![]() Harsh.Īt the last minute, though, the Grinch hears a sound coming from Who-ville-the sound of all the Whos joining together in song despite the fact that their homes have been ransacked and their gifts are all gone. Crumpit and prepares to throw it off the side of the mountain. He sneaks into all of their homes and steals their Christmas decorations, meals, and gifts-an act that is both illegal and extremely Grinchy. We're not really sure why (who could hate presents and feasting?), but hey, hatred never really had a good explanation.Īt any rate, the Grinch has had enough of this Christmas business and he sets about trying to ruin it for the Whos. Up in the caves north of their town, though, lives a character named the Grinch who absolutely hates Christmas. ![]() A town of merry Christmas-lovers called the Whos goes about their annual holiday preparations. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He points out that the world actually has gotten better. ![]() His latest book, which is called A Brief History of Equality, is indeed brief, at least relative to Capital. In that book, which was almost 700 dense pages, he documented wealth inequality and argued that the gap between rich and poor would continue to get bigger. It drew the world’s attention to the problem of growing inequality. Political economist Thomas Piketty’s last book, Capitalism in the 21st Century, wasn’t just a publishing phenomenon. It’s hard to think of a guest who is more up our alley than Thomas Piketty. ![]() In this unedited podcast conversation, economist Thomas Piketty talks to Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales about the lessons from this movement toward equality and where it could go next – especially regarding policy choices such as taxes, reparations, and redistribution toward more racial, democratic, and global equality.Īs our listeners know, on this podcast, we explore what’s working in capitalism and what isn’t. ![]() ![]() She was born in Miami, Florida and now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, fellow writer Ryan Harty. She attended Cornell University and the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. ![]() Julie Orringer (born June 12, 1973) is an American novelist, short story writer, and professor.
![]() ![]() ![]() The digital program’s dramaturgical notes help provide context before the performance begins and includes a link to the most comprehensive dramaturgical resource, I have witnessed in a production courtesy of Stillpointe’s resident dramaturg, Christine Demuth. Nevermore isn’t a full biography, but an end-of-life dream as the women in his life confront him and lay his demons bare from mommy issues to alcoholism and narcissism. Director Ryan Haase, along with the talented cast and crew, have delivered a cryptic and immersive experience to finish their 13th season. Never Baltimore.Īfter a 16-year wait, Stillpointe Theatre is to thank for Nevermore’s Baltimore debut. Yet somehow the musical ran in Virginia, England, and even Australia. ![]() What’s wrong with this story? Ask any Baltimorean – Poe is ours. In 2006, the musical Nevermore, with music by Matt Conner and book by Grace Barnes featuring lyrics adapted from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, made its live theatre debut. ![]() ![]() ![]() Starting with reproductions from other artists works. Three years in the making, drawing on the talents of actors, artists, performers, poets, and writers, The Ancient Mariner Big Read is a brand-new digital work of art in its own right - a wild and tempestuous voyage into the unknown. Glenn Brown is a British artist, known for the use of art historical references in his paintings. ![]() First published in 1798 - we use Coleridge's revised version of 1817 - but still vitally relevant today, it is no coincidence, perhaps, that this poem is the first great work of English literature to speak to isolation and loneliness - and the possibility of redemption if we mend our ways. The Ancient Mariner Big Read is an inclusive, immersive work of audio and visual art from the 21st century that reflects the sweeping majesty and abiding influence of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 18th century epic poem. ![]() Yet in its beautiful terror there lies a wondrous solution – that we might wake up and find ourselves saved. We are the wedding guests, and the albatross around the Mariner's neck is an emblem of human despair and our abuse of the natural world. ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a founding fable of our modern age. The Brown Collection OPEN Thursday-Friday-Saturday, 11am to 6pm20 Oct - The exhibition shows the breadth of Brown’s body of work, including paintings, drawings and sculptures. Announcing: Glenn Brown’s ‘The Shallow End’ is currently featured in the first instalment of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Big Read’ a daily reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. ![]() ![]() ![]() Theirs becomes a partnership of the mind and of the heart, but there might not be room for more than one genius in a marriage. Then fellow student Albert Einstein takes an interest in her, and the world turns sideways. But Mitza is smart enough to know that, for her, math is an easier path than marriage. Most twenty-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her clever calculations. ![]() Was she simply Einstein's sounding board, an assistant performing complex mathematical equations? Or did she contribute something more? Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. This novel resurrects Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated. ![]() In the tradition of Beatriz Williams and Paula McClain, Marie Benedict's The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. From beloved New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict comes the story of a not-so-famous scientist who not only loved Albert Einstein, but also shaped the theories that brought him lasting renown. ![]() ![]() Although not required, it definitely adds that little bit that made it even more special. I just want to start with: THIS…BOOK…IS…EVERYTHING!!! I also want to add that there is a prequel to this book titled Luca & Marcel. Hostile Takeover is a stand alone, enemies to lovers romance that I am so in love with. Hostile Takeover is a full-length, standalone novel. The chance for another night in his arms, and hopefully a whole lot more. And when he comes for my family’s company, the quiet life I’ve built for myself far away from Manhattan comes crumbling down, too.īut when Grey’s standing in our boardroom, threatening a hostile takeover and demanding I negotiate on behalf of my family, I don’t see an enemy. Now he’s taking down the companies owned by every frat boy who did him wrong. Doesn’t matter that he’s already top of the Wall Street food chain. Destroyed his future.ĭoesn’t matter that he’s clawed his way back and then some. The way Grey sees it, I was the one who did the ruining. ![]() ![]() One taste of Grey Blackwood ruined me for life. No consequences.īut if you get that close to a man with fire in his eyes, you’re gonna get burned, and I was no exception. One hot moment in a hidden storage closet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s why on a whole-food, plant-based diet, you’re encouraged to eat until you’re satisfied-no calorie counting or portion control necessary.Ī whole-food, plant-based diet is extremely effective at promoting cardiovascular health and preventing, halting, and in some cases even reversing heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Whole plant-based foods are low in calories, meaning you can eat a high volume of food without exceeding your calorie needs. Dairy products and highly processed foods are high in calories yet low in the fiber that helps us feel full and fuels a healthy gut microbiome. ![]() Why are healthy plant-based diets so effective for weight loss? Research suggests that the crux is calorie density. A 2020 review looked at 19 intervention studies-i.e., studies in which participants were assigned a diet for a specified period of time-and found that in each one, participants assigned to plant-based diets lost weight. Research shows that people who eat plant-based diets tend to be leaner than those who don’t. If you’re looking to lose weight (and keep it off), a whole-food, plant-based diet is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal. ![]() ![]() Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade. And still haven't told their best friends. Except, now-for reasons they're still not discussing-they don't. ![]() ![]() Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college-they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not long after, she is invited by a friend to hear an old-school type feminist named Faith Frank (note the masculine last name) speak at the college. The story involves a college girl named Greer Kadetsky who gets sexually assaulted at a frat party. Given the title, you’d be correct in assuming that this is a book that is about feminism, at least in part. (Maybe over the summer, I could turn it into a #ThrowbackThursday review if there’s enough demand for it.) However, when galleys of her latest book, The Female Persuasion, came around, I just had to read Wolitzer’s latest to see what all the fuss was about. It’s a novel that I’m, well, interested in reading, and I even have a copy of it on my Kindle, but, like that ever-growing stack of physical books that I have seemingly for show, it’s a novel that I’ve been meaning to getting around to looking at, but just haven’t. Meg Wolitzer has been writing books for many years, but her last book, 2013’s The Interestings, became something of a breakout hit for her. ![]() |