Certain moments are etched indelibly on my memory. I’ll never forget my first paid performance. I was a professional now, at least according to the printed program and the expectations of the attendees, but I felt like a fraud.I was a fresh recruit to physical theatre, brimming with idealism and raw technique. My strength and stubborn dedication had won a …
Spirit guides, time travel, and theology: seemingly polar concepts and yet they are the pillars of Madeleine L’Engle’s most notable work, A Wrinkle in Time.The story of young Meg Murray, a social misfit who, along with her younger brother Charles Wallace and friend Calvin, embarks on an adventure across time and space in search of her captured father. Though this …
Forefront Festival secretary and resident musical connoisseur Zack Osinski interviews Ryan Flanigan of Liturgical Folk about the role of music in the church.
Forefront Festival board member Cody Schweickert reviews “Black Sunday,” a book of poetry by Dr. Benjamin Myers.
“Drama’s not safe and it’s not pretty and it’s not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You’ve got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn’t do that.” …
As a lover of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, I have waited with wincing anticipation for the release of the new biopic. Honestly, I worried and fussed in all the days leading up to the screening of Tolkien.On the one hand, I really wanted to love this film. I love biopics, where in the warp and weft of great filmmaking, a director …
“Ask the questions that have no answers.Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias.” —Wendell Berry, Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation FrontIt is one of the more clichéd remarks of our time to decry the distracted age in which we live. Ours is the generation of “instant gratification,” as the saying goes. And so it is. As with most other clichés, this …
In the summer of 2014, I enjoyed the enormous blessing of spending the summer working at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. Lodging a stone’s throw from the oft erupting Old Faithful Geyser in the heart of the world’s first National Park was a wild pleasure I’ll never forget. Propelled by a desire to enjoy more of God’s …
I love podcasts. They’re a great form of media for many reasons: they’re free, they’re always available to stream or download, there’s a topic for everyone, and you can listen to them while you do other things (like driving or mowing the lawn or washing dishes).But I love them primarily because they help me think more clearly about things I …
As attentive visitors and Rochester natives alike know quite well, ours is a city steeped in excellent music. The Eastman School of Music, an institution which plays a central role in strengthening this vibrant local tradition, routinely hosts world-class musicians.I was the recent beneficiary of one of these concerts; an installment of the Fernando Laures Piano Series at Kilbourn Hall …
