Robert Knox - Independent Correspondent, Author at Plymouth Independent

Tidings of comfort and joy this season in Plymouth

by Robert Knox - Independent Correspondent 12/17/202312/24/2023

How to submit a listing for this column: It’s easy. Just email Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com. A good quality photo – sent as a jpeg attachment – helps. We try to accommodate as many listings as possible. Christmas falls on a Monday this year. That means that Christmas Eve arrives on a Sunday, and some local […]

Culture

Weathervane Theatre blows into Memorial Hall

by Robert Knox - Independent Correspondent 12/10/202312/17/2023

An award-winning theater company will bring two holiday-themed shows to Memorial Hall on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 16-17. The company, Weathervane Theatre, based in Whitefield, NH, will stage its own productions – “Who’s Holiday!” and “Winter Wonderettes.” “We want to expand the brand,” said artistic director Ethan Paulini. “We’re doing some Christmas shows that have […]

Culture

This holiday film classic makes for ‘wonderful’ live theater

by Robert Knox - Independent Correspondent 12/02/202312/04/2023

Remember “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings”? It’s one of the heart-over-head verities of the seasonal favorite film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” And every other year, audiences in Plymouth have an opportunity to see a lively, boundary-pushing radio play version of the popular seasonal tale that teaches how much difference a single […]

Culture

Holiday season in Plymouth gets off to a classic start

by Robert Knox - Independent Correspondent 11/27/202312/02/2023

It’s been 10 years since the Pilgrim Festival Chorus has performed a holiday seasonal classic composed by one of the last century’s recognized musical giants, Benjamin Britten. The piece is “Ceremony of Carols,” and it will be joined by similarly well-loved works by John Rutter and Conrad Susa in a Christmas season program to be […]

Culture

Thanksgiving’s ‘hometown’ has things to do, places to go

by Robert Knox - Independent Correspondent 11/21/202311/27/2023

This may be the week for a pilgrimage. Pilgrim Hall, the nation’s first public museum, has stories to tell about the Pilgrims and the region’s earlier inhabitants, the Wampanoag people who helped them survive that first hard year. The museum is currently showing a new exhibition entitled “Real/Mythic: People of Early Plymouth.” Originally planned for […]