Plant X: Broom Therapy

(Scene: Plant and Linda converse while Linda sweeps her sun-dappled kitchen floor.) Plant (curiously): What are you doing? Linda (tolerantly): Cleaning a living space helps people stay healthy. P: And organized. Why are you sweeping around those towers of manufactured goods rising up from the floor like staggering geometric islands? L: The stacks of books,... Read More

Fiction

August 8, 2023

Another Writer’s Response: Noel Eichman-Dorr

Because she and I taught together at the Community College in rooms almost across from each other, we shared many thoughts about writers we appreciated as well as issues regarding what she and I wrote. Although Ms. Eichman-Dorr and I discussed writing a book together, we never had a chance to bring that idea to... Read More

Writers' Page

August 4, 2023

Inside the Method of Acting with Ava Miller

Ava Miller’s life was changed forever when she was in the fifth grade. After going to see a touring production of The Phantom of the Opera with her parents at DPAC, she was in awe. Seeing this production made her think to herself, That’s what I’m going to do one day! And the rest was... Read More

Action

August 1, 2023

A Story of Skill and Dedication

John Carey knows just about everything about the science of welding. He has over 35 years of experience in the trade. Carey first discovered his love for welding at 13, when he took an agriculture class at Blairs Junior High School under Robert Pollock. “I had grown up working on a small farm. We were... Read More

Cover Features

July 21, 2023

Following My Own Advice

Recently, I caught myself not taking my own advice, which is to keep an open mind about wine and wine-food pairings. My task was to match a wine with creamy blue cheese. In my mind, I jumped to the intensely flavored blue cheese. Thinking that a strongly flavored cheese should be matched with an intensely... Read More

The Wine Spot

July 19, 2023

Auf Wiedersehen Erma’s

Back in the April edition of Evince, I wrote about a house that is no more. This month, I write about a restaurant that is no more: “Erma’s Restaurant.” My writing about these two demolitions within a specific range of time only reflects the specific range of time in which they occurred. It doesn’t mean... Read More

Essays

July 13, 2023

Movies You Missed From 20 Years Ago: Seasbiscuit

Seabiscuit (7/10 Rating) Released July 25, 2003 For rent/purchase on all major platforms. Genre: Drama, History, Sport PG-13: Some sexual situations and violent sports-related images 2h 20m Sometime after the release of the original Spider-Man trilogy, which I loved, I grew an unwarranted hatred for Tobey Maguire. I cannot say I had a valid reason,... Read More

Movies You Missed

July 11, 2023

Plant IX: Right to Be Gone

(Scene: Linda returns home after being gone for a week. Plant anxiously awaits her arrival.) Plant: …Where have you been?? You were gone. I felt abandoned. Linda (dropping her suitcases at the door): I’ve missed you, but I’ve been where I needed to be. P (querulously): You didn’t even say goodbye. L (hanging up her... Read More

Fiction

July 6, 2023

Inside the Method of Acting with Josh Lucia

Though Josh Lucia was not in his first production until his freshman year of high school, he claims he has been acting since he was born. “I’ve always considered that we are all acting, especially when it comes to our varied circles: work, personal, school, etc.” Lucia serves as the Managing Director of Smokestack Theatre... Read More

Action

July 3, 2023

Hair Flying in the Wind and Exploring New Destinations

Mark Anthony, a visual artist from Durham, North Carolina, is a single mother of three children. She clarified her unique name, “Yes, my name is Mark Anthony. And yes, it’s bona fide. It’s not some eccentric stage name.” The story goes that Anthony’s dad, along with friends from a party, went to the hospital when... Read More