Carolina Chocolate Drops - what fun music

What fun! Check them out
http://www.sankofastrings.com/ccd/

Power of Community ? - Herbivores fight back and win

I hardly ever look at videos online but this was amazing.
A pride of lions attack and capture a baby water buffalo.
A crocodile tries to steal their prey but the lions prevail. For a moment.
Then the herd returns and saves the baby buffalo literally from the jaws of death.


Never give up hope - nor doubt the power of collective action.

4th annual 2 week Shakespeare workshop Much Ado about Nothing

We, Royalston Shakespeare Company,
put on our 4th annual 2 week Shakespeare workshop
culminating in a performance of Much Ado about Nothing
[pictures by Melanie Mangum below] with 35
kids from Royalston and surrounding towns.
Directors, Maureen Blasco, Norah Dooley and Beth Gospodarek
had a blast and thank the Town, the Arts Council and the
Friends of the Phinehas Newton Library for their continued support.
We set the play in an imaginary place in the 1960s and were invited to plunder the local Salvation Army stores for the costumes. Thanks to Major Copeland!

I am happy to send you a mix cd of the rocking sound track on request.

Much Ado about Nothing

the pictures above...

Da' Duke and his homies enter -they received an ovation for their entrance-
Beatrice disses Benedict (played by Rosie in a transgendered state)-
Guys talk about girls Claudio is in LOVE-
Hippy Dippy Peacekeepers in Tie Dye armed with Whiffle bats and badminton racquets-
Dissed Hero Swoons at altar,left for dead-
Baddies apprehended-
All is well that ends well...oops wrong play, dancing at the happy ending
to Let the Sun Shine In-

Summer Schedule

Call or email for times and addresses
All of these are open to the public.

JULY 9th
West End House - Allston
St. Columbkille School BC Campus
Gardner School Allston

JULY 9th
Stockbridge Summer Music
with Susan Miron harp 8 PM

JULY 10th
Springfield Musuems
Princess and Pirate Day 12 noon

JULY 11th
Storytrain! to Marblehead, MA


JULY 13th
Children's Quarters Charlestown Navy Yard
JFK Family Service Center
Charlestown Boys and Girls Club

JULY 16th
West Roxbury Community Center
West Roxbury YMCA
Washington Beech Community Center

JULY 18th
JP Head Start
Lena Park
Egleston Square Library

JULY 20th
St. Katherines Drexel Parish, Dorchester
Carter Playground Tenacity
Carter Playground Sociedad Latina

JULY 23rd
Yawkey Center for Early ED
Children's learning Center
Franklin Park Tenants Association

JULY 24th
Log School Dorchester
Codman Square Library
Murphy Community Center


JULY 25th
So. Boston Neighborhood Center
Tynan Community center
Condon Community Center

JULY 31st
Laboure Center South Boston
Tenacity@ Moakley Playground
South Boston Boys and Girls Club

AUG 2
Jackson Mann Allston
Oak Square YMCA
Commonwealth Tenants Association

AUG 6th
Yawkey Center for Early ED
Children's learning Center
Franklin Park Tenants Association

STORY WATER

STORY WATER

by Rumi

translated by Coleman Barks



A story is like water

that you heat for your bath.



It takes messages between the fire

and your skin. It lets them meet

and it cleans you!

Very few can sit down

in the middle of the fire itself

like a salamander or Abraham

We need intermediaries.



A feeling of fullness comes,

but usually it takes some bread

to bring it.



Beauty surrounds us,

but usually we need to be walking

in a garden to know it.



The body itself is a screen

to shield and partially reveal

the light that is blazing

inside your presence.



Water, stories, the body,

all the things we do, are mediums

that hide and show what's hidden.



Study them,

and enjoy this being washed

with a secret we sometimes know,

and then not.

NEA lists 50 Childrens Books

Here are excerpts from a great list of books:
http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/50multibooks.htmlPreschool

http://www.adl.org/bibliography/

Please visit the Cooperative Children's Book Center for a multitude of information and resources about children's literature.