Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht

Directed by Joseph McGrath
January 10–27, 2013

Thursday–Saturday 7:30 P.M., Sunday 2:00 P.M.
plus a Saturday 2:00 P.M. Matinee January 26

Musical Preshow begins 15 minutes before curtain
Discussion with the cast and director follows all performances

The Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y
300 East University Boulevard
www.roguetheater.org

Free Off-Street Parking

Production Sponsors:
Pamela Shack and Summer Milender,
Edie Michewlson

In what many regard as Brecht’s masterpiece, Mother Courage profiteers from a constant state of war, as she loses her children to it one by one. Her cynical manipulation of the miseries of others robs her of her title, and at the play’s end she is mother to no one. Written in a burst of energy after the invasion of Poland, it is one of our principal ruminations on the nature of war

I’ve seen a production of this play elsewhere, and it’s very dark but powerful. Since we are still in a war in Afghanistan, it is very timely about the ravages of war.

The Rogue Theater just won a 2012 National Theater Company Award (only 10 in the country). Click here for the AZPM Channel 6 TV show about this award presented by the American Theater Wing.

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is an icon in Tucson, Arizona. A recent photo show at the Tucson Museum of Art chronicled her life with famous Mexican muralist/painter husband Diego Rivera, as well as her affair with the photographer of that show, Nicholas Muray. There are many artists in town who create decorative art around images of Frida Kahlo — in paintings, collages, wooden boxes, jewelry, etc.

More info about this dance & music concert inspired by Kahlo’s life, go to www.zuzimoveit.org. Contact 520-629-0237 or email zuzisphere@gmail.com to reserve tickets.

ZUZI! Dance Company is a community arts organization committed to creating quality aerial and modern dance works and to applying dance in community settings. ZUZI! strives toward a strong multicultural, multigenerational orientation and is dedicated to affirming diversity and collaboration. Ongoing educational programming and community outreach activities with the ZUZI! Dance Company and School create connection, meaning and renewal through dance.

PRO Neighborhoods is looking for connectors! What/who is a connector? Read on (especially if you care about obesity).

PRO Neighborhoods is seeking 20-25 neighborhood “connectors” to be part of a network of “diverse individuals who are committed to mobilizing resources, strengthening the environment, and supporting the well-being of their neighborhoods. Ideal connectors are currently using an asset-based approach in their neighborhood work.”

Connectors encourage “genuine intergenerational participation. Using tools and resources provided by PRO Neighborhoods and the network, each connector will collaborate with neighbors, schools, businesses and institutions to:

–Build relationships among stakeholders
–Lead an assessment of the community’s health and wellness with an eye to reducing obesity
–Guide a community visioning process to propose solutions to issues revealed in the assessment.”

Those selected will make a 20-month commitment and receive a monthly stipend of $250. Grant funding and technical support will be available to help realize the action projects.

This sounds like a great goal & project, especially to combat obesity in Arizona, and to include inter-generational components, such as wise elders as well as young teens, also prone to obesity. And there’s even a monthly stipend!

If interested send a letter of interest to connectors@proneighborhoods.org by July 9.
For more information, contact Judith Anderson at (520) 882-5885 or at the same email aforementioned.

They are also once again offering their 3 month Community Organizing class, which I blogged about last summer (click here).

Pro Neighborhoods is moving in July to the Historic Y, 738 N. Fifth Avenue, Suite 101 Tucson, AZ 85701. Their phone number will remain the same, 520- 882-5885.

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