Travels in Italy: Part II ~
Venice Photo Tour
The Best in Boston and Beyond. Feel free to join The Red Balloon along the journey.
Travels in Italy: Part II ~
Venice Photo Tour
Travels in Italy: Part I ~
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 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.
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.
“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.