Another sold-out Midsummer Thursday night.

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Carolyn at about 7yo drew Titania in love with Bottom. #tbt #midsummer

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Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve racked up prizes — and completely misled you about the Middle Ages

Recently on Facebook I made some of my friends go “hmm” when I corrected a meme that suggested the medieval church burned Copernicus at the stake for teaching that the sun is the center of the solar system. (“Contrary to popular belief, the Church accepted Copernicus’ heliocentric theory before a wave of Protestant opposition led…

Carolyn and her friend Travis on Twin Day at summer camp.

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Republican National Convention: Scrutiny of Melania Trump’s speech follows plagiarism allegations

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"Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania."

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Owner of former Latrobe Athletic Club continues pursuit to transform it into a theater

The lead roles in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” are being performed by a father and daughter. Dennis Jerz of Greensburg plays Oberon, king of the fairies, and his daughter, Carolyn Jerz, plays Puck, Oberon’s mischievous helper. As director, Mr. Carosella describes Carolyn, who will be a high school freshman this fall, as a “triple threat.”…

Backstage opening night.

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‘Dream’ casting a family affair

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Midsummer opens tomorrow.

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The Cabaret Theatre (Latrobe) presents Shakespeare’s popular Midsummer

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The court documents, submitted as evidence in associate dean Nicole Eramo’s $10 million defamation lawsuit against the magazine, show how journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely deferred to a U-Va. junior named “Jackie” instead of digging deeper to verify the student’s claims. Source: ‘Our worst nightmare’: New legal filings detail reporting of Rolling Stone’s U-Va. gang rape…