I always love it when I see that the Circle Bar has booked another big-name (in my world, at least) band. It’s like a friend calling me up and saying, “Hey Noah, you might want to get over here … Old Time Relijun is playing in my living room.”

Hitchcockesque on the outside but cozy-as-hot-cocoa inside, the pint-sized Read the rest of this entry »

What if Judas Iscariot did not commit suicide? And instead he married, became a farmer, and wrote a Gospel? Sounds like the kind of theater production that would earn a grant. Cuz you know, it’s serious, and it challenges stuff, like, assumptions. Maybe Judas Iscariot isn’t really such a bad guy after all. Wasn’t he just used by God? Maybe Judas deserves our pity, if not, say, our veneration? Yep, this production company will travel Read the rest of this entry »

Picture a big, huge mountain. Now picture a mountain climber. Does a Hemingway-esque figure come to mind? An antiquated image of a rustic mountaineer with boots, gun and beard? Or do you see a new, high-tech version— a sexy, lean young man in Northface gear with a sun-kissed, rosy complexion? Read the rest of this entry »