You know the drill. The first sentence (more or less) of the first post of each month from this blog:
- 5 January: WATCH assignments for 2013 are out.
- 3 February: David Lindsay-Abaire puts aside the wacky characters and situations of some of his earlier work (Wonder of the World, Fuddy Meers) and plays it straighter in his new Good People.
- 2 March: Julian Elijah Martinez delivers a masterful performance as Daniel Reeves in Bill Cain’s 9 Circles.
- 6 April: I’m back with NPR for a short gig, working on- and off-site.
- 6 May: Seeking drama and humor in the living rooms of the privileged class, Jon Robin Baitz introduces us to Lyman and Polly Wyeth, retirees from 1960s-era Hollywood and old guard conservatives.
- 2 June: Five last vocabulary builders from Robbe-Grillet’s La Jalousie.
- 3 July: Sand Box John keeps us up to date.
- 1 August: Last Saturday’s field trips took us to two freshwater wetlands in southern P.G. County, one well-known among naturalists, the other decidedly off the beaten path.
- 1 September: Big data collector/distributor Acxiom is proffering a measure of transparency and consumer opt-out. aboutthedata.com is set to launch on Wednesday.
- 5 October: One of my favorite underrepresented photographic subjects, the porcelain convenience at Shorpy.
- 3 November: Round House Theatre marks its return to more engaging, contemporary material with a balanced ensemble performance of Melissa James Gibson’s This, a romantic comedy-drama for grieving grownups.
- 1 December: Scott Weidensaul gives us a nudge to remember to look for bird-friendly certified shade-grown coffee.