Thursday, March 14, 2024

Italy's Amalfi Coast: Travel Tips

  Part II: Travels in Italy  ~

Amalfi Coast

Planning to explore the intense beauty of Italy's Amalfi Coast? You are in the right place because The Red Balloon has just returned and what an absolute breathtaking experience it is! The photos do not do it justice. Within the Campania region of Italy lies the Amalfi Coast, a 50 kilometer stretch of land that is beyond compare. 

The coast is located between the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno. Filled with gorgeous views, port cities, beautiful beaches, and pastel colored fishing villages. The beaches here are considered to be the best and most beautiful of the entire Tyrrhenian Sea. Tip: Check the weather since temperatures in some months (ie. summer) can get extremely hot. 

Whether you are seeking the posh life of Positano 


Or the artwork in Amalfi, the coast has it all!


The Amalfi Coast is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It officially earned its spot as a UNESCO world Heritage Site in 1997. 

Below see the inside of the Parrochia Di San Gennaro, the Church of St. Gennaro, built in 1589. The church is divided into three naves. The church is a site to behold. 


Throughout each town in the Amalfi Coast is no shortage of things to see and do. Il Sentiero degli Dei or the Path of the Gods, was once the sole connection between the 13 villages of the Amalfi Coast. What are the 13 villages of the Amalfi Coast? 

Glad you asked! They are: Amalfi, Atrani, Cetara, Conca de' Marini, Furore, Maiori, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Ravello, Scala, Tramonti, and Vietri su Mare. Each with their unique and distinct ambience.

See a photo from the Path of the Gods:

Tip: Be sure to bring water with you on the trail. If you are traveling during a time of year when temperatures heat up, it is best to start early. 
Be sure to bring a camera. You will be glad you did.

Tip: While on the Amalfi Coast be sure not to miss a visit to Capri. The Blue Grotto is the most visited site in Capri and The Red Balloon took a boat from the town of Amalfi to Capri and then a second boat to then board a row boat into the Blue Grotto. Behold you will be entered into a whole new world!

Stay turned for more tips from The Red Balloon's Travels in Italy Series.


Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Venice, Italy

 Part I: Travels in Italy  ~

Venice Photo Tour














Stay turned for more from The Red Balloon's Travels in Italy Series.


Friday, March 1, 2024

Provincetown: Photo Tour

The Red Balloon takes on Provincetown. Below take a photo tour of the art, monument, and history on the tip of Cape Cod. The best part: you don't have to leave your front door for this tour!











 Follow along and take a trip abroad as The Red Balloon takes over Europe: coming soon!

Thursday, February 29, 2024

New England Restaurant and Bar Show

 The New England Restaurant and Bar Show served up a variety of the best food and drink in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont.

The two day show invaded the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The stages were set and chefs from all over New England sampled the best bites in Boston and all corners of New England. From the sweet to the savory, the show didn't miss a thing. Representatives from Simple Sips Fresh Mix, Costa Fruit and Produce, Notch Brewing, Tea Forte, Vero Water, Sysco, New England Seating, Piantidosi Baking, Gifford's Ice Cream, Natalie's Juice, and more were on the expo floor.

On the Education Stage, the latest technology along with best practices were shared. How AI influenced the restaurant and bar industry was one highlight from the stage. The Alcohol Pavilion featured a wide range of reds, whites, and roses. Ty Law took the stage for the Bar Keynote address.Culinary demonstrations featured a sampling of favors from both near and far. New products and innovations were on the expo floor and featured on stage.




Save the date for the show next year: 

March 30-31, 2025

Cheers!

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Hasty Pudding: Woman of the Year 2024


The Red Balloon's favorite line from The Hasty Pudding's announcement of Annette Bening as Woman of the Year: “That said, I can promise earning her Pudding Pot won’t be as difficult as swimming from Cuba to Florida.”


 THE HASTY PUDDING THEATRICALS ANNOUNCES

ANNETTE BENING

AS 2024 WOMAN OF THE YEAR

 


Annette Bening is a Tony Award and five-time Academy Award nominee, and two-time

Golden Globe, and Screen 

Actors Guild Award winner. Most recently, she starred in 

NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy 

Chin, and JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE on 

Paramount+, opposite Bryan Cranston. 

Upcoming, she will be seen in POOLMAN, alongside Danny 

DeVito and directed by/co-starring Chris Pine. 

Additional film credits include DEATH ON THE NILE, 

HOPE GAP, THE REPORT, GEORGETOWN, LIFE ITSELF, 

THE SEAGULL, CAPTAIN MARVEL, FILM STARS 

DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL, 20 TH CENTURY WOMEN, 

RULES DON’T APPLY, DANNY COLLINS, THE 

SEARCH, THE FACE OF LOVE, RUBY SPARKS, GIRL 

MOST LIKELY, GINGER & ROSA, THE KIDS ARE 

ALRIGHT, MOTHER AND CHILD, BEING JULIA, 

AMERICAN BEAUTY, IN DREAMS, THE SIEGE, THE 

AMERICAN PRESIDENT, MARS ATTACKS!, RICHARD III, LOVE AFFAIR,

BUGSY, REGARDING HENRY, THE GRIFTERS, GUILTY BY SUSPICION,

VALMONT, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, and THE GREAT OUTDOORS. 

On stage, Bening was last seen in Jack O’Brian’s Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s classic

ALL MY SONS alongside Tracy Letts, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination.

Previous stage credits include: Public Theater’s 2014 Shakespeare in the Park production

of KING LEAR; RUTH DRAPER MONOLOGUES at Geffen Playhouse; Anton Chekhov’s

THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Mark Taper Forum; Alan Bennett’s TALKING HEADS at

Tiffany Theater; Henrik Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER at Geffen Playhouse; and MEDEA at

UCLA. 

Bening also received a Tony Award nomination and won the Clarence Derwent Award for

Outstanding Debut Performance of the Season for her role in COASTAL DISTURBANCES. 

Bening graduated from San Francisco State University and trained at the

American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco until she joined the acting company.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 175th production, Heist Heist Baby, visit

https://www.hastypudding.org/buy-tickets/, email tickets@hastypudding.org, or

contact the HPT Box Office at (617)-495-5205. The show will be performed at

Harvard University’s historic Farkas Hall at 12 Holyoke Street from February 2ndto March 3rd.

The company then travels to NYC for a performance on March 9th. They will then travel

to Hamilton City Hall in Bermuda for performances from March 13thto 15th

Hasty Pudding 2024: Man of the Year


“With experience as both superhero and supervillain, Barry Keoghan is the perfect choice to fight to earn his Pudding pot.”


THE HASTY PUDDING THEATRICALS ANNOUNCES


BARRY KEOGHAN

AS 2024 MAN OF THE YEAR


CAMBRIDGE, MA (January 26, 2024) –



Barry Keoghan is an Academy Award®, Golden Globe®,

SAG Award nominated performer as well as a BAFTA Award

winning film and television actor, working with the industry’s

leading auteurs.

Currently, Keoghan can be seen co-starring in the AppleTV+

series, Master of The Air, executive produced by Steven

Spielberg and Tom Hanks. From the creators of Band of

Brothers, the series follows American airmen in the 100th

Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss and

triumph. Keoghan portrays pilot ‘Lt. Curtis Biddick,’

alongside Austin Butler and Callum Tuner. He can also be

seen starring in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, co-starring Jacob

Elordi, Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant, for Amazon

Prime. The film follows Oxford University student Oliver

Quick (Keoghan), who is struggling to find his place, and finds himself drawn into the world of

the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric

family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten. For his role, Keoghan received a

2024 Golden Globe® Award nomination and is nominated for a BAFTA Award in the category

of Best Leading Actor.

Most recently, Keoghan completed production on Andrea Arnold‘s Bird, starring opposite of

Franz Rogowski; as well as Trey Edward Schults’ and The Weeknd’s untitled project starring

opposite of Jenna Ortega as well. Prior to this, he completed production on Chris Andrews’

Bring Them Down opposite of Christopher Abbott and Colm Meaney.

Most notably, in 2023, Keoghan received the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor as

Dominic in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, opposite Colin Farrell and Brendan

Gleeson. The same year he was also nominated for the 2023 Academy Award® in the category

of Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; Golden Globe® for Best Supporting

Actor in a Motion Picture; Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as

Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture; Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best

Acting Ensemble; Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor; as well as The

London Film Critic’s Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year among many other

accolades.


Additional film credits include Matt Reeves’ DC Universe The Batman, opposite Robert

Pattinson; Chloe Zhao’s Marvels’ Eternals, with a cast that includes Angelina Jolie, Salma

Hayek, Brian Tyree Henry & Kumail Nanjiani; David Lowery’s The Green Knight; Nick

Rowland’s Calm with Horses (BAFTA, BIFA and IFTA nominations); as well as Bart Layton’s

American Animals (BIFA nomination); Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer opposite

Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman (Independent Spirit Award nominations and Irish Film &

Television Award win); Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Dunkirk, with Mark Rylance, Tom

Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy; Lance Daly’s Black ’47; Konstantin Bojanov’s

Light Thereafter; Rebecca Daly’s Mammal; Adam Smith’s Trespass Against Us; Rachael

Moriarty and Peter Murphy’s Traders; as well as Yann Demanges’ ’71.

Additional television credits include Craig Mazin’s Emmy® and Golden Globe® Nominated

Chernobyl and the third and final season of Top Boy.



TO PURCHASE TICKETS to the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 175th production, Heist Heist

Baby, visit https://www.hastypudding.org/buy-tickets/, email tickets@hastypudding.org, or

contact the HPT Box Office at (617)-495-5205. The show will be performed at Harvard

University’s historic Farkas Hall at 12 Holyoke Street from February 4th to March 3rd.


HPT 175: This year we are celebrating the Hasty Pudding’s 175th anniversary. We are the oldest

theatrical organization in the United States, and the third oldest organization in the world. The

Hasty Pudding Theatricals have presented their unique brand of student-written theater every

year since 1844, the only exceptions being for World Wars I and II and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Saturday, January 13, 2024