It’s All fun and Games, Until someone …

March 31, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

For so many who love the Renaissance Festival, laughter is the great joy that drives their attendance, we daresay perhaps even more than the ale. Or mayhap it is the ale that makes the laughter so deliciously belly-jiggling! To celebrate April Fools Day, we reached out to jesters and court fools from festivals all over […]

April Fools!

March 31, 2021.Reading time 14 minutes.

“Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.” – Charles Lamb. Today, our usual interaction with the concept of a fool is centered on what my daughter calls the “worst day of the year” – April 1st, when you should be even more […]

Artist Spotlight: jill ann jack

October 1, 2020.Reading time 18 minutes.

As so many of us, all over the world, every kind of person, have endured the stultifying boredom and disconnection of stay-at-home orders, it has been emphasized to an even greater extent than normal how very crucial artists are to our collective and singular well-being. We depend on essential workers to keep us safe and […]