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Haverhill's first Pride Parade kicks off the Fifth Annual June Art Walk this Saturday.Art Walk runs in downtown Haverhill on Washington and Wingate Streets, between Washington Square and Railroad Square. As WHAV has reported, it will be proceeded by the annual Pride Flag raising at Haverhill City Hall at 12:30 p.m. The Pride Parade will then form across the street at the Grand Army of the Republic Park and step off at 1:30 p.m., down Bailey Boulevard to Emerson Street and then into Washington Square.Downtown Events Coordinator Hailey Pearson, a recent guest on WHAV's “Win For Breakfast” program, discussed various artists and performers who are part of this year's Art Walk.“We are really excited to be incorporating the first Pride Parade to kick off Art Walk this year. So, it has been about a year in the making from the time that we starting talking about this idea of bringing in a parade and it has just been an incredible experience to witness the support from the community, the people who came together to really make this happen.”The Haverhill Art Walk, which is a project of Creative Haverhill, is bigger than ever, Pearson said. The free event will run Saturday, June 7, from 2-6 p.m., rain or shine.“We're going to have over a dozen businesses participating in activities so everything from live music to family-friendly interactive activities in both Railroad Square, the Columbia Park area to Washington Square. So those squares bookend the activities,” Pearson said.She added a Pride Resource Fair will be set up at the top of Wingate Street.“We've got our Alley Art Market in the alleyways along Washington Street. We've got Punctuate4. That's a theater group that is hosting the “Abolitionist's Refrain.” So that's a theater performance in the empty space at 90 Washington St. We really love utilizing these vacant storefronts to show people what could be and invite people to step into these spaces that are transformed for the weekend,” Pearson added.Performances of the Abolitionist's Refrain are at 3 and 5 p.m. The play, written by Michael Cormier, features Haverhill native John Greenleaf Whittier as he comes to terms with what freeing of slaves following the Civil War means to a divided nation and the new challenges the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution brings. The River Bards, a local group of poets, will be reading the works of Whittier. Yankee Clipper Tours will offer cruises down the Merrimack River and the staff from the Buttonwoods Museum will lead a “Pentucket on the Merrimack walking tour.Live music performers include Fake Leather Jacket, Liz Bills and The Change and The Party Band. The Irise Dance Program from Lawrence will present a dynamic performance that includes an interactive drumming session.Family-friendly art projects include masking making, rock painting and zine making.The Museum of Printing is offering hands-on screen printing and the Haverhill Studio will offer complimentary portraits.Pearson said there is still a need for volunteers. Those interested may visit CreativeHaverhill.org or email Pearson at HaverhillArtWalk@gmail.com.Besides WHAV.net, WHAV's “Merrimack Valley Newsmakers” podcasts are available on your favorite platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, iHeart, Support the show

During this episode of ROCKnVINO, host Michelle talks with Josh Windmiller, co-founder and director of the Railroad Square Music Festival, coming up on Sunday, September 22nd. This free event features a wide variety of Bay Area musicians on multiple stages, as well as food, beverages, a kids area, and more. While it is free to attend, it takes work and funds to produce, so sponsors and donations are always welcome! Or you could volunteer for a shift at the event, and help the Railroad Square Music Festival continue to entertain and support musicians in the Bay Area! Josh has been organizing shows and festivals in Sonoma County for well over a decade, focusing on the talent that we have right here. (Coco could not join us for this show because she has jury duty! Boo!)   ROCKnVINO is sponsored by American AgCredit.

Join us every week!We talk passionately about the ever changing real estate market!This week we are joined by Adam Kaye, principal for Railroad Square, Railroad Village and Railroad Crossings in Tallahassee, FLAdam talks about how Railroad Square came to be and it's future as a destinationA WWII-era industrial warehouse park turned urban core art district, Railroad Square is a 10-acre haven for the CREATIVES of Tallahassee with more than 70 shops, galleries, and small businesses.This and so much more real estate!www.jointhebrokerage.comMusic by:9-5 Dolly PartonLike A Prayer - Madism, Masove, Brendan Mills, Tess BurrstoneMake It Better (feat. Smokey Robinson) - Anderson. Paak, Smokey RobinsonCareless Whisper - Masove, Brendan Mills, Tess Burrstone she's all i wanna be - Tate McRaemake up sex (feat. blackbear) Machine Gun Kelly, blackbearWest Coast - OneRepublic Good Day - Nappy RootsFind more episodes on:www.pattysplayhouse.comIf you want to search for a home in Tallahassee, www.PattyandScott.comPatty's Playhouse we talk about real estate and life in the small southern town.The conversations are consumer driven inviting entrepreneurs, real estate professionals and interesting people who make up our world of real estate. We talk real estate with some interesting and fun facts... Its like house porn! We talk lifestyle, staging tips, home buying selling and investing... all with a happy ending...House Talk with a Happy Ending... Each & Every Time! Get bonus content on Patreon Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/pattysplayhouse https://plus.acast.com/s/pattysplayhouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us every week!We talk passionately about the ever changing real estate market!This week we are joined by Adam Kaye, principal for Railroad Square, Railroad Village and Railroad Crossings in Tallahassee, FL Adam talks about how Railroad Square came to be and it's future as a destination A WWII-era industrial warehouse park turned urban core art district, Railroad Square is a 10-acre haven for the CREATIVES of Tallahassee with more than 70 shops, galleries, and small businesses.This and so much more real estate!www.jointhebrokerage.comMusic by:9-5 Dolly PartonLike A Prayer - Madism, Masove, Brendan Mills, Tess BurrstoneMake It Better (feat. Smokey Robinson) - Anderson. Paak, Smokey RobinsonCareless Whisper - Masove, Brendan Mills, Tess Burrstone she's all i wanna be - Tate McRaemake up sex (feat. blackbear) Machine Gun Kelly, blackbearWest Coast - OneRepublic Good Day - Nappy RootsFind more episodes on:www.pattysplayhouse.comIf you want to search for a home in Tallahassee, www.PattyandScott.comPatty's Playhouse we talk about real estate and life in the small southern town.The conversations are consumer driven inviting entrepreneurs, real estate professionals and interesting people who make up our world of real estate. We talk real estate with some interesting and fun facts... Its like house porn! We talk lifestyle, staging tips, home buying selling and investing... all with a happy ending...House Talk with a Happy Ending... Each & Every Time! Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's problem is something we all face eventually - the transition from teenage life to adulthood. It's a big deal for everyone, but for young people on the autism spectrum that transition can be really tough.Did you know that young adults with autism have lower employment rates than people with other disabilities? A report published by the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute tells us that for two-thirds of young people with autism, that transition from high school to adulthood was pretty much not happening, with no real plan or support for developing a career or plan for higher education within two years of graduating high school. One solution may be in entrepreneurship, and my guest is paving the way. My guest today is Betty Proctor.Betty Proctor was working as a social worker at the FSU Autism Institute when the clock started ticking. Her daughter was about to graduate from high school, and she knew that she needed to spend more time with her. She also saw a need for her daughter, who is on the Autism spectrum, to develop her passions and strengths into a career for her future. So, she took a leap of faith and left her job to partner with her on making and selling jewelry at local markets.That leap landed in Railroad Square, where they opened Obsessions Gift Shop, and then to a non-profit organization called Motivating People Through Arts and Crafts (MPAC)MPAC serves as a resource for the community to provide social, life, employment, and entrepreneurial skills while educating the public on awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Communications Disorders. Today we're going to explore how MPAC works and most importantly, how we can help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christic Henry is not only a well-known real estate broker in the area, but she is a powerful and passionate advocate for the Tallahassee community and southside neighborhoods. Thanks to the leadership of Christic, Ron Sachs and community partners, the Friday after Thanksgiving is now known as Family Day. Tallahassee-Leon County is the first community in Florida to recognize Family Day, a holiday that celebrates the importance of family togetherness, support and love. On this day, you're encouraged to spend time with those you love while supporting local retailers, businesses, culture, arts, and outdoor locations county-wide. This year's event at Railroad Square will feature free family portraits, entertainment and activities for community members of all ages. More than 50 businesses and organizations are involved in this year's Family Day with the support of the City of Tallahassee, Leon County and generous sponsors. To learn more about Family Day, visit www.FloridaFamilyDay.com. The Tallahassee Business Podcast is presented by The Health Network.

A walk to promote “Unity in the Community” takes place this Saturday, Oct. 2, in Haverhill.The14th annual Walk for Peace, under the direction of Violence Intervention and Prevention, known as VIP, also includes a cookout, speak out, face painting, music, color powder and more. Haverhill VIP Program Director Carol Ireland, a recent guest on WHAV's morning program, detailed the program.“We'll start at GAR Park, go down Winter Street, make a left on Locust Street, down to Granite and Essex Street and out to Railroad Square. We'll be coming down Washington Street, the entire way to Main Street. When we get to Main Street, we go up to City Hall and we will stop there for about 10 to 15 minutes to hear speeches from two of our young people,” she said.At City Hall, participants will also hear from a special guest with a unique perspective.“We're very lucky to also have a woman by the name of Clarissa Turner who will also be speaking because we wanted to represent a mom who has been impacted by violence. She lost her son. She's from Boston and has started an organization called ‘Legacy Lives On.' We know that we have many people in our own community that have been impacted by violence and have lost, whether it's to violence or to homicide or to suicide. We want to create more space for some of our survivors,” she said.Ireland said those participating in the walk, approximately 1.5 miles in length, are asked to carry in support of the effort.“We have some signs that we've been able to save, new ones we've made, please bring a sign with any message you care to about peace, respect”Ireland said all people, young and old, are encouraged to participate in the Haverhill VIP Walk for Peace. It starts Saturday at 11 a.m. She said research conducted by Boston University School of Public Health indicates young people who have participated in the VIP program are less likely to be involved with a gang, physical fighting decreases, healthy relationship skills increase and there's an improvement in self-esteem.The Violence Intervention and Prevention program began in 2005 at Haverhill High School. It has grown to include students of all ages and partners with various groups and organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill, UTEC and YMCA.Support the show (https://whav.net/become-a-whav-member/)

We have another great feature with Chef Roger at La Gare French Restaurant.We will discuss the daily specials they are preparing for curbside pickup.First let's take a look at thweir website and discover the history of this fabled local restaurant. La Gare has been a local favorite for almost 40 years and two generations. Serving old world classic French cuisine by using fresh local ingredients, they pride themselves on still including soup and salad with every entree. Known for their tableside carte service and escargot, La Gare was voted most romantic restaurant by the San Francisco Chronicle. La Gare will feature a 10 oz cut Prime Rib dinner every Wednesday, until it sells out. 3 course dinner with soup, salad and all the fixings for only $32 Call Jackie for reservations 707-528-4355 LA GARE RESTAURANT 208 WILSON ST, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 P: 707.528.4355 Santa Rosa's most romantic restaurant “Long regarded as Santa Rosa's most romantic restaurant, La Gare serves exquisite French food without being over the top. The menu is studded with traditional and adventuresome dishes such as Chateaubriand, sweetbreads, and sautéed frog legs, though there are fresh fish and vegetarian options, too. The wine list includes labels from California and a variety of wine regions in France. For dessert, try the homemade chocolate mousse, sweet, simple and delicious” SONOMA MAGAZINE Don't miss the flaming table side Cherries Jubilee! Old school French fare in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square, with a menu that bursts with butter. If you're on a diet you can either go somewhere else or shatter the calorie counter. This is Julia Child-era French cuisine, from Escargots de Bourgogne to Carré d'Agneau persillé to Crème Caramel Beau Rivage. The most popular menu item, however, is the Chateaubriand or Steak Au Poivre. Don't miss the flaming tableside dessert of Cherries Jubilee! Just some of the press this great restaurant has got recently. Please join us by clicking on the link down below and learn more from chef roger and La Gare French Restaurant.Cheers!! Click here and join us as we enjoy La Gare French Restauarant .

Once again, the cannabis community is rallying behind Haverhill's Caroline Pineau. Faced with a new lawsuit from Lloyd Jennings, J. Bradford Brooks and Stavros Dimakis that appeals the special permit already approved by city councilors, Pineau intends to open a shop called Stem at 124 Washington St. and this Saturday, marijuana advocates from across the state will come to her aid. Marblehead's Mike Crawford is organizing the latest protest with backing from his politics and cannabis-centric Young Jurks podcast, telling WHAV he intends to rally in Haverhill's Railroad Square area on Oct. 5 starting at 11 a.m. All are welcome, he said. Crawford, who uses cannabis medically, organized a similar rally attended by more than 50 residents in June to protest what he called “extortion” and bullying on the part the trio. “The reason I'm involved is because this lawsuit affects everybody in the state. If they're successful, this could wipe out medical cannabis and wipe out legalization,” he said. “We're out to educate about why we're not happy about what Mark's Deli is doing and we're sick of the stigma and bigotry the three businessmen are pulling.” In a Land Court filing dated Sept. 27, Realtor Brooks, contractor Jennings and City Council hopeful Dimakis argued that in granting Stem's special permit, the Haverhill City Council “acted arbitrarily, capriciously and in excess of its authority” for a variety of reasons related to zoning and odor mitigation, for example. https://whav.net/2019/10/03/cannabis-advocates-headed-to-haverhill-to-support-pineaus-marijuana-shop-stem-at-saturday-rally/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

Welcome to Crawlspace. Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna chat with Steven David Lampley about the tactics in his book How To Catch a Liar. Check out Steven Lampley's site: https://www.stevenlampley.com/ Follow Steven on Twitter: https://twitter.com/steven_lampley Check out Steven's book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1793964807/ Check out our site at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Finding Maura Murray is now available on Vimeo to a worldwide audience: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/findingmauramurray. Here's the Amazon Prime Video link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Come see our next live show in Nashua, New Hampshire! We're doing a panel conversation about Brianna Maitland. Joining us is Brianna's father Bruce Maitland, private investigators Greg Overacker and Lou Barry, as well as Chloe Canter from True Crime Twins. It's at the Riverwalk Cafe at 35 Railroad Square in Nashua, NH on May 22nd 2019. Here's the link to buy tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4218326 Follow Chloe and Melina Canter and the True Crime Twins podcast at twitter.com/TrueCrimeTwins and Instagram.com/truecrimetwins. Listen at https://t.co/tXhOCeDdgX, https://t.co/qbUaCwQWbx?amp=1 Check out Private Investigations for the Missing and please consider donating: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng

Welcome to Crawlspace. Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna chat with retired Seattle Police homicide detective Cloyd Steiger about his career, and what it's like to catch a serial killer. Follow Cloyd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shamus4313 Check out Cloyd's book: https://www.amazon.com/Cloyd-Steiger/e/B079PSM3S5 Check out our site at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Finding Maura Murray is now available on Vimeo to a worldwide audience: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/findingmauramurray. Here's the Amazon Prime Video link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Come see our next live show in Nashua, New Hampshire! We're doing a panel conversation about Brianna Maitland. Joining us is Brianna's father Bruce Maitland, private investigators Greg Overacker and Lou Barry, as well as Chloe Canter from True Crime Twins. It's at the Riverwalk Cafe at 35 Railroad Square in Nashua, NH on May 22nd 2019. Here's the link to buy tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4218326 Follow Chloe and Melina Canter and the True Crime Twins podcast at twitter.com/TrueCrimeTwins and Instagram.com/truecrimetwins. Listen at https://t.co/tXhOCeDdgX, https://t.co/qbUaCwQWbx?amp=1 Check out Private Investigations for the Missing and please consider donating: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ Come to Crime Con in New Orleans, Louisiana June 7-9th 2019 and use code CRAWLSPACE19 when registering at CrimeCon.com for 10% off. The Crawlspace Studios in Wormtown is powered by Pulse Cellular. Use code CRAWLSPACE when signing up at PulseCellular.com Come to the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago in July of 2019: https://tcpf2019.com/ Check out the new Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Check out Chloe's blog on true crime and Brianna Maitland's disappearance: http://chloefromcrawlspace.blogspot.com/ Check out Madison Reed at Madison-Reed.com. Crawlspace listeners get 10% off plus free shipping on their first Color Kit with code CRAWLSPACE Check out TheRealReal.com and shop in-store, online, or download the app, and get 20% off select items with the promo code REAL Check out other great shows from Crawlspace Media: MMM: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-maura-murray/id1006974447 Empty Frames: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/empty-frames. Subscribe on Stitcher Premium to hear Season 2 (stitcher.com/premium) The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Follow us on social media: twitter.com/crawlspacepod instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast facebook.com/crawlspacepodcast Check out Private Investigations for the Missing: https://t.co/P3LMyWLPF1 Donate to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/investigations-for-the-missing Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/PIFortheMissing Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PIFortheMissing Watch Finding Maura Murray on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Please consider becoming a Crawlspace patron at Patreon.com/crawlspacepodcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng

Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with author Billy Jensen about his new book, podcast, and method in using social media to solve murders. Get Chase Darkness With Me now: https://www.amazon.com/Chase-Darkness-Me-Started-Solving/dp/B07KWDBSXL Check out The Murder Squad with Billy Jensen and Paul Holes: http://themurdersquad.com/ Follow Billy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Billyjensen And check out his site: http://billyjensen.com/ Check out our site at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Finding Maura Murray is now available on Vimeo to a worldwide audience: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/findingmauramurray. Here's the Amazon Prime Video link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Come see our next live show in Nashua, New Hampshire! We're doing a panel conversation about Brianna Maitland. Joining us is Brianna's father Bruce Maitland, private investigators Greg Overacker and Lou Barry, as well as Chloe Canter from True Crime Twins. It's at the Riverwalk Cafe at 35 Railroad Square in Nashua, NH on May 22nd 2019. Here's the link to buy tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4218326 Follow Chloe and Melina Canter and the True Crime Twins podcast at twitter.com/TrueCrimeTwins and Instagram.com/truecrimetwins. Listen at https://t.co/tXhOCeDdgX, https://t.co/qbUaCwQWbx?amp=1 Check out Private Investigations for the Missing and please consider donating: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ Come to Crime Con in New Orleans, Louisiana June 7-9th 2019 and use code CRAWLSPACE19 when registering at CrimeCon.com for 10% off. Come to the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago in July of 2019: https://tcpf2019.com/ Check out the new Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Check out Chloe's blog on true crime and Brianna Maitland's disappearance: http://chloefromcrawlspace.blogspot.com/ Check out other great shows from Crawlspace Media: MMM: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-maura-murray/id1006974447 Empty Frames: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/empty-frames. Subscribe on Stitcher Premium to hear Season 2 (stitcher.com/premium) The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Follow us on social media: twitter.com/crawlspacepod instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast facebook.com/crawlspacepodcast Check out Private Investigations for the Missing: https://t.co/P3LMyWLPF1 Donate to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/investigations-for-the-missing Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/PIFortheMissing Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PIFortheMissing Watch Finding Maura Murray on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Please consider becoming a Crawlspace patron at Patreon.com/crawlspacepodcast! Check out other great podcasts from Crawlspace Media: Missing Maura Murray, Empty Frames. To listen to Season 2 of Empty Frames, please go to StitcherPremium.com and use code 'Frames' to get your first month free! Season 1 is free to listen to on the Stitcher app. --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng

After more than a year of public hearings and heated debate, the Brunswick City Council voted to send a letter of support for an affordable housing project on the Railroad Square site. Verdant Development Group will still need to submit a site plan and take other steps — including presenting to the city’s Planning Commission — before the project would be brought back before the council for full approval. Understanding the full story of the Railroad Square development requires going back more than a year. This week, Frederick Uncut producers Heather Mongilio and Wyatt Massey speak with reporter Kate Masters, who was covering Brunswick when the development was introduced. Members of the Brunswick community were concerned the affordable housing development would increase crime in the area or hurt local property values, according to Masters. Later in the episode, Mongilio and Massey discuss the recent updates on the project and how feelings among community members have shifted as the project has been updated. At a public gathering the day before the City Council meeting, several residents who said they were opposed to the project when it was first introduced said they were more willing to see the project move through the planning stages.

Welcome to Crawlspace. Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna chat with Josh Hallmark of True Crime Bullshit about serial killer Israel Keyes. Check out True Crime Bullsh*t at http://www.our-americana.com/truecrimebullshit/. Listen here: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-bullsh/id1443666680 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/our-americana/true-crime-bullsh Follow Josh on social media: https://twitter.com/joshhallmark, https://www.facebook.com/groups/truecrimebs/ Come see our next live show in Nashua, New Hampshire! We're doing a panel conversation about Brianna Maitland. Joining us is Brianna's father Bruce Maitland, private investigators Greg Overacker and Lou Barry, as well as Chloe Canter from True Crime Twins. It's at the Riverwalk Cafe at 35 Railroad Square in Nashua, NH on May 22nd 2019. Here's the link to buy tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4218326 Follow Chloe and Melina Canter and the True Crime Twins podcast at twitter.com/TrueCrimeTwins and Instagram.com/truecrimetwins. Listen at https://t.co/tXhOCeDdgX, https://t.co/qbUaCwQWbx?amp=1 Check out Private Investigations for the Missing and please consider donating: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ Come to Crime Con in New Orleans, Louisiana June 7-9th 2019 and use code CRAWLSPACE19 when registering at CrimeCon.com for 10% off. Come to the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago in July of 2019: https://tcpf2019.com/ Check out the new Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Check out Chloe's blog on true crime and Brianna Maitland's disappearance: http://chloefromcrawlspace.blogspot.com/ Check out Madison Reed at Madison-Reed.com. Crawlspace listeners get 10% off plus free shipping on their first Color Kit with code CRAWLSPACE Check out other great shows from Crawlspace Media: MMM: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-maura-murray/id1006974447 Empty Frames: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/empty-frames. Subscribe on Stitcher Premium to hear Season 2 (stitcher.com/premium) The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Follow us on social media: twitter.com/crawlspacepod instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast facebook.com/crawlspacepodcast Check out Private Investigations for the Missing: https://t.co/P3LMyWLPF1 Donate to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/investigations-for-the-missing Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/PIFortheMissing Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PIFortheMissing Watch Finding Maura Murray on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Please consider becoming a Crawlspace patron at Patreon.com/crawlspacepodcast! Check out other great podcasts from Crawlspace Media: Missing Maura Murray, Empty Frames. To listen to Season 2 of Empty Frames, please go to StitcherPremium.com and use code 'Frames' to get your first month free! Season 1 is free to listen to on the Stitcher app. --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng

Welcome to Crawlspace. Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Dina Street about her daughter, Danielle Sleeper's disappearance. Join the Bring Danielle Home Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1418530515119789/ http://charleyproject.org/case/danielle-marie-sleeper If you have any information please contact the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at 936-760-5876 Come see our next live show in Nashua, New Hampshire! We're doing a panel conversation about Brianna Maitland. Joining us is Brianna's father Bruce Maitland, private investigators Greg Overacker and Lou Barry, as well as Chloe Canter from True Crime Twins. It's at the Riverwalk Cafe at 35 Railroad Square in Nashua, NH on May 22nd 2019. Here's the link to buy tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4218326 Follow Chloe and Melina Canter and the True Crime Twins podcast at twitter.com/TrueCrimeTwins and Instagram.com/truecrimetwins. Listen at https://t.co/tXhOCeDdgX, https://t.co/qbUaCwQWbx?amp=1 Check out Private Investigations for the Missing and please consider donating: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ Come to Crime Con in New Orleans, Louisiana June 7-9th 2019 and use code CRAWLSPACE19 when registering at CrimeCon.com for 10% off. Come to the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago in July of 2019: https://tcpf2019.com/ Check out the new Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Check out Chloe's blog on true crime and Brianna Maitland's disappearance: http://chloefromcrawlspace.blogspot.com/ Listen to the Out of the Shadows podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-the-shadows/id1118716786 Check out Madison Reed at Madison-Reed.com. Crawlspace listeners get 10% off plus free shipping on their first Color Kit with code CRAWLSPACE Check out therealreal.com and use promo code REAL for 20% off select items. So find some great deals on luxury items from top designers. And new customers receive an automatic $25 off at checkout. Check out other great shows from Crawlspace Media: MMM: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-maura-murray/id1006974447 Empty Frames: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/empty-frames. Subscribe on Stitcher Premium to hear Season 2 (stitcher.com/premium) The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Follow us on social media: twitter.com/crawlspacepod instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast facebook.com/crawlspacepodcast Check out Private Investigations for the Missing: https://t.co/P3LMyWLPF1 Donate to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/investigations-for-the-missing Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/PIFortheMissing Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PIFortheMissing Watch Finding Maura Murray on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Please consider becoming a Crawlspace patron at Patreon.com/crawlspacepodcast! Check out other great podcasts from Crawlspace Media: Missing Maura Murray, Empty Frames. To listen to Season 2 of Empty Frames, please go to StitcherPremium.com and use code 'Frames' to get your first month free! Season 1 is free to listen to on the Stitcher app. --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng

Wine Road Episode 77 - Visit Santa Rosa, California  This week, Beth & Marcy welcome Brad from Visit Santa Rosa into the studio! The three explore some of their favorite restaurants, breweries, wineries, and must see attractions around Santa Rosa. If you’re looking for itinerary recommendations, look no further!   Wine Road provides the Wine, When and Where of Northern Sonoma County with news on events, wineries, wines, dining options, activities, and places to stay. Special Guest: Brad Calkins, Executive Director at Visit Santa Rosa      Show Notes  Introducing Brad Calkins, Executive Director at Visit Santa Rosa 0:56 Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport 2:21 Now that I’ve landed, where do I stay? 4:07 What’s new in Santa Rosa? 4:52 Charles Shultz Museum and Ice Arena 5:54 Luther Burbank Home and Gardens 6:40 Alfred Hitchcock 7:15 Hiking in the Area 8:53 Year-Round Farmer’s Markets 9:16 Wineries in Santa Rosa 9:41 Beer City in the Heart of Wine Country! 10:25 How should a visitor go about planning their trip? 11:54 Railroad Square 12:56 Safari West – Winos & Rhinos 14:08 Coffee Recommendation 15:10 Lunch Recommendation 16:55 Dinner Recommendation 17:50 Santa Rosa Date Night? 20:02 Book of the Day: Passion for Wine by Jean-Charles Boisset 21:50 Pre-planned Wine Experiences/Adventures from Wine Road available HERE  25:38 Stop by the Santa Rosa Welcome Center for amazing advice! 26:28 Item of the Day: Citrus Charms 27:40 *GIVEAWAY*   Links Visit Santa Rosa Book of the Day: Passion for Wine by Jean-Charles Boisset Item of the Day: Citrus Charms Safari West   Hotels The Sandman Hyatt Hotel La Rose Vintners Inn   Eats Gerard’s Paella Parish Bollywood Perch & Plow Belly Left Coast Kitchen John Ash @ Vintners Inn Bistro 29 Bird & Bottle Monti’s Sift Cupcakes   Must See Charles Shultz Museum and Snoopy’s Home Ice Luther Burbank Home and Gardens   Hiking Howerth Park Spring Lake Trione-Annadel State Park   Wineries Siduri Carol Shelton Inspiration D’Argenzio The Jade Room DeLoach   Breweries Cooperage Brewing Company Plow Brewing Fogbelt Brewing Company Russian River Brewing Company   Coffee Flying Goat Coffee A’Roma Roasters Coffee Brew – Coffee & Beer House   Credits: The Wine Road podcast is mixed and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA. 

Welcome to Crawlspace. Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna talk with Chris Duett about his dark hobby and his new podcast. Chris has experience writing with incarcerated serial killers, and on his new podcast, Criminal Perspective, he and friend Andrew Dodge (TrueCrimeAuctionHouse.com) have a phone call with serial killer Phil Jablonski. We play some clips and discuss. Follow Criminal Perspective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crmnlprspctv Check out their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/criminalperspective/ Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BethuneTheory Free episodes of Criminal Perspective: https://www.truecrimeauctionhouse.com/ Come to the Forensic Science Panel tonight from 6-8pm at 35 Railroad Square in Nashua, NH! Here's the link to an article about it: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/opinion/local-commentary/2019/03/10/forensic-science-and-crime/ Come to Crime Con in New Orleans, Louisiana June 7-9th 2019 and use code CRAWLSPACE19 when registering at CrimeCon.com. We're going to the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases conference April 15th & 16th in Albany, New York! We're speaking on a panel with Mike Morford (Criminology) and John Lordan (Brainscratch). Get your tickets now! http://www.aisocc.com/2019-conference/ Come to the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago in July of 2019: https://tcpf2019.com/ Check out the new Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Check out Chloe's blog on true crime and Brianna Maitland's disappearance: http://chloefromcrawlspace.blogspot.com/ Check out other great shows from Crawlspace Media. MMM: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-maura-murray/id1006974447 Empty Frames: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/empty-frames. Subscribe on Stitcher Premium to hear Season 2 (stitcher.com/premium) The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Follow us on social media: twitter.com/crawlspacepod instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast facebook.com/crawlspacepodcast Check out Private Investigations for the Missing: https://t.co/P3LMyWLPF1 Donate to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/investigations-for-the-missing Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/PIFortheMissing Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PIFortheMissing Watch Finding Maura Murray on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JKBKQRZ/ Please consider becoming a Crawlspace patron at Patreon.com/crawlspacepodcast! Check out other great podcasts from Crawlspace Media: Missing Maura Murray, Empty Frames. To listen to Season 2 of Empty Frames, please go to StitcherPremium.com and use code 'Frames' to get your first month free! Season 1 is free to listen to on the Stitcher app. --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng

Pete Foppiano is sitting in for Steve Jaxon this week, with Mark Carpenter and Herlinda Heras. Brad Calkins is here, from Visit Santa Rosa. He is the executive director, or "chief eating and drinking officer." They are doing a Beer Passport in February as part of their FeBREWary celebration. The breweries, Moonlight, Plow, Cooperage and Fog Belt will be running a shuttle, picking up people at the Smart Train and then taking them around the breweries. This is their third year of the Beer Passport promotion. Brad has brought a commemorative medal that people can earn by visiting 9 of the 12 breweries on the list.  They are all Santa Rosa breweries. The Passport looks like a map and can be stamped at any of the participating breweries. There is a welcome center in Railroad Square. This is a tie-in with SF Beer Week, which Visit Santa Rosa also sponsors. Then, Santa Rosa Beer Passport runs for the rest of February. Pete Foppiano talks about how the president's government shutdown has affected the brewing industry. The breweries can't get the TTB to approve their labels. Mark explains that if you want to sell beer across state lines, you need to comply with federal law (but not if you are making and selling only inside your state). The lack of government operations means that the summer brews will be delayed. SF Beer Week has something like 1000 events going on. Santa Rosa brewers are adding events to SF Beer Week. The first two weeks of February will also see the release of Pliny the Elder at Russian River Brewing Co. They get a visit from Seismic Brewing with a growler of their American Robust Porter. Bittersweet cocoa and toasty coffee flavors abound. Mark Carpenter says that oysters are the classic pairing with this beer. You can get your Beer Passport at any of the participating breweries and at their Santa Rosa Welcome Center. Mark mentions that he had an excellent beer called Drake's 1500, at Nick's Cove. Herlinda also mentions Flagship February, a celebration of the breweries that started it all, like Anchor Steam and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

With September come football games that actually matter, open season on California tree squirrels (daily limit of four) and the opening of the new artistic season for many North Bay theatre companies. Here’s some of what they have in store for local audiences: Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater (cinnabartheater.org) transforms itself into Berlin’s Kit Kat Club and bids you willkommen, bienvenue, and welcome to the classic Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret. Broadway veteran Michael McGurk and Petaluma native Alia Beeton take on the roles that won Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli their Oscars. The Spreckels Theatre Company of Rohnert Park (spreckelsonline.com) opens its season with the multi-Tony-Award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Fans of the Mark Haddon novel about a young boy on the autism spectrum investigating the death of a neighborhood dog will find that it’s been somewhat reworked for the stage, but Tony voters liked it enough to name it 2015’s Best Play. Sebastopol’s Main Stage West (mainstagewest.com) opens its season with the world premiere of an original comedy by local playwright Bob Duxbury. Savage Wealth examines the impact of the sale of a Lake Tahoe home and the vacant lot next to it on a pair of brothers and their childhood friend. John Shillington directs a cast of three in a story that also manages to work new age philosophy, politics, and romantic betrayal into it. Dancing and singing New York “wiseguys” take over Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse (6thstreetplayhouse.com) as they present Guys and Dolls. Summer Repertory Theatre Artistic Director James Newman moves to Railroad Square to helm what has been called “the greatest of all American musicals”. Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre (leftedgetheatre.com) continues to provide North Bay audiences with recently written plays never before seen in the area with the U.S. premiere of a hit British comedy. David Simpson’s The Naked Truth involves charity fundraising, female empowerment, and pole dancing. Argo Thompson directs and somehow has worked former Second Row Center host David Templeton into the mix. The Pegasus Theatre Company of Guerneville (pegasustheater.com) will present its 12th annual Tapas: New Short Play Festival. This year’s festival will include seven short plays by Northern California playwrights and will be the first production overseen by new Artistic Director Rich Rubin. Healdsburg’s Raven Players (raventheater.org) open with two contemporary dramas that deal with a host of complex issues including war, PTSD, gun violence, politics and religion. Time Stands Still and Church & State will run in “rep”. In Marin, the Novato Theater Company (novatotheatercompany.org) hopes to have one singular sensation with their production of A Chorus Line, while Mill Valley’s Marin Theatre Company (marintheatre.org) will present the West Coast premiere of the 2017 Best Play Tony-winning political thriller Oslo. Ross Valley Players buck the trend and bring Shakespeare indoors for a change with their production of Twelfth Night. Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions (luckypennynapa.com) invites you Into the Woods, where director James Sasser has apparently added another layer of “fun” to the musical fairy tale mash-up. Plenty of options for the avid theatregoer. Information on all these shows can be found in the “Calendar” section of the North Bay Stage and Screen web site at northbaystageandscreen.com

‘Tis the season for Shakespeare al fresco so pack a picnic, grab a blanket and check out these North Bay productions: Marin Shakespeare closes out its season under the stars with Pericles, a play whose authorship by Shakespeare has fostered many a debate. Plot points include incest, assassination, famine, a shipwreck, marriage, maternal death, familial separation, attempted murder, kidnapping, pirates, prostitution, and a seemingly dead person rising from a watery grave. Who knew Shakespeare wrote a zombie play? And this is a comedy. Director Lesley Currier and her design team have taken all these elements, dressed them up in modern garb, added a few topical references, and come up with the theatrical equivalent of a “B” movie. It’s entertaining and even moving at the end, but it evaporates quickly in the night air. Artist-in-residence Dameion Brown brings his commanding stage presence to the title role. Fine supporting work is done by Cathleen Ridley as the loving Queen Simonedes and the treacherous Dionyza; Eliza Boivin as Marina, Pericles’s daughter; Rod Gnapp and Richard Pallaziol in a variety of roles; and Diane Wasnak, who is very engaging as the puckish storyteller Gower. 'Pericles' runs Thursday–Sunday through August 5 at Forest Meadows Amphitheater at Dominican University in San Rafael. The showtimes vary and the venue opens one hour before curtain for picnicking. For more information, go to marinshakespeare.org Santa Rosa’s Shakespeare in the Cannery ceases to exist after this season’s production as the property is being “repurposed.” Co-founder/director David Lear decided to go out on a lighter note so they’re presenting Shakespeare in Love, the stage adaptation of 1998’s Best Picture Oscar winner. Poor Will Shakespeare (John Browning) has writer’s block and can’t seem to finish his latest opus, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter. A muse arrives in the person of Viola (Sydney McNulty), who disguises herself as ‘Thomas Kent’ so as to get around the ‘no women on stage’ rule. Shifty theatre producers, a loathsome Lord, a treacherous boy and a haughty queen all come into play before Romeo and Juliet sees the light of day. It’s a piffle but the cast has fun, with good comedic support from Alan Kaplan and Liz Jahren. Isiah Carter impresses in two roles and keep an eye out for Isabella, one of the moodiest, scene-stealing “bitch” characters I’ve seen on a North Bay Stage. 'Shakespeare in Love' runs Friday through Sunday through August 5 at the Cannery in Railroad Square in Santa Rosa. Show time is at 7pm with the gate opening at 5pm for picnicking. For more information, go to shakespeareinthecannery.com

Josh Windmiller is the front man of the band The Crux, creator of the North bay Hootenanny events and the big dreamer and creator of the Rail Road Square Music Festival in Santa Rosa CA joshwindmiller.com thecruxmusic.com railroadsquaremusicfestival.com secondoctave.com @rsmfest  Please join us at the Railroad Square music Festival on June 11th! Its a great time and its FREE!!

There’s a nice, little show running in the 6th Street Playhouse Studio Theatre right now. You’ve probably never heard of it, though it’s been around a little over 20 years. In those twenty-plus years, it’s been translated into 23 languages and been produced all over the world to the tune of about 500 productions. Just this year, it’s played or is currently playing in such far-away places as Australia, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, and Romania. Which brings us back to Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, California, where Visiting Mr. Green is running through April 2. It’s a two-person show - part Odd Couple, part I’m Not Rappaport – set in the New York City apartment of Mr. Green (Al Kaplan,) an elderly Jewish widower recovering from a recent close-call with a motor vehicle. His solitude is interrupted by Ross Gardiner (Kevin Kieta,) the Wall Street-employed driver of the vehicle, who stops by to announce that he’ll be making weekly visits to assist Mr. Green as part of the community service portion of his sentence. Mr. Green doesn’t want him, and Gardiner would be more than happy to have the judge relieve him of the duty, but then there wouldn’t be a play, would there? Green and Gardiner go from butting heads, to grudging acceptance, to perhaps the formation of a real friendship when an issue is raised that changes everything. What started as a comedy of opposites takes a decidedly dramatic turn. It works. Playwright Jeff Baron has taken a stock situation with stock characters and managed to make them feel somewhat fresh. It’s not the most well-written script and it has some elements that absolutely strain credulity (A present day, 29-year-old corporate executive that doesn’t carry a cell phone?) but my annoyance with those was overcome by the fine performances of the co-leads. Director David L. Yen started on third base with the casting of Al Kaplan as Mr. Green. Kaplan has been knocking around Sonoma County stages for a bit doing yeoman’s work in supporting roles. Where did he get the chutzpah to take on the lead role of a loud, opinionated, demanding, set-in-his-ways senior citizen? (Full disclosure – I’ve worked with Al.) Kaplan was made for this role - which is more layered than I let on - and I’m not sure I can think of any other actor in the area who could do it as well. The consistency of his physical work with the character should also be noted. The greater challenge for Yen must have been the casting of Gardiner, and Yen did well with his choice of Kevin Kieta. There’s a lot going on with Ross, and Kieta does a good balancing act throughout his character’s arc. Kaplan and Kieta work well together, and I completely bought into their characters and their relationship. The scenic design by Sam Transleau does a pretty good job of recreating a New York City apartment, though there are a few anachronisms. I particularly like the sense of depth provided by a nicely designed window and backdrop. Sound designer Craig Miller nicely bridges the scenes with appropriate music that reinforces the cultural component of the show. 6th Street Playhouse’s Visiting Mr. Green is a small show with big aspirations. It packs a lot of humor and emotion into its 105 minutes, touching on such issues as family, responsibility, religious orthodoxy, acceptance, regret, the devastating consequences of one’s actions, atonement and forgiveness. These issues are universal, which may explain why this particular piece seems to be in constant play around the world. Grounded in two fine, funny and heartfelt performances by its leads, Visiting Mr. Green kind of took me by surprise. Some of the issues presented hit close to home and I found myself a bit emotional by the end. That’s not an easy thing to admit, and while I see a lot of theatre, it doesn’t happen that often. Nice work, gentlemen. Visiting Mr. Green plays at the 6th Street Playhouse through April 2. Visit 6thstreetplayhouse.com

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” One of Shakespeare’s scariest lines comes from what is easily his scariest play, ‘Macbeth,’ a show so frightening most theater people refuse to speak the title aloud. In the third season of Shakespeare in the Cannery—in the old cannery ruins near Railroad Square—director David Lear unleashes an offbeat, seriously gonzo take on the Bard’s bloody masterpiece, blending modern jeans, combat boots, and bike leather with traditional elements like capes, cackling witches, blood drenched swords … and a head in a bloody bag—which never gets old. Overall, Lear’s vision is impressive. He springs masks, trapdoors, and a whole toolbox of other theatrical tricks, including the incorporation of drummers from Sonoma County Taiko, pounding out a live percussive score throughout the show. Shakespeare’s eerie supernatural tragedy tells the twisty-gory tale of the highly suggestible Scottish warrior Macbeth, played by Ben Stowe, who emphasizes the reluctance and fear beneath his character’s fighting façade. At Macbeth’s side, sort of, is his blindly ambitious wife, whom Shakespeare never gave a name to. She is always only ‘Lady Macbeth,’ played here with cruel coolness by Ilana Niernberger. Mr. and Mrs. M are goaded into traitorous action by the riddle-spouting Weird Sisters—you know, the ‘bubble, bubble, toil and trouble twins— who tell Macbeth he will become king. Anyone else might sit around and wait for the crown to fall in their laps, but Lady M. wants that crown, and Duncan, the king, just invited himself over for dinner so . . . why waste an opportunity? Screwing their courage to the sticking place—a line that here takes on a seriously sexy second meaning—the married first-time murderers argue a bit before finally offing Duncan, quickly shifting blame to his sons, and then taking his throne as king and queen. That would be a terrible end to the story. But fortunately for the audience, Macbeth—not to mention Shakespeare—just can’t seem to stop killing people, and the whole kill-the-king-and-then-retire-from-evil-deeds scheme soon collapses under of storm of mystery, madness and mayhem. On a pleasingly playground-like stage, the performances sometimes stray toward the big, and over-acted. That’s not necessarily a bad choice for an outdoor show. But in this case, what’s gained in terms of clarity and size is often lost in terms of subtlety and absorbing emotion. That’s a problem enhanced by a number of freaky visual ideas that—while interesting and certainly not boring—often distract from the drama rather than heighten it. Still, there are some very strong moments in this ‘Macbeth,’ fueled by several effectively surprising acting choices. As Duncan, the doomed King, Clark Miller very convincingly plays the monarch’s essential sweetness. Eric Thompson, as a servant in Macbeth’s castle, is hilarious, making the most of the play’s one comedic scene. Sam Coughlin, as Duncan’s vengeful son, is impressively complex in a very small part. And as Macbeth’s fellow warrior Banquo, Alan Kaplan brings a sense of affronted decency and a solid soldiers’ bearing to a role usually played by a much younger man. Though perhaps lacking in actual human drama and emotion, playing more like a Halloween pageant than an actual tragedy, this particular ‘Macbeth’ is probably an excellent production to introduce kids to Shakespeare with. Energetic and ambitious—like poor befuddled Macbeth himself—the show may sometimes stumble … but it definitely brings the sound and fury. ‘’Macbeth’ runs Friday & Saturday through July 23 at The Cannery. Visit www.shakespeareinthecannery.com

Annie chats with Florida State University entrepreneur-in-residence Christine Nieves; the two discuss porch swings and creativity, the importance of connection, and life in the new South (hint: it's a lot of storytelling and hard work). Christine also lists her favorite spots in Tallahassee and Thomasville: Quarter Moon Imports, Black Dog, Ripe City Urban Farm, Railroad Square, Fermentation Lounge, Grasslands Brewery, Jonah's, and Sweet Grass Dairy.  Follow Christine on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr. Rate and review From the Front Porch on iTunes here. 

"Twelfth Night" is amongst Shakespeare’s most popular plays, in part because the story is so accessible, and the situations so universally funny. Typical of the Bard, humor and tragedy are never far from each other. A young woman, Viola, grieves for her twin brother Sebastian after surviving a shipwreck in which she believes he drowned. Cast ashore in a strange country, she disguises herself as a man, donning an outfit matching that of her brother, who soon shows up - surprise! - wearing the same thing. They are now identical. Viola, having taken the name Cesario, finds employment with the local Duke, whom she instantly falls for. The Duke’s in love with the wealthy Olivia, who’s mourning her own brother’s recent death, and swears she will never love any man, but changes her mind the first time she takes a look at Cesario, who of course is actually Viola. Wacky subplots involve of Olivia’s drunken cousin Toby Belch and the clueless Sir Aguecheek, Olivia’s servants Maria and the self-righteous Malvolio, and a freelance jester-singer-trouble-maker named Feste - all of whose paths begin to cross Cesario’s in increasingly complicated, potentially life-threatening ways. Meanwhile, believing his sister to have drowned, Sebatian can’t understand why everyone in this strange land seems to know him, some trying to kill him and others trying to take him to bed. It’s great stuff, all served up with Shakespeare’s patented sense of poetry and escalating crisis. What’s tricky about a play so well known and well loved is presenting it freshly. How do you bring something new to a show so thoroughly mined and milked that virtually everything findable in it has been found? That’s the task set before director David Lear and the Shakespeare in the Cannery crew, the relatively new company that last weekend opened its sophomore season in the old cannery ruins in Railroad Square. With a uniformly talented cast, and a strong vision by Lear, this production manages to both hit the notes we love to hear in a staging of "Twelfth Night," and somehow find a few more I, for one, have yet to have heard. Without altering the text, Lear has found a way to balance the play’s extremes, making the comedy funnier by attending to the details of the drama. Certainly, Lear - known for his innovations and sometimes unconventional approaches - does make a few changes, the most obvious being Feste the Jester, who here has been split into TWO, played as twins or clones or BFFs by Haley Bartels and Brandon Wilson, both delightful. The other obvious splashes of invention are largely stylistic, from the tennis shoes worn by most of the cast to the black lipstick and corsets worn by several of the supporting ensemble. As Viola and Sebastian, Kot Takahashi and Carmen Mitchell are not just wonderful at making you care about their plights, they look a lot more like each other than in most productions of "Twelfth Night" I’ve seen. I don’t have time to mention everyone by name, but special mention must go to April Krautner’s Olivia, arcing from gloom to puppy love with immense charm, Clark Miller and Brian Abbott as Toby and Aguecheek - managing to be silly and kind of sad at once - and the magnificent Alan Kaplan in the play’s trickiest role, that of Malvolio, who as the subject of one of literature’s most famous practical jokes, must transform from ridiculous to near-tragic, without altering the tone of the shenanigans all around him. Congratulations to Lear and his entire team. By finding the new in something so old, this is a Twelfth Night to celebrate and savor. Twelfth Night runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm through August 15. Visit shakespeareinthecannery.com I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB.

There’s an old Latin saying. "Aestivo Tempori est Shakespeare!" Roughly translated: There’s no better time to watch Shakespeare than in the summertime! I don’t know when summer became so connected to the Bad Bard of Avon, but there’s no denying that the moment the weather gets nice, along comes a troupe of iambic-pentameter talking actors to put on a little something by good old William S. This coming weekend, Railroad Square’s Shakespeare in the Cannery will open "Twelfth Night," and next month will bring productions of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" to Guerneville, and "The Taming of the Shrew" to Mill Valley. Since they are amongst Shakespeare’s better-known shows, there’s a pretty good chance what you see and hear with these productions will be more-or-less what Shakespeare wrote, because there’s an unwritten rule about Shakespeare: If you’re going to mess around with the Bard, you will get less blowback if you pick a play that nobody knows. Which brings us to William Shakespeare’s "Cymbeline," landing with a gleeful-giddy splash last weekend in San Rafael’s Forest Meadows Amphitheatre at Dominican University. "Cymbeline," one of Shakespeare’s final works as a playwright, is rarely ever performed, despite the fact that it’s one of the playwright’s most complexly plotted, entertaining, surprise-packed, and satisfying plays - all of which made it very popular, you know, in the olden days. But modern critics tend to turn their noses up at it, as they do anything Shakespeare wrote for the sheer happy hell of it - which is more-or-less what "Cymbeline" feels like. As that other old Latin saying goes: Prolixior est unum rabidus fabula. Meaning: “This is one crazy play!” There’s a woman disguised as a boy. An aging ruler losing his kingdom and his sanity. A soldier convincing a married man his wife has been unfaithful. And a magic potion that makes the living appear to be dead. And that’s just for starters. "Cymbeline" carries so many plot ideas reminiscent of Shakespeare’s other plays, it sometimes seems like a cross between a deliberate self-parody and a career retrospective. The play is named for the crazy English king Cymbeline, but the true heroine of the story is his daughter Imogen, played with brilliant simplicity and sweetness by Stella Heath. Having P.O.’d her papa by refusing to marry the obnoxiously self-loving prince Cloten -a hilarious Thomas Gorrebeeck - instead marrying the lowly Roman orphan Leonatus Posthumus - also Gorrebeeck, a quick-change artist of the highest order - Imogen becomes the target of her duplicitous stepmother, the queen, and also the subject of a certain test-of-fidelity on the part of Posthumus. Falsely accused of fooling around, she ends up on the run, dressed in drag, with wacky old Cloten in pursuit, and that’s where a pair of kidnapped princes raised as mountain men enter the story. Like I said, Crazy! And in this light-hearted production, director Robert Currier keeps things frisking along, tackling the problem of the play’s complexity by inserting a few original songs in place of Shakespeare’s text, and adding a few lines of his own here and there to clear things up and explain what’s going on. I’d have preferred the more classic approach of simply directing the play in a way that makes it understandable to the audience, but hey! It’s sort of fun and it kind of works. And since very few audience members will have seen "Cymbeline" before, it’s likely no one will know the difference. "Cymbeline" runs Friday–Sunday through July 26 at Forest Meadows Amphitheater at Dominican University. www.marinshakespeare.org And as they say in Latin . . . Ego sum David Templeton, Second Row Center, enim KRCB.