Sep 27, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Rosh Hashanah – Sept 29 thru Oct 1, 2019 published in Twig, Seattle Washington new year. Ned Hayes Rosh Hashanah comes this year on a day of cool wind, a breathtaking portent of winter taking the world, rude lover tossing the sheets away. in autumn the...
Sep 11, 2019 | Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes
“The Testaments” by Margaret Atwood feels both more prescient and more hopeful than “The Handmaid’s Tale“. In 1985, women’s rights seemed assured and the world described in Gilead was a strange dystopia. Sadly, Gilead seems like a real possibility...
Sep 9, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
I Have Been Living by Jane Mead I have been living closer to the ocean than I thought – in a rocky cove thick with seaweed. It pulls me down when I go wading. Sometimes, to get back to land takes everything I have in me. Sometimes, to get back to land is the...
Sep 3, 2019 | On Writing, Past Notes, Theater
The Mueller Report Presented By: Oly Arts Location: Washington Center Main Stage ONE DAY ONLY — FREE A non-partisan event open to all, created as a public service. A complete and full public reading of the redacted version of the Office of the Special Counsel’s...
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...