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The Denver Post recommends Gin & Gothic: A Brontë Rocktale:

Wuthering nights

Thursday-Sunday. If you appreciate Victorian romance novels, Riot Grrrl music and an irreverent attitude, then Gin & Gothic: A Brontë Rocktale might make for a fun weekend evening. Presented by Band of Toughs at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, the mashup of a “theatrical adventure” features “literature’s favorite Victorian novelists in an evening of romance and live music with a splash of sibling rivalry,” according to organizers.

The show follows the Brontë sisters (some of whose works you read in high school English) “as they conceive some of the most influential literature of the 19th century, confront their critics and each other, and rock out.” Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 15-18 and again on Aug. 23-24. Tickets ($34 for general admission) are available at axs.com. The Ellie is located at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St. (Jonathan Shikes)

TVGuide announces a new chance to see the memorable (in a way) Haworth episode of Most Haunted:

Sky Replay

Thursday 15 August

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Yvette Fielding and spirit medium Derek Acorah conduct a chilling investigation at the Black Bull inn in Haworth, a West Yorkshire village made famous by the Brontë family. The inn itself is rumoured to be the place where Branwell Bronte, brother to the three famous sisters, first developed addictions to alcohol and opium.

Antique Trades Gazette recommends a visit to the James Hyman Gallery and its Modern British Art 2024: Rarities exhibition.

Mayfair gallery highlights Modern British art rarities

A photo of a Hollywood legend by Francis Bacon's drinking sidekick to a radical lithograph inspired by Charlotte Brontë are highlights of this summer show.

Which is a bit cryptic. But they're talking about Paula Rego's lithographs: Mr. Rochester (2001) and  Come to Me, from 'Jane Eyre-The Guardians'.

A Beijing student writes in The Global Times:

Another book called Jane Eyre tells me the life of the protagonist Jane Eyre and depicts her character. The story is written like an autobiography, making it the best self-monologue in the world. In the book, I was able to grasp the courageous character of a woman, and reflect on what empowers a woman is never the co-dependence on her family nor husband, but her own intellect and intuition. (Yan Menghan)

The Gauntlet reviews the one-woman show Celexia as performed at the Calgary Fringe Festival: 

On Aug. 3, playwright, actress and University of Calgary alumni Alexa McGinn performed her solo show Celexia at the Fellowship Hall in Lantern Church for the Calgary Fringe Theatre Festival. In the heart of Inglewood, McGinn shared her love for words through a captivating story that left audiences reflecting on their relationship to the classics. (...)

“‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will,’ ” said McGinn, echoing a famous line from Jane Eyre. (Nazeefa Ahmed)

A Jefferson Public Radio program for today (Friday, August 16 9:40) with an interview with the intimacy director of the Ashland performances of Jane Eyre: 

In this edition of the Creative Way, Vanessa Finney sits down with the fight choreographer from OSF's production of Macbeth, Rocio Mendez. They also discuss Rocio's role as an intimacy director on Jane Eyre.

Elle (Spain) recommends this edition of Wuthering Heights: 

Si estás buscando libros pero ninguno te convence... ¿por qué no aprovechar la recta final del verano para leer una de esas novelas clásicas que, a lo mejor, tenías pendiente? Mira qué bonita esta reciente edición de 'Cumbres borrascosas' (Arpa), la obra más famosa de Emily Brontë, prologada por Virginia Woolf y epilogada por Ángeles Caso. En una gélida noche de tormenta, un hombre busca refugio en Cumbres Borrascosas. Allí, en la casa que corona los páramos de Yorkshire, conocerá los tumultuosos acontecimientos que desolaron el lugar años atrás: una trágica historia de amor y venganza entre Heathcliff y Catherine Earnshaw, dos seres indómitos, pero incapaces de rehuir la naturaleza destructiva del amor. Un verdadero escándalo en el momento de su publicación, allá por 1847. (Begoña Alonso and José Manuel Rodríguez) (Translation)

Familie (Germany) recommends this Wuthering Heights audiobook: 

Das Anwesen "Wuthering Heights“ liegt einsam und windgepeitscht in der rauen Landschaft von Yorkshire. Der wohlwollende Mr. Earnshaw nimmt den Findling Heathcliff auf, der die Tochter Cathy liebt. Diese Liebe endet jedoch tragisch, was zu einem Netz aus Rache und Verrat führt, das das Anwesen beherrscht... (Lucy Skarupke) (Translation)

WFMZ's 69 News talks about gender-neutral names:

This kind of thing has a long history in the literary world: George Eliot and George Sand were pseudonymous female writers and the Brontë sisters originally published under ambiguous pseudonyms. Even in the modern day, Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt chose to publish under her initials rather than her given name. (Fred Decker)

The Mirror lists behaviours linked to higher IQs:

Famous daydreamers include Rihanna, Emma Stone, and the Brontë sisters, whose childhood games ultimately inspired their classic novels. (Julia Banim).

A list a bit randomish... 

The Irish Times discusses the concept of 'Irish hair':

“Irish hair” is a relatively new concept that appeared on TikTok – where else? – earlier this year. It claims dubious genetic origins and comes with the laughable assertion that “the flat hair on top protects the layers underneath from the wind of the moors. The curls around your neck fight off the damp of the mists.” Moors? Mists? What in the Wuthering Heights are these TikTok broads talking about? (Emer McLysaght)

Clarín (Argentina) and María Negroni's latest published books:

A la par, las librerías locales también se poblaron con la reedición que hizo Random House de Cartas extraordinarias, otra compilación lúdica, en este caso en clave de ficción, donde la autora imagina y lleva adelante correspondencias en donde redacta como si fuera Louisa May Alcott, Emilio Salgari, Charles Dickens, J.D. Sallinger, Lewis Carol, Charlotte Brontë o Jack London, entre otros de sus amores literarios de toda la vida. (Daniela Pasik) (Translation)

El Placer de La Lectura (Spain) lists Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre among the best books written by women.