Volume 29, Number 14 Thursday, April 11, 2013 THE Weekly Newspaper 911 Franklin Street Michigan City, IN 46360 TM by Kathy Zmuda Africa Continued on Page 2 (Ed. note): Last week Kathy told of her trip to South Africa, prompted by some friends. While the animals of the bush were a revelation and a treat to her and her husband, Walt, it was the people of South Africa that made a deep and lasting impres- sion on them. Here is the rest of her story.) There are basically three distinct racial groups in South Africa: whites, blacks and colored or mixed race. The government is wanting to promote black entrepreneurship and to that end offer some aid to business ventures which include a black partner. We met such a partnership and are excited by its prospects and the worthy men and their families working to make it a success: Growing kale. Peter and Tim, both public accountants, husbands and fathers, have joined their endless energy and busi- ness wisdom to grow a crop of healthy kale. They can’t keep up with the demand and are asking oth- ers to lend capital to expand their business and join in the profits. Everyone wins. Folks can buy a popu- lar and healthy food at a low cost and South Africa starts another new business of a black and white partnership. (Please call us if you want to join in the green fun.) We saw another such effort yielding benefits at every level over twenty years. A raspberry farm. The seeds for this venture began in the brave and generous hearts of several young folks during the difficult times of apartheid. Sandy and James John- son and their friends Alexander and Jill with others decided to make it easier for their black friends liv- ing in Soweto to pray with them on week ends, so they rented a church hall and drove into Soweto at a time when violence was disturbing the peace every- where, especially in Soweto. Often they didn’t feel safe to drive home in the evening so would stay in the homes of black families from their church. Af- ter a time they decided to embrace the gospel they studied more fully by creating an integrated society, living side by side on property they would buy as a community, sharing one pot. “The Farm,” part of the integrated community Kathy and Walt visited. Lundi, who lives at The Farm, is shown tending the raspberries.
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Volume 29, Number 14 Thursday, April 11, 2013
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Weekly Newspaper 911 Franklin StreetMichigan City, IN 46360
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by Kathy Zmuda
Africa Continued on Page 2
(Ed. note): Last week Kathy told of her trip to South Africa, prompted by some friends. While the animals of the bush were a revelation and a treat to her and her husband, Walt, it was the people of South Africa that made a deep and lasting impres-sion on them. Here is the rest of her story.)
There are basically three distinct racial groups in South Africa: whites, blacks and colored or mixed race. The government is wanting to promote black entrepreneurship and to that end offer some aid to business ventures which include a black partner. We met such a partnership and are excited by its prospects and the worthy men and their families working to make it a success: Growing kale. Peter and Tim, both public accountants, husbands and fathers, have joined their endless energy and busi-ness wisdom to grow a crop of healthy kale. They can’t keep up with the demand and are asking oth-ers to lend capital to expand their business and join in the profi ts. Everyone wins. Folks can buy a popu-lar and healthy food at a low cost and South Africa starts another new business of a black and white partnership. (Please call us if you want to join in the green fun.)
We saw another such effort yielding benefi ts at every level over twenty years. A raspberry farm. The seeds for this venture began in the brave and generous hearts of several young folks during the diffi cult times of apartheid. Sandy and James John-son and their friends Alexander and Jill with others decided to make it easier for their black friends liv-ing in Soweto to pray with them on week ends, so they rented a church hall and drove into Soweto at a time when violence was disturbing the peace every-where, especially in Soweto. Often they didn’t feel safe to drive home in the evening so would stay in the homes of black families from their church. Af-ter a time they decided to embrace the gospel they studied more fully by creating an integrated society, living side by side on property they would buy as a community, sharing one pot.
“The Farm,” part of the integrated community Kathy and Walt visited.
Lundi, who lives at The Farm, is shown tending the raspberries.
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Africa Continued from Page 1
Kathy and Walt stayed at this home at The Farm.
We actually stayed a week as guests on this heav-enly hill top place of lovely homes, gardens, pool, tennis court where black and white folks have lived side by side in private homes for a generation. They had one important rule that has kept them mature, healthy and honest: Not only did they pray togeth-er, and share meals on Fridays, as well if you have a disagreement, you must speak to that person di-rectly and if needed, invite another community member to bridge any misunderstanding. No be-hind the back talk. We could feel this peace. Today various members have moved on and the property is owned by the individuals rather than in common, but it is still a beautiful, friendly and integrated community with a huge crop of raspberry bushes to market. Today Sandy Johnson goes twice a week to tutor young children in reading at Emthonjeni and Lizzie, another member of the community, is completing many years as a facilitator there, pre-paring for a new branch of her social, spiritual ser-vice. At the moment both the Johnsons’ youngest son and Jill & Alexander’s are spending their gap year before college hitchhiking and organic farming through South America. They dream of starting a commune of their own one day in South Africa.
Sandy also has partnered with her friend Cathe-rine to look after Flora. Twenty years ago our Cath-erine saw a little black orphaned girl shyly hiding under a table. Catherine reached for her gently and has not stopped caring about her all these years.
It was with a heavy heart that Catherine learned Flora is barely alive with full blown Aids, weighing maybe fi fty pounds. Her youngest child has been put in an orphanage and she is living with some of her brothers and family in a home. Flora had given up the fi ght until Catherine arrived. Since then she has gone to the hospital, is taking her medicine and Sandy has agreed to see to it that someone monitors Flora’s medicine and will bring food and clothing as needed. Some American friends of Catherine’s con-tributed money for her continued care.
The power of one. Everyone counts. The dung beetle keeps reminding me of this abiding goodness and cooperation in life. While we were in the wild bush country we had the privilege of meeting more South Africans devoted to building their country. Neo is a wiry, slender and handsome dark skinned boy of mixed race, which might include wild ani-mals!! Neo knows and loves these creatures inti-mately.
At sixteen he was our tracker, jumping off the Land Rover to inspect signs of the animals, nam-ing them by shape, feces, and telling us how long ago they had passed by. His ambition is to become a wilderness guide. To this end he is fi nishing high school, overcoming dyslexia with the help of excel-lent teachers and great personal determination. Then he hopes to go to a special school in Krueger National Park that trains such guides.
Sandy tutoring a child at Emthonjenie
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Africa Continued on Page 4
His older brother Dustin is becoming a sound engineer and currently volunteers at a media sta-tion to learn the trade and network for a future job. Their mother Melonie a widow, lives with them as hostess of the Sparrow volunteer house and is the assistant to Jackie Gallagher in all things about Sparrow Schools. Melonie’s grandfather was Eng-lish and grandmother black. She was raised in peaceful Swaziland and married a South African. It is here that she is nurturing not only her two sons, but in partnership with Sparrow School, an entire generation of young South Africans.
So is Alison as curriculum developer at the Wits University in Johannesburg. Her job is to work with the professors to design curriculum that will engage the young people from disadvantaged backgrounds successfully. She is also the white widow of an im-prisoned and exiled white leader of the ANC who fought to bring down apertheid and place Mandela as the fi rst black president. Their daughter Kent is a tall, blond, blue eyed and devoted college student dedicated to honoring the contributions of the ear-liest humans, the San tribe ancestors who still are living today. Her dream is to have a gallery one day that honors both the ancestral and modern art of her country.
Some of the South Africans with Kathy and Walt in Ingwalala in the Afri-can Bush. (from left): Neo Malema, Kent Williams, Alison Button, (front):
Danny Bothma, Leila Mansfi eld.
At The Farm with Catherine and Lizzie John. Lizzie has lived there for 20 years. After being a social worker at the squatter camp, she is now
administrator assistant at Sparrow School.
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Africa Continued from Page 3
While in the bush together Alison was busy making the young generations dreams a possibil-ity, reading through stacks of applications for uni-versity scholarships. “Here, read this one. It’s so touching.” Alison offered me one of her big stack of applications from young ones who live in squat-ter camps, sometimes orphaned, sometimes having witnessed horrible violence. Like Alison, I wish they could grant each one this doorway to a better life through college.
Because I fell and hurt my right knee again, Melonie insisted on taking me to her doctor at the Sunday morning clinic. Once again I met courage; a lovely young woman medical doctor, raised Mus-lim and risking the disapproval of her family by not covering her face or hair, working out in the world, divorcing and raising her only child and daughter with dreams of being a marine biologist.
I read in yesterday’s New York Times that a black south African woman, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele is heading a new party to challenge the corruption and
poor governance of the current government under Zuma and the ANC. Medical doctor, anthropologist and former head of the World Bank and past board member of a mining company, Mamphela invites her country to join her to build the country of their dreams. Good news to my ears. South Africa has slipped backward from the gains of equality and op-portunity for blacks under Mandela. The work of loving and caring, cooperating and sharing goes on while the beetle pushes its dung ball up hill, the lion naps and the skies bring rain and sun to all living things.
We want to thank personally our American com-panions who generously shared this experience with us and who give much to this world them-selves: Joyce Hollingsworth, devoting her days and talents to developing the fi rst university in central Angola, Cinda Rierson, consultant and master yoga teacher who has gone several times to Haiti volun-teering her time and talents with Yoga kids and Ted Rierson, who is a patient wise teacher of meditation practice in our community. And, of course Cathe-rine Wirth, who made it all possible by the limitless-ness of her heart.
Breakfast with Walt, Joyce, Sandy, restaurant manager and James Johnson in Indian town of Lanasia near Soweto.
These zebras seem to sense they’re being observed.
Kathy, Mama Magama and Catherine at squatter camp.
Truly, the King of the Jungle.
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La Lumiere School Places in Top 10 in Science Olympiad State Competition For the 22nd consecutive year,
La Lumiere students earned a spot in the Science Olympiad state competition. La Lumiere School placed 8th overall and medaled in six events and one trial event. The top 30 teams from nine regions of Indiana competed in 23 differ-ent events as well as three trial events. Medals were awarded to the top fi ve in each event. The fol-lowing students won medals:
Second PlaceAstronomy – Drew Yarger, South
Bend and Patrick Smith, MuncieThird PlaceBoomilever – Penfi e Jiao, ChinaFourth PlaceCircuits – Nicholas Liu, China
and Drew Yarger, South BendExperimental Design – Kelly
Barr, LaPorte; Marina Walinski, Rolling Prairie; and Drew Yarger, South Bend
Forensics – Kelly Barr, LaPorte and Lucas Tang, PortageGame On (Trial Event) – Marina Walinski, Rolling Prairie and Nolan Grieger, LaPorteFifth PlaceGravity Vehicle – Nicholas Liu, China
La Lumiere Science Olympiad students in Bloomington, Indiana
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PNC Theatre: “The Taming of the Shrew” at Mainstreet TheatrePNC Theatre and the PNC Players of Purdue
University North Central will present a produc-tion of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Mainstreet Theatre in Michigan City.
The public is invited to the performances at the Mainstreet Theatre, 807 Franklin St., on opening night Sat., April 13 ( 8 p.m.); Sun., April 14 (3 p.m.); Fri., April 19 (8 p.m.) and Sat., April 20 (8 p.m.)
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students presenting a valid student ID.
The production is directed by Dr. Paul Hecht, PNC associate professor of English. The cast and crew will have a talkback session with interested audience members, immediately following select performances. More information is available at www.pnc.edu/activities/theatre/
The production takes a step back from the com-plexity of Henry IV and English history and into an apparently simpler world of slapstick and farce. Two beautiful young sisters, lots of eager (and more or less eligible suitors), a protective father - it sounds like the setup to many a bedroom comedy. The dif-ference here is the “shrew,” and it is a difference that pushes the simplicity of the comedy in complex and problematic directions.
So what’s a shrew? In Shakespeare’s time (400 years ago), a shrew was a woman who didn’t act as women were supposed to act. In particular, it’s a woman who speaks up for herself, who doesn’t do exactly as her father or husband says, who asserts rights beyond those of women’s limited social sta-tus. And the “taming” in this play is about putting a woman like that in her place and breaking her spirit so that she stays there.
What are the techniques of the “tamer”? Sleep deprivation and starvation, for a start, but also a psychological assault, where the woman has to ac-cept literally anything her husband says no matter how mad.
While this doesn’t sound much like a comedy, there’s also love, maybe, and this is the way that the play has traditionally been made palatable. The tamer is also ir-resistible and the shrew, Kate, falls for him and realizes that with him she doesn’t have to be the unhappy and intemperate person she was before.
But many questions remain, questions which the cast of this year’s show has been wrestling with from the start, even as they enjoy what audiences have enjoyed for generations - a fast, smart gallop of a play, with plenty of disguises, servants playing their masters, masters
playing servants, and everyone trying to outsmart and out “face” everyone else. Nobody dies, but the play is fi lled with violence and fl aring tempers and it’s a wonder no one does.
The audience will be seriously entertained and entertained seriously, as you take a closer look at one of the most problematic, strange, and uncom-fortable of Shakespeare’s bang-up comedies, where the 400 years between us seems on the one hand, profoundly alienating, unnerving, and on the other, like no time at all.
Song, dance, aggressive gender cross-casting, rock and roll, and the clash of authentic longswords ensure the PNC production takes the most enter-taining, most provocative components of this play as far as possible. A cast of 19 will fi ll Mainstreet’s intimate theater space with youthful energy.
The PNC Players are Cristina Amaro, LaPorte; Aram Arden, Karen Arden, Suzanne Bartholomew, Aaron Collings, Jason Curtis, Kyle Dehning, Sarah Dwight, Jeremy Harris, Shameka Harris, Kristina Heuck, Andrew Holt, Morgan Lynn, Amber Mayes, Cortney McIntosh, Maria Elena Miller, Alyssa Moskwa, Diane Rich, Justin Sech, Tara Sibo, Holly Trott, Teresa West.
The crew: Jeremy James Bugg, Denise Curtis, Brittany Nowatzke, Sara Sech, Charles Trott, Holly Trott, Camille Turner, Brett Worthington.
The production will again feature music com-posed and performed by Chicago area composer Rob Clearfi eld, dance choreography by Ariane Dolan, faculty member of Chicago’s Lou Conte Dance Stu-dio and a veteran of innumerable regional and na-tional musical theatre shows as well as “stage vio-lence” by R&D Choreography.
Tickets may be purchased from the Mainstreet Theatre of Michigan City. More information is avail-able at http://www.pnc.edu/engl/theatre. To reserve tickets contact the theatre at 219-874-4269 or email [email protected]
PNC Players in rehearsal for “The Taming of the Shrew.”
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Presentation centers on the Arts, Storytell-ing, Famous Hoosiers
Students at Knapp and Pine Elementary Schools in Michigan City were given the “silent treatment” recently... and they loved it!
Professional Mime Reed Steele visited both schools in March, presenting an engaging assem-bly that taught children about the art of mime – and several fa-mous Hoosiers.
Steele started out by teaching the children what a mime does, showing them he could make an audience really “believe” he held an elephant on one fi nger. Next, he introduced them to a number of famous Hoosiers, including Red Skelton, who was born in Vincennes. Like Steele, Skelton was a mime, a clown, an actor, a comedian, and an artist. Later, he became a national radio and television celebrity. Steele per-formed a mime often performed by Red Skelton, to the delight of the children.
Reed spoke of Indiana being famous for basketball and asked for a volunteer from the audience. Ja’Reon Gee was chosen and played some “mime” basketball. Steele also told a story about composer/singer/actor/bandleader Hoagy Carmichael, born in Blooming-ton. (Carmichael is best known for composing the music for “Stardust”, “Georgia on My Mind”, “The Nearness of You”, and “Heart and Soul”, four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.) Several student volunteers were transformed into either a musician or jazz instrument.
During the presentation, Steele named all of the astronauts who were born in Indiana, and took stu-
dents on the fi rst astronaut’s journey to the moon. Using a chair, he made the children believe he was fl oating in air in the space capsule. He seemed to become weightless, landing and stepping onto the moon as Neil Armstrong’s words played in the back-ground.
Reed Steele ended his program with a song that affi rmed for children that each of them are unique, and that they could all become famous one day, too.
“I learned that a mime has an active imagination,” said a de-lighted Kourtney Pratt, who is a Knapp second grader.
Fourth grader Jenna Bilek added, “I learned that mimes are picture books that move!”
“My students used to think a mime was somebody dressed in black and white who was stuck in a box,” said Connie Myres, Knapp third grade teacher. “Now they know that a mime does much more.”
Steele’s appearance was coor-dinated by Pine Fine Arts Coach Julie Schmidt, and was made
possible at both Pine and Knapp by a donation from the Dune’s Women’s Club. The Club has had a long-standing relationship with Pine, supporting a num-ber of fi ne arts and cultural activities for students.
Back in class, students talked about Indiana ce-lebrities -- race car drivers, musicians, authors, as-tronauts, athletes, writers, and actors. Kaitlyn Pol-lock, a Knapp fi fth grader, may have summed it up best: “Indiana is famous, even though some people might think it’s boring.”
----submitted by Knapp Computer Lab Assistant Marilyn Loomis
The Art of Mime
Becoming an astronaut! Jazz drummer and horns
Becoming a bass fi ddle
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Public Art Project: 2013 SculptfusionMichigan City’s Public Art Committee (MAC)
seeks submissions for the 2013-2014 public art proj-ect Sculptfusion which will be located in the Uptown Arts District of Michigan City. Selected artists will be awarded an honorarium of $2,000. The installed artwork may be available for sale.
Deadline for submission: May 1, 2013Installation Schedule: June 8-15, 2013Exhibition Schedule: June 15, 2013-June 15, 2014Eligibility: Sculptfusion is open to all profession-
al artists in the Midwest region. Artists must own the rights to the Artwork. Artwork must be avail-able for the duration of the one-year contract. Ac-cepted Artworks must be professionally constructed of durable materials which will withstand the year-round elements. All durable outdoor media are en-couraged. For submission details, visit www.sculpt-fusion.us
Indiana’s Michigan City Public Art Committee (MAC) was formed by the Michigan City Common Council in 2011 to enrich the community through public art. MAC’s initial project was installing art-work in the Charles Westcott Gateway Public Park. MAC is launching its fi rst public call for artists with the project, Sculptfusion as a way to infuse sculp-ture and other public art in the Uptown Arts Dis-trict of Michigan City. The Uptown Arts District is the arts & culture committee under the umbrella of Michigan City Mainstreet. (The boundaries of the Uptown Arts District span 36 square blocks in the historic downtown area of the City to the Lake Michigan shoreline.) This project will bring art-work to various sites within the District.
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Park Service Hiring Summer Workers Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has jobs for
11 teenagers this summer. The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program is a work-learn-earn program for 15-18 year-olds. Deadline to apply is May 4th.
Participants are paid $7.25 an hour for the 40-hour work week. The program runs from June 9 to August 17, 2013, and applicants should be prepared to work the entire length of the program. Youth jobs include working as part of a crew to do a vari-ety of manual labor tasks, normally outdoors. The crews perform work such as staining, painting and caulking the exterior of park buildings and work as grounds maintenance (mowing grass, picking up trash, etc.) and trails rehabilitation.
No experience is necessary. Participants will be selected by random draw from the pool of applica-tions.
To be eligible participants must be U.S. citizens and 15 years old before June 9, 2013, but not turn 19 years old before August 17, 2013, the ending date of the program. The YCC application form is available through high school guidance offi ces or from the In-diana Dunes National Lakeshore Human Resources Offi ce at 219-395-1721. The forms are also available on the national lakeshore website at: www.nps.gov/indu/parkmgmt/jobs.htm
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Learning Center and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry are jointly offering a Project Learning Tree Educator Work-shop on Sat., April 27, in celebration of Arbor Day and National Parks Week. Educators, naturalists, scout leaders, and other youth leaders are invited to attend this interactive training which runs from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and will be held at the Dunes Learning Center campus.
The workshop is designed for educators work-ing with youth in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade and will enable participants to try a variety of interdisciplinary activities they can use to teach about the environment. Participants completing the full workshop will receive an activity guide featur-ing 96 broad-based, hands-on, easy to use (and fun) activities!
There is a $35 fee, which includes lunch. Indiana teachers can receive Professional Growth Points and Illinois Teachers can receive CPDUs for at-tending the workshop. To register or obtain addi-tional information, visit http://duneslearningcen-ter.squarespace.com/educators-adults/or phone the Dunes Learning Center at (219) 395-9555.
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a $300.00 Recruitment Grant which will be award-ed to a Teacher Education Candidate who student taught during the 2012-2013 academic year and plans to enter the teaching profession.
The completed application and letters of recom-mendation are due by May 3, 2013. Applications are available at the Purdue North Central Educa-tion offi ce in 205 Technology Building or may be re-quested by phoning (219)877-7409.
Delta Kappa Gamma is a professional honorary Society of women educators. The Society promotes professional and personal growth of its members and excellence in education.
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Take a Flying Carpet to Morocco On Thurs., April 18, at 7 p.m., the Flying Car-
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This is the land of the Kasbahs, the ancient des-ert palaces and forts of legend. This is also the land of high tech mosques with laser beams that point toward Mecca.
From the award-winning director of the inter-nationally acclaimed fi lm “10 Questions For The Dalal Lama” comes a look at a country that seems both untouched by time and yet is gradually mov-ing through it. From humble mountain villages to luxurious riads, from the port cities of the western coasts to the forests of the Atlas mountains, from camel caravans to the Dakar Road Race, a country and its enduring history are revealed through the lens of a journeyman fi lmmaker.
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The Box Car Buffet Celebrity Banquet The Box Car Buffet is a fundraiser to benefi t The
New Buffalo Railroad Museum. It will be held on Thurs., April 18, at 7:00 p.m. MI time., at Skip’s Restaurant, 16710 Lakeshore Road, New Buffalo.
The cost is $25 per person for a Prime Rib Buffet$12 Children aged 6-12; Children aged 5 & under
free! There will be a Cash Bar and Silent Auction.Special Entertainment: Generation GapThe latest revolution in barbershop quartet tech-
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Your Celebrity Maître D’: The delightfully dar-ling Dee Dee Duhn, owner of Custom Imports and puplisher of The New Buffalo Times.
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“Marvelous” Mary Dunbar, of the Pokagon Fund“Rockin” Rusty Geisler, NB City ManagerTom “Get It Done” Hemingway, of Blue Fish Va-
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How do you cater a meal fi t for a queen - especial-ly for Queen Elizabeth I who lived 400 years ago? The chefs of Great Lakes Catering faced that prob-lem while trying to develop the menu for the Barker Hall dinner theater presentation of “The Queens”,
April 13 at 6 p.m. The dinner pre-cedes the “The Queens” play which depicts the political and fam-ily struggle over the throne of Eng-land between the two cousins Eliza-beth I of England and Mary Queen
of Scots. Besides eating an Elizabethan meal the audience will participate as members of the Queen’s court. Each person attending will receive the iden-tity of a person who lived during the time of Eliza-beth I. The audience is also encouraged to join in the theatrical event by wearing Elizabethan style hats or costumes.
The dinner theater event is presented by the Metamorphosis Traveling Theater Company, Com-munity Arts Society of Trinity and Great Lakes Ca-tering. The play was written by Ken Brelsford and features Jeanoma Babcock and Judith Joseph as the family feuding monarchs. Tickets are $35 per person and are available through BarkerHall.com payable through PayPal. Reservations may also be made by phoning Trinity Church, 219-874-4355. Barker Hall is located at corner of Franklin St. and Sixth Street, Michigan City, Indiana.
“We found out that Elizabethan era people actu-ally ate a greater variety of food than we do today,” says Great Lakes Catering owner Ed Kis. “They just didn’t eat a lot of vegetables.” All kind of meats could be found on the Queen’s table such as lamb, beef, mutton, pork, bacon, veal, rabbit, hare, and fowl such as goose, grouse and pigeon. And, that nursery rhyme about, “four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie,” wasn’t a joke.
Exotic birds were also eaten. “One menu item we defi nitely decided against was peacock,” says Kis. On the Queen’s table this delicacy was served dressed in its own iridescent blue feathers which were plucked, then replaced after the bird had been cooked. The bird’s beak would be gilded in gold leaf. Roasted swan was another menu item that was crossed off the Barker Hall event list. Swan was an Elizabethan treat reserved for special occa-sions, largely because swans were regarded as too noble and dignifi ed for everyday consumption. The bird was often presented to the table with a gold crown upon its head. To this day, English law stipu-
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lates that all mute swans are owned by the Crown and may not be eaten without permission from the Queen.
“We turned to Shakespeare for inspiration,” says Kis. Shakespeare wrote his plays during the reign of Elizabeth I and all of Shakespeare’s plays have some kind of reference to eating and food. It is safe to say that most Elizabethans would eat the food that he wrote about. It was fi nally decided that the main course would be roast pork accompanied by spiced apples. Spit-roasted meat -- usually a pig or boar -- was eaten at nearly every meal at the Queen’s court. It was an expression of extreme wealth because only the rich could afford fresh meat year-round; only the very rich could afford to roast it, since this required much more fuel than boiling; and only the super wealthy could pay a “spit boy” to turn the spit all day. The Barker Hall menu in-cludes chicken breast with apricot sauce as an alter-native for those who do not eat pork.
What you would not fi nd on the Queens table very often were foods from the Americas. New World foods were still very new, and were not integrated into everyday diet. You wouldn’t fi nd tomatoes, va-nilla, or capsicum peppers. The potato was famous-ly brought to England by Sir Walter Raleigh in the later years of Elizabeth’s reign. The Barker Hall meal will include a “Wortes” salad. Wortes was com-mon expression for certain vegetables that included all leafy edible plants. Wortes were gener-ally herb-plants such as parsley, but also included cabbage, spinach, and even onions & leeks. The modern salad, with raw lettuce & vegeta-bles tossed in oil and vinegar, is one of the most popular ways of eating vegetables today, and that was true in Eliza-bethan cookery as well. Many period cookbooks in-struct vegetables to be served raw, by themselves or with vinegar, oil, and salt. And also like today, this way of serving vegetables was considered an excel-lent way to begin a meal.
The Great Lakes Catering chefs are also cook-ing up some Elizabethan era specialties. The hors d’oeuvres include a type of spiced meatball humor-ously known as “Farts.” The meal ends with a spe-cial fruitcake containing a hidden token. Whoever fi nds it will be treated as a guest of honor for the remainder of the evening. The Barker Hall dinner menu includes Ale and Wine that were frequently consumed at an Elizabethan meal. A Mead Punch will be served after dinner for a toast to the Queen.
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Mad About Mysteries: J.D. RobbJoin Serena Sutliff for the April sessions of Mad
About Mysteries at the Westchester Township His-tory Museum, 700 W. Porter Ave., Chesterton. Mad About Mysteries will take place at 2 p.m. on Wed., April 10, and again at 2 p.m. on Sat., April 13.
As J. D. Robb, famed romance novelist Nora Rob-erts has created the NY Times best-selling mystery/thriller “In Death” series. In 2058 New York City, New York Police and Security Department Lieuten-ant Eve Dallas is a loner, focused on apprehending murderers. Although it jeopardizes some of her cas-es and her career, Eve falls for Roarke, an enigmatic Irish billionaire and almost-retired criminal.
Together with a motley group of characters, Eve and Roarke battle their personal demons and the crime that runs rampant in their city.
The museum is a free cultural and educational service of Westchester Public Library and is open to the public Wednesday-Saturday from 1-5 p.m. or by appointment. For more information, phone the museum at 219/983-9715.
From the MC Power SquadronThe Michigan City Power Squadron will be hold-
ing a Seamanship class beginning Wed., May 1st at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at B & E Marine in Michi-gan City.
Seamanship class is the next class in sequence after the ABC Boating class which will further en-hance your boating skills.
Seamanship 2013 presents material applicable to both power and sail, covering such topics as the con-struction and functioning of a boat, the skipper’s re-sponsibilities, preparing the boat for use, handling and maneuvering a vessel under various conditions in close quarters and on the open water, rules of the road, anchoring, emergencies, and marlinspike/ba-sic knots.
The Appendices cover boating into the waters of Canada and Mexico, the effects of weather on the boater’s health, and general information on obtain-ing a US Coast Guard captain’s license. It is sug-gested that Seamanship be scheduled over nine two-hour class sessions, one session for each chap-ter and one session for the proctored test.
The Student Manual 2013 Kit includes the text, a knot practice board, and the One Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road by Charlie Wing. Course instructional materials include a Microsoft PowerPoint® CD with embedded animations and audios.
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Reply to [email protected] if you would like to sign up for the class so that materials can be ordered, or phone Bill Jenkins at 219-928-6118 for further info.
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“An addiction to gardening is not all bad when you consider all the other choices in life.” Cora Lea Bell
The LaPorte County Master Gardener Associa-tion, Purdue Extension LaPorte County and spon-sors invite community members to join in “Going Garden Crazy,” the 2013 spring symposium Sat., April 13 at Heston Hills Conference Center, 1933 East 800 North, LaPorte. The event, which helps fulfi ll the Master Gardener program aim of “helping others grow,” features a fun-fi lled day of programs, lunch, garden-related vendors, door prizes, raffl es, and socializing with other gardening addicts and runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (CDT)
“While the symposium is organized by trained Master Gardeners, anyone with an interest in gar-dening and plants will benefi t by attending,” said Gene Matzat, Extension Educator at the Purdue Extension – LaPorte County offi ce and coordina-tor of the Purdue Master Gardener Program in La Porte County. “Folks with gardening experiences ranging from many years to almost none will enjoy hearing the speakers, visiting the vendors, mixing with Master Gardeners, and making new gardening friends.”
Noted author, educator, and researcher, Dr. Allan Armitage of Athens, Georgia, will open the day with “Crazy Plants for Crazy Gardeners” and conclude with “Why I Still Garden,” which of-fers a look at the ups and downs of gardening. Widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost hor-ticulturists, Dr. Armitage runs
the research gardens at the University of Georgia where new plant material from most of the fl ower breeders of the world is evaluated. The popular ‘Margarita’ chartreuse sweet potato vine is one of his many introductions. Having gardened in both
the North and South, Dr. Armitage shares a wide range of horticulture information with great humor. Learn more from Dr. Armitage’s web site at http://allanarmitage.net.
Also speaking will be Chris Hansen, vice-president of Great Garden Plants, Holland, MI, who will offer a lively, fast-paced pre-sentation of “Thrills and Chills – Must Have New Perennials for 2013.” As former Director of Horticulture for Wayside Gar-dens and Director of Marketing for Terre Nova Nurseries, Hansen has visited and photographed thousands of nurser-ies and home gardens searching for new perenni-als. His passion and enthusiasm for plants is con-tagious. Find his nursery offerings at http://www.greatgardenplants.com
“The LaPorte County Master Gardener (spon-sored) Symposium is an enjoyable way to spend the day with other gardeners and friends,” commented Mary Simon of Valparaiso, who has attended in the past. “The gardens are beginning to wake up and it is fun to compare what is “coming up”. A speaker this year is nationally known (Dr. Armitage) and I thought I would never be able to hear him consider-ing he lives in Georgia. The best part of attending is that you get all this at a bargain price and lunch, too!”
Several lodging establishments are offering dis-counts to symposium attendees. For rates, check Facebook page www.facebook.com/MasterGarden-ersOfLaPorteCountyIndiana
Registration for the symposium is $35 per per-son and includes gardening information, lunch and morning coffee. A registration form and more infor-mation are available at the Purdue Extension – La Porte County Offi ce, 2857 W. State Road 2, Suite A.
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LaPorte County Relay For Life Fundraiser Spaghetti DinnerSaturday, April 20, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Pine Grove Banquet Hall4293 N US Hwy. 35, LaPorte, INTickets are $7/adults and includes spaghetti, 2
pcs. garlic bread, salad, & drink. Children eat for $4 and the dinner includes small portion spaghetti, 1 pc. garlic bread & drink. Salad upon request.
Carry outs available and walk-ins are welcome. Vegetarian sauce is available upon request and des-serts sold separately starting at $1.00 each.
For tickets, call Shellie Clemons at 219-561-6051.
Deep River Waterpark Season Passes Deep River Waterpark opens for the 19th season
on Fri., May 24th (weather permitting).The discount season pass period closes on May
31. Get your season pass for only $89.95 per per-son. Check out www.DeepRiverWaterpark.com for specials and up-to-date information.
Deep River Waterpark is part of the Lake County Parks Department and is located at 9001 East U.S. 30 only 4-1⁄2 miles east of I-65 on Route 30 in Mer-rillville. GPS coordinates: 41.47063,-87.230138
Independent Cat SocietyBlack is the new color for Spring and the ICS is
celebrating this by hosting an adoption special for the month of April wherein any black cat or kitten at their shelter is available for adoption for only $50. And you can get a companion cat, of any color or size, for only $25 more. This fee includes the spay or neuter, current vaccines, nail trim and fl ea treat-ment. You also get a free initial vet visit with one of their participating vets within two weeks of the adoption.
The Society is hosting this to help their kitties lace up their running shoes for the annual Black Cat 5K Strut and Walk to be held on April 28th at Sunset Park in Valparaiso.
They also are continuing the adoption special --adopt a cat over 5 years of age and they will waive the adoption fee. Meet the wonderful cats this weekend at the ICS Shelter located on Route 6 and County Line Road in Westville, Indiana. They are open for adoptions Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1-4 p.m. Phone them at 219-785-4936 or visit online at www.catsociety.org
Also, the ICS will hold a Tag Day on April 6th at Jewel on Indian Boundary Road in Chesterton, IN from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. They will also hold a Tag Day on April 13th at Walmart in Valparaiso from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. So come out and meet us and donate gener-ously to help support the Independent Cat Society.
LaPorte Co. Historical SocietyThe LaPorte County Historical Society will meet
at the Museum, Tues., April 16 at 7:00 p.m. The Museum is located at 2405 Indiana Ave. (US 35) at the south entrance to LaPorte.
The program will be “Marking LaPorte County History” presented by Fern Eddy Schultz, LaPorte County Historian.
Various types of markers have been placed throughout the county to designate sites and com-memorate events of historical signifi cance. Exam-ples of these markers will be shown and legends discussed. The basic marker in LaPorte County is the boulder which houses plaques containing much historical information about LaPorte County. No matter what shape or form the marker, the histori-cal information contained is important as it makes local history accessible to the general public.
You need not be a member to attend. Guests are welcome. The facility is handicapped accessible. You are invited to join the Society if you have an interest in history, antiques, genealogy and LaPorte County. By joining this organization, you help to carry out its purpose and to provide one of the most outstanding museums in the state.
The LaPorte County Historical Society Museum is open Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more infor-mation about the Society and its Museum, please visit www.laportecountyhistory.org. Admission fee information may be found on the website.
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Sign Language Club will host an ASL Coffeehouse on Fri., April 19, from 6-9 p.m. at Cornucopia Cof-fee Company, 210 Lincolnway, Valparaiso. At 7 p.m. there will be a fun, interactive activity for all to en-joy.
The event is open to all community members. Children are welcome to attend with a parent or adult. This is a pleasant, casual event for all to en-joy through participation or as an observer.
Participants are asked to use ASL providing an ideal opportunity to practice ASL to better commu-nicate with friends, co-workers or family members. Coffee, food and drink may be ordered throughout the evening.
Information about the Purdue North Central ASL Club may be found at www.aslclub.info. Informa-tion about other events in the community is posted at: www.nwideaf.org
Further information about the coffeehouses may be obtained by contacting Joanna Witulski, lim-ited term lecturer in American Sign Language, at [email protected]
Family Film Series: “To the Arctic”Westchester Public Library’s Family Films se-
ries will continue at Hageman Library, 100 Fran-cis Street, Porter, on Sat., April 13, at 2 p.m. with “To the Arctic.” Library fi lms are free of charge and open to the public.
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“Captivating, adventurous and intimate footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular water-falls, and snow-bound peaks.” (Warner Bros)
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Marjory considers herself primarily a plein art artist, but is also a talented sculptor. At an early age her artwork demonstrated artistic ability and she went on to study at the University of Indiana, the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and was a student and assistant to Mustafa Naguib, a former National Sculptor of Egypt. Marjory went on to raise a family and run a family business. The sale of the family business allowed Marjory to become a full time art-ist and owner of the Coffee Creek Studios.
A “Meet the Artist” reception will be held on Sun., April 14 at 1:30 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
The Village Gallery at Pines Village Retirement Communities opened in 2009 and has showcased many artists from around the region and U.S.
Located at 3303 Pines Village Circle (off Calu-met Avenue just north of Cumberland Crossing) in Valparaiso, the gallery is open Mon.-Fri., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There is no admission charge.
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pm at MC Public Library. More info from Joanne Hale at 219-814-4398.
April 11 -- PNC Open House. Starts at 5:30 pm and includes campus tours, panel discussions and a Student Service & Activity Fair. Info: 219-872-0527, ext. 5505.
April 11 -- Duneland Stamp Club at the MC Pub-lic Library. 6 pm. New members invited to attend.
April 11-14 -- “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Presented by Footlight Players. Thurs thru Sat/8 pm; Sun/2 pm. Tix $12; reserve at 874-4035 or www.footlight-players.org. Footlight Theatre, 1705 Franklin St., MC.
April 11-15 -- At the Vickers Theatre: “Barbara.” 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor banished to country clinic for applying for exit visa. Rated PG-13. German language w/Eng. subtitles. Thurs/Sat/Sun/Mon 6 pm; also Sat/noon Also: “The Impossible.” Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor in true story of the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia. Rated PG-13. Sat/Sun 3 & 9 pm. Also: Of Two Minds.” Putting a human face on bipolar. Fri/7 pm only; discussion to follow. All times Eastern. Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, MI. www.vickerstheatre.com
April 12 -- Center For Inquiry-IN Northwest Chapter. “Is public education secular?” 7-9 pm at Westchester Public Library, 200 W Indiana Ave., Chesterton. Info: Ted, 219-878-8508.
April 13 -- 3rd Annual Chesterton Peace 5K Run & Walk. 8 am at Duneland Montessori Academy, 109 W. Porter Ave., Chesterton. Scenic route thru Ches-terton including Coffee Creek Park. Register day of race: $25/runners, $20/walkers, includes t-shirt. Goodie bags, product raffl es, home baked treats are planned. More info: Paul Stofko, 873-6296.
April 13 -- The Friends of Indiana Dunes 17th Annual Native Plant Sale. 8 am-1 pm at Indiana Dunes State Park, Park Pavilion. Rt. 49 north at Lake Michigan. Adm. free; open shopping of all plant material.
April 13 -- 5th Bowl for Worthy Women Recov-ery Home. 1-4:30 pm at Casey’s Lanes, 610 Colfax Ave., LaPorte. AM 1420 WIMS will be on site with live program. Team registration $200 for each lane. Admission includes 3 games/free shoe rental. Team with most donations takes home traveling trophy. More info at www.worthyrecovery.org or phone 219-405-7006.
April 13 -- Blue Chip Brewfest. Noon-4:30 pm in the Stardust Events Center, MC. Adm. $40; desig-nated driver $15; more at bluechipcasino.com
April 13 -- Renaissance Romance Dinner/The-atre. “The Queens” will be presented by the Meta-morphosis Traveling Theater Company. 6 pm at Barker Hall, 6th & Franklin St., MC. Pork ‘n’ Fork Renaissance Feast provided by Great Lakes Ca-tering. Tix $35; phone 219-874-4355 or online at
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in concert at The Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, MI. 8 pm MI time. Tix $30; reserve at 269/756-3879 or online at www.acorntheater.com
April 13-14, 19-20 -- Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” presented by PNC Theatre and the PNC Players at Mainstreet Theatre, 807 Franklin St., MC. Fri & Sat/8 pm; Sun/3 pm. Tix $10/gen. adm., $5/students with ID; reserve at 219-874-4269 or e-mail [email protected]
April 14-20 -- NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEKApril 15-20 -- Valparaiso University’s 28th An-
nual Jazz Fest on campus. Special guests David Sanborn Trio (April 20) 8 pm in Harre Union Ball-room. Tix must be purchased in person or online at www.valpo.edu/ No phone orders will be taken.
April 18 -- Flying Carpet Travelogue series pres-ents “Soul of Morocco” with Rick Ray. 7 pm at Elston Performing Arts Theater, Spring & Detroit streets, MC. Admission at the door: $5.
April 19 -- PNC American Sign Language Club Coffeehouse. 6-9 pm at Cornucopia Coffee Compa-ny, 210 Lincolnway, Valparaiso, IN. Participate or observe the American sign language. www.aslclub.info or www.nwideaf.org
April 20 -- Dodge Ball Challenge to benefi t Unit-ed Way. 10 am-2 pm at Marquette Catholic High School Student Center, MC. 8 per team; 3 must be female. $400 per team or $600 per team + sponsor-ship pkg. Sign up at www.unitedwaylpc.org/dodge-ball-2013. WIMS live broadcast; trophy will be awarded.
April 20 -- LaPorte County Relay for Life Spa-ghetti Dinner. 4-7 pm at Pine Grove Banquet Hall, 4293 N US 35, LaPorte. $7/adults, $4/children. Salad upon request; also vegeterian sauce and des-serts. For tickets: Shellie Clemons, 219-561-6051.
April 22 -- EARTH DAYApril 25 -- CASA Volunteer Appreciation Ban-
quet. 6 pm at Pottawattomie Country Club, MC. Dinner at 6:30 pm. Tix $25; free to active CASA vol-unteers and their guests. RSVP by 4/18 to 219/324-3385.
April 27 -- 10th Annual Samaritan Skedaddle 5K Run/Walk. Register day of race starting 7:30 am. Run/Walk start 9 am; Kids’ Fun Race 10 am. Start and fi nish 8th & Washington streets, MC. Race goes through Washington Park. Fees: $12/children, $35/adults. Goody Bag included. Awards to top 3 male & female runners. For more info, e-mail [email protected]
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Duneland Weavers GuildThe Duneland Weavers Guild will meet on Sat.
& Sun., April 13 and 14, for a two-day workshop on weaving lace. The workshop will be held at The Li-brary Annex, 100 West Indiana St., Chesterton, at 10 a.m.
The instructor will be Linda Adamson from The Tabby Tree Weavers. For more details, contact Chris Acton at [email protected]
Writer’s WorkshopSunset Coast Writers will offer a two-day writing
retreat in Michigan City, on April 27-28, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (central time). Cost is $150 per person.
For more information, visit www.sunsetcoast-writers.com or contact Barbara Simpson at [email protected] or 269-519-2484.
The retreat will be held at St. Rita’s Garden in the Duneland Beach area of Michigan City, Indiana.
Learning About Invasive PlantsThe River Valley Garden Club will hold its next
meeting on Tues., April 16, 1 p.m. at Harbert Com-munity Church in Sawyer, Michigan. There will be a presentation by Janean Danca of Kalamazoo.
Ms. Danca will address the problems of invasive plants, what to avoid buying and how to eliminate ones that creep in uninvited. She is an advanced master gardener, certifi ed green industry profes-sional, master composter and owner of StoneCrest Landscaping in Kalamazoo.
Club members are also planning and preparing for the annual plant sale to be held, Sat., May 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Harbert Community Park in Harbert Michigan. Members dig a wide variety of perennials, ground covers, bushes and small trees from their own gardens. The majority are priced at $3. Baked goods will also be for sale.
Membership in the River Valley Garden Club is open to all and interested gardeners are invited to attend: contact Elizabeth Palulis at 269-426-3513 or email her at [email protected]. Also visit the club’s website, www.rivervalleygardenclub.org
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From its begin-nings, over 100 years ago, the line has al-ways held itself to high standards. It can cover the 90 miles between Chicago and South Bend in a little over 2 hours. When you leave the Chicago stations and head to Gary, the South Shore really feels like a suburban commuter line. However, when you get to Michigan City, the train still runs down the middle of 10th and 11th streets. In Michigan City, passengers still board streetcar-style, the only place in the United States where this is still done according to John Parsons, South Shore marketing manager.
You can really get the fl avor of the old rural Mid-western trains once you leave Michigan City, head-ing to South Bend. This is where the single-track goes through fi elds and farmland. Part of the charm of the South Shore Line is riding between Michi-gan City and South Bend. And that is what attracts tourists from all over the world to the rail line.
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Parsons told us “the secret is out”; more people are parking in Michigan City to attend events in Chicago. Also, they are parking for free in Michigan City, and then riding into Chicago where they take the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line train to O’Hare Airport, or the Orange Line to Midway Air-port.
Since taxi service in Michigan City has improved and you can fi nd the cab phone numbers on the South Shore website (www.nictd.com), we expect to see more people coming to Michigan City for down-town and lakefront events this season, so get ready.
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Bristol House by Beverly Swerling
We know time as past, present and future. But what if there is some way for the past and pres-ent to intersect? I’m not talking about time travel here, well, not exactly. More like a communica-tion from someone stuck in the afterlife--neither here nor there...somewhere between life and death and the 16th century...
It’s an intriguing possibility, and makes for one historical thriller you won’t soon forget.
Annie Kendall is a 32 year old architectural historian who has been sent to London on an histori-cal fi shing expedition. She was ap-proached by the Shalom Founda-tion to track some ancient Jewish artifacts that supposedly traveled from the Holy Land to England in the early 1500s. Jews in 16th century England? They had been banned from England and, besides, Henry the VIII was having his well known fi ght with the Pope over his divorce so he could marry that Boleyn girl!
Anyway, the head of Shalom Foundation, Philip Weinraub, offered Annie a job of a lifetime for any academic: spend three months in London research-ing the Jew of Holborn who was to have been in Lon-don in 1535 and fi nd his connection to the Jewish relics. It was arranged for Annie to live at Bristol House in an apartment owned by the aunt to Wein-raub’s secretary. Mrs. Walton was off on vacation and the fl at would be vacant. How convenient.
Upon arrival, Mrs. Walton gives Annie an inven-tory list for each room. The elongated residence ended around a corner with a back bedroom that seemed to house a Carthusian monk. Hallucina-tion? Maybe. See, Annie is a recovering alcoholic. She had a long and unhappy history that involves lots of drinking, drugs and a biker husband who wasn’t there when their son was born. Needless to say, Annie lost custody of her son and now it seems the Shalom Foundation has given her the opportu-nity to redeem herself, move on from the past, and perhaps write a paper that would vindicate her fail-ing reputation in the academic world. So, the ap-parition didn’t really scare her, if anything it piqued her interest. But it also brings up the question of why Shalom Foundation would pick such an un-known as Annie for their project?
Enter Geoffrey Harris, well known TV personality
and man about town who, “chews up politicians and spits them out on prime-time TV.” Annie’s contact at the British Museum introduces them at lunch. Annie almost loses it when she realizes that Geoffrey Harris looks just like the Carthu-sian monk in Bristol House!
There is an instant connection between Geoff and Annie and as they get to know each other, Annie confi des in him about the ghost. Geoff takes her one night to meet his mother, a Jew who was part of the Kindertransport during WWII, and her friend, Rabbi Si-mon Cohan.
As the days go by, Annie’s em-ployer gets more and more impa-tient, drilling her for answers that she still doesn’t have. What she does have is plenty of questions as one thing leads to another and the
puzzle pieces start to fall into place.The story is told intermittently by the Jew of
Holborn and Dom Justin, a Carthusian monk who seems to be under the thumb of King Henry’s most trusted advisor, Thomas Cromwell.
What these two men have to tell will cross the centuries to affect Annie and her world.
This is a most interesting story told with just enough information given each chapter to make your mouth water for more! Annie is a most convinc-ing character. Her fi ght for sobriety and the need to make good on this assignment will have you in her corner all the way. I loved this story and highly recommend it to anyone who likes historical novels and supernatural stories.
Kirkus Reviews said, “An intricately woven plot with voices from the past give Swerling’s latest his-torical thriller an otherworldly aura.”
Beverly Swerling is the author of fi ve previous novels, including the popular four volume series, City of Dreams, an historical saga set in old New York.
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