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      • Marble City Opera Presents “Royal Flush” March 11-13, 2021
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      • Washington College Academy Spring 2021 Classes
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Pop Life

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

The current film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is about a period in the life of  “Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey, one of the earliest professional blues singers, and one of the first of her generation to record her songs. Rainey began her career as a teenager performing in minstrel shows, and became known as “Ma” after […]

 

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The Tape Project

As we enter February, with the pandemic still going on, I can’t help but think about things from one year ago. I was looking about booking a room in Greensboro, North Carolina where I would be performing in March with Blue Plate Special at a comedy festival. We also had another festival coming up in […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

The importance of a 5 year plan 

This past Wednesday I was sitting through our weekly team Zoom meeting, halfway zoned out trying to wrap up the accounts I’d seen for the day while also digesting key information from my bosses. They began to review the results of our continuing education and blind tasting when I was suddenly snapped to attention with […]

 

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Hillbilly Elegy

Hello friends, this week I am discussing the current film “Hillbilly Elegy” starring Glenn Close. The film is based on the memoir of J.D. Vance, a man from Kentucky whose book explores three generations of an Appalachian family and their search for the American Dream. The film is directed by Ron Howard and stars Owen […]

 

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The Zen of Legos

At the end of 2019 into the early, once hopeful, days of 2020, I was given two Lego sets. One was a ‘60s Volkswagen bus, the other the same company’s classic Beetle design. It was the first time in years I had ever put together a lego set. I loved it! It was great fun […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

Diary of a Chionophile

Monday morning I woke up to the most wonderful sight: it was actually snowing-and laying- in middle Tennessee.  Considering I had been blessed enough to enjoy the Christmas Eve snowstorm in Tri-Cities, I figured I was cashed out on my favorite weather system.  But to my surprise as I was shuffling around the kitchen preparing […]

 

Pop Life

Wonder Woman 1984

As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. Wishes play a huge role in the new film “Wonder Woman 1984” which features our favorite Amazon warrior in a new adventure from director Patty Jenkins. The film is a sequel to the 2017 hit, and advances to the year 1984 where the immortal Diana […]

 

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Rolling Thunder Revue

In 1975, Bob Dylan assembled a group of troubadours and embarked on the somewhat ambitious and unusual “Rolling Thunder Revue.” A two-leg, fifty-seven date tour that took place in smaller venues than the typical stadium tours that were becoming commonplace. The tour was filmed and became the focus for a fictional movie, 1978’s “Renaldo & […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

Happy New Year!

In closing out what probably been the most chaotic year in recent history, a lot of people are excited to kiss 2020 goodbye, claiming it as the “worst year ever.”  Happily I can say I am not one of those people, and while the last 365 days have definitely had their highs and lows, I […]

 

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Voices of Fire

If you need something to lift up your spirits, I  recommend the Netflix series “Voice of Fire”. The documentary series follows pop star Pharrell Williams (“Happy”) and his uncle Bishop Ezekiel Williams and their efforts to bring together a diverse group of excellent singers to be part of a world class gospel choir. The Bishop’s […]

 

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So Long, 2020

Look. You know how you’re feeling. You’re feeling like I am feeling. You’re tired, exhausted, worn out. You know that intellectually the close of 2020 doesn’t mean the magical end of the pandemic. You know that you feel foolish that back in March you thought that we would all do the right thing and be […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

Stayin’ Alive is the Reason for the Season

Happy Holidays everyone!  This week marks the most magical time of the season due to the two most important celebrations all year – mine and Jesus’s birthdays!  (Not New Years, that comes next week.)  Considering how 2020 has played out, I really don’t know what the big man has on his vision board for the […]

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