Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

turnstile

Posted on April 17, 2009 by riverwriter

Michael V. Smith and Elizabeth Bachinsky performed and read, respectively, to promote their books. Touring seems so lonely and awkward. There should be a format they could slot into in each community. Touring together seems like a good way to overcome some of the problems. Continue reading →

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Review: The Blue Dragon by Marie Michaud & Robert Lepage

Posted on April 6, 2009 by riverwriter

If you examine the list below this review, you will see that it goes on  almost like credits for a film. There are three actors on stage; but, as Robert Lepage indicated during the standing ovation curtain call at the … Continue reading →

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Dreaming with fishes

Posted on March 31, 2009 by riverwriter

Tamia Doll died of cancer a few years ago. I discovered her in the early nineties when I was Chair of the now-defunct Seaway Arts Council. I was fairly heavily involved in the local art gallery at the time, and discovered that there was an artist who actually painted the river. (More in http://platinum-river.blogspot.com ) Continue reading →

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