“It’s good to be king”:
Hubris got the best of him.
Humpty Dumpty man.
Max Q
A change in the air
A long accustomed stench fades
Hate dissipating
Rich
Autumn waterfall
Soon to be frozen into
Immobility
Bill
Prepare the menu
It’s time to define the crimes
Justice will be served
Rikosan
Sleepers have risen
And see what he really is
Now, they’re truly woke
Maeve
Bill's photo -
Yesterday on Out and About, I talked with NYC playwright Joshua H. Cohen and Spokane Playwright Laboratory’s (SPL) co-founder and artistic director Scott Doughty. I was surprised that my pal - actor Sydney Anderson also showed up. Yay! We all talked about the SPL workshop production of Furies which opens tomorrow and runs through the weekend at Stage Left Theater. You can get tickets here.
I have enjoyed going to these workshops. As an audience member, you are there to help a playwright with their play by watching it and providing feedback. It is a lot of fun and I find that I really enter into the play much more deeply when I have this tasking.
So how did a very successful and prolific playwright from the Big Apple come to Spokane to work on his play? How is SPL doing at its five-year anniversary? What is the Furies story about? And what about Sydney’s character - Meg Hartstein? So many questions! This was a very fun conversation for me. I hope it is for you too.
If you missed the show, you can find it in the KYRS archives here.
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.
Thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University. Thanks for listening! Maeve
Today on Out and About, I am joined by playwright Joshua H. Cohen and Spokane Playwright Laboratory’s (SPL) co-founder and artistic director Scott Doughty.
Joshua is a prolific playwright and composer. His critically-acclaimed plays have been seen all over the world. He is in from New York City to workshop his new play Furies with SPL. If you have never been to one of these workshops, let me tell you that they are very entertaining. Great actors and directors stage a play with minimal sets, props and costumes, and then afterward, the playwright solicits comments and questions from the audience. Your input can help a playwright make changes to his or her work in progress.
I have found, in these workshops, that I think much more about what I am seeing and I pay a lot more attention to how I feel about what is being performed. I think this is because I want to help in the creation of a theatrical work. I have been very moved by many of the SPL workshops I have been to. I am looking forward to learning more about this play and the creative process so far.
Today is a big day. With today’s elections, we stand poised to begin rescuing our nation from criminal moral corruption and the decay of Fascism. In Greek and Roman mythology, punishment for evil doers and the restoration of the moral order was the work of underworld goddesses - The Furies. I am not sure if this play - Furies - has anything to do with these avenging crones, but it seems apropos for today. Regardless, take a break from the election’s tension and drama and tune in for some great talk for a while!
Enjoy Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.
Thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University. Thanks for listening! Maeve
A season of leaves:
Paradoxically falling
And emerging, too.
Max Q
Autumn approaches
An amber apparition
Ancient and alive
Dana
Downfall of the clowns
Trump, Bolsonaro, et. al
Let’s replace our frowns
Brad
How tall is the moon?
It's taller than my daughter ...
Shorter than the sun
Brad
The day is coming
Let’s make it official
Idaho’s state gun
Rikosan
I love Halloween
Most human of holidays
Celebrates the veil
Maeve
Yesterday on Out and About, I talked with Wacky Witch. We talked about Halloween and witchery, in general. Wacky shared many jokes that her father, who is a vampire and also a stand up comedian, tells at his shows. This episode of Out and About was filled with some history, some culture, some advice and a lot of Halloween happiness.
If you missed the show, you can find it in the KYRS archives here.
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.
Thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University. Thanks for listening! Maeve
I am pleased to announce that Wacky Witch has agreed to let me interview her on today’s Out and About. I can’t believe that she agreed to our confab right before Halloween, certainly a very busy time for WW. So, we are going to take a little break from politics, news and other scary stuff to hang out with Spokane’s premier enchantress and get our Halloween on!
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.
Thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University. Thanks for listening! Maeve
Birds, bees, mantises
Flourished on my sunflowers -
And then came the winds.
Max Q
A mountain lit by
The late fall afternoon sun
Clear water runs past
Bill
Yelp is killing me
All Business owners hate me
Thank God its Friday
Jason
Dreams of sad humans
Caught in the machinery
No visible scars
Rikosan
When it all goes down
At least we’ll know where we are
Who they are - more so
Maeve
