As I sat here contemplating about Aside 5, I realized that the definition of the title changed for me this time around. The last Aside event was simply to set “aside” the more free-spirited people and magnify my hopes in becoming one of them in the future. But in Aside 5, I felt as if […]
R4 ROCKS THE WASTE LAND! TS Eliot’s WASTE LAND like you never imagined it! R4 company members Marc Anthony, Andrianna Smela, Charlie Storrar & Pat Woods, accompanied on noisemakers by Trevor Tortomasi entertained the ASIDE V @Red Room audience on March 29 with a unique rendition of this historic piece of Modernist Poetry. FROM THE […]
Wendy Chen’s Reflections of Stage Time and Wine LI The sound of the heartbeat comes in different forms at the Red Room. With every performer, comes a new form of self-expression. At times, it is in the guise of the condensed words of a poet; at other times, it is simply the melody of a […]
Fireflies in a poet’s realm of tender azaleas ‘n’ timid twilight surroundings only does one slightly recognize the fireflies around him but to be kind ‘n’ not to frighten with love, is a practice at best to softly spark the creatures’ heart that brightens their chests a delicate rhapsody painted in a scene of midnight […]
Dreamland Pieces, Ch. 05 excerpted from the private journal of Carl Parker, written shortly after one of his exits and returns to the institution Once I lived in a mansion where almost every wall was lined with portraits of revered ancestors. It was a Maltese family, and most of them looked more than a bit […]
From the Desk of Ruth, R4 Update: DRACULA, WRAPPED! our recording of Bram Stoker’s classic is ready for release and anxiously awaiting a slot on the ICRT program calendar. Featuring the howling talents of (in alpha-order): Marc Anthony, Thomas Bellmore, Sarah Brooks, Rick Brundage, Marina Burana, Nate Murray & Nic Sando. It will also be posted on […]
For Aside @The Red Room on March 29, 2014 Red Room Radio Redux (R 4) has been commissioned to present a reading of TS Eliot’s The Waste Land, widely regarded as one of the most important modern poems of the 20th century. For this special reading of the poem, The Waste Land has been adapted […]
“This 2013 Year of the Snake is meant for steady progress and attention to detail. Focus and discipline will be necessary for you to achieve what you set out to create.” The year of the snake has certainly been a year of challenges, and I dare say we as the Red Room community have triumphed! […]
Saturday, March 29th, 2014 Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm Red Room’s fifth exclusive event, where five artists share their most imaginative, courageous and inspiring performances. Featuring: Bio: David Gentile came to Taiwan years ago to study Chinese and Kung Fu, then ended up graduating from the Chinese Dept. at NTNU this past Summer. He traveled throughout […]
Fireflies in a poet’s realm of tender azaleas ‘n’ timid twilight surroundings only does one slightly recognize the fireflies around him but to be kind ‘n’ not to frighten with love, is a practice at best to softly spark the creatures’ heart that brightens their chests a delicate rhapsody painted in a scene of midnight […]