by Ken Schworm | Feb 2, 2018
“The Devil’s Dictionary”and “Can Such Things Be?” Originally presented at the Wright Chapel at the Lakewood Presbyterian Church Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer. Bierce’s book The Devil’s Dictionary was named as one of “The...
by Ken Schworm | Feb 2, 2018
Originally presented at the Cleveland Music Settlement’s Bop Stop and the Hudson Public Library A compilation of tales and poems from several masters of the macabre – including Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christina Rossetti, and of...
by Ken Schworm | Feb 2, 2018
The Life and Work or Langston Hughes“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.”James Mercer Langston Hughes, the African-American poet, playwright, novelist and voice of the Harlem...
by Ken Schworm | Jan 30, 2018
A celebration of St. Patrick’s Day Originally presented at the Wright Chapel at the Lakewood Presbyterian Church Join WordStage artists as they present an evening of Poetry, Folk and Faerie Tales selected from the huge treasure trove of Irish Literature. Poems and...
by Ken Schworm | Jan 30, 2018
Originally presented at the Wright Chapel at the Lakewood Presbyterian Church Shakespeare, love and music- could there be a more felicitous melding of subjects and author? From his most sparkling comedies to his darkest tragedies and in his 154 Sonnets, the Bard...