Category Archives: Science

THE CHINESE LADY: HOW NOT TO TREAT A STRANGER

In their study of human behavior, ethologists have concluded certain facts about our species. One is curiosity. “In man, curiosity remains a prominent art pf behavior throughout life/ thus we can properly be called creatures of curiosity, and our curiosity maybe interpreted as a persistent juvenile characteristic. Indeed, we seek novelty even into our old […]

June 19, 2022 – 2:31 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, from Paul, History, Quotations, Science, Television, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on THE CHINESE LADY: HOW NOT TO TREAT A STRANGER

IRISH THEATRE OF CHICAGO: MOLLY SWEENEY – HAVING EYES BUT NOT SEEING

Molly Sweeney (1994), presented by the Irish Theatre of Chicago at the Chopin Theatre, is the second of two plays (the other is The Faith Healer (1979),  in which the great Irish playwright Brian Friel (1929-2015) explores the subjects of religion and science, faith and disappointment, and seeing and understanding. Healing is the topic of […]

May 1, 2022 – 4:55 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Quotations, Science, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on IRISH THEATRE OF CHICAGO: MOLLY SWEENEY – HAVING EYES BUT NOT SEEING

1918 Hollywood and the Spanish Flu

    From  The LA EVENING EXPRESS 13 October 1918        

July 1, 2020 – 12:57 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, from Paul, History, Magazines, Media, Newspapers, Quotations, Science | Comments Off on 1918 Hollywood and the Spanish Flu

NEW WEBSITE: THE S YMBOLIC WORLD- Chesterton for the 21st Century

                  G.K. Chesterton called them  fairy tales. They inspired C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. SOME solemn and superficial people (for nearly all very superficial people are solemn) have declared that the fairy-tales are immoral; they base this upon some accidental circumstances or regrettable incidents in the war […]

May 28, 2020 – 10:42 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, Books, Current Events, from Paul, History, Media, Men and Women, Movies, Music, Opera, Poetry, Quotations, Science, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology, Uncategorized, Web Sites | Comments Off on NEW WEBSITE: THE S YMBOLIC WORLD- Chesterton for the 21st Century

NORFOLK LITTLE THEATRE’S THE FOREIGNER: “BLASNY, BLASNY”

In the midst of perplexity, doubt, fear, anger, and uncertainty, laughter may be the fragrance that freshens the air.[i] Terry Lindvall,  Virginia Wesleyan University The air in and around Norfolk’s Little Theatre on Claremont Avenue  is definitely fresh courtesy of a satisfying production of Larry Shue’s 1983 farce, The Foreigner, featuring the fine acting of […]

November 10, 2018 – 11:12 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, from Paul, History, Music, Quotations, Science, Theater | Comments Off on NORFOLK LITTLE THEATRE’S THE FOREIGNER: “BLASNY, BLASNY”