11 ask for Community Preservation funds Nov 20, 2009
The Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association is looking for $531,800 for a restoration and preservation project on the Concord School of Philosophy, which would also make Bronson Alcott s old school handicapped accessible. Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts is seeking $185,000 for renovations to the Emerson Theater, which would replace seating and flooring with materials more consistent with the building s 1920s design. (Concord Journal, MA)
Syracuse Stage takes on musical adaptation of 'Little Women' Nov 20, 2009
In 1868, Louisa May Alcott wrote a story based on her own experiences growing up. The novel, "Little Women," became a huge success. (Daily Orange, NY)
Book roundup: Four women of considerable influence Nov 19, 2009
By Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY A quartet of new biographies explores the lives of four very different women: self-sacrificing New Englander Louisa May Alcott; imperious Madame , who, with her husband, ruled China; influential writer/philosopher ; and Depression-era photographer ... Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'By Harriet Reisen Holt, 362 pp ... Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical 1868 tale of the four March sisters remains popular even today. (USA Today -- Life)
Events: the week ahead Nov 12, 2009
Reisen will discuss her book, Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, a modern take on the life of the writer who secretly authored pulp fiction and was a Civil War nurse. 6 p.m. Nov. 12. (Boston Globe)
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin to visit Marlborough Oct 30, 2009
A Washington Post reviewer wrote, This is a book in the grand tradition of girlhood memoirs, dating from Louisa May Alcott to Carson McCullers and Harper Lee. Team of Rivals, her most recent book, joined the best-seller lists on its first week in publication in October of 2005, and soon reached number one on the New York Times Best-Seller List. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Paranormal paramours are hot in more ways than one Oct 29, 2009
Del Rey Books is set to publish the monster-lit mash-up "Little Women and Werewolves," (based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868 book and updated by Porter Grand) in June ... "First, it's the women who are Louisa May Alcott fans and grew up to read paranormal romance novels and are now revisiting a classic and having the best of both worlds.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
Screenwriter draws lively portrait of Alcott Oct 27, 2009
"Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women" (Henry Holt and Co., 384 pages, $26), by Harriet Reisen. In her new biography of the fiercely independent author of "Little Women," screenwriter Harriet Reisen draws a lively, engrossing portrait of Louisa May Alcott's life that will appeal to the legions of women who grew up worshipping the book ... "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women" does not quite do justice to the complicated relationship between Louisa and her father, Bronson... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Improving SAT Vocabulary with Class... Oct 24, 2009
Kaplan produces such amended novels as: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [Kaplan Publishing, April 4, 2006], Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain [Kaplan Publishing, April 4, 2006], and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne [Kaplan Publishing, November 1, 2006. Prestwick House leaves its classic novels intact while Kaplan abridges the novels it uses. (Suite101.com)
Boston Book Festival features 90 authors Oct 18, 2009
Elizabeth Marvel stars as Louisa May Alcott in Harriet Reisen s documentary on the life of the writer of Little Women ... Writers, continued Now in its 17th year, the Concord Festival of Authors is infused with the spirit of Henry David Thoreau and other Concord luminaries, from Louisa May Alcott to Gregory Maguire ... Harriet Reisen will talk about the lifelong fascination that led her to produce a book and PBS documentary called Louisa May Alcott, The Woman Behind Little Women. (Boston Globe)
Support for City Council candidate in a music video Sep 20, 2009
Attorney General Martha Coakley got things started off two weeks ago, delivering a speech in the Louisa May Alcott ballroom announcing that she would run for Senate. Not long after, state Senator Scott Brown, a Wrentham Republican, jumped in the race from the same hotel. (Boston Globe)
On-demand picks Sep 16, 2009
(Comcast Free Movies) Hollywood s third sound version of the Louisa May Alcott novel about a family of four girls growing up in Concord during the Civil War is an instant classic, thanks to Gillian Armstrong s sympathetic direction, Winona Ryder s strong Jo, pursuing a career as a writer, and Susan Sarandon s wise, supportive mother, Marmee. Katharine Hepburn was terrific in George Cukor s 1933 version; this one is even better. (Boston Globe)
American history in so many words Sep 13, 2009
The cultural meaning of works by writers as disparate as Louisa May Alcott and Linda Lovelace is examined in A New Literary History of America (Harvard University Press, $49. 95), edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. (Boston Globe)
Attorney general Coakley puts in bid for Kennedy Senate seat Sep 4, 2009
Kennedy announced his candidacy in the Press Room; Coakley made hers next door, in the Louisa May Alcott ballroom. Coakley, who has been eyeing a run for the US Senate since 2004, when it appeared that John F. Kerry might ascend from his seat to the White House, appeared briefly overcome at the news conference, twice appearing to get teary-eyed, particularly when she mentioned her parents. (Boston Globe)
New Bedford’s Korolenko leads literary tour in Greenwich Village Aug 23, 2009
On his next trip, he will lead a literary walking tour, pointing out the former homes of Edith Wharton, e.e. cummings, John Reed, and Louisa May Alcott. Korolenko provides maps of the bookstores and literary sites so people can wander on their own. (Boston Globe)
What does it take to be a tour guide on the Battle Green? Aug 21, 2009
Riders also get a brief literary tour of Concord, as the bus breezes by the homes of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau, as well as the Old Manse, where Nathaniel Hawthorne lived for some time. As the tour gets to Concord, it stops at North Bridge for a more in-depth lecture from the guide on the fighting between the Americans and British troops. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Who does what on the Web? Aug 8, 2009
Cory Atkins, Cyndi King of Cynthia Cosmetics, (at least) four Henry Thoreaus, Ken Lizotte of Emerson Consulting Group, Concord s Colonial Inn, Louisa May Alcott s Orchard House, the Old Manse, The Concord Band, Walden Pond State Reservation, ActionCOACH Business Coaching, Redeemer Presbyterian, Footstock. BLOGGERS:, , , , , , the. (Concord Journal, MA)
Listening to Children Can Reduce Ev... Aug 2, 2009
"Make each day useful and cheerful and prove that you know the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be happy, old age without regret and life a beautiful success." -Louisa May Alcott 1832-1888, Author. Differences Between Priorities of Children and Parents. (Suite101.com)
What is Young Adult Fiction? Aug 1, 2009
Think: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott , Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. all books for teens which have made their way to the distinction of great literature. (Suite101.com)
Sowing Wild Oats Jul 29, 2009
from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, of 1869: Boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles. You live and you learn and there is a ton of knowledge, to be gained, whether good or bad in the sowing of wild oats. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Thoreau Society's Annual Gathering is under way Jul 11, 2009
That event will be a panel discussion featuring Thoreau scholars, authors and Harvard educators, including John Stauffer, Daniel S. Malachuck, Lawrence Buell and John T. Matteson, who received a 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his book, Eden s Outcasts: the Story of Louisa May Alcott and her Father. Matteson is also slated to deliver the Dana S. Brigham Memorial Keynote Address, titled Most Careful Bravery: Thoreau and the Problem of Prudence in Antebellum Reform, on Saturday. (Concord Journal, MA)
Collin College changes it up for new season Jun 24, 2009
The music and lyrics for the show are by Jason Howland and Minidi Dickstein and it is adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Little Women: The Musical follows the adventures of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March as they grow up in Civil War America. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
The Horoscope of Louisa May Alcott Jun 18, 2009
Author Louisa May Alcott was one of the best-selling authors of the nineteenth century ... Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832 at 12:30 AM in Germantown, Pennsylvania, where Bronson worked as a schoolmaster ... Source: Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and her Father by John Matteson. (Suite101.com)
Theme park USA May 29, 2009
Leaving my nativist impulses aside - I'm tired of giving Japanese visitors directions to the Louisa May Alcott house - who wants more foreigners cluttering our sidewalks and highways. Lots of people. (Boston Globe)
Useless Knowledge: Are you the bookish type? May 8, 2009
The Grapes of Wrath Louisa May Alcott ... Louisa May Alcott; 3. (Montana Standard, MT)
Norwell column: Locals answer the call in the Civil War, Part III Apr 28, 2009
There is no record of South Scituate girls joining Miss Dorothea Dix Nursing Corps, but authoress Louisa May Alcott, niece of Rev. Samuel May and frequent visitor to South Scituate in her childhood, did and left an account of her work in wartime Washington in an essay titled Hospital Sketches. A Norwell resident, Sam Olson is a retired schoolteacher, a member of the Norwell Historical Society and a lifelong student of history. (Norwell Mariner, MA)
Upcoming arts eventsat McLaughlin Middle School and Fine Arts Center Apr 18, 2009
Next Tuesday, April 21 2:30 p.m. in Black Box Theater - Troupe In A Trunk presents Fantastical Friends featuring dramatizations of the classic works of: Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Bronte, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, W. W. Jacobs, Bram Stoker and Mark Twain. Dramatizations from such classics as: Little Women; Jane Eyre; Great Expectations; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Dracula; The Monkey s Paw; and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Votes will decide if Orchard House is guaranteed grant money Apr 18, 2009
Jan Turnquist as Louisa May Alcott with Preservation Project workers earlier this month at the Orchard House ... Louisa May Alcott is counting on new technology to help restore her very old house ... The folks at Louisa May Alcott s Orchard House are making it easy for guests to vote, directing visitors to a laptop located in the gift shop and sending them away with Vote Orchard House buttons. (Concord Journal, MA)
Woman stabbed at hotel, hospitalized Apr 15, 2009
Sites include the Old North Church and the Paul Revere House in Boston's North End neighborhood, the New England Aquarium, and Orchard House, the Concord home of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott. The winner will be determined by online voting, which runs through May 17. (Boston Globe)
Earth Day On Salado Creek Celebrates Earth And The Arts Apr 14, 2009
She is currently at work on a second edition of Louisa May Alcott to be published in 2010. Patsy Sanford: The Village of Salado Poet Laureate, is the author of four volumes of poetry: Reflections in the Stream in 1986, A Bridge Across in 1987, Dimensions in 1991, Streams of Thought in Poetry in 1992; a childrens book Salados Own Kumquat Stories in 1995, short stories, reviews, essays, has given readings of her work throughout Central Texas and has written poetry for the founding of... (KWTX.com, TX)
National Poetry Month in the Histor... Apr 4, 2009
Often, poems reflected political views such as John Greenleaf Whittier s Brown of Ossawatomie or Louisa May Alcott s ;John Brown s Martyrdom. Poetry has become part of our history. (Suite101.com)
A-G Famous American Literature Mar 27, 2009
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is best known as the author of Little Women (1868). The somewhat episodic novel about four sisters growing up during the American Civil War is rooted in both Alcott s own childhood experiences and Pilgrim s Progress (1678). (Suite101.com)
'Changes and Choices' symposium is Saturday Mar 27, 2009
In the library, Jan Turnquist of Orchard House will dress as Louisa May Alcott to talk about how children lived during simpler times and a mother and son from Carlisle will bring a few chickens and tell kids about raising a flock. Student groups exhibiting include the Earth Care Club from Willard Elementary School in Concord and a Girl Scout troop from Carlisle that has been collecting broken crayons for recycling and has created reusable canvas shopping bags. (Concord Journal, MA)
Scene and Herd: Town Meeting just around the corner Mar 12, 2009
She won the 2006 Pulitzer for March, the story of the absent father of Louisa May Alcott s Little Women March family. She also authored one of my all-time favorite books, Year of Wonders, set during the plague in 1666 in a small English village. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
The fear factor Mar 12, 2009
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." -Louisa May Alcott. The Chetek Alert 2009. (Chetek Alert, WI)
At Your Library: March on this month, strong girls Mar 4, 2009
CLEAR Wednesday March 4, 2009. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Little Women review: Good singing makes ‘Little Women’ bearable Feb 28, 2009
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse production of Little Women: The Musical captures the spirit of Louisa May Alcott s novel. Even though the music is not memorable in this sometimes uninteresting musical, one can t blame this production. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Real-life mom embraces mirroring role on stage in ‘Little Women’ Feb 22, 2009
Leonard said Louisa May Alcott s Little Women is one of her favorite books. The novel published in 1868 is loosely based on Alcott s childhood experiences with her three sisters. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
