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Wishlist: New Orleans Public Library

Posted on April 26, 2006 by sogalitno

Help to reestablish hurricane-devastated New Orleans Public Library When New Orleans' levees broke under Hurricane Katrina's storm surge, a natural disaster became an urban catastrophe. Eighty percent of the city's area was inundated by water that remained in place for … Continue reading →

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The grant is the thing

Posted on April 26, 2006 by sogalitno

The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane got a big surprise Thursday at a school performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” That’s when the National Endowment for the Arts awarded it $25,000 for next season’s school program, part of the NEA’s Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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Wishlist New Orleans Public Library

Posted on April 26, 2006 by sogalitno

Help to reestablish hurricane-devastated New Orleans Public Library When New Orleans’ levees broke under Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge, a natural disaster became an urban catastrophe. Eighty percent of the city’s area was inundated by water that remained in place for … Continue reading →

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Not much knitting but…

Posted on April 25, 2006 by sogalitno

lots of other stuff.  mainly organizing -finally– my study/stash room.  i seem to have a little energy today and am taking advantage of it to get the remaining boxes unpacked so that the hallway is finally free of boxes …the … Continue reading →

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NYT on Julia

Posted on April 25, 2006 by sogalitno

Enough Said About ‘Three Days of Rain.’ Let’s Talk Julia Roberts!By BEN BRANTLEYPublished: April 20, 2006 Three Days of Rain – Review – Theater – New York Times.

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Ms. Voigt and Tosca (MET)

Posted on April 24, 2006 by sogalitno

Erstwhile blogger/author of Sieglinde’s Diaries presents his view on Ms. Voigt’s triumph on Saturday.   Read it along with the version by Mr. Tommasini of the NY Times (quoted below).  Additional performances will be on Wednesday, Saturday, and May 5, 8, … Continue reading →

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Squares

Posted on April 24, 2006 by sogalitno

On Friday, I started a square for the Warming Grace project – in Paton's Classic Wool in Blue Storm. I was waiting for pink yarn I had found on Ebay (see entry below) and decided to start with some of … Continue reading →

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Recent arrivals

Posted on April 24, 2006 by sogalitno

PATONS Classic Wool "That's Pink" For squares for the "Warming Grace" project   Mission Falls Fennel Cotton probably a sweater for one of my nephews

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Dame Janet Baker

Posted on April 23, 2006 by sogalitno

Celebrating Dame Janet All this week in BBC Radio 3 on Performance on 3, Iain Burnside presents a week of programmes celebrating one of England’s best loved musicians, the mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker. The programmes include her performances of Lieder … Continue reading →

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Reading at Riverdale

Posted on April 23, 2006 by sogalitno

My sister, DeLaune Michel, had a reading at a benefit dinner for the Riverdale Senior Services on Friday night.  Riverdale Senior Services is a non-profit multi-service agency offering a wide variety of programs and activities which helps its 3,000 members … Continue reading →

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