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I have so many memories I want to hold on to, so many more to make.

Renée Watson, from Ways to Grow Love

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Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat

Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat

Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat, is edited by Cassandra Newbould, with a intro by Aubrey Gordon (from Maintenance Phase!), with short body-positive stories by Nafiza Azad, Chris Baron, Sheena Boekweg, Linda Camacho, Kelly deVos, Alex Gino, Claire Kann, amanda lovelace, Hillary Monahan, Cassandra Newbould, Francina Simone, Rebecca Sky, Monique Gray Smith, Renée…

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– Renée Watson, Love Is a Revolution

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NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature 2023 finalists announced.

NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature 2023 finalists announced.

Renée Watson, Carole Boston Weatherford, and Rita Williams-Garcia are finalists of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature 2023. The announcement was made on Monday, June 27, 2022. The NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature and Young Adult Literature is an international literary award given every odd-number year by World Literature Today founded in 2003. It is an…

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Renée Simonsen by Albert Watson 1983

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1982 CAESARS PALACE GRAND PRIX

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Miss Potter (2006) dir. Chris Noonan

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30 ottobre … ricordiamo …

30 ottobre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2021: Bert Newton, Albert Watson Newton, conduttore televisivo e attore australiano. Newton era noto per le sue collaborazioni con il presentatore Graham Kennedy e successivamente con il conduttore Don Lane nei rispettivi spettacoli di varietà e per le apparizioni con moglie, la cantante Patti Newton. Newton ha iniziato la sua carriera nelle trasmissioni radiofoniche, principalmente come…

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DONNA MURPHY IN FOLLIES, I REPEAT DONNA MURPHY IN FOLLIES

On June 20th, 2024, Transport Group will stage a one-night-only concert at Carnegie Hall. The cast will feature our beloved Divas in unannounced roles, including Donna Murphy, Katie Finneran, Karen Ziemba, and Carolee Carmello.

Full cast: Julie Benko, Mikaela Bennett, Michael Berresse, Alexandra Billings, Klea Blackhurst, Harolyn Blackwell, Stephen Bogardus, Norbert Leo Butz, Len Cariou, Carolee Carmello, Jim Caruso, Nikki Renée Daniels, Christine Ebersole, Katie Finneran, Santino Fontana, Alexander Gemignani, Miguel Gil, Olivia Elease Hardy, Erika Henningsen, Grey Henson, Fernell Hogan, Jennifer Holliday, Rachel Bay Jones, Isabel Keating, Adriane Lenox, Norm Lewis, Ryan McCartan, Donna Murphy, Thom Sesma, Barbara Walsh, Nina White, Jacob Keith Watson, and Karen Ziemba.

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I breathe it in, sing Grandma's song.

Renée Watson, from "Half a Moon"

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NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024)

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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!

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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:

This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill

Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley

The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson & Ekua Holmes

Call Me Iggy by Jorge Aguirre, Rafael Rosado, & John Novak

Bunt by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert

Freshman Year by Sarah Mai

The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala

This is How You Fall in Love by Anika Hussain

A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai

NEW SEQUELS:

The Eternal Ones (Deathless #3) by Namina Forna

With A Little Luck (Fortuna Beach) by Marissa Meyer

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Happy reading!

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YA in Verse

April is National Poetry Month and I thought I'd highlight some amazing books. Novels in verse and YA poetry collections are becoming more popular as teens respond to the genre. I thought I'd share a few that I've read and loved. 

Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This act of violence threatens the brothers' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel, Max and Jay grapple with the weight of their actions, their shifting relationship as brothers, and the realization that they may be more like their father than they thought. They'll have to reach back to their Bribri roots to find their way forward.

Black Girl You Are Atlas Renée Watson, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power. Black Girl You Are Atlas encourages young readers to embrace their future with a strong sense of sisterhood and celebration. With full-color art by celebrated fine artist Ekua Holmes throughout, this collection offers guidance and is a gift for anyone who reads it.

An Appetite for Miracles by Laekan Zea Kemp

Danna Mendoza Villarreal’s grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade, and Danna’s not sure her plan to help him remember through the foods he once reviewed will be enough to bring him back. Especially when her own love of food makes her complicated relationship with her mother even more difficult. Raúl Santos has been lost ever since his mother was wrongly incarcerated two years ago. Playing guitar for the elderly has been his only escape, to help them remember and him forget. But when his mom unexpectedly comes back into his life, what is he supposed to do when she isn’t the same person who left? When Danna and Raúl meet, sparks fly immediately and they embark on a mission to heal her grandfather ... and themselves. Because healing is something best done together—even if it doesn’t always look the way we want it to.

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The Top 40 Most Popular Operas, Part 3 (#21 through #30)

A quick guide for newcomers to the genre, with links to online video recordings of complete performances, with English subtitles whenever possible.

Verdi's Il Trovatore

The second of Verdi's three great "middle period" tragedies (the other two being Rigoletto and La Traviata): a grand melodrama filled with famous melodies.

Studio film, 1957 (Mario del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Ettore Bastianini, Fedora Barbieri; conducted by Fernando Previtali) (no subtitles; read the libretto in English translation here)

Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

The most famous tragic opera in the bel canto style, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor, and featuring opera's most famous "mad scene."

Studio film, 1971 (Anna Moffo, Lajos Kozma, Giulio Fioravanti, Paolo Washington; conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario)

Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

The most famous example of verismo opera: brutal Italian realism from the turn of the 20th century. Jealousy, adultery, and violence among a troupe of traveling clowns.

Feature film, 1983 (Plácido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons, Alberto Rinaldi; conducted by Georges Prêtre)

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI

Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)

Mozart's comic Singspiel (German opera with spoken dialogue) set amid a Turkish harem. What it lacks in political correctness it makes up for in outstanding music.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1988 (Deon van der Walt, Inga Nielsen, Lillian Watson, Lars Magnusson, Kurt Moll, Oliver Tobias; conducted by Georg Solti) (click CC for subtitles)

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera

A Verdi tragedy of forbidden love and political intrigue, inspired by the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden.

Leipzig Opera House, 2006 (Massimiliano Pisapia, Chiara Taigi, Franco Vassallo, Annamaria Chiuri, Eun Yee You; conducted by Riccardo Chailly) (click CC for subtitles)

Part I, Part II

Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

A half-comic, half-tragic fantasy opera based on the writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann, in which the author becomes the protagonist of his own stories of ill-fated love.

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 2018 (Juan Diego Flórez, Olga Peretyatko, Nicolas Courjal, Sophie Marilley; conducted by Jacques Lacombe) (click CC and choose English in "Auto-translate" under "Settings" for subtitles)

Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

An early and particularly accessible work of Wagner, based on the legend of a phantom ship doomed to sail the seas until its captain finds a faithful bride.

Savolinna Opera, 1989 (Franz Grundheber, Hildegard Behrens, Ramiro Sirkiä, Matti Salminen; conducted by Leif Segerstam) (click CC for subtitles)

Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana

A one-act drama of adultery and scorned love among Sicilian peasants, second only to Pagliacci (with which it's often paired in a double bill) as the most famous verismo opera.

St. Petersburg Opera, 2012 (Fyodor Ataskevich, Iréne Theorin, Nikolay Kopylov, Ekaterina Egorova, Nina Romanova; conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov)

Verdi's Falstaff

Verdi's final opera, a "mighty burst of laughter" based on Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Studio film, 1979 (Gabriel Bacquier, Karan Armstrong, Richard Stilwell, Marta Szirmay, Jutta Renate Ihloff, Max René Cosotti; conducted by Georg Solti) (click CC for subtitles)

Verdi's Otello (Othello)

Verdi's second-to-last great Shakespearean opera, based on the tragedy of the Moor of Venice.

Teatro alla Scala, 2001 (Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Barbara Frittoli; conducted by Riccardo Muti)

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Number of Six Emergency Covers as of 10/18/23

1 Emergency Cover : Courtney Bowman (1B), Keri René Fuller (1S), Zara MacIntosh (1H), Collette Guitart (1A)*

2 Emergency Covers : Athena Collins (2P), Chlöe Hart (2A), Grace Melville (2C), Kelly Denice Taylor (2S), Maiya Quansah-Breed (2P), Marilyn Caserta (2A), Toby Marlow (2P), Vicki Manser (2H)

3 Emergency Covers : Hana Stewart (2S, 1P), Izi Maxwell (3B), Keirsten Nicole Hodgens (3C), Renée Lamb (3A)

4 Emergency Covers : Casey Al-Shaqsy (4S), Cassie Silva (3B, H1), Elèna Gyasi (4P), Genesis Lynea (4C), Kelsee Kimmel (1S, 3P)

7 Emergency Covers : Leesa Tulley (1B, 2S, 4H)

8 Emergency Covers : Jennifer Caldwell (3B, 5C)

12 Emergency Covers : Natalie Pilkington (8A, 1S, 3P)

13 Emergency Covers : Collette Guitart (4A, 6B, 3S)*

16 Emergency Covers : Harriet Caplan-Dean (2A, 14P)

17 Emergency Covers : Shekinah McFarlane (6A, 11C)*

20 Emergency Covers : Harriet Watson (8B, 6S, 5C, 1P)

Total: 18 or 28 Aragon shows, 19 or 25 Boleyn shows, 19 or 22 Seymour shows, 19 or 30 Cleves shows, 8 Howard shows, 32 Parr shows

*Collette and Shekinah joined the first West End production early. It's not confirmed if the shows they played before getting their alt costumes were emergency covers or not.

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Your Love and Light - Hook selfship web weave for @cylas-selfships! Hope you like ^^

Renée Vivien - “The Ransom.” // Still from Peter Pan (2003) // Greg Watson - “Now.” // Amrita Pritam - Pinjar: The Skeleton & Other Stories // William Bradford - Fresh Breeze of Sandy Hook // Euripides - Hercules // Rainer Maria Rilke - Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge // Pompeo Batoni // Johann Georg Himz - Still Life with Nautilus Cup // Jyc Row - Together, Against The Sisters // Willem Gabron - Still Life with Turkish Carpet and Parrot