Strangely is back and more raucous than ever! With him this year isn’t just the accordion and the epic beard, but a kayak, a paddle, and...

My first Rogue show and I cried. One of the reasons I ensure that Fresno State’s MFA Program in Creative Writing is on my schedule for...

Anastasia is perhaps my generation’s most-beloved animated film not produced by Disney. The story concerns Anya, a royal who, separated...

The Rogue Festival isn’t back, and that’s because it never left. The Rogue Festival board and staff worked hard to make the virtual...

I am a huge fan of Oscars season because the nominations motivate me to watch films I wouldn’t normally seek out. This year, a Netflix...

I coach the Improv team at the high school I teach; I took a whole quarter of Improv in my college theatre program; I can’t freestyle or...

While I acknowledge that Broadway is blessed to have a Sara Bareilles score that has pop, freshness, and character-driven lyricism, it...

By nature, I’m a people-pleaser. It’s a shock I’m even a teacher, or at least a happy one. For some reason, I am able to compartmentalize...

My first exposure to West Side Story was in junior high school when my English teacher had a Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story unit. We...

I am of the Golden Age fandom who thinks My Fair Lady is a wonderfully entertaining musical which will be lost to time in the nearing...

There’s a buzzword most teachers strive to incorporate in their planning, and that’s collaboration. It’s preached, it’s taught, it’s...

(Cast of A Christmas Carol; Photo credit: Joan Marcus) What to do with a story that’s been in the public domain for so long it’s been...

Earlier this year I attended my first CADA (California Association Directors of Activities) conference, which was fun! Even over Zoom, it...

My first introduction to Agatha Christie’s much-praised story, Murder on the Orient Express, was this past Sunday’s viewing at Sierra...

I am a fan of Selma Arts Center. I enjoy their fearlessness in tackling off-the-beaten-path plays and musicals, as well as their...

Hello, readers! I neglected to mention in my last post, so I'm here now to mention, that the Pop of Pedagogy posts are going to enjoy a...

Kenneth Lonergan was on to something when he wrote This is Our Youth. 1982 was a year that provided uncertainty for older teens; Dennis,...

Whelp, I’ve seen it again. Cats, the musical adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s poems purred its way through Fresno for a two-night stand last...

Mind Shift is an excellent podcast for anyone in education. First, it is produced by KQED, a widely-trusted name in the support of...

We teachers have the key and the training and, for most of us, the experience to anticipate what students need and how to make curriculum...