Arts and Crafts

The arts…and the crafts are keeping us warm in En Jay even in the deep snowy days of February.

Curl up next to the fire with this fine slice of Scottish history and romance. Morristown’s Morgan MacKinnon's new novel, The Mirror, blends the former AT&T executive’s amazing knowledge of Scotland with romance and time travel.

MacKinnon toured Scotland in ’97 and was inspired: “There is something about the country itself that grabs hold of your heart and never lets go. I think part of it is the passion of her people; the rest, the ancient history that has touched every square foot of her land.”

The author lives in with her three cats, Tabitha, Merlin, and Vinegar John. Here’s the link to buy the book: (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+mirror+morgan+mackinnon).

Dig out the car and go to the theatre because from what we’ve seen and read, the folks at George Street Playhouse (www.georgestplayhouse.org) could be incubating another hit.

The show is called Calvin Berger, a musical about a modern day Cyrano; a high school kid agonizing over his nose and romance, it’s reminiscent of the Steve Martin film Roxanne.

Authored by the up-and-coming Barry Wyner, and directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game, Grease) the show opens this week.

Enjoy the book and the show…and cross off the days ‘til Spring.

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