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April Meeting

Lisa Meece of Holding Space, LLC is our guest speaker for the April Gal’s Guide meeting. Lisa is going to be talking to us about the science & business of hugs. Lisa Meece, MA, RYT founded Holding Space, LLC to provide physical comfort for healing and facing today’s world. Lisa is a Certified Life Coach […]

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Casablanca – Kate’s Take Podcast

Kate talks about one of her favorite movies, Casablanca. In this episode, Kate covers how this classic didn’t have the greatest of beginnings and wasn’t destined to be a classic but how it became one. Themes of love, betrayal, corruption, neutrality, and cynicism on the backdrop of World War II. Sources: Bergman Interview on the […]

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Be Kind Rewind – Kate’s Take Podcast

Special guest and filmmaker Phoebe Frear joins Kate to talk about Be Kind Rewind, a quirky and innovated film that reminds Kate & Phoebe of their love for filmmaking. The gals talk about: the death of video stores, the horror of VHS, practical effects, movie tricks, diva moments, wondering if it all matters, and the […]

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Pulp Fiction – Kate’s Take Podcast

Kate talks about her weird fascination with Pulp Fiction, a film she saw 9 times in the theaters. She talks about the writing and filmmaking tricks she learned from the movie giving credit where it’s due to Roger Avary. She talks about the themes of loyalty, the use of gold, the alpha males and one […]

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March Meeting

Alisha Roberts is our special guest speaker for the March Gal’s Guide Meetup. She is going to be talking to us about about Femmes and Food: Finding Out Identity in What We Eat. This is going to be a fantastic and insightful meeting. Bring a friend! Thursday, March 30 7pm-9pm Barley Island 639 Conner Street […]

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So I Married An Axe Murderer – Kate’s Take Podcast

In this episode, Kate talks about the hilarious movie So I Married An Axe Murderer starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis. Kate talks about the trivia of the film, the soundtrack, coffee shops, beat poets and also why it has a special connection to her and her brother. Sources: So I Married…IMDB Trivia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108174/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv Kate’s […]

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Groundhog Day – Kate’s Take Podcast

Kate celebrates Groundhog Day with Groundhog Day! In this episode, Kate talks about the trivia behind the scenes as well as answering the question: How long was Phil stuck in his time loop? She goes deep on metaphors of tediousness, the myth of Sisyphus, psychoanalysis, trial and error, the need to deal with yourself, and […]

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I am a Lottery Winner…and so are you

As residents of the United States, you and I won the geographic lottery. You didn’t earn the right to vote, the right the freedom of speech, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We were handed it. We are privileged to attend public school for free, we can easily buy food at […]

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Howl’s Moving Castle – Kate’s Take Podcast

Kate finishes Miyazaki month with Howl’s Moving Castle by talking about themes of beauty in all its forms. Subjective always, beauty is judged inward and outward in conscious and subconscious ways. Kate digs in deep of our perceptions of beauty and how it changes, evolves and effects the world around us. YouTube Version (With Live […]

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A New Conversation About Literacy

Fast forward a half a millennium or so, and we are still teaching school children how to decode Shakespeare’s plays. And while I take no issue with that, I do take umbrage with the amount of attention being paid to decoding 16th century language versus the lack of attention being given, in this country at least, to the decoding of 21st century language. One skill does not necessarily lead to the other, and that’s the misconception our educational institutions have been laboring under for quite some time.