July 8
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. ~ Thornton Wilder
Independence Day, like many major holidays these days, is more than just a single day (Christmas is an entire season). So, this a recollection of days before and days after the 4th of July . . . ~ Me
The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation. ~ Stella Adler
June 22
“1972. A then-lawyer at the ACLU named Ruth Bader Ginsburg set out to convince an all-male Supreme Court to take sex discrimination seriously with an unconventional strategy. She didn’t just bring cases where women were the victims of discrimination; she also brought cases where men were the victims. In this episode, we look at how a key battle for gender equality was won with frat boys and beer.*
This world premiere one act play is adapted with permission from NPR and Radiolab from one of their most popular podcast episodes. Minnetonka Theatre is excited to bring this remarkable true story back to life on the TLHD stage. Two performances only.”
[The kids from Minnetonka did it again. They performed their tied for first place in the state one-act play contest “Honk & Holler” at Theatre L’Homme Dieu on Thursday night. Incidentally, Alexandria tied them for first place . . . ]
Carolyn becomes the reluctant plaintiff in a historic Supreme Court case argued by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a young lawyer at the ACLU, who convinces an all-male Supreme Court to take discrimination against women seriously by bringing a case against the young men who frequent Carolyn’s establishment. It’s a remarkable story of two very different women and how, together, they change the world. This one act play, performed by Minnetonka Theatre, is just 40 min, no intermission.
Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire. ~ Abbie Hoffman
[A fan enjoying the pre-performance amenities . . . ]
When I saw ‘Hercules,’ my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of – milk crates. I’m still lifting things. It changed my life. ~ Sylvester Stallone
[“Thank you, Becky!”]
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost – it’s there and then it’s gone. ~ Maggie Smith
[The TLHD’s executive director, Nicole Mulder, and Minnetonka Theatre’s artistic director, Trent Boyum, discuss what is about to be presented . . . ]
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. ~ Alfred Hitchcock
The last time I heard real screaming in the theatre was when I went to see a movie I did years ago, called ‘Wait Until Dark.’ Now, my mother was the least emotional person on the planet, but when I got killed in the movie, she stood up and screamed, ‘That’s my son!’ At Radio City Music Hall in New York! ~ Alan Arkin
I always liked the visuals to be choice and at the same time minimalist. And, I love black boxes. After all, that’s what theatre is, it’s an empty space, and it’s both limited and unlimited because the space is the space, but what you can do with people’s imaginations is really endless. ~ Harold Prince
In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice. ~ Edward Bond
June 24
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. ~ Gustav Mahler
[This was the last performance of the 1922-23 season for the Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra. And we were treated to a sky show on the way home . . . ]
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[Arriving for the Chamber Concert at Mount Carmel on Lake Carlos in Alexandria . . . ]
Rows and flows of angel hair . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
[The cloud show on the drive home . . . ]
And ice cream castles in the air . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
And feather canyons everywhere . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
Looked at clouds that way . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
But now they only block the sun . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
They rain and they snow on everyone . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
So many things I would have done . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
But clouds got in my way . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now . . . ~ Joni Mitchell
June 27
One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen. ~ Paul McCartney
[The entry sign tells all . . . ]
Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. ~ Jimi Hendrix
[The aforementioned (by sign) Anthony Miltich . . . ]
You couldn’t not like someone who liked the guitar. ~ Stephen King
[The venue . . . ]
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Since I can’t read music and everything, I find out that I do the best when I just listen to where I’m trying to go with it, and where it can go, and not try to rush it. ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else. ~ Brian May
[Abnormally well-behaved audience . . . ]
Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn’t get bored anywhere. ~ Keith Richards
[The usual when Anthony sings “Piano Man,” we all rush forward to “put bread in his jar” . . . ]
I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s pretty honorable position to be in. ~ Eric Clapton
Don’t use your brain to play it, let your feelings guide your fingers. ~ Jimi Hendrix
Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time. ~ Eric Clapton
Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix. ~ John Mayer
Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die. ~ Eddie Van Halen
My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. ~ Joan Jett
To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don’t know why you like ’em but you do. ~ Waylon Jennings
Besides being a guitar player, I’m a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument. ~ Steve Vai
Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I’m just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life. ~ Slash
[Full bar, pizza oven, and food, at Gathered Oaks . . . ]
The guitar is a wonderful instrument which is understood by few. ~ Franz Schubert
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind. ~ Brian May
[A last look back as we flee the premises for the play at Theatre L’Homme Dieu . . . ]
A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time. ~ Eddie Van Halen
The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror. ~ Tim Curry
Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere. ~ Bill Veeck
June 28
As far as I’m concerned, there won’t be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead. ~ George Harrison
[The Boys of ’65 wandered down to Glenwood yesterday for a nosh at Rolling Forks Vineyards on the south side of Lake Minnewaska. Bradley unfortunately is still on an extended medical sabbatical – but we’re cheering for him. Mayo opted for a fleet of sweet wines while I had Marquette Reserve as beverages for our pizzas. After a month of sunny rain free days, the much needed rain finally arrived and its aftermath made for a somewhat hazy cloudy day with limited visibility of the scenic lake lying below us. Despite that, Mayo’s first impression was that of a lovely place to enjoy such an outing. We enjoyed our usual three hours together and hope to get together as a threesome again next month . . . ]
It would be fun to do a reunion show. I hope we do it some day, but it better be soon. We’re all getting on. ~ William Christopher
[Mayo with his wine fleet and pizza . . . ]
The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you’d never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools. ~ Anna Quindlen
[A longtime favorite writer quoted above and my longtime favorite pizza below . . . ]
Without a reunion, the Eagles are forever young, like James Dean. ~ Glenn Frey
[Lake Minnewaska at the bottom of the hill . . . ]
If the Police could do a reunion… One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It’s not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It’s just rock and roll. ~ Steven Adler
[Lake Minnewaska, closer-upper . . . ]
Maybe one day I can have a reunion with myself. ~ Sebastian Bach
[Looking toward the western end of Lake Minnewaska . . . ]
I’ve never been to a school reunion. Mainly because I’m still in touch with my two friends and after them, I only really liked the teachers. I’m pretty sure no one invites teachers to school reunions. ~ Sarah Millican
[Looking northwest over the lake . . . ]
Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation. ~ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
[Looking north across the lake . . . ]
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you’re related to them. It doesn’t mean that you’re going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA. ~ Henry Louis Gates
There are no ‘Leave It to Beaver’ families. Everybody’s family’s got that one nut that comes to the family reunion and you’re like, OK, that guy’s here. ~ Eddie Griffin
[The building with the restaurant and wine making apparatus . . . ]
There’s some horrible connotations in the word ‘reunion.’ ~ Carrie Brownstein
Let’s put it this way: there wouldn’t be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn’t be anybody there. We’d struggle to raise a quorum. ~ Clint Eastwood
Musical theatre history is littered with bad reviews for now classic pieces. ~ Andrew Lloyd Webber
[When your entire life revolves around eating (Wednesday night fine dining at the golf club) . . . ]
If the radical right had its way we’d all be church-going polyester heterosexuals driving around in white Cadillacs eating meatloaf and wax beans while mammoth bulldozers leveled all our forests and even hummingbirds were extinct. ~ Charley, The Voice of the Butterfly – Author: John Nichols
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I’ll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy. ~ Quentin Tarantino
Up Next: Part 2 . . .
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