Friday, November 12, 2010

Muskie Theatre presents Scheherazade this weekend at the Townshend Theatre

The Townshend Theatre will play host to the Muskie Theatre production of Scheherazade and the legend of the Arabian Nights this weekend.

Melissa Fletcher, who plays Scheherazade says “it’s about a king who is taking revenge on all of the women in his kingdom and it’s up to Scheherazade to save the day.”

The large cast has been hard at work for the last 8 weeks on the play, the story of which comes from 1001 Arabian Nights.

The show happens tonight and tomorrow at 7 at the Townshend Theatre.

Neil McQuarrie in Fort Frances this weekend

Fort Frances native Neil McQuarrie will be at Northwoods tomorrow for a signing of his sixth book entitled the Parry Sound Woodcutter's War.

The book is based on co-author Don Macfie's diary, which he kept during his five years of service, and hundreds of letters which he exchanged with his family in Parry Sound.

McQuarrie says that personal first-hand accounts of wartime such as this is extremely important to document.

“If we don’t document them there’s that much better chance we’ll forget them," he says. "And especially at this time of year, we have to sit back and try to imagine and remember what it was like and what the sacrifices were that these people made.”

McQuarrie will also be speaking at the Library on Sunday.