George Gershwin’s sublime compositions Concerto in F and An American in Paris.

42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane – opens 20th March 2017 Broadway’s biggest show on the West End’s biggest stage 42nd STREET is the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway. Young Peggy Sawyer is fresh off the bus from small-town America and just another face in the chorus line on Broadway’s newest show. But when the leading lady gets injured, Peggy might just have the shot at stardom she’s always dreamed of…

Broadway’s Biggest Show featuring the iconic songs 42nd Street, We’re In The Money, Lullaby of Broadway, Shuffle Off To Buffalo, Dames, I Only Have Eyes For You. 42nd STREET arrives on the West End’s biggest stage, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Spring 2017.

Grammy Award winner Sheena Easton joins an all singing, high-kicking cast as Dorothy Brock with Tom Lister as Julian Marsh and Clare Halse as Peggy Sawyer.

BU21 (Trafalgar Studios, 4th January – 18th February 2017) Following its award nominated, sell-out run at Theatre503, Stuart Slade’s BU21 follows six Londoners in the aftermath of a fictitious terrorist attack, based on real testimonies gathered from a variety of terrorist incidents including the 7/7 bombings, 9/11, the Paris attacks and the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack.

Compagnie XY’s It’s Not Yet Midnight… (Roundhouse, 10th – 23rd April 2017) French Compagnie XY, one of the leading contemporary circus companies in the world, will return to London for the UK premiere of their spectacular new show. With 20 acrobats onstage, this poetic and jaw-dropping spectacle embraces the fleeting, exhilarating moment of euphoria, the state of weightlessness and then the inevitable fall that is part of the daily life of an acrobat.

Dirty Great Love Story (Arts Theatre, 18th January – 18th March 2017) Fringe First Award-winning Dirty Great Love Story will make its anticipated West End debut at the Arts Theatre. This brilliant new production, written by Richard March and Katie Bonna, combines drama and poetry, rhythm and rhyme in this laugh-a-minute exploration of modern romance.

La Ronde (The Bunker, 11th February – 11th March 2017) Collaborative Artists will open Season Two at The Bunker with a bold reimagining of Arthur Schnitzler’s infamous classic La Ronde in a new adaption by Max Gill. La Ronde features a stellar cast, including Lauren Samuels, Alex Vlahos, Leemore Marret Jr and Amanda Wilkin, as it embraces life’s game of chance as fate decides the cast’s roles every night and throughout the play. With over three thousand different versions of the show, what will your story be?

What are YOU looking forward to seeing in 2017?

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