Saturday, February 25, 2023

A Debut Poetry Collection from a Master Teacher—Cathy Hailey

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    A lot is packed into Cathy Hailey’s Finishing Line Press chapbook I’d Rather Be a Hyacinth . All the poems are haiku s...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

The Visibility of an Artist: Giuseppe De Nittis

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  The Dresser wasn’t planning to write about “An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis,” the exhibition that ...
Friday, January 27, 2023

The Important Story of Mary Cardwell Dawson

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  Washington National Opera, much to the Dresser’s surprise, produced a play with music. The Passion of Mary Cardwell Daws...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

WNO American Opera Initiative Scores Appreciation

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    On January 21, 2023, the Dresser attended Washington National Opera production of three twenty-minute operas in its Am...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

Jane Anger: The Disarming of Shakespeare

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  What is a revenge comedy?   The Dresser asks because on December 24, 2022, she saw Talene Monahon’s Jane Anger at the Michael Klein S...
Saturday, November 5, 2022

The Urgency of Publishing Ukrainian War Poems

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    Recently the Dresser received an early-in-the publishing-process ARC—advance review copy— And Blue will Rise over Yell...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

21st Century Consort Features the Works of Women Composers

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On October 1, 2022, the 21 st Century Consort under the artistic direction of Christopher Kendall and hosted by the Hirs...