Sleeping Beauty – Pacific Northwest Ballet’s New Production
By the time Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new production of Sleeping Beauty debuted on January 31, 2025, anticipation seems to have been sky high. It certainly was for me. There were tantalizing sneak peaks of the costumes by Paul Tazewell (Hamilton, PNB’S Swan Lake, the movie Wicked) or the sets by glass artist Preston Singletary. There…
“The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World” – Edward Shawcross
The Last Emperor of Mexico reads more like a novel than history, which is largely a testament to Edward Shawcross’ vivid and human writing, but also the fantastic nature of the story. One suspects that most Americans who celebrate Cinco de Mayo are not aware that the day commemorates the victory in battle in 1862…
Washington State, not D.C.
Whenever I am talking to people who live outside of the PNW (Pacific Northwest), I make sure to say that I live in Washington State. This is because if I am not clear, they will assume I am talking about D.C. As a Washingtonian, I want to be clear about that. Washingtonians are so much…
Freedom of My Mind 