Mad Cow Theatre gives free Edgar Allan Poe reading The name Edgar Allan Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Raven" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." [News Source]

New Orlando Fringe Festival producer is Michael Marinaccio Congratulations to Michael Marinaccio, who will replace Beth Marshall as producer of the Orlando Fringe Festival. He has been a fixture on the Orlando arts scene, working with Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando Repertory Theatre and Theatre UCF, among others. News story: Michael Marinaccio is new Orlando Fringe Festival producer [News Source]

Supreme Court: case to test California’s meat law. Nearly four years after the mistreatment of cows at an Inland slaughterhouse triggered the largest beef recall in history, the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to weigh in on a controversial California law that arose from the scandal. [News Source]

Food-borne illness outbreaks have NJ consumers shopping local. For patrons like Marilyn Miller, the township farmers market and its New Jersey-grown food are a favored alternative to supermarket produce aisles that bring in product from across the continent. [News Source]

Theater review: ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ from Mad Cow Theatre "The Drowsy Chaperone" is a love letter to the good (and the bad) of musical theater told through the eyes of one devotee, speaking for all the fans of the genre. [News Source]

Theater review: ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ from Mad Cow Theatre “The Drowsy Chaperone” is a silly little musical but the Mad Cow Theatre production has lost some of the laughs. Read my review here: ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ from Mad Cow Theatre. [News Source]

Japan Said Preparing to Relax Curbs on U.S. Beef Imports With worries about mad cow disease lessening and Japan's domestic cattle production plunging since the country's nuclear disaster in March, Japan is preparing to relax its restrictions on U.S. beef imports, Bloomberg reported. [News Source]

Japan said preparing to relax curbs on U.S. beef imports. Japan is preparing to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports as concerns about mad cow disease receded and domestic cattle production fell after the nation’s worst nuclear disaster since World War II. [News Source]

Japan said preparing to relax curbs on U.S. beef imports. Japan is preparing to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports as concerns about mad cow disease receded and domestic cattle production fell after the nation’s worst nuclear disaster since World War II. [News Source]

Japan Said Preparing to Relax Curbs on U.S. Beef Imports Japan is preparing to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports as concerns about mad cow disease receded and domestic cattle production fell after the nation’s worst nuclear disaster since World War II. [News Source]