Behind the Scenes 2024–25 Season
It’s 90 degrees in the shade (i.e. summer), the Fourth is behind us, and I just sang in my first Summer Sing with the West Village Chorale (Carmina Burana at Judson Memorial Church on the campus of NYU, my alma …
Author: Margie Smith Holt
Coral Bay, St. John: Hamlet? Village? Burg?
Twenty years ago, when I first moved to St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, I witnessed a bunch of locals engage in a rum-fueled debate about whether Coral Bay–the sleepy, far side of the island where I was living–was …
Tagged with: Caribbean, Coral Bay, Hurricane Irma, Not On Any Map, St. John, travel, U.S. Virgin Islands
The Reporter & The Bully (A Parable for the Undecided Voter)
I was a young reporter, working at my first on-air television job in New Jersey, when I was assigned a story about Donald Trump’s ability to cover the debts at his newest Atlantic City casino, the Taj Mahal. Working the …
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Fighting Lady Yellow
A Final Farewell for a Special Sailboat Looking at all the boats tossed on shore by Hurricane Helene’s record storm surge in Florida prompted me to pull up these photos of O’dege—a sailboat at the heart of my sailing experiences …
Tagged with: Caribbean, Coral Bay, Hurricane Irma, Not On Any Map, sailing, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, USVI Sailing, Women Who Sail
Inspiring Memoir by Margie Smith Holt Debuts at #1 on Amazon Bestseller List
NOT ON ANY MAP: One Virgin Island, Two Catastrophic Hurricanes, and the True Meaning of Paradise is an adventure story, a love letter to the island of St. John, and a warning about climate change. What is paradise? That’s the …
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Tagged with: Caribbean, Coral Bay, Hurricane Irma, Memoir, Not On Any Map, re:Write Books, St. John, travel, U.S. Virgin Islands
#WishIWasThere
Wish you were heading to a concert in the park in these waning days of summer? Or an all-day music festival on the waterfront? Or a baseball game? Or even your cousin’s stepson’s wedding? So do the event planners, caterers, …
Women Are On Stage, At the Podium, and In the Repertoire
Concert halls may be closed, but the music plays on. Throughout the COVID pandemic, The Philadelphia Orchestra has been offering free streaming of past live performances, as well as specially curated concerts featuring musicians playing from home. This week’s offerings …
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Rite of Spring
A little Seamus Heaney on this first day of spring. Rite of Spring by Seamus Heaney So winter closed its fistAnd got it stuck in the pump.The plunger froze up a lump In its throat, ice founding itselfUpon iron. The …
Where Liberty Dwells
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” — Benjamin Franklin Happy Fourth of July!
Behind the Scenes 2018-19 Season
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. –Berthold Auerbach The performing arts have always been a vital part of our lives and now, with re:Write, we are fortunate to have as clients some of the world’s …