Waiting...

So the Betty Mitchell Awards nominations were announced this past Tuesday.
They are like the Oscars for the theatre industry in Calgary.

The Betty Mitchell Awards Nomination Commitee is an anonymous jury of twelve theatre professionals who select nominees in sixteen award categories from the eligible shows. The input is then tabulated and a list of nominees is then produced. The final ballots are then distributed to the same twelve member Nomination Committee and to anyone who has seen twenty five of the eligible productions.

There were 56 eligible productions this theatre season, and to get a vote you had to have seen 25.
I saw 29. So I filled out the passport to get a vote.
My ballot is in the mail (which hopefully means I'll actually get it) and I can vote in any of the categories in which I've seen 3 or more plays.

Here are my thoughts and analysis on the nominations that I can vote for:

Pleased.

As previously mentioned a while ago, I love Jamie Oliver.
And he's really big into making his own bread. And I'm not quite there yet. But I thought I would make my own pizza dough from scratch.
Oh and I would have people over.
Who are far more competent at baking than I am.
Good idea!

Guessing.

This post is a little late.
It's about an event I went to, not last Thursday, but the Thursday previous to that.
But it was so interesting and so crazy, that I had to share it.

It was first Thursday. Which means that it was the first Thursday of the month. Every first Thursday of the month is when the arts community in Calgary promotes whatever is going on in the City. Art galleries are cheaper, some restaurants give deals, theatres give free viewings of dress rehearsals. If you're interested in learning more about first thursdays, learn more here.