Friday (09.26.08) on The Signal…

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American Opera Theater’s “Le Cabaret de Carmen” is on stage at Theatre Project. We drop in at a rehearsal this week on The Signal.

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  • We drop in at a rehearsal of American Opera Theater’s production, “Le Cabaret de Carmen,” a racy, French nightclub version of the original, complete with a gender-bending femme fatale.
  • Benn Ray from Atomic Books stops by to talk about some new book releases, his first time at the Baltimore Book Festival, and preparations for a celebration of 16 years in the book business.
  • Contributor Zoe Chace brings us the story of a local liquor store owner who’s taking a stand on international politics – by boycotting Russian vodka and promoting wines from the democratic nation of Georgia
  • Contributor Mary Rose Madden visits some (very) young entrepreneurs who are weathering the financial storm just fine… business is good when you’re selling earthworms on your mom’s front lawn!
  • And contributor Michael Kimball joins the program to read from his epistolary novel, “Dear Everybody”

SOME HELPFUL LINKS:

American Opera Theater

“Le Cabaret de Carmen” at Theatre Project

Atomic Books

The Baltimore Book Festival

The 510 Reading Series

Michael Kimball’s “Dear Everybody”

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