Aug 30, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Theater
I recently helped to organize a day-long reading of the complete Mueller Report at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. A number of local theatrical artists and local elected public officials participated in the event, and it was a great success. A...
Aug 11, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Theater
The Olympian: The Washington Center to host live 8-hour reading of the Mueller Report The Olympian full article – Aug 11, 2019 BY HELEN SMITH AUGUST 11, 2019 02:57 PM The Washington Center for the Performing Arts will host an eight-hour live reading of all 448...
Aug 7, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
Toni Morrison died August 6, 2019. One of the seminal novelists of our generation, she revolutionized literature and changed the narratives we told about slavery and the experience of being American. Here are 5 poems by Toni Morrison, courtesy of The Believer...
Aug 1, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Theater
I’m a theater producer as well as a novelist and playwright. Many years ago, when I first moved to Olympia, Washington I saw a beautiful stage beside the waters of the Puget Sound, and felt that the stage needed a great stage production of William...
Jul 22, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
I had the pleasure of getting a preview of Katie Grindeland’s debut novel The Gifts We Keep, published by the student cooperative at Ooligan Press. Grindeland’s book was the winner of the 2016 Multnomah County Library Writers Project, and richly deserved...
Jul 15, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
A fascinating history of the Space Shuttle Development, originally published by Alan Tatourian. June 18, 2019 · by Alan Tatourian Links to the lectures: Origins of the Space Shuttle or The Making of a new Program Development of the Space Shuttle Introduction by Jeff...
