Yeah I'm A Theater Goer

Earlier this week I went to an adaptation of C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters at the Lantern Theater Company in Philadelphia with most of my community. It was an excellent show. It won't travel but if it did I would recommend that you go see it, so you are going to have to take my word for it. Here is the synopsis:

"In a dark corner of Hell's bureaucracy sits mid-level demon Screwtape, scratching out letters to his nephew, Wormwood, filled with advice on how to corrupt a human soul. 'Bring us back food or be food yourself,' Screwtape tells him. Gleefully, Screwtape catalogues the list of human frailties upon which Wormwood is to prey – war, lust, debauchery, decadence, and all sorts of wickedness. This rollicking adaptation by Anthony Lawton turns this revered classic into a multi-media event sparkling with music, dance, and infernal unpredictability. Also featuring Geneviève Perrier."

The two actors did a masterful job not only bringing the book to life, but they also had small interludes between the dictating of each letter to Wormwood that were fantastic...sometimes funny, sometimes sensual, sometimes sad, and sometimes unbelievable...It was everything I was hoping for and more.

Here is a picture of most of my community before we went into the Theater.



Sara and I are also going to the Wilma Theater tonight to see a show called The Age of Arousal. I know...I am sure you are all guessing what this one is about. Here is the synopsis...it is supposed to be really excellent.

"Dare to enter the boldly uncensored world of loosened corsets as five Victorian women pursue a new age where erotic and economic freedom reign supreme. It’s 1885, and a population imbalance leaves England flooded with half a million more women than men. The Women’s Suffrage Movement is invigorated by the rise in numbers as non-married ”Odd Women” fight with passion, clarity, and confusion for sexual and financial independence. Determined to make women rich, a former militant Suffragette battles for equal opportunity and enlists female students to master the technology of the male-dominated workplace. But when a charismatic man with new ideas is thrust amongst the women, their most passionately held beliefs are thrown into question. Can women remain friends when a man comes between them? Is it possible for two people to love as equals? Sexy, fresh, and vibrantly funny, Age of Arousal is a modern look at forbidden Victorian desires on the brink of explosion."



I will let you know how this one turns out....

Juno - Go See It

Juno is probably one of the best movies I have seen in....oh...a long time. Incredibly funny and thought provoking while also exposing so many truths about adolescence. I laughed...my friend cried...and all in all it was worth the $9 I paid to get in. It is also worth your $9 or whatever it costs to go to the movies where you live. I give it my highest recommendation. I think it might actually be better than Little Miss Sunshine...well maybe not better but definitely on par.

Halloween

So I said I was trying to catch up on old events....so well here are some pics from Halloween. In the pics, you will see some pumpkin carving, pictures of my sweet pumpkin with the lights out and candles lit, our adventures at Eastern State Penitentiary (one of the largest haunted houses and one of the best in the country), and a upside down scarecrow I made. All in all it was a nice week or so. The Haunted House was really only fantastic because Sara kept getting spooked by just about everything so it was fun to laugh. I do have to admit I was given a good solid scare a few times myself. The prison is huge and you actually get to go in old parts of it and see where the prisoners lived. Kind of spooky....Al Capone was actually a prisoner there once....

Red Bull Art of Can

We went to this really neat art exhibit about a month ago in Philly. Red Bull put on a contest for any interested artist in which they had to make a piece of art solely out of Red Bull cans - great for advertising right? Anyway, not all the pieces were made solely from Red Bull cans but the exhibit was still very neat. They allowed us to take photos so I managed to take pictures of every piece of art until the camera died. Check out the slide show below. My favorite was the play on Sistine chapel...or at least part of it.

You will also notice some random pictures of tape on a wall. I took these pictures because the exhibit was in an old MTV Real World house, so there were still some leftover pieces of Real World being there. You could even use the bathroom they used if you felt so inclined. It was neat to be there but the exhibit was what really drew me in :)

Lasallian Volunteers Marathon Video

A friend of the Lasallian Volunteers put together this video of the marathon. It is nicely done with pictures and audio. I make a decent amount of cameos. Take a look....some of my friends from Loyola made it into the video as well. If you know them you will recognize Alex, Jackie, Allie, Rachel, and Maggie. Maggie probably gets the award for most pictures...that is probably because she scarified herself to run 9 miles with me during awful heat just so I could make it....thanks Maggie.

Here is the link

http://www.lasallianvolunteers.org/news_1007_marathon_video.asp

B. More Night on the Town

Well like I said I haven't been doing well at posting on this blog...so I am going to try and catch up with past events and let you all know what I have been up to. The following slide show of pictures is from a night in mid-October. The Brothers had an event honoring a Brother for his many years of service and it was also used as a fund raiser for one of our Lasallian schools, Lasalle Academy where Sara and Denis work. Some of the pictures are from the fundraiser and others are from when we went out afterwards to celebrate Sara's birthday. Most of the people in the pics are current or former volunteers. All in all it was a great night. Enjoy....

A Little of What I'm Doing

So I have been pretty busy lately....trust me there will be more coming in terms of this blog. The last couple of weeks have been jam packed with all sorts of events, trips, haunted prisons and other things that have been taking up my time. While you are waiting for these wonderfully entertaining blogs to come your way, I thought I would let you explore some of the work I have been doing with the volunteers. Part of my volunteer position includes working at the Christian Brothers Spiritual Center with our Young Adult Program. I have been doing a lot of the "technology" aspects of what we do....this is comical to me because sometimes I don't have a clue as to what I am doing but I learn as I go.

One of my "learn as I go" experiences was building a website. I finished it a little while ago and I think I worked out the initial kinks....enjoy perusing and learning a little more about what I do here.

http://thebrothersplace.org/