To all MouseMuseians (a new term I’ve conjured up for all followers of things MouseMuse and lovers of the well told tale) - We are about to embark on a new season of Storytelling that should bring our audiences to the floor, either with tears or laughter.  Three evenings of entertainment at the Fairfield Museum and […]

"Real Stories. Real People," Theatrical Programs Chosen by MouseMuse The Bijou Theatre has maintained its history on the outside, but oh wow on the inside, it's tricked out to deliver entertainment, libations and a wowie experience from cabaret table or theater seats. You decide where you sit. "I  was born in a trunk/In the Princess […]

We finished up our Summer StoryMasters Jam at TWO BOOTS with a smash hit from 4 very different storytellers, plus 3 from the audience who wowed us ---prizes were awarded to Miguel Villanueva, 3 place, (dinner at TWO BOOTS-- Harry Gambardella, a bottle of red wine, and Liz Wachsler, a gift basket with tickets to […]

Well, who knew? Here in our no-cheese allowed household, (an ironic twist for a mouse to be allergic to cheese) we went to TWO BOOTS OF BRIDGEPORT for our first Summer Storymaster's jam in June and what did was discover? They have incredible pizza with non-dairy cheese. Plus they have gluten free pizza. That was […]

Yesterday, we found the fountain of youth. Oh, we have found it before and always in a different place because the fountain moves to where the real estate is affordable for the next generation. In New York City the fountain is gushing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Once upon a time it splashed on me in Washington Square […]

 A few weeks ago, I reluctantly went to a talk at Barnes & Noble where a some esteemed traditional published writers had gone the self publishing. I listened to David Wilk, who made sense, and whose company does quality work for any serious writer who now knows that you can wait around forever, but the […]

...has very smart, very flattering things to say about the Mouse House, and the article on us in their Sunday issue is definitely worth a good read. A few trivial fact twisters, but a damned good article that portrays MouseMuse intent with soul. You can find it here.

We took ourselves into Manhattan yesterday for a dose of the hurried life, complete with angst about finding a free parking spot. We strategized to start on the upper East side and wind up at the Gertrude Stein Collection exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and then at a jazz/dinner club, "Smoke" on 105th […]

Memorial Day weekend is four days of no day. Friday, May 25, was like a Sunday. My husband had the day off so he hung around, a mixed bag of his neatness dogging my desire to just hang out ( in my robe) on the big chair in the living room, while he traipsed by […]

Leave Town & Country for an Evening Repost with addendum. We have been playing to capacity at TWO BOOTS of BRIDGEPORT. Now, coming, other programs using real life experiences as their core. http://thebijoutheatre.com/blog/ MAY 23, 2012 Today is an important day for Mousemuse. We are hitting the streets of Bridgeport's ambitious revival district at Bijou Square. […]

Remember those lightweight aluminum fold up chairs with plastic mesh web strips we used to hang on a hook in the garage?  Every summer we'd drag tme out to either a lawn event or to the beach. Sure they used to fray at the edges and then rust, but with a new roll of webbing […]

A couple of audience members approached some of the mouse volunteers and asked for the recipes from the Landmark Academy event. It's ironic that Siobhan Powers who runs the Landmark Pre-School gave me the basics of this very simple chicken dish that I'll detail in Mouse News.  The salad dressing? Well, my mother was a […]