<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">WordStage Literary Concerts  presents</div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">A Cavalcade of Thurber</div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br></div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">WordStage ends its 2023 season with a tribute to Ohio author, humorist and illustrator, James Thurber.</div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br></div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">Our program begins with an excerpt from an interview Thurber did for the  Paris Review, conducted by George Plimpton and Max Steele.  In it, he tells amusing stories of everything from his own writing process, to his cartoons and illustrations, to incidents in his life that shaped his own amusing and idiosyncratic literary output, to often acerbic comments about writers, friends, and associates.</div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br></div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">The second part of the program will be a collection of some of his most wry tales and fables, such as “The Little Girl and the Wolf,” “The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing,” and “The Unicorn in the Garden.” These will be accompanied by a selection of manic melodies that underscore the quirkiness of Thurber’s delightfully skewed stories.</div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br></div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">The program will take place in the Wright Chapel of the Lakewood Presbyterian Church - 14502 Detroit Ave. in Lakewood, OH  on Saturday, November 18th at 7:00 p.m.</div><div id="m_-4750437133965055133DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">For more information, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.wordstageohio.org">www.wordstageohio.org</a>.  For reservations, please contact Tim Tavcar at 440-857-0717</div><table style="border-top:1px solid rgb(211,212,222)"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:rgb(65,66,78);font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" style="color:rgb(68,83,234)" target="_blank">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#m_-4750437133965055133_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div></div></div>