Rochester Elementary

We read the following on several Ohio newspapers:

Lakota students and staff have been busy dreaming up new names for the district's three new elementary schools, and 350 submissions later, school officials have whittled down the list. (...)
From serious submissions to comical ones, here are some of The Pulse Journal's favorite entries from the Lakota community. (...)
Alexandra, an avid reader from Woodland Elementary, said she thought "Rochester Elementary," "Darcy Elementary," and "Spaceship Kindergarten were appropriate, because "they are names of protagonist men from classic love stories. The character Darcy is from Pride and Prejudice and Rochester is from Jane Eyre. Spaceship, she said was a name her brother suggested. (Lindsey Hilty in The Oxford Press)

Rochester Elementary ? Why not Jane Eyre Elementary ? It seems more fit for a school :P

The Times Argus informs about the upcoming performances of Jane Eyre by The Acting Company in Burlington (more info about the Jane Eyre tour around the US here) and some other related activities:

"Jane Eyre" Pre-Performance Lecture with UVM Professor Robyn Warhol:
"Reader, I Married Him: Why Feminists Like Jane Eyre"
Friday, February 2; 6:30 pm; Amy E. Tarrant Gallery at the Flynn Center; FREE

Robyn Warhol, Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Center at the University of Vermont, will introduce Charlotte Brontë's life, survey of the novel's critical history, and discuss a feminist interpretation of the text that inspired the Acting Company's performance.

Another reminder. As you can see on our TV/Radio-Alerts sidebar section, today, January 26, Artsworld airs a documentary about Jane Eyre:

Literary Classics: Jane Eyre

Literary Classics investigates Charlotte Bronte's haunting, ever-popular tale of the eponymous governess, Jane Eyre.
Broadcast times
Fri 26 Jan 2007 7:30pm - 8pm
Sat 27 Jan 2007 1:30pm - 2pm

Literary Classics takes an informative look at some of English Literature’s greatest authors, poets and novelists. As with the other programmes in this series, this part examines the work in question with the help of a selection of literature experts. This programme tells the fascinating story of the author and her magnificent work – a wonderful tale of repression, freedom of spirit, doomed love and great passion that continues to thrill generations of readers in countries all over the world.

And finally, the weird news of the day. This article about an energy drink named after Jimi Hendrix (!) contains unexpected information:

So at least Flea [from the Red Hot Chili Peppers] can now add 'drinks named after Jimi Hendrix' to his ever-growing list of things that annoy him, which - thanks to his fan emails, we know so far includes 'George Bush', 'the LA riots', 'Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights' and 'people asking him questions sometimes.' (Stuart Heritage in Hecklerspray)

Only Heathcliff ? Ok, ok... we don't want to be people asking questions sometimes.

Categories: In the News, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Talks, Wuthering Heights