A few days ago, Fuse #8 posted a bit of news saying that Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed was going to be shown at a theater in Brooklyn. It made me so happy — as some of you may know from this previous post, I’m something of a shadow puppet enthusiast and a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘folklore’
Hansel & Gretel: Live on Stage!!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged folklore, lotte reiniger, shadow puppets on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Because You Can’t Ever Get Enough of Witches With Candy
Posted in illustration, tagged folklore, illustration, new yorker natterings on November 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Metropolitan Opera is currently showing a new production of Hansel und Gretel, and also exhibiting a collection of art inspired by the folktale. The New Yorker is hosting a gallery of images from the collection, featuring these lovelies:
It’s worth taking a gander at all of them — note the William Stieg — [...]
Video Sunday
Posted in video sunday, tagged edward gorey, flight of the conchords, folklore, lotte reiniger, puppetry, video sunday on October 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Yes, yes — I’m lifting this idea directly from Betsy Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production, but it’s such a good idea, and I’m always up for a blog posting that doesn’t require me to come up with original content in any way. Besides, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Right?
First up [...]
The Forgotten Bookshelf Archive
Posted in The Forgotten Bookshelf, tagged archive, classic literature, fiction, folklore, forgotten bookshelf, non-fiction, picture books, poetry on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Whoo. In the course of schlepping all of my junk from The Evil Blogger to The Somewhat Less Evil WordPress, I’ve decided to make a handy-dandy archive of what has always been this blog’s most popular feature: The Forgotten Bookshelf. Here you’ll find picture books, fiction, poetry, folklore, and even the (very) occasional [...]
