Roger McGough

This may sound trite, but the concert as I saw it is best described by the name of the band, the Fabulous Superlatives!!! On every level this was a concert I will remember for a long time. The ArtsQuest venue was new to me and I was impressed with the ease of finding it, the free amble parking, the friendly staff and the great sound and seating. It is a modern impressive structure built around the old Bethlehem Steel Works. The ruins of the old plant are used as a visual backdrop to the new

The Birdcage What attracts us to the movie theatre on Friday nights? Is it the commercials we see? Or is it all the gossip we hear from friends and TV talk shows? Well for many, it is the critiques we read and hear almost every day. One who specializes in the professional evaluation and appreciation of literary or artistic works is a critic. The profession of movie criticism is one of much diversity. Reviews range anywhere from phenomenal to average. Not only are movies created for the

The mid May morning that Blaine, Roger and I set out on our annual fishing trip to Eagle Lake in the Allagash Waterway was bright and clear. The Ice on the lake had just gone out and it brought the promise of early season Brook Trout fishing. Eagle Lake, remote and unspoiled, is reached only by boat via the portage station at Indian Stream, and the lone building on the shores of the lake is the Ranger’s cabin. When we drove into the parking lot at the portage station, I noticed the game warden examining

Beowulf is an Old English poem. It was written sometime between 700 and 1,000 A.D. Over the years it has been edited and rewritten countless times. Some of the more recent versions do their best to stay as close to the original story as possible while others make rather large changes to make it more engaging for today’s audiences Seamus Heaney translated a version of Beowulf in 2001. He tried hard to translate the story in a way that best represents the original. Heaney’s version is bilingual with

Ahoy, Mateys! From little Jake, the Neverland pirate to the eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow of the Carribean, all of us, young and old, have fallen for the enigma of pirates. Why exactly do we find Jack Sparrow alluring? He is after all a rum-reeking criminal with a poor sense of hygiene. Maybe, his larger-than-life personality is easy to relate to for us because he is also down-to-earth with his human flaws. Captain Jack Sparrow may look rugged and act ludicrous but, he beams with courage and confidence

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In 1904, Roger Casement exposed the atrocities occurring in the Congo to the entirety of the world. King Leopold II, who had gained control of the territory at the Brussels Conference, which was a meeting of the European powers in 1876 when he proposed a protectorate over the Congo, was at fault. Leopold had promised that he would abolish slavery in the Congo, bring prosperity and economy to its natives, and made it clear that he would not personally benefit from any of the successes. Casement

Renzo Piano was born September 14, 1937 in Genoa, Italy, To a family of Genoese builders. He graduated from the school of Architecture, Milan Polytechnic in 1964. He later expressed dissatisfaction with the academic approach to architecture, describing it as “without rebellion”. During his studies he was working under the guidance of Franco Albini, his spare time was spent working steadily at his fathers construction company. This is where he developed an inspiring love for the architecture.After

Black Sails takes place about 20 years before Treasure Island, during a period historically called the Golden Age of Piracy. From the 1650s to the 1730s pirates did not only roam the caribbean islands, but also cruised up and down the coasts of North America, Africa, and Europe. Modern day films such as Black Sails, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Blackbeard portray not necessarily the accuracy of pirate life, but do show audiences the importance of piracy and its personage, includes their defiance

preventing Australian men’s tennis from reaching the top again. Hewitt, despite being a smaller guy (5-foot-10), battled on the tennis court from the first serve to the final point. The two-time Grand Slam champion unfortunately played during the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal era — His Slam win total