#barry sutton

[sk8rambler]

happy birthday my fav 90s drummer... neil mavers!!

[lilith-1916]

Rewatching Hollyoaks 2008:

Honestly, in this scene John Paul must have suspected that something was off about Niall and start to be more alert around him, because it was a little creepy.

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Woody Platt feat. Del McCoury - “Broke Down Engine”

Woody Platt’s post-Steep Canyon Rangers solo career is off to an auspicious start with the Del McCoury-assisted remake of Blind Willie McTell’s “Broke Down Engine.”

The infectious bluegrass track announces the spring 2024 arrival of Platt’s debut solo album - title TBA - and also features Bryan Sutton on guitar, Barry Bales on bass, Daren Shumaker on mandolin and Bennett Sullivan on banjo.

The players are in top form, soloing across most of the track as Bales holds it together. McCoury and Platt trade lines throughout and when their voices come together, it’s a harmonic convergence that should’ve happened decades ago.

Platt left the Rangers in 2022.

Grade card: Woody Platt feat. Del McCoury - “Broke Down Engine” - A+

11/13/23

[the-bi-library]

Finally, here are February's bisexual releases!

Books listed:

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

Benefactor to the Baroness (Seductive Sleuths, #3) by Melissa Kendall

A Fix of Light by Kel Menton

The Billion Dollar Dynasty by Dominique Davis

Yelen and Yelena by C.M. Rosens

Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Becca Podos

Spring Awakening (Training Seasons, #1) by J.S. Jasper

Wicked Darlings by Jordyn Taylor

Dead in the Frame: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery by Stephen Spotswood

Casual by Koji A. Dae

Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1) by Stephanie Burgis

Daughters of the Blue Moon by Millie Abecassis

How to Slay a Demon Lord and get away with it by Devi Letalis

Mere Flesh by Catherine Labadie

Shoot the Moon: A Rainey Hall Mystery (Rainey Hall Mysteries) by Ava Barry

Monsters, Mayhem & Wild Magic by Noah Bodie

Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

Two Friends in Marriage by Jackie Lau

Down to a Science by Kat Paige

Dance with the Fae by Elisabeth Hobbes

Cyrus: a Dark Tragic Love Story by A.E. Cosby

On Her Terms by Amy Spalding

Painting My Roommate's Sister by Echo Lark

The Trial Period by Auburn Morrow

Sirens & Snow by Finnely Ray

14 Days to Resist Your Valentine by D.K. Sutton

To Free a Magpie (The Raven's Daughters, #2) by Joyce Gee

Reading the Waves: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch

Bar Down by Stef C.R.

A Match Made In Evan by Anna Sparrows

He's All That by Lillian Empire

Icing on the Cake by Christopher J. Brice

[pathetic-gamer]

Pentiment's Complete Bibliography, with links to some hard-to-find items:

I've seen some people post screenshots of the game's bibliography, but I hadn't found a plain text version (which would be much easier to work from), so I put together a complete typed version - citation style irregularities included lol. I checked through the full list and found that only four of the forty sources can't be found easily through a search engine. One has no English translation and I'm not even close to fluent enough in German to be able to actually translate an academic article, so I can't help there. For the other three (a museum exhibit book, a master's thesis, and portions of a primary source that has not been entirely translated into English), I tracked down links to them, which are included with their entries on the list.

If you want to read one of the journal articles but can't access it due to paywalls, try out 12ft.io or the unpaywall browser extension (works on Firefox and most chromium browsers). If there's something you have interest in reading but can't track down, let me know, and I can try to help! I'm pretty good at finding things lmao

Okay, happy reading, love you bye

Beach, Alison I. Women as Scribes: Book Production and Monastic Reform in Twelfth-Century Bavaria. Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2004.

Berger, Jutta Maria. Die Geschichterder Gastfreundschaft im hochmittel alterlichen Monchtum: die Cistercienser. Akademie Verlag GmbH, 1999. [No translation found.]

Blickle, Peter. The Revolution of 1525. Translated by Thomas A. Brady, Jr. and H.C. Erik Midelfort. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.

Brady, Thomas A., Jr. “Imperial Destinies: A New Biography of the Emperor Maximilian I.” The Journal of Modern History, vol 62, no. 2., 1990. pp.298-314.

Brandl, Rainer. “Art or Craft: Art and the Artist in Medieval Nuremberg.” Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300-1550. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. [LINK]

Byars, Jana L., “Prostitutes and Prostitution in Late Medieval Bercelona.” Masters Theses. Western Michigan University, 1997. [LINK]

Cashion, Debra Taylor. “The Art of Nikolaus Glockendon: Imitation and Originality in the Art of Renaissance Germany.” Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, vol 2, no. 1-2, 2010.

de Hamel, Christopher. A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. Phaidon Press Limited, 1986.

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Translated by William Weaver. Mariner Books, 2014.

Eco, Umberto. Baudolino. Translated by William Weaver. Mariner Books, 2003.

Fournier, Jacques. “The Inquisition Records of Jacques Fournier.” Translated by Nancy P. Stork. Jan Jose Univeristy, 2020. [LINK]

Geary, Patrick. “Humiliation of Saints.” In Saints and their cults: studies in religious sociology, folklore, and history. Edited by Stephen Wilson. Cambridge University Press, 1985. pp. 123-140

Harrington, Joel F. The Faithrul Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

Hertzka, Gottfired and Wighard Strehlow. Grosse Hildegard-Apotheke. Christiana-Verlag, 2017.

Hildegard von Bingen. Physica. Edited by Reiner Hildebrandt and Thomas Gloning. De Gruyter, 2010.

Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love. Translated by Barry Windeatt. Oxford Univeristy Press, 2015.

Karras, Ruth Mazo. Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others. Routledge, 2017.

Kerr, Julie. Monastic Hospitality: The Benedictines in England, c.1070-c.1250. Boudell Press, 2007.

Kieckhefer, Richard. Forbidden rites: a necromancer’s manual of the fifteenth century. Sutton, 1997.

Kuemin, Beat and B. Ann Tlusty, The World of the Tavern: Public Houses in Early Modern Europe. Routledge, 2017.

Ilner, Thomas, et al. The Economy of Duerrnberg-Bei-Hallein: An Iron Age Salt-mining Center in the Austrian Alps. The Antiquaries Journal, vol 83, 2003. pp. 123-194

Lang, Benedek. Unlocked Books: Manuscripts of Learned Magic in the Medieval Libraries of Central Europe. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008

Lindeman, Mary. Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Lowe, Kate. “’Representing’ Africa: Ambassadors and Princes from Christian Africa to Renaissance Italy and Portugal, 1402-1608.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Sixth Series, vol 17, 2007. pp. 101-128

Meyers, David. “Ritual, Confession, and Religion in Sixteenth-Century Germany.” Archiv fuer Reformationsgenshichte, vol. 89, 1998. pp. 125-143.

Murat, Zuleika. “Wall paintings through the ages: the medieval period (Italy, twelfth to fifteenth century).” Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, vol 23, no. 191. Springer, October 2021. pp. 1-27.

Overty, Joanne Filippone. “The Cost of Doing Scribal Business: Prices of Manuscript Books in England, 1300-1483.” Book History 11, 2008. pp. 1-32.

Page, Sophie. Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occullt Approaches to the Medieval Universe. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013.

Park, Katharine. “The Criminal and the Saintly Body: Autopsy and Dissectionin Renaissance Italy.” Renaissance Quarterly, vol 47, no. 1, Spring 1994. pp. 1-33.

Rebel, Hermann. Peasant Classes: The Bureaucratization of Property and Family Relations under Early Habsburg Absolutism, 1511-1636. Princeton University Press, 1983.

Rublack, Ulinka. “Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Female Body in Early Modern Germany.” Past & Present,vol. 150, no. 1, February 1996.

Salvador, Matteo. “The Ethiopian Age of Exploration: Prester John’s Discovery of Europe, 1306-1458.” Journal of World History, vol. 21, no. 4, 2011. pp.593-627.

Sangster, Alan. “The Earliest Known Treatise on Double Entry Bookkeeping by Marino de Raphaeli.” The Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 42, no. 2, 2015. pp. 1-33.

Throop, Priscilla. Hildegarde von Bingen’s Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing. Healing Arts Press, 1998.

Usher, Abbott Payson. “The Origins of Banking: The Brimitive Bank of Deposit, 1200-1600.” The Economic History Review, vol. 4, no. 4. 1934. pp.399-428.

Waldman, Louis A. “Commissioning Art in Florence for Matthias Corvinus: The Painter and Agent Alexander Formoser and his Sons, Jacopo and Raffaello del Tedesco.” Italy and Hungary: Humanism and Art in the Early Renaissance. Edited by Peter Farbaky and Louis A. Waldman, Villa I Tatti, 2011. pp.427-501.

Wendt, Ulrich. Kultur and Jagd: ein Birschgang durch die Geschichte. G. Reimer, 1907.

Whelan, Mark. “Taxes, Wagenburgs and a Nightingale: The Imperial Abbey of Ellwangen and the Hussite Wars, 1427-1435.” The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, vol. 72, no. 4, 2021, pp.751-777.

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Yardeni, Ada. The Book of Hebrew Script: History, Palaeography, Script Styles, Calligraphy & Design. Tyndale House Publishers, 2010.

[bestiarium]

Am Fear Liath Mór, or the Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui [Scottish cryptid]

The high passes of Ben MacDhui – the second largest mountain in Scotland – are haunted by tales of a mysterious creature that supposedly stalks hikers. Usually it is described as an impossibly tall, grey spectre, thereby earning it the name ‘Am Fear Liath Mór’, meaning ‘the big grey man’.

The story starts in 1891 with professor Norman Collie of the Royal Geographic Society, who happened to be a passionate hiker as well. The professor had just climbed the cairn on the summit of Ben MacDhui when he heard something that vaguely sounded like footsteps. I should mention that this area is notoriously misty, so you can imagine how easy it is for a lone hiker to get anxious when hearing strange noises.

The footsteps continued, but they were oddly spaced: for every ‘step’ the professor heard, he himself took three or four. It was as if this mysterious spectre was taking giant leaps or had huge legs. Eventually the professor was overtaken by panic and fled. Much later, in 1925, he recounted his tale and shared it with the newspapers, who were eager to publish and often exaggerate the story of a supposed monster or cryptid living in the Scottish mountains. At the time, the mystery creature was dubbed ‘the Ben MacDhui Ghost’ in the media.

Afterwards, multiple people came forward with claims about the mountain ghost, some of which were believable (hearing unidentified sounds) and some were more fantastic (Richard Frere and Peter Densham claimed to have had a conversation with an invisible, psychic creature).

Richard Frere would later claim that while he was hiking on the top of the Ben MacDhui, he had an unshakeable feeling that someone else was there with him, and he would hear a strange high-pitched noise that seemed to come from the soil beneath his feet.

Frere also gave a physical description of a creature he claimed to have seen (but it is difficult to verify whether this is the oldest actual ‘sighting’ of the supposed ghost): a large, brown creature was seen swaggering down the mountainside. It stood about 20 feet (6m) tall, was covered with short brown fur and had a disproportionally large head supported by a thick, muscular neck. It had broad shoulders but walked upright and did not resemble an ape.

Interestingly, only a single sighting happened on a nearby mountain, rather than on the Ben MacDhui itself: in the 1920’s, Tom Crowley, the president of the local Moray Mountaineering Club, claimed to have seen an apparition while descending from Braeriach to the Glen Eanaich. It was a very tall, misty grey figure with a humanoid shape, albeit with long legs that ended in strange talons (described as resembling fingers more than toes) and a head with pointy ears.

Dr. A. M. Kellas, himself a famed mountaineer, also claimed that a giant grey humanoid creature haunted the mountain. Among the many supposed sightings, I am uncertain which one is actually the oldest description of the ‘Grey Man’ as a tall, grey spectre, but it is certainly the most popular one. The grey apparition had cemented itself as a local cryptid and urban legend and many more supposed sightings followed.

Though it is often claimed that the creature is connected to ancient Scottish or Celtic mythology, this is most likely false. Gray Affleck, the author of ‘The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui’, attempted to research this link but could not find a single connection with actual Highland mythology.

In 1958, the June edition of ‘Scots Magazine’ told the story of Alexander Tewnion’s 1943 expedition to the mountain. While he was descending the mountain, a giant grey shape suddenly loomed over him. Having none of this bullshit, Mr. Tewnion immediately pulled out his revolver and fired three bullets at the thing. The mysterious apparition seemed not to notice, however, and kept walking towards him, upon which Tewnion fled.

Sources: Barrie, A., 2005, Sutton Companion to the Folklore, Myths and Customs of Britain, The History Press, 480 pp. Gray, A., 2013, The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, Birlinn, 183 pp. (reviewed edition, first edition published in 1970) (image source 1 : Attila Nagy on Artstation) (image source 2: ManthosLappas on Deviantart, ©Fear Liath)

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💙💜💖 Bi Books Coming Out February 2025

💖💜💙 Hey there, beloved bookish bats! Here are a few bisexual books that were released in February that would make fabulous additions to your never-ending TBR! Happy reading!

💙 I apologize for any discrepancies. Publishing days are subject to change.

💖 Icing on the Cake - Christopher J. Brice 💜 Sirens & Snow - Finnely Ray 💜 Bar Down - Stef C.R. 💙 He's All That - Lillian Empire

💖 A Fix of Light by Kel Menton 💜 To Free a Magpie - Joyce Gee 💜 The Trial Period by Auburn Morrow 💙 Wicked Darlings by Jordyn Taylor

💖 Benefactor to the Baroness - Melissa Kendall 💜 The Billion Dollar Dynasty - Dominique Davis 💜 Daughters of the Blue Moon - Millie Abecassis 💙 Wooing the Witch Queen - Stephanie Burgis

💖 Spring Awakening - J.S. Jasper 💜 Homegrown Magic - Jamie Pacton & Becca Podos 💜 Down to a Science - Kat Paige 💙 Shoot the Moon - Ava Barry

💖 A Match Made In Evan - Anna Sparrows 💜 Two Friends in Marriage - Jackie Lau 💜 Mere Flesh - Catherine Labadie 💙 Fundamentally - Nussaibah Younis

💖 On Her Terms - Amy Spalding 💜 Reading the Waves - Lidia Yuknavitch 💜 Casual - Koji A. Dae 💙 Dead in the Frame - Stephen Spotswood

💖 Painting My Roommate's Sister - Echo Lark 💜 14 Days to Resist Your Valentine - D.K. Sutton 💜 Monsters, Mayhem & Wild Magic - Noah Bodie 💙 How to Slay a Demon Lord and Get Away With It - Devi Letalis

[etherealpixie8]

okay I need to talk about this bc it’s actually pissing me off 😭😭

let’s make this clear - at the end of the day what celebrities do with their lives in NONE of our business. Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster and Debbora Lee are NOT obligated to share anything about their personal lives whatsoever.

second, there is no solidifying proof that he cheated on his ex wife. do you know how many rumors explode when some divorces and gets with someone else? Hugh and Debbora have also been divorced since 2023, so that’s a considerable amount of time to get with someone else.

“oh, she (Debbora) liked a post (posted by a GOSSIP blog abt him cheating) about it from her private instagram!” how do you know that’s her account? is there any proof of that? just because Debbora’s friend says she’s gonna “move on” or whatever does not indicate he cheated on her. it’s literally making me so mad seeing people be like “oh, leaving Hugh behind” or “deleting all my posts!” LIKE STOPPPP AND PLEASE DO UR RESEARCH.

do you know how many celebrities have cheated on their spouses? it doesn’t make it okay, but when someone ACTUALLY cheats they fan base is still there, but when it comes to Hugh and it’s a RUMOR everyone is suddenly gonna dip??? like hello???

it’s the SAME thing with Barry and Sabrina. he literally had to deactivate some of his social media bc he was receiving sooooooo much harassment for it. for something that may not even be true!!! js bc a couple breaks up doesn’t automatically mean one of them cheated 😭

guys we learn how to not spread rumors, so can we like not? leave him alone and leave Debbora and Sutton alone? if Deb actually got cheated on then that really sucks. but again it’s THEIR PERSONAL LIVES and we have ZERO credible and solidifying proof that Hugh cheated.

sorry needed to rant bc it was making me so mad.

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Vampirella Archives Volume 1 by Forrest J Ackerman, Don Glut, Nicola Cuti, Tom Sutton, Neal Adams, Ernie Colón, Mike Royer and more. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Out in April.

"In September of 1969, Vampirella #1 debuted with a stunning cover by the legendary Frank Frazetta - and quickly made publishing history! The writers and artists that contributed during the title's original run included Jose Gonzalez, Archie Goodwin, Doug Moench, Bernie Wrightson, Barry Windsor-Smith, Esteban Maroto, Frank Brunner, Mike Ploog, Rudy Nebres, Richard Corben, Pablo Marcos, Wally Wood, and many more! And now Dynamite is collecting this legendary magazine in a brand-new softcover archive edition!

Featuring work by Forrest J. Ackerman, Don Glut, Tom Sutton, Neal Adams, Ernie Colon, Billy Graham, Alan Weiss, Jeff Jones, and Frank Frazetta, the Vampirella Archives Volume One trade paperback collects the first seven terrifying issues of the original run of Vampirella magazine, reprinted at its original magazine trim size."

[blackcrowing]

Blackcrowing's Master Reading List

I have created a dropbox with pdfs I have gathered over the years, I have done my best to only allow access to documents which I found openly available through sites like JSTOR, Archive.org, or other educational resources with papers available for download.

That being said I ALSO recommend (I obviously have not read all of these but they are either in my library or I intend to add them)

📚 Celtic/Irish Pagan Books

The Morrighan: Meeting the Great Queens, Morgan Daimler

Raven Goddess: Going Deeper with the Morríghan, Morgan Daimler

Irish Paganism: Reconstructing Irish Polytheism, Morgan Daimler

Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Erynn Rowan Laurie

Celtic Cosmology and the Otherworld: Myths, Orgins, Sovereignty and Liminality, Sharon Paice MacLeod

Celtic Myth and Religion, Sharon Paice MacLeod

A Guide to Ogam Divination, Marissa Hegarty (I'm leaving this on my list because I want to support independent authors. However, if you have already read Weaving Word Wisdom this book is unlikely to further enhance your understanding of ogam in a divination capacity)

The Book of the Great Queen, Morpheus Ravenna

Litany of The Morrígna, Morpheus Ravenna

Celtic Visions, Caitlín Matthews

Harp, Club & Calderon, Edited by Lora O'Brien and Morpheus Ravenna

Celtic Cosmology: Perspectives from Ireland and Scotland, Edited by Jacqueline Borsje and others

Polytheistic Monasticism: Voices from Pagan Cloisters, Edited by Janet Munin

📚 Celtic/Irish Academic Books

Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín

The Sacred Isle, Dáithi Ó hÓgáin

The Ancient Celts, Berry Cunliffe

The Celtic World, Berry Cunliffe

Irish Kingship and Seccession, Bart Jaski

Early Irish Farming, Fergus Kelly

Studies in Irish Mythology, Grigory Bondarnko

Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland, John Waddell

Archeology and Celtic Myth, John Waddell

Understanding the Celtic Religion: Revisiting the Past, Edited by Katja Ritari and Alexandria Bergholm

A Guide to Ogam, Damian McManus

Cesar's Druids: an Ancient Priesthood, Miranda Aldhouse Green

Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Aldhouse Green

The Gods of the Celts, Miranda Green

The Celtic World, Edited by Miranda J Green

Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Tradition, Edited by Emily Lyle

Ancient Irish Tales, Edited by Tom P Cross and Clark Haris Slover

Cattle Lords and Clansmen, Nerys Patterson

Celtic Heritage, Alwyn and Brinley Rees

Ireland's Immortals, Mark Williams

The Origins of the Irish, J. P. Mallory

In Search of the Irish Dreamtime, J. P. Mallory

The Táin, Thomas Kinsella translation

The Sutton Hoo Sceptre and the Roots of Celtic Kingship Theory, Michael J. Enright

Celtic Warfare, Giola Canestrelli

Irish Customs and Beliefs, Kevin Danaher

Pagan Celtic Ireland, Barry Raftery

Cult of the Sacred Center, Proinsais Mac Cana

Mythical Ireland: New Light on the Ancient Past, Anthony Murphy

Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1100, Aidan O'Sullivan and others

The Festival of Lughnasa, Máire MacNeill

Curse of Ireland, Cecily Gillgan

📚 Indo-European Books (Mostly Academic and linguistic)

Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society, Emily Benveniste

A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principle Indo-European Languages, Carl Darling Buck

The Horse, the Wheel and Language, David W. Anthony

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Robert S.P. Beekes

In Search of the Indo-Europeans, J.P. Mallory

Indo-European Mythology and Religion, Alexander Jacob

Some of these books had low print runs and therefore can be difficult to find and very expensive... SOME of those books can be found online with the help of friends... 🏴‍☠️

library genesis might be a great place to start... hint hint...

My kofi

[sk8rambler]

unpopular opinion: i hate those soft covers of there she goes by the la's

[lilith-1916]

James and Barry recently together in a podcast. I'm pleasantly surprised that they're still friends after 17 years.

I'd love seeing them working together again.

[vintagepipemen]

Barrie Williams, manager of the Sutton United football team in the UK, 1988.

[rasslegram]

VALE 2021

Angelo Mosca, Ann Casey, Art Michalik, The Assassin, Astro Negro, Barry O, Bert Prentice, Bill White, Blackjack Lanza, Bobby Davis,  Bobby Eaton, Brazo De Plata, Brick Bronsky, Bryan Debord, Buddy Colt, Butch Reed, Cpt Ed George, Chris Youngblood, Corporal Kirchner, Daffney Unger, Dean Ho, Deepak Singh, Don Wayt, Doug Anderson, Dick Cardinal, Dino Nero, Dominic Denucci...

Don Kernodle, Don Serrano, Drezden, El Hijo de Aníbal, Ethel Brown, Harry Steck, Jack Veneno, John Da Silva, Jim Crockett Jr, Jim Davies, Jimmy Rave, Jocephus Brody, Joe Cornelius, Jon Gallagher, Johnny DeFazio, John Justice, John Renesto, Kal Rudman, Kirk White, Mac McMurray, Mark Bujan, Markus Crane, Melissa Coates, Mike Reed, Moses Manson, Natasha, New Jack, Pat Barrett...

Pete Marquez, The Patriot, Paul Christy, Paul Orndorff, Reggie Parks, Rob Russen, Roger Francoueur, Ron McFarlane, Ronnie Sutton, Royce Profit, Rumi Kazama, The Russian Brute, Rusty Brooks, Ryan Sakoda, Sarah Bridges, Scott Reynolds, Sergio El Hermoso, Shaun Vexx, Snowman, Steve Cain, Steve Lawler, Stu Schwartz, Ted Lewin, Tom Cole, Tony Marino, Vinnie Valentine, Mark Morton, Jack Curtis Jr.

[litcest]

What The Butler Saw, by Joe Orton

What The Butler Saw is the last play by Joe Orton, a popular playwright who frequently wrote black comedies. The play was finished in 1967, but it's production was delayed until 1969 because Orton was murdered a month after he had finished writing.

Just to give a notion of how famous Orton was, he was requested by The Beatles to write a script for them to star in, and another of Orton's plays, The Erpingham Camp, was directed by Sir Ian McKellen.

While this play is supposed to be an absurdist comedy, more specifically, a farce, I found it lacking in humour. I suppose it's an exemple of what they call British humour. There are so many things going on at the same time during the play that it confuses me. I boiled down to the essential incestuous parts, but in case you want to check out the play in it's full craziness, the BBC2's Theatre Night staging from 1987 is available on Youtube. This staring was produced by Shaun Sutton, directed by Barry Davis and stars Dinsdale Landen as Dr. Prentice, Tessa Peake-Jones as Geraldine Barclay, Prunella Scales and Mrs. Prentice and Tyler Butterworth as Nicholas Beckett.

The play opens with Dr. Prentice interviewing Geraldine for a position as secretary in his office in a mental asylum. He begins by asking who is her father and when she says she doesn't know, he continues to press the issue, wanting to know how she was conceived. Geraldine confesses that her mother had been raped when she worked as the chambermaid at the Station Hotel, and that's how Geraldine came to be. Dr. Prentice tells her that he once himself stayed in the Station Hotel and asks more about Geraldine's mother. She tells him that she haven't seen her mother in many years, having been raised by Mrs. Barclay, who recently died in an explosion. Then, he asks Geraldine to undress, under the guise of being medical examination so he can know she's healthy before he hires her. She is hesitant but agrees.

When Geraldine goes behind the curtain to make herself comfortable so that the doctor could examine her, Mrs. Prentice arrives to the office, as her group trip had gone awry and she had instead spent the night at the Station Hotel, where a bellboy tried to rape her and stole the dress she had been wearing, leaving her only with a coat to cover herself. The bellboy, Nicholas, is also blackmailing Mrs. Prentice, as he had taken photos of them having sex the night before (one can assume that now Mrs. Prentice claims it was an attempted rape to hide the fact that she was having an extramarrital affair). One of his demands in that Mrs. Prentice find him a job, and so decides to have her husband take Nicholas as a secretary, which is why Mrs. Prentice asks that the doctor employ the bellboy to prevent him of further living a life of crime.

As if the scene wasn't chaotic enough, in arrives Dr. Rance, who wants to carry a government sanctioned inspection in the asylum. When Dr. Rance sees Geraldine, Dr. Prentice lies that she's a patient who had attacked him, while naked. Dr. Rance then writes an order to have Geraldine committed, believing her to be have been molested by her father as a child, despite her insistence to have never even known him. Dr. Rance then takes Geraldine away and Mrs. Prentice returns with Nicholas, so he can be interviewed. Dr. Rance begins to believe that Dr. Prentice is insane.

Sargent Match knocks in the door as he wants to interview Nicholas regarding the bellboy "misconducted himself with a party of school children". In a attempt to hide, Nicholas puts on Geraldine's clothes, while Geraldine, not wanting to be wearing the hospital nightgown's, puts on the clothes that Nicholas had removed.

The scene escalates further as Dr. Rance becomes increasingly unhinged and tries to diagnose everyone in the clinic, all based on the misunderstanding caused by Dr. Prentice trying to hide Geraldine from his wife. Eventually, Dr. Prentice hits Mrs. Prentice and runs, as Dr. Rance wants to commit him to the asylum. Finally, Nicholas confesses his part in the farse and after a long time, Geraldine also persuades Dr. Rance that she's not insane. During her speech, she laments having lost her lucky charm, an elephant charm. Dr. Rance tells her he found it and returns it to her, upon which Nicholas then says that he has a matching one.

Mrs. Prentice takes both charms and places them together, and they fit morning a single jewellery, which she then says that had once belonged to her, having been gifted it by her rapist after he attacked her back when she worked as a chambermaid in the Station Hotel. The assault resulted in a pregnancy with twins, which she put out to adoption, leaving each one with half of the charm. She then recognizes Geraldine and Nicholas as her long lost children.

Dr. Prentice then chimes in that the jewel was actually his and he had lost it after having sex during a power outage with an unknown maid, therefore revealing that he had been the one to rape Mrs. Prentice years before and to be the father of Geraldine and Nicholas.

Dr. Rance announces happily that since Dr. Prentice is Geraldine's father, then he was right about Geraldine being the victim of incestuous abuse by her father.

Dr. Rance: "If you are this child's father my book can be written in good faith - she is the victim of an incestuous assault!" Mrs. Prentice: "And so am I, doctor! My son has a collection of indecent photographs which prove beyond doubt that he made free with me in the same hotel - indeed in the same linen cupboard where his conception took place." Dr. Rance: "Oh, what joy this discovery gives me! Double incest is even more likely to produce a best-seller than murder - and this is as it should be for love must bring greater joy than violence."

And with the incest (and attempted incest) being revealed and the family reunited, the play finally ends. Like I said, I cut off most of the events, for their were awfully confusing and chaotic. Not my type of work, not at all. There were also no butlers, which makes me question the title, but hey, that's it.

[asianartsblog]

Exhibition & Festival

Asia North 2025 

May 2 – May 31

Various locations throughout the Station North Arts District, Baltimore, MD

Celebrate Baltimore’s Charles North – Station North – neighborhood’s constantly evolving identities as a Koreatown, arts district, and creative hub. Co-produced by Asian Arts & Culture Center and Central Baltimore Partnership

Exhibition

EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

Guest curated by Phaan Howng

Friday, May 2-Saturday, May 31

16 W. North Ave., Currency Studio, Club Car, Motor House, Mobtown Ballroom & Café

Gallery Hours:

16 W. North Ave: Friday 5-8pm, Saturday 12-3pm

Currency Studio: Thursday - Friday 1-5pm; Saturday 12-3pm

Motor House: Thursday - Saturday 6-10pm; Monday & Wednesday 6pm-12am

Club Car: Friday -Saturday 6pm-1am; Sunday 5-10pm

Mobtown Ballroom & Café: Monday - Friday 8am-3pm, plus Monday 7-11pm and Friday 7-11:30pm

EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS features the work of 25 artists of the APIMEDA diaspora who live and create in the Baltimore and the DMV area. The exhibition title is a sardonic nod to what the phrase “exceeds expectations” triggers across the APIMEDA community while also showcasing works that transgress inherent preconceptions of artworks expected to be seen at an AAPI exhibition during AAPI heritage month. 

The artists selected for this exhibition create spectacularly audacious artworks using their chosen medium and independent visual languages. Through their stylistic choices, humor, subject matter, and more, their artworks visually deviate from all stereotyped cliches within traditional cultural art settings. In addition, this year's Asia North exhibition exceeds the scope of our previous Asia North exhibitions by taking place in more locations in unexpected ways from Motor House to spaces throughout North Avenue Market.

To honor the Charles North neighborhood's ongoing transformation from a historic Koreatown to a diverse arts district, the exhibit also includes research from AA&CC’s Greater Baltimore Asian Community History Project.

Guest curated by Phaan Howng with Nerissa Paglinauan.

Featured Artists:

Reed Bmore, Thea Canlas, Neil Chatterjee, Cindy Cheng, Sejong Cho, YunKyoung Cho, Sutton Demlong, Ameena Fareeda, Taha Heydari, Tae Hwang, Kei Ito, Zara Kahan, Gaeun Kim, Wednesday Kim, Andrew Liang, Yefu Liu, Katherine Mann, Audrey Naiva, Nova Pan, Sookkyung Park, Emon Sirakitkoson, Clipber Tran, Thiang Uk, Stephanie J. Williams, and Lite Zhang.

Opening Event

Asia North 2025

Friday, May 2, 5-9 pm

16 W. North Ave., Motor House and Club Car

Celebrate the kick-off of Asia North 2025. Meet guest curator Phaan Howng and the artists featured in EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS. Spend the evening learning Bollywood moves, take in the guzheng (Chinese zither) with a Baltimore twist, parade with dragon dancers, and  dance to conscious hip hop, drum lines, drag queens, and more! Featuring performances from Qi Yu, Stepping Stones, Utpalasia, Mr Mrs Boots, Spike Yee & Proper, and the Baltimore Chinese Dragon Dance. Savor dishes provided by the Baltimore Xiamen Sister City Committee. Hosted by Eva Barrie, Asia North 2025 performance curator. 

Installation in Progress

Big Ass Snake(plant)s on a Plane by Phaan Howng

Inviting Light 

Ongoing

1718 N. Charles St. Garage

Curated by Baltimore’s own Derrick Adams, and supported by a Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $1 million Public Art Challenge project grant, Inviting Light is transforming the Station North Arts District with five breathtaking site-specific public art installations and a series of dynamic community events and arts programming this year. Phaan Howng, one of the five artists chosen for this project, has manifested her paintings of snake plants into reality, creating a large scale sculpture of them taking over the Charles St Garage. Inviting Light is managed by Central Baltimore Partnership in association with the Mayor’s Office of  Arts & Culture and the Neighborhood Design Center.

Walking Tour & Meet the Authors

Historic Koreatown & Landmarks + Meet the Authors, Ginger and Frances Park 

Saturday, May 3, 2-4:30pm

Meet at 16 W. North Ave. 

REGISTER: https://2025asianorthkoreatown.eventbrite.com

Join a guide for a walking tour of the Charles North neighborhood’s historical Koreatown landmarks and favorite food spots. Then, meet the award-winning authors Ginger Park and Frances Park. The sister team will share their love of writing as well as read from their newest children's book SUKA'S FARM inspired by their father's boyhood during Japanese occupied Korea. SUKA'S FARM was selected for NBC4's 4 Your Reading series hosted by Jummy Olabanji. The presentation will also include a fun and interactive Q&A session for adults and children, and a chance to win copies of their books. The presentation will end with an author book signing and reception. Visit Ginger and Frances at www.parksisters.com Hosted by the Baltimore Changwon Sister City Committee and Korean American Foundation – Greater Washington. 

Social Hour 

NAAAP Baltimore 2nd Thursdays AAPI Meet-Up

Thursday, May 8, 6-8 pm

16 W. North Ave. 

$15 NAAAP Members, $20 Non-Members

Registration Required by May 5: NAAAP Baltimore | Second Thursdays at Asia North 2025 

Celebrate artists who are exhibiting in the EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS exhibit while bringing people together for Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Your registration fee includes food from Chef Sylva Lin of Culinary Architecture Market+Kitchen. The menu includes handcrafted Baked Bao Snack Boxes that include Chinese Stuffed Milk Buns (Minced Pork or Shiitake Mushroom Mapo Tofu); Brown Crispy Potato Chips; and Coconut Mango Macaroons. The Second Thursdays program brings together APIA professionals to socialize, hear from local leaders, and learn about upcoming events and opportunities. We also celebrate local businesses owned by APIAs, especially restaurants, as anchors of the regional APIA community.  

Opening Reception

Veiled Forms

Friday, May 9, 6-10 pm

Bogus Gallery

Celebrate the opening of Veiled Forms with performances by Lucia Li and Ni Xin.

Discover & Dine

Asia North Kamayan Feast

Friday, May 10, 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Club Car TICKETS COMING SOON

Experience Asia North's annual communal Filipino feast where food is artfully laid out atop banana leaves in the middle of long banquet tables. "Kamay" literally translates to "hand" in this traditional Filipino practice of eating with your hands. Enjoy specialty cocktails by Club Car while Asia North featured artist Thea Canlas talks about her food-centered artwork. Participating caterers include Frisco Baltimore and Barkada Breads.

Discover & Dine

Kantahan at Pulutan: Karaoke & Pinoy Food Trucks

Friday, May 10, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Club Car FREE REGISTRATION COMING SOON

Karaoke all night long Asia North-style, featuring Filipino song selections plus other Asian song lists. Satisfy your late-night cravings with pulutan (small bites/snacks) from local Filipino food trucks which you can bring into The Club Car. Kamayan Feast attendees enjoy a discount on drinks at the bar.

Exhibition

Veiled Forms

Friday, May 10-Thursday, May 15

Bogus Gallery

By appointment.

This exhibition highlights the work of local Asian artists Lika Yuyun Su, Winter Dior Hart, Kei Ito, Dooree Kang, and Lucia Shuyu Li, each engaging with the tactile and ephemeral qualities of texture, light, color, and form. Through intricate layers, coverings, and floating elements, their works invite viewers to explore the interplay of materiality and meaning, as traditional and contemporary elements merge.

Lika Su’s sculptures, with their meticulous textures and layered forms, evoke a sense of both groundedness and lightness, blurring the line between permanence and fragility. Winter Hart’s vibrant use of color and unconventional materials creates surfaces rich in texture, where layers and coverings hint at hidden histories. Kei Ito’s photographic works are imbued with light and shadow, using transparency and layering to echo themes of memory and intergenerational trauma. Dooree Kang’s installations and videos evoke a sense of floating and impermanence, with translucent materials and delicate compositions that capture the fleeting nature of time. Lucia Li’s digital works play with fluid color and form, creating a dialogue between the digital and physical, where lightness and depth coexist in tension.

The exhibition itself becomes a layered experience, offering viewers multiple modes of engagement. From the opening performance, which enacts the fluid interplay of light and form in real time, to the artist talk, where layers of meaning will be uncovered through dialogue, each event invites reflection on how surface and depth, covering and revealing, shape our understanding of both art and life. A Baltimore Kawasaki Sister Cities Committee fundraiser will further activate the space, fostering a community that supports and uplifts local and international l artists. Through this thoughtful exploration of form and texture, this exhibition transcends the visual to create a sensory experience. It celebrates the lightness of floating forms and the weight of layered histories, offering viewers a space to reflect on how cultural and personal narratives are woven into the fabric of contemporary art.

Curated by Liz Faust and Michael Young

Workshop

Imposter Syndrome & Authenticity

Wednesday, May 14, 6-8pm

16 W. North Avenue

A fun and creative exploration that includes sharing, writing and art-making for APIMEDA folks and friends.  Facilitated by Sel Hwahng (Towson University Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, Health, and Sexuality) and Rieko Chacey (Multimedia artist and Towson University faculty of Graphic Design & Interactive Media).

Artist Talk

Veiled Forms

Friday, May 16 

Bogus Gallery

Exhibit Closing + Fundraiser

Veiled Forms

Saturday, May 17

Bogus Gallery

Celebrate the conclusion of Veiled Forms and participate in a fundraiser for the Baltimore Kawasaki Sister City Committee. Music by Hideo Sekino, avant garde shakuhachi master.

Conversation and Gathering

Acknowledge and Reframe - Engaging with Asian American History

Tuesday, May 20, 6-8pm

16 W. North Avenue

Engage with the history of Asian American racialization and activism. Interact with history, art, and each other to imagine how to amplify and sustain the Asian American experience. Facilitated by Paul J. Koh (Towson University Professor of Education) and Phyllis Zhu (artist and therapist). Co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Medicine Asian & Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group & Allies.

Improv Comedy

A++ Improv Team jam and show

Saturday, May 24

Baltimore Improv Group

Performance

Gugaknori: Korean Fusion Music from Korea

Thursday, May 29, 7pm

Motor House

Sponsored by  Korean Cultural Center Washington DC

Workshop

The Art of Indigo with Rosa Chang

Saturday, May 31, 10-2 pm

Blue Light Junction

Closing Event

Asia North 2025

Saturday, May 31, 5-9pm

16 W. North Ave., Motor House

Celebrate the conclusion of Asia North 2025. Congratulate the artists featured in EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS. Enjoy performances by Chinese guqin player Ilsa Yin, uplifting music from The Fictionals, party with Indie-Pop-Funk band Silversity, and close out the evening dancing to DJ Jon Hao (Hon Jao). 

Location Info:

16 W. North Avenue

Motor House, 120 W. North Avenue

Currency Studio, 16 W. North Avenue

Club Car, 12 W. North Avenue

Mobtown Ballroom & Café, 30 W. North Avenue

1718 N. Charles St. Garage

Bogus Gallery, 1511 Guilford Avenue

Baltimore Improv Group,1727 N. Charles St. 

Blue Light Junction,  209 McAllister St.

Performer, Presenter, Curator, and Host Bios:

Baltimore Chinese Dragon Dance is a dynamic, student-run organization proudly operating under the Baltimore Chinese School in cooperation with Dulaney High School. Our team, made up of enthusiastic middle and high school students from Baltimore County, is dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the rich traditions of Chinese dragon dance.

Our young performers embody the core values of teamwork, collaboration, and dedication, bringing the dragon to life with every graceful movement. ✨ Through our performances, we inspire and captivate audiences across the region, fostering a deeper appreciation for diverse cultural traditions.

Eva Barrie (she/they) is an award winning creator, artistic leader, and educator. She is currently pursuing an individualised masters in dramaturgy in connection with liberation-based alternative creative infrastructures at Towson University. In her spare time, she volunteers with Theatre Artists for Palestinian Voices, a Canadian ad-hoc collective advocating for a #FreePalestine.  

Mr. Mrs. Boots Taking traditional dance styles, injecting them with depravity, and mixing them with gender fluidity, this clown enjoys subverting expectations and pleasing the masses. These boots were made for serving- you’ll never be bored when Mr. Mrs. Boots is in town!  

Rieko Chacey is a Baltimore-based multimedia artist who has a professional background in graphic design, motion design, video editing, interactive design and illustration. For her detailed background, please read this article: Conversations with Rieko Chacey on VoyageBaltimore.com .Her works have been exhibited at Brentwood Arts Exchange, SNF Parkway Theater, the gallery at 16 W. North Ave., Baltimore Visitor Center, NYC Big Screen Plaza, and The Asian Arts Culture Center. Website: RiekoChacey.com   Instagram: @riekochacey

Rosa Chang is an artist based in Baltimore whose work is deeply rooted in fostering a harmonious relationship between humans and nature. Drawing inspiration from natural materials and environments, Rosa creates art in various forms, mediums, and scales. Her current focus is on sharing the cultural significance of Korean and Asian traditional indigo and natural dye processes through community engagement and exchanges. In May 2023, Rosa released her debut picture book, My Indigo World, which she both authored and illustrated. The book has garnered widespread acclaim, being named a 2023 New York Public Library Best Book and a 2024 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book. Additionally, "My Indigo World" was selected as one of the best children's books of 2024 by the Bank Street College of Education and Maryland's 2024 "Great Reads from Great Places" Library of Congress Children’s Book Selection for the National Book Festival.

Rosa currently teaches a natural dye course at the Maryland Institute College of Art and serves as the Executive Director of Hand Papermaking, Inc., a nonprofit publication dedicated to advancing both traditional and contemporary practices in the art of hand papermaking. 

Fictionals 

The DMV’s very own Jess Trúc My is a musician, political educator, and activist who became a founding member and Creative Director of Viet Place Collective (VPC) with a revolutionary vision— tend to the intergenerational wounds of a post-war community with creativity at the forefront.

Creating under the alias “Fictionals”, they embark on their debut musical project (EP) that serves a powerful duality: (1) uplift the stories and dreams of a double-displaced diaspora and (2) stitch together the loose threads of oppressed peoples around the world with our shared experience in unlearning the dominant narratives of history, traditionally dominated by empire.

How does the story of grief and seeming contradiction of abundance in cultural love delicately weave itself into the identity of our people? This is a question our EP, “Ancestor”, will engage, safeguarding a culture contending for survival and serving as a commentary on the connection between the social, personal, and political.

Hon Jao is a second-generation Taiwanese American violinist and DJ based in Maryland and D.C., blending classical and electronic music with deep cultural and meditative influences. His work reflects a journey of exploring identity through sound, healing generational trauma across the diaspora, and redefining concepts like stillness and slowness—luxuries his immigrant parents and grandparents fleeing civil war couldn’t afford in their pursuit of stability.

With a lifelong foundation in violin and piano, Hon Jao weaves improvised violin melodies with organic rhythms, creating immersive live looping and DJ sets that transport audiences into meditative, transcendent spaces. His performances—whether on the dance floor or in wellness communities—bridge ancestral heritage with contemporary sound healing, offering an experience that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

His discography includes collaborations with Enamour ("Dragonfly," Kindisch 2021), Neekola ("A Message," 2022), and Ursidae ("It Comes in Waves," BearHeart EP 2024). Beyond clubs and festivals, Hon Jao is an integral part of the yoga, dance, and meditation community, performing at sound healing events and transformational gatherings. Through music, he seeks to create space for reflection, connection, and healing across generations.

Phaan Howng (she/her) is a Taiwanese American artist who creates lush paintings and immersive installations that tease a post-human ecology defensively brandishing its landscape, what she calls an “optimistic post-apocalypse.” Her portraits of dense vegetal matter, appearing both luridly seductive and ominously aggressive, “choke out” the picture plane, obscuring what may lurk behind it to captivate the viewer, just as certain plants seduce pollinators, as well as humans. Inspired by ethnobotany history, Victorian botanical goth literature and the sublime of blockbuster action movies, Howng’s paintings remind the viewer of how plant life is still alien to us and that there is still much more we need to understand and learn about them. Her goal is to challenge the superficial way that we relate to plants, encouraging us to be better ecological stewards and make the changes needed to live in balance with our environment.

Howng lives and works in Baltimore, MD.  She received her BFA in Painting from Boston University in 2004 and her MFA from the Mt. Royal School of Art at MICA in 2015. The artist has presented solo and two-person exhibitions at galleries and museums including the Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, MD), the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery through Smithsonian Gardens (Washington, D.C) Dinner Gallery (New York City, NY), PRACTICE (Philadelphia, PA), and MonoPractice (Baltimore, MD), Art in Buildings (New York City, NY), Asian Arts and Culture Center (Towson, MD), and MoCA Arlington (Arlington, VA). Her work has been included in group shows at M+B Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), OCHI Gallery (Los Angeles, CA & Sun Valley, ID), Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY), Smithsonian Arts and Industry Museum, (Washington, D.C.), and No Place Gallery (Columbus, OH). Her work has been commissioned by CityCenter (Washington, D.C.), American Express Platinum and Meta. Her work has been written about in publications such as The New York Times T List, Smithsonian Magazine, Maake Magazine, Artnet, and the front page of the Baltimore Sun. 

Sel J. Hwahng, PhD, Sc.M. is assistant professor in the department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Towson University and received their Ph.D. in Performance Studies (Cultural Studies emphasis) with training in Asian American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Gender & Sexuality Studies. Publications include over 30 sole-, first-, and co-authored articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. Dr. Hwahng has 

also edited and co-authored a book Global LGBTQ Health: Research, Policy, Practice, and Pathways (Springer Nature, 2024; open access URL:  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-36204-0), is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, alpha chapter, and leads an ontological-based leadership course at higher education institutions. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seljhwahng

Paul J. Koh is a Korean-Immigrant-American scholar dedicated to centering the experiences of racially marginalized communities, particularly the Asian American/AAPI community. His research focuses on educators' and educational leaders' experiences in cultivating transformational spaces, developing counternarratives, engaging in collectivist leadership actions, and forming cross-racial coalitions to help schools transcend their racialized contexts.

For over 20 years, Paul has worked as a history teacher, assistant principal, principal, principal supervisor, and assistant superintendent in the Bay Area and Wake County (NC). He is proud of his heritage and his educational journey at UC Davis, UC Berkeley's Principal Leadership Institute, and East Carolina University's International EdD program.

As an assistant professor in Towson University's College of Education, he teaches courses on leadership, school finance, and school law. He enjoys working with students to ensure schools are places of purpose, belonging, and success for all.

Nerissa Paglinauan is co-curator of the Asia North Exhibition. Born in Baltimore to Filipino immigrants, Paglinauan is in her 13th year as Program Manager of the Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University where she engages audiences through diverse exhibitions and programs. During that time, she has curated or co-curated 12 group exhibitions, all with the focus of centering underrepresented APIMEDA cultures, stories and experiences. Through these group shows, the AA&CC has developed a deep and diverse network of APIMEDA artists based in the Greater Baltimore and DMV region. In 2013, she helped organize Art Filipino: Works by Master Artists, AA&CC’s first exhibition featuring all Filipino artists, with works on loan from the collection of the Philippine Center New York, and from local collectors in the DMV. Paglinauan previously held editorial and production roles at National Public Radio and was a Program Director at the Living Classrooms Foundation. Paglinauan holds B.A. degrees in Music and Child Development from Tufts University, and sings with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.

Ginger Park and Frances Park are the Korean American author-sister team of many books for children and adults. They have received multiple awards for their work, including the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award, the IRA-CBC Teachers’ Choice Award, the Notable Books for a Global Society Award, the Paterson Prize Book Award for Young Readers, and the Bank Street Book Award, among others. They live in a suburb of Washington, DC. https://www.parksisters.com/ 

SilverSity is a multicultural music trio whose masterful blend of diverse backgrounds creates a unique pop music experience. Composed of Tyler Phimphahn (main rapper), a first-generation Thai and Lao American; Ahn Caintic (lead vocalist), a Filipino immigrant; and David Davon (lead guitarist), a multi-generational African American Baltimorean, SilverSity's songs incorporate different languages and influences, celebrating unity in diversity.

With electrifying performances and music that transcends borders, SilverSity delivers an unforgettable musical journey that bridges cultures and captivates audiences.

Spike Yee & Proper are a rapper/DJ duo based in Morgantown, WV. Both hailing from east Asian descent, they blend their cultures with modern Hip Hop and Electronic music for an easily digestible set that has been curated for audiences of all walks of life.

Stepping Stones is a key program of the Korean Culture & Art of MD.The Korean Culture & Art of MD (KCAMD) was established in 2002 to teach Korean values ​​to Korean minorities and to raise up future leaders through love of music and performing arts. In order to do so, Stepping Stones, a young generation drum team, was established.

By educating the next generation about valuable cultural values ​​and establishing a layout that enables development by bringing out Korean culture, it can be used as a place to promote more and instill pride by providing opportunities to provide Korean traditional performing arts, encouraging artistic achievements and humanity in a range of fields, and it can be used as a place to promote the pride of Korean culture to the American society.  It regularly maintains support from groups and organizations in the American community.

Utpalasia is a cultural heritage organization dedicated to the dance and music of South Asia and the Himalayas. They are members of the Prince William County Arts Council and have a long history with the Smithsonian Institution for their work in keeping traditional arts alive and vibrant as well as introducing them to new audiences. They are well-known for their original choreography in classical Indian Kathak, Nepali folk, Tibetan Buddhist, and Bollywood Fusion dance along with their unique interactive workshops.

Dr. Ilsa Xiaoshan Yin holds a Ph.D. degree in Ethnomusicology from the University of Maryland and teaches as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore. Her research and musical practice focus on the Chinese seven-string zither guqin. Yin has performed the guqin in China, U.K., Denmark, and U.S. in venues ranging from the British Parliament to Howard Community College. She has presented the instrument and her research at public sectors including the Smithsonian Center for Folklike and international academic associations including the Society for Ethnomusicology and the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. Her research has been published in Asian Music.

QI YU is a guzheng (Chinese zither) player and audio/video engineer currently based in Maryland. She began learning the guzheng at the age of six, training in both traditional and modern Chinese music. Yu later earned master’s degrees in world music and recording arts from Northern Illinois University, expanding her repertoire to include new music, world fusion, blues, rock, jazz, and electronic music. In 2019, she received a Grammy nomination for her work as an assistant recording engineer on Nathalie Joachim and Spektral Quartet’s album Fanm d’Ayiti.

Phyllis Zhu (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, Registered Play Therapist, and self-taught visual artist based in Baltimore, MD. Her therapy practice focuses on reclaiming cultural identities, healing intergenerational trauma and finding joy and nourishment in APIMEDA community. Phyllis graduated with her MSW from Hunter College CUNY and has since worked in community mental health, school-based programs in Baltimore City, and with survivors of sexual trauma and the LGBTQIA+ community. 

As a child of Chinese immigrants, Phyllis also uses her art process to explore the immigrant experience of navigating liminal spaces and reconnecting with ancestral power in a playful way. Phyllis works primarily with fiber arts using knitting, weaving, and embroidery techniques to create textiles and images that draw on elements of nature and her Asian heritage.

Info: towson.edu/asianorthAsia North 2025 partners and sponsors include TU Asian Arts & Culture Center, Central Baltimore Partnership, Station North Arts District, Motor House, Currency Studio, Club Car, Mobtown Ballroom, Maryland State Arts Council, William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, Citizens of Baltimore County, Orange Barrel Media, Johns Hopkins University, Korean Cultural Center Washington DC, TU-BTU Presidential Priority, Community Housing Partners, Barkada Breads, Baltimore Changwon-Sister City Committee, Korean American Foundation – Greater Washington, Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee, Mike Shecter, Neighborhood Housing Services, Neighborhood Design Center, NAAAP Baltimore, OTS Productions, Johns Hopkins Medicine Asian & Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group & Allies, Baltimore Improv Group, and Blue Light Junction.