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Calling all Book Lovers! Gaithersburg Book Festival May 15

05-07-10
Peg Silloway

Calling all book lovers to Gaithersburg, MD!

If you're a book lover and in the Maryland/DC/Northern Virginia area, put this one on your calendar. Gaithersburg, MD is having their first annual Book Festival next Saturday, May 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. It's F-R-E-E (great price) and should be a lot of fun for readers and authors alike.

Gaithersburg Book Festival

There will be plenty of displays, music, loads of food, and author signings all day. Come 4:00 p.m., I will be signing copies of The Cat Lover's Book of Days at the MidAtlantic Book Publishers Association booth. Actually, I'll be there all day to help spread the word about our association and the great books our authors are publishing. "Pearl", the official mascot of The Cat Lover's Book of Days will be with me, and since she is a very plush (but not real) kitty, you're welcome to pick her up and have a hug.

For those of you not familiar with the area, Gaithersburg is in Montgomery County and is considered a suburb of Washington, DC. In recent years, it has become a center for Maryland's burgeoning biotechnology industry. Besides being a fun way to spend the day, the Gaithersburg Book Festival could be a good networking opportunity. I'm just sayin'....

Hope to see you there.

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Wittenberg - The Play's The Thing to See in Columbia, MD

09-06-09
Peg Silloway

Last evening we did something unusual for us - went to see a play. We're more a symphony concert couple, but Phil saw a write-up and it sounded interesting, so we decided to check it out.

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Short review: Fantastic! If you are in the Baltimore area, make it a point to see Wittenberg at Rep Stage in Columbia at Howard Community College. Four characters - one a real historical figure, the other three strictly fictional but known to us all. Martin Luther, Dr. Faustus, Hamlet, and the Eternal Feminine all at the University of Wittenberg in Germany, 1517. Sounds kind of heavy, doesn't it? Not at all!

Wittenberg - Faustus with Hamlet Wittenberg - Faustus with Luther Wittenberg - Gretchen, Luther, Faustus at the BungHole Tavern

The four actors were great, especially Seth Reichgott who played Dr. John Faustus, and Michael Stebbins who played Rev. Martin Luther. Intelligent dialog with clever references to lines from Hamlet, impassioned discussions of faith vs. questioning of everything, laugh out loud schtick, and the occasional ukulele bit by Faustus. I'm not nearly doing it justice, so you need to see it for yourself.

The play by David Davalos is relatively new having premiered in Philadelphia last year where it won the Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play. It has been produced a few times and I expect it will show up in more local productions. When one comes near you, go see it. You'll find yourself writing a blog like this the next day.

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