Scene4 — This Issue: July 2010


	July 2010

Spoken Words
Michael Bettencourt
English Only?
If I had my way I would draft legislation stating that Americans should learn at least, say, three new languages during their lives

Books
Arthur Meiselman
Minding Books
In a Thai village, a few years ago, I sat in a little, outdoor bar in the heat of the afternoon, drinking a cold beer. Sitting next to me, a villager, a farmer, taking a break.

Theatre
Nathan Thomas
Meyerhold and Dalcroze
In the end, Meyerhold wanted to train actors and in the end, Jaques-Dalcroze wanted to train musicians

City Life
Les Marcott
In the Neighborhood
I often think of my own neighborhood as one of those truly unique places. It's a place where the affluent, the poor, and the very poor mingle

Politics
Martin Challis
The Tragedy of Kevin the King
Here was a man who had commanded the highest popularity of any Prime Minister in history, sent to the backbenches like a whimpering schoolboy

Theatre
Claudine Jones
SuuuuuuuuuDoKu!
I would posit that the only reason for being involved in theater arts in the first place is to participate in the game


	FILM (Reviews) Family Secrets City Island and the films of Raymond De Fellita Miles David Moore

	THEATRE American Conservatory Theater The Tosca Project Catherine Conway Honig

	FILM Tanzträume A film about Pina Bausch's 'Kontakthof' danced by teenagers Renate Stendhal

	ARTS OF THAILAND Theatre Madame Butterfly's Umbrella and Sao Kruea Fah Janine Yasovant คลิกเพื่ออ่านบทความนี้ เป็นภาษาไทย


	MUSIC The Steiny Road to Operadom John Adams: Perspectives Imagine the music of your favorite opera coming out of the pit onto the stage alone without voices and movement of the singers. Karren Alenier

POETRY Life Among the Heffalumps Take My Iambic Pentameter....Please! Why Poetry, Art and Life, Need the Politically Incorrect, the Perverse and the Profane. Kathi Wolfe

		FICTION The serialization of a new novel by Martin Challis Chapter Fourteen - Hunter They'd received a call 20 minutes earlier from a neighbour who'd heard screaming. Two detectives, Crowle and Earnshaw entered the kitchen, guns ready.


	LIVING ART La Femme La Mujer La Donna Time for Summer The sun is shining. Grass is growing. Tomatoes are ripening. Hummingbirds are humming. Dogs and cats are napping in the light and warmth of day. And the only lines to be had should be tan lines. Lia Beachy


	COMICS Old Hippy The Old Kokkers Table Elliot Feldman




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