As usual, I have set several lofty reading goals for myself for this year. Quite the productive reading weekend thanks to the storm! #rainydays #shelfie #library #books #brainfood A post shared by Becki Iverson (@beckiiverson) on Jun 11, 2017 at 1:44pm PDT If you follow my book recommendations you know

Nostalgia can be a beautiful thing.  Photo by  Petronella J. Ytsma Continuing our cinematic theme for the month of June, I have to tell you another little bit of my past: I am obsessed with Hollywood’s “golden age.” Nothing makes me happier than a snowy day, a great glass of wine

An impressive debut from a dynamic new company, The Boy and Robin Hood is an engrossing play and marks Trademark as a company to watch Photo by Rick Spaulding What would you create if you could create anything? I’ve thought about that question many times. I like to fancy myself

I have some exciting news…. Photo Credit: http://duluth-mn.purzuit.com/  I’ve been bursting at the seams to share this with you all but I needed to wait until the first piece was up: I’m now writing for Thrillist! I’m so excited to venture into a new form of writing and to work within

For a heavy taste of poignant melancholy, check out the Guthrie’s mainstage adaptation of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye Photo by Dan Norman. Have you ever seen something that made the pit of your stomach drop out of your body? Something that physically reached into your chest and pulled out

Hello dear readers –
As you may have noticed, I’ve taken an extended break from blogging. Between the COVID-19 crisis, the indefinite closure of #tctheater, the shutdown of travel and now the sacking of Minneapolis.

Wicked offers many lessons for reinventing the “classics.”  Photo by Joan Marcus I’ve been thinking a lot lately about art in terms of modernity versus the “canon.” I truly believe that nothing is sacred and that taking a fresh eye to things is not only fun but often necessary in

Roald Dahl’s eerie story reigns at the Orpheum Theater this week.  Photo by Tim Trumble. There are some things I am grateful for being sheltered from as a child. I was lucky in a lot of ways, and an analog upbringing was really good for my mental and emotional development. 

Everyone has their celebrity obsessions.  Photo by Paula Keller. For some, it’s television personalities. For others, it’s movies or video games or activists. For me, it’s authors. I’ve been an avid reader for as long as I can remember. A huge part of my childhood involved breathlessly waiting for Wishbone

The Sneetches: The Musical is the perfect way to talk to your kids about current events. Photo by Dan Norman. If you think all of the problems we’re facing as a country are somehow new to us, think again. Xenophobia, bullying, sectionalism, racism and other divisive philosophies and actions have