So you’ve bought your tickets to A Christmas Carol for Mom, Dad, Grandma, Bobby and Susie. But what about little Sally? She’s only four and that’s too young for A Christmas Carol (No children under 6 are allowed into PCS shows).  She really wants to go out and when you leave her home with a [...]

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Each of the ghosts of A Christmas Carol has a rather heady message to impart to Scrooge on Christmas eve.  Looking back at your past brings up painful regret. Looking ahead to a lonely, miserable future is so very grim. But it is the ghost of Christmas Present always resonates the most with me.  The [...]

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As we immerse ourselves in the world of A Christmas Carol here at Portland Center Stage, we can’t help but be inspired by the spirit of giving that is the central message of this holiday classic. It may seem a bit sentimental, but when I  hear the songs and the scenes being rehearsed in the [...]

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Social Media Marketing: Tweeting, Friending and You
You have a Facebook page. You read a lot of blogs. You invested in a great website. You may have even sent a tweet or two. But you want to integrate these and other online tools into your communications efforts to build your audience, deepen your relationships, and even [...]

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One very fun part of Benjamin Franklin’s printing career was the creation of Poor Richard’s Almanack , a collection of little nuggets of wisdom, or aphorisms.  To celebrate Ben Franklin Unplugged, we ran a contest on Twitter to coin your own 21st Century aphorism and tweet it to @pcsghost. Here are some of the results:
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