Want to hear a sample of the bands that played at Gothicfest 2005? Then go to their page on MySpace: www.myspace.com/gothicfest. Also, if you scroll down the page, you’ll see in the “Friend’s Comments” section some information about bands and vendors that attended the festival last year.
Gothicfest 2006 will take place Sept. 16 at The [...]
Written on January 31, 2006 | Posted in
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From now until March 5, Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va., will be showing Nevermore, a new musical based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Nelson Pressley of The Washington Post called it “an intermissionless fever dream about the near-demented Poe and the women who haunted him.” And J. Wynn Rousuck, of The Baltimore Sun, [...]
Written on January 27, 2006 | Posted in
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With titles such as “Bloody Awful” and “Elton’s Vampire Musical ‘Sucks’”, the reviews have not been kind to the Lestat, the musical incarnation of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. The January issue of The Genre Traveler announced the premiere, now the blog brings you the critic’s opinions.
Robert Hurwitt, Theatre Critic for The San Francisco Chronicle [...]
Written on January 26, 2006 | Posted in
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In the January issue of The Genre Traveler, “Demons to Devour the Sun!” (pg. 22) listed several tours to see the solar eclipse on March 29. I just got word of three more from on the go tours out of London — two to Egypt and one to Turkey. Here’s some more information.
Tour 1: Egypt [...]
Written on January 24, 2006 | Posted in
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Back in October, I wrote about space tourism. Recently, two companies have made steps to bring that dream a little closer.
New Mexican SpaceportAt a Sept. 27, 2004, press conference announcing the formation of Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin suite of companies including Virgin Records and Virgin Atlantic, boldly stated, “We’re [...]
Written on January 19, 2006 | Posted in
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Here’s something interesting: If you can write and have a special place in your heart for Louisiana and other areas of the Deep South that were hit hard by Katrina and Rita, Margin and Periphery are working on a project you might be interested in.
This fundraising project is looking for fiction and nonfiction contributions covering [...]
Written on January 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Are you a friggatriskaidekaphobe (in other words, a person with an overwhelming fear of Friday the 13th)? Well, then, what’re you reading this for? Go back to bed!
For those of us who thinks it’s all in fun, here are some interesting facts:
The word “friggatriskaidekaphobe” has its origins in Nordic mythology and ancient Greek. Frigga, [...]
Written on January 13, 2006 | Posted in
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The following are some events that you might be interested in checking out if you’re in the area:
Now Through March 6, 2006Robots: The Interactive ExhibitionChicago Children’s Museumwww.chichildrensmuseum.org/exhibit_special.cfm
This educational and multimedia exhibit lets visitors interact with characters from the 20th Century Fox animated movie Robots, as well as learn more about robotics. The Chicago Children’s Museum [...]
Written on January 10, 2006 | Posted in
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I just wanted to let all my loyal readers know that there will be a January issue. It was supposed to be posted by the day after Christmas, but I got a little behind, what with all the holidays and a short bout of a stomach virus. But it is almost completely laid out – [...]
Written on January 4, 2006 | Posted in
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