Bet you didn’t know this about Massachusetts
This type of list is right up my alley. It includes all sorts of factoids about the state of Massachusetts, most of which I never heard before. Makes me want to visit there. Oh, wait, I am going to visit there—on August 9th, at 6:30PM, I will be doing a multi-media presentation on Lizzie Borden […]
Not imprisoned in haste
From the New York Times, August 16, 1892:
The Hatchet Hour
This sounds like one of the coolest teachers ever. It is perfectly amazing that in order to give the cast a better understanding of the Lizzie Borden case before they performed Ed Valentine’s new play (Lizzie: The Hatchet Hour), that production historian Tim Oliveira took them to Fall River and immersed them in the reality […]
Ryckebusch talk
From the April 25-May 1, 2005, “For Your Information” newsletter, published weekly by the Bristol Community College of Communications: An evening with an old friend and Miss Lizzie Borden: Join the Taunton Literacy Council and Professor Emeritus Jules Ryckebusch for an evening of Lizzie Borden on May 16. The event is a fundraiser for the […]
Happy Birthday Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden would have been 146 years old today, July 19.