500: This is Haworth!

Peninsula News Review announces some awards obtained by the Mercury Players' production Brontë: The World Without at the South Island Zone Festival:

Mercury Players made history with their first win at the BC Theatre Mainstage Festival held in Fort St. John earlier this month. 

When it comes to putting on great community theatre the Mercury Players has always risen to the occasion but this past season was a little more special than most with their productions of Constellations and Brontë: The World Without being contenders in the South Island Zone Festival, which was held in Ladysmith this past May. Both productions received their share of accolades, which included Brontë being awarded the honour of most 'Outstanding Production', sending them to the BC Theatre Mainstage Festival, where they were crowned with the honour of 'Best Production' a second time. (...)

While the cast and crew were sadly unable to attend the award ceremony they all live-streamed it separately. Swift said winning 'Best Production' was a bit of shock since it was announced early on in the evening that they had won in the category of 'Props and Set Decoration', then didn't get a second award for some time, leaving the cast and crew feeling a feeling a little deflated just before they were honoured with the award for best production. WOW's and OMG's flew on the text tree. The Brontë bunch will soon be receiving their trophy known as the 'Thespian Award'. (Chadd Cawson)

The complete list of awards can be found here and includes: 

Artistic Achievement in Props Design: Angela Beltane, Margie Pringle & Katherine Reid

Outstanding Lighting Design: Lorne Selfred

Artistic Achievement in Costume Design: Shauna Clinging

Outstanding Set Design: Kimberly Liptrap

Outstanding Ensemble: Genevieve Charbonneau, Julia Lalonde, Zoe Nickerson

Outstanding Director: Sylvia Swift

Outstanding Production

Several local media outlets talk about the MWHDE protest against the Calderdale Wind Farm heinous plan that will be celebrated next Sunday:

Hundreds of protesters will take inspiration from Wuthering Heights to protest against plans for a massive wind farm in Calderdale

Five hundred people are set to take part in the event, on July 27, which coincides with the annual ‘The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever’ in celebration of Kate Bush’s hit.(...)

 “Everyone is welcome, regardless of gender,” says co-organiser Sophie Bramley. “Provided they’ve learnt the dance, and they’re wearing a flowing red dress!”

Provided too, that they hold one of the 500 tickets which were snatched up within hours of their release, she added. (John Greenwood in Halifax Courier, The Telegraph & Argus, 

However, 2025 will see the first "mass wuther" in Haworth, chosen as a protest against proposed wind turbines, with opposition from key ecological and heritage organisations including the Brontë Society, the RSPB and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England. The event, dubbed "Actually the Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever", and its role in preserving the moors was brought up in Parliament by Shadow Minister for the Environment, Keighley and Ilkley Conservative MP Robbie Moore. (Elizabeth Mackley in Yorkshire Live Examiner)

The Daily Advertiser shares pictures of the Wagga MWHDE event that took place some days ago. 

United by Pop chats books and flowers with the writer Sarah Beth Durts:

Flower: Lavendar

Book: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Lavendar is soft, sweet, and gentle, and to me, the lovely house with the gabled roof where the lonely witch Mika creates her own found family is infused with the scent of lavender. A wonderful cozy fantasy. Like Jane Eyre, but about really nice people. So, nothing like Jane Eyre. (Tacye)

The Times of India lists historic homes of famous writers that are open to the public:

Brontë Parsonage Museum

This house was owned by Patrick Brontë and became home to Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë in 1820. The Brontë Society converted this house into a museum, which now houses the world's largest collection of Brontë relics. Here one can see the dining room where the sisters wrote some of their most fam
ous novels, Charlotte's bedroom, and Emily's study. Visitors can also look at the imaginative miniature books the Brontës made as children.

Il Giornale (Italy) recommends classics as summer readings:

Per quanto riguarda Cime tempestose, la storia è quella dell'orfano Heathcliff che viene adottato da una famiglia benestante e finisce con l'innamorarsi della compagna di giochi Cathy. Tuttavia, quando il divario sociale obbliga Cathy a sposare un altro, Heathcliff non sembra avere nessun altra possibilità che partire per diventare a sua volta un uomo ricco e vendicarsi di tutti coloro che lo hanno trattato male. Più che una storia d'amore, Cime tempestose è una storia di vendetta e di rimpianti, di ingiustizie e, a suo modo, è anche una storia di fantasmi. (Erika Pomella) (Translation)

The Country Life Magazine Quiz includes a Wuthering Heights question. Finally, an alert for today at the Brontë Parsonage Museum:

Wed 23 July, starting at 11:30am

Mythological Creatures: Be inspired by the Wild Uplands sculptures and create your own small sculptures of mythical creatures using clay and natural materials.