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Rosemary Ponnekanti is the arts reporter at The News Tribune, and has been a classical music nerd nearly all her life. Besides spending way too much time in galleries, museums and concert halls, she occasionally brings a whistle or double bass to Celtic jam sessions, and insists on singing "Happy Birthday" in four-part harmony.
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Ira Glass, host of Public Radio International's "This American Life"
Last Thursday I caught a cinematic presentation of the best radio show on the air, Public Radio International's "This American Life".
The hour and a half live show was broadcast from New York City to 400 theaters around the country including Seattle, Federal Way and Olympia.
Titled "Return To The Scene Of The Crime," it featured a moving performance from The Stranger's Dan Savage on rediscovering (in his own way) religion after his mother's death, cartoons by Chris Ware, hilarious pieces by Mike Birbiglia, Starlee Kind and more.
It was a highly entertaining evening for me, and the others in the sold out downtown Seattle movie theater where I watched it.
Turns out Seattle wasn't the only town that sold out. PRI has just announced that an encore performance will be staged on Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m.
“The great thing about this is that it lets me and the other performers in the show sneak into movie theaters to see if our jokes get laughs,” said host Ira Glass, in the announcement. “And of course to see what our noses look like 8 feet tall. Also, people who couldn't see the show because so many theaters sold out will now get a second chance.”
Tickets are available at presenting theater box offices and at www.FathomEvents.com. Check the site for the complete list of presenting theater locations and prices.
In the meantime, check out this hilarious interview of Glass by Stephen Colbert.
Okay, here's a confession: I've never, ever danced around a Maypole. I've sung plenty of May songs, yes--several years in a madrigal group will do that for you--and even made daisy chains. But the ribbon-pole-dance thing, no. And it's my outside guess that most of you haven't either.
So here comes a golden opportunity: the Puget Sound Revels May Day celebration this Friday (of course) in Tollefson Plaza downtown. Apart from shouting a hurrah whenever that desolate piece of urban paving is given a good use, you've got to hand it to the Revels folks for reviving traditions that, while admittedly a bit embarrassing, are good plain fun. And dancing around a Maypole is one of them.
