Monday, August 7, 2023 - Rose Atieno Ngolo, popularly known as Nyako or Nyako Pilot, was born on 23rd June 1982. She got the name 'nyako' which is a luo equivalent for a girl from the 'streets'. Her dad worked with Kenya Commercial Bank head office (NRB) but she confesses that she never had…
“A History of Theater on Cape Cod,” by Sue Mellen (2020, The History Press, $21.99)
Mellen’s fondness for her subjects is clear from the start when the recent returnee to Cape Cod begins by describing a summer evening here in a non-pandemic year: “the soaring sounds of orchestras tuning up for an overture, laughter at flawlessly performed physical comedy, dramatic lines cutting through the air like razor-sharp knives and everywhere applause, applause, applause.” Mellen traces highlights of the history of live theater here, from professional to community, starting with Provincetown’s importance as the birthplace of American theater in the early 20th century. Chapters focus on companies past and present along the Cape and on the islands, noting that many people believe theater here just keeps getting better. Mellen was once arts and feature writer for the Cape Cod Times, then left the area for decades of other pursuits before returning and reviewing theater for the T