February is Black History Month, and it's also the month when we honor American presidents. It seems especially fitting to commemorate both occasions this year, as the nation just recently inaugurated its first ever African-American president.

Most of us think of Black History Month as an event of recent origin, but it had its birth nearly a century ago. Of course, like other newborns, it wasn't fully grown yet; it started out as just a single week. It was the brainchild of prominent h

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Every performer has them sooner or later. Usually they involve forgetting your lines or opening a show with no rehearsal. Often they involve the audience walking out or getting restless as they wait. Sometimes they involve forgetting your pants when you go onstage. We've had plenty of them in our time, though not so frequently in recent years. One reason is that we've actually experienced just about all of these in real life—well, except for forgetting the pants. And today we had the potential f… Continue

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The Coyote is a prominent recurring anthropomorphic character in the folklore of many Native American tribes, particularly in the Southwest. He is generally portrayed as a trickster, a semicomic hero who gets the better of some of the other critters. (He didn't get his comeuppance until the Twentieth Century, thanks to the Roadrunner.) Our current stage production, “

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Our friends over at My Own Book would like to thank you for your vote. With your help they won a $10,000 grant from Best Buy. They will now be able to buy 8,000 books to give to underprivileged kids.

Share the Love of Reading

It is library lovers month! This month My Own Book is hosting a national month long event "Share the Love of Reading". All teens and adults are encouraged to buy a brand new book, read

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My Own Book is a non-profit organization started by Brady & Kyle Baldwin. Our team members each bring different experiences, skills and passions to the group so that we can reach out to all kids across America.

We go to schools to read (and act out!) books to children to show them that reading can be fun. We show them that they can get books whenever they want by signing up for their own library card and finally we are… Continue