Annie 2012 with Annie 2017. Annie 2012 with her Warbucks. "Together at last. Together forever."

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Annie

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“It’s called an amphora,” the artist says.

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Freshman writing students present their research projects in a suitably decorous setting. Free popcorn is involved.

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Sorry, Wrong Number

Numerical errors usually occur for one of these five reasons: A journalist mishears a correct number given to them by a source and fails to double-check it. A source unwittingly provides a mistaken piece of information and the journalist fails to verify it. A source deliberately fudges the numbers and the journalist fails to verify…

A tiny bit of rogue news leaked through the ads.

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Journalism by the Numbers (a pedagogical play in one scene) #math

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Last night I dreamed I was a stagehand during a metatheatrical number called “Butts in Seats.”

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The Drowsy Chaperone @setonhilluniversity

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The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business

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Vanessa Otero’s Updated Media Bias Chart (Liberal/Mainstream/Conservative; Facts/Analysis/Opinion/Propaganda/Fake News) UPDATED 5.1

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William Zinsser: What Is Good Writing? (Clarity, Simplicity, Brevity, and Humanity.)

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Why fake news works

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Epic Game of Thrones pun battle. Carolyn Jerz Vs. Greg Kerestan

Here is the transcript the girl provided, of her pun battle with my former student and Stage Right’s resident lyricist & character actor Greg Kerestan.