The docents at the art museum have a book club in the summers when touring activity is light. Today we discussed this book which was in progress when the author died. Since her hope had been to see it finished and published a close friend pulled it together and made sure that happened. (When I
Author: Teri Rife
I listened to this twelve-CD novel in my car. I’ve just noticed on the cover that Mark Helprin is the “#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Winter’s Tale.” How weird is that, me having just finished Jeanette Winterson’s retelling of Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale? I probably put this one on my list based on
In a previous season of our reading together, I have written about the work of Jeanette Winterson. I was attracted to this book not only because she wrote it, but also because it is Shakespeare’s play, “A Winter’s Tale,” re-imagined as a 267 page novel. I first saw the play sometime during the past decade
I made these in an art workshop at the Nasher Sculpture Center, held in connection with their exhibition of Sheila Hicks textile works. It was suggested we bring with us a piece of fabric that has meaning for us, one that we wouldn’t mind altering during the art-making process. We made memory bundles, dancing with
I saw the National Theatre Live productions of Millennium Approaches and Perestroika in a local cinema (last year, I think). I had seen them done by Dallas theater groups in years past, but the NTL was something else again. The cast, the sets! What does this have to do with Summer Reading? The National Theatre
Just to close the loop, I did finish listening to the twenty-nine CD’s which comprise Volumes I and II. Many delights. Much character development on the part of Sancho Panza. One thing that was consistent throughout was the humor, Sancho Panza’s ass, Dapple, not at all minding having his species used as the butt of
I have been spending much of my time lately immersed in the Cliburn Jr. International Piano Competition and Festival, which is being held in Dallas from May 31 through June 8. Twenty-four pianists aged 13 to 17 played in a preliminary round on Friday and Saturday. Twelve moved on to the quarterfinal round on Sunday
My adventures with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza continue. I am up to CD #16 of 29, having finished Volume I and moved into Volume II. I wondered how Cervantes could have possibly written a series of exploits of a deluded Knight Errant and his simple sidekick that would hold a reader’s attention. How different
I’m listening to Miguel de Cervantes’s book, translated by Tobias Smollett, which is recorded on 29 CD’s. Whew. I’m in trouble if any other cardholder in the Dallas Public Library system requests it, because that will mean no more renewals for me. I’m on #8, and so far it is a romp! This is a
I did not even keep track this winter–so unlike me, appreciator of numbers. My inner calculator, though, tells me that I surely fell far short of the mark. But, hey, I enjoyed myself, and I enjoyed our communal reading. Happy reading. I hope to see you in Open Arts and in the summer. Doesn’t summer
Seasonal Reading 