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I hope the francophiles among you will forgive that I have fallen a bit behind in my posts on Franco-American topics. The fundraising campaign to support the DVD production of Piecework: When We Were French is now in its final days. I have been busy shoring up the final bits of support to help us…
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Tickets are on sale now for upcoming performances of Piecework: When We Were French at Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier, Vermont. Thursday, March 28 at 7:30pm* Friday, March 29 at 7:30pm** Saturday, March 30 at 2pm and 7:30pm Lost Nation Theater, City Hall Arts Center, 39 Main Street in Montpelier * The Thursday night performance…
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I’ve already written about the Vermont Folklife Center and their important work documenting the history and folkways of Vermont. But today I wanted to highlight one initiative of theirs that was especially ambitious and especially important to the preservation of Franco-American heritage. Martha Pellerin was a folk musician active in Vermont in the 1980s and…
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With our fundraising deadline fast approaching, I thought I would pause today to update you on our progress. As you likely know by now, in January I launched a fundraising campaign to support the production of a high-quality DVD of my solo show, Piecework: When We Were French. The response has been humbling. In just…
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Today, in conjunction with the launch of my chapbook “Other Brief Discourses,” I’m featured on the website of Open Book Ontario. I recently participated in their new author interview series focusing on reading, which gave me the chance to talk about some books that I love. Since my recent posts have focused on themes related…
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Today I take a brief reprieve from my usual posts on topics related to Piecework: When We Were French to remind Ottawa folks that I will be launching my chapbook of poems, Other Brief Discourses, with a reading this Friday night. The Factory Reading Series presents: Hugh Thomas Michael Blouin Brecken Hancock + Abby Paige…
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When I began research for my solo show, Piecework: When We Were French, I wouldn’t have described myself as Franco-American. When I was growing up in Vermont, my family tended to describe ourselves as French-Canadian or simply French. Before long I realized that this was a description of our past rather than our present. I…
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Our Piecework fundraising campaigning is edging ever closer to the $5,000 mark, with less than $400 between us and that milestone as of this writing. Meanwhile, rehearsals have begun for my March performances at Lost Nation Theater, where the DVD will be shot. Production plans are developing with our videographer, Jeff Farber, and we are…
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All this month I’m posting on topics related to Piecework: When We Were French, my solo show. The play was originally commissioned to honor the legacy of French-Canadian immigration to Vermont and New England. Of course, in the process, it does much more: it explores the immigrant experience more generally; it reveals how the family…
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. I’ve borrowed this image from Facebook, where it was being used to honor today’s global day of action, One Billion Rising. Check their site to see live footage of events happening all over the planet, calling for an end…
