So this just happened... Turning 50 this year has really made me do some soul searching. I never seemed to know what my purpose was, maybe I will never know but one thing I have discovered is that it’s time to live WITH purpose, to strive to be the best version of me, to help others and spread kindness like confetti. It’s never too late to start something new. I actually had no intentions of adding another stream of income to my already busy life, I joined as a “coach” just to get a discount and to get @joelfreemanfitness into my living room! 😁 💪🏼 Then I started getting checks for sharing my passion for working out! #bonus #pleasantlysurprised #purposeful #findyourhappy #kindnessisfree #istilleatpizza
Tonight was our awards celebration marking the end of FitKids 360 Class 34 (!!!). My guy Darrell knocked it out the park since day one. That smile exudes positivity and happiness in its purest form. His folks are quite proud of this him, and so am I. You're going places, my man. Something good can work. See you in the Summer. . . . . . #FitKids360 #Detroit #Michigan #PureMichigan #MotorCity #HealthyLiving #Fitness #Goals #FitSquad #FitFam #HealthyChoices #HealthyLifestyles #Positivity #Thursday #Happiness #InstaFam #InstaDaily #SomethingGoodCanWork #Community #NonProfit #KindnessIsFree #Nutrition #PositiveVibes #PositiveMessages #GoodPeople #GoodThings #November
Check out this awesome plank workout from Tribe Ambassador @triandstrollermom ~ Who wants to try this with me? Let’s finish November strong 💪🏻 . #Repost ・・・ ⭐️ 5 min plank workout ⭐️ 60 sec full plank 30 sec elbow plank 60 sec raised leg plank (30 sec each side) 60 sec side plank (30 sec each side) 30 sec full plank 60 sec elbow plank ⭐️⭐️⭐️ . Planks!! Always so hard!!! I’ve been adding this quick 5 min plank routine into my daily workout. I love them because they are a killer burn and because I can do them anywhere! Shout out to one of the ladies who has always impressed me the most @hardyfive who destroys planks and makes them look like a walk in the park! 🙌🏻❤️ . Try this workout and tag me! Let me see how you like this set! Tag a friend you think would love to do this killer ab workout with you! 👭 . #julesthreads #bikefashion #julestribe #sharelaughinspireride #ridebikesbehappy #moregirlsonbikes #girlsbehindbars #bikesandcoffee #spokeswoman #goodvibetribe #kindnessisfree #enjoytheride #letsridebikes #outsideisfree #ridelikeagirl #ridetoeat #justride #mytribe #wtfkits #womenskit #womenscycling #bike #cycling #fashion #plankchallenge #plank #offseason
Few things feel worse than having your past failures thrown back at you when you resolve to do things differently. Have faith and be kind when someone close is trying to make changes. ❤️
What?! You have got to be kidding me. I've been so incredibly busy I actually missed World Kindness Day. I hope the world 🌎 forgives me. .😀 Here’s my feelings on it. Why only distinguish one day a year to such a needed cause? We should practice kindness everyday of the year, right? It's not too late to start. Maybe start with some super deliberate or totally random acts of kindness! Me, I’m as ready as I’ve been for anything. I honestly try to live a life of kindness everyday. Do I succeed everyday? Nope, but I strive for it. Are you gonna try to celebrate everyday like it was world kindness day? ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #spreadkindness #kindnessrocks #actsofkindness #choosekindness #randomactofkindness #kindnessismagic #kindnessisfree #oilymama #oillymom #younglivingeo #younglivingoils #yleos #younglivingessentialoil #myoilyday #oilylife #oilylifemadesimple #oilyfamily #momming #momminainteasy #womanofGod #womenofGod #womenoffaith #womenoftheword #plantbasedliving #allnaturalproducts #nontoxicliving #toxinfreeliving #noharshchemicals #essentialoilsrock #mombosslife
Sharing this for a friend of mine. A student from the school where she works is running a program for the homeless and less fortunate kids of her school. He is asking for gently used business attire for men and/or women to help them with college and work interviews. If you'd like to donate, please send me a private message. Every little bit helps and you'll be making a difference in the life of another person ❤ #kindnessisfree #sprinkleiteverywhere
Create your circle with people who encourage, support and believe in you. The world is a challenging place as it is, and we need more kindness to help each other through each day. Kindness never goes out of style! 💁‍♀️
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Reminding of how Barnum and Bailey’s clowns somehow came out of a small door like battalion after battalion in an army,a troupe of clowns (Adrian Danzig, Director of Clowning) help Chicago Opera Theater (COT) bring a Donizetti double bill to life. Dressed as look-alikes for Beppe (tenor Javier Abreu), the long suffering husband of Rita (soprano Angela Mortellaro) they juggle, slide from the balcony on flimsy seeming ropes, do peek a boo type gags galore, and then somersault and fly.
From pratfalls to pie in face, Director Amy Hutchison pulls out every trick in a comic’s handbook. Even Henny Youngman’s most famous one-liner finds its way into this performance, delivered by baritone Keith Phares who plays Rita’s first husband previously thought to have died at sea.
Every once in a while there is a self-referential jab asking how we could be making light of domestic violence, the subject matter of RITA. That we are laughing in the periphery of these painful #me-too-and-related times, speaks to COT’s genius in finding new ways to make opera on any subject accessible to all. Nothing formulaic here—just a heavy dose of whimsy that transports where perhaps Donizetti’s music doesn’t, even with these obviously talented voices giving it their all. How interesting that in a preview interview Director Amy Hutchison notes her interest in some day directing children’s theater. This writer thinks of RITA as her homerun audition.
RITA was the second in this double bill, after IL PIGMALIONE. Here, the set design by William Boles to create artist Pigmalione’s atelier is a co-star. There, we see and hear Abreu sing Pigmalione’s tortured longing for his muse for more than half an hour. It’s a chance for you to admire Abreu’s voice to the max.
That said, for this reviewer, IL PIGMALIONE was more a somewhat long tease to imagine the stagecraft that would bring Pigmalione’s love interest to life. When she (Galatea, performed by Angela Mortellaro) does become human, as we expect, it IS music we want to hear. Brief, but so sweet, Pigmalione and Galateo’s duet is as magical as her coming to life.
In RITA as well, above and beyond the comic antics that are the bedrock of COT’s production, it is the duets and trios that truly make your heart sing along and remember other Donizetti greats. Abreu, Mortellaro, and Phares each have voices with power to enthrall—it’s the score that seems to be lacking.
Dare one say that COT in recent years has also given us many a chance to learn why certain operas are not performed that often? In this writer’s opinion, that is more true than not.
However, next COT season may be a strategic break from that tradition. It includes: Tchaikovsky’s IOLANTA, a work that has been performed by the Met starring Anna Netrebko in the title role; SCARLET IBIS, a newer puppet rich chamber opera that has been staged in New York; and MOBY-DICK, an opera presentation of one of THE classics in American literature that has been staged in major opera houses from Dallas to San Francisco and beyond.