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Lizzie Borden : Warps & Wefts

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Category Archives: Lizzie Borden & the Arts

Tale of Two Cities Gallery

19 Monday Oct 2009

Posted by Shelley in Lectures & Exhibits, Lizzie Borden & the Arts, Lizzie Borden in the Marketplace, New Bedford, Potpourri, YouTube Lizzie

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Lizzie Borden Gallery Exhibit

Some footage from this past weekend’s event-with some really great entries.

Lizzie Borden Tale Of Two Cities

Youtube entry by Rick Rebelo.

Interview with Sharon Pollack

08 Thursday Oct 2009

Posted by Shelley in Borden Spaces and Places, If Walls Could Talk, Just Plain Lizzie, Lectures & Exhibits, Lizzie Borden & the Arts, Maplecroft, On stage, Potpourri

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Blood Relations, Sharon Pollack

 

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Blood Relations seems to be opening everywhere these days.  Lizzie B is a hot topic. To read more about this newest production and to read the interview with Sharon Pollack follow this link below.

On the issue of who Ms. Pollack thinks did the deed- http://communities.canada.com/calgaryherald/blogs/bladerunner/archive/2009/09/25/lizzie-borden-is-hot-stuff.aspx

“I think that Lizzie did it and Bridget (Bridget Sullivan, Lizzie’s Irish servant, who was the only other person in the Borden house when the murders took place) knew that Lizzie did it,” Pollock says, pointing out that both maid and mistress were likely in collusion when it came to their testimony at the trial.

 

Blood Relations Comes to New Bedford

02 Friday Oct 2009

Posted by Shelley in Borden Family, Fall River, If Walls Could Talk, Just Plain Lizzie, Lizzie Borden & the Arts, Maplecroft, New Bedford, On stage, Potpourri

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Blood Relations to play New Bedford, Lizzie Borden-Plays about, New Bedford Theatre, Sharon Pollack

bloodrelationsBlood Relations written by Sharon Pollack and directed by Stephen Kay opens November 12th.  The play runs November 12-22 at the Your Theatre Playhouse at 136 River Street, New Bedford.

The play within a play structure in which, ten years after her acquittal, Lizzie Borden’s actress friend, Nance O’Neil acts out the crucial scenes, lends a fascinating sense of ambiguity to a familiar story.  For reservations call 508-993-0772.

For more about the play read http://www.enotes.com/blood-relations

Lizzie Borden: To Bing or Google?

27 Sunday Sep 2009

Posted by Shelley in Famous Massachusetts Cases, Famous Victorians, In the Marketplace, Just Plain Lizzie, Lizzie Borden & the Arts, Lizzie Borden in the Marketplace, Potpourri, Strange Lizzies

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Lizzie Borden is Everywhere, Strange Lizzies

Got plenty of time to kill? Google Lizzie Borden and find 494,000 results on the web and 80,000 image files -some of which go out there pretty far to be related.

But maybe the newest thrill on the internet might be Bing.com where Lizzie Borden can net you 1,300,000 results and 11,500 image-related files. The images are worth the search and can turn up some pretty interesting stuff ranging from the Partners in Crime Kennels which has bred this beautiful red Irish setter bitch named – Lizzie Borden

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to the very unique and mysterious Lizzie artwork of Lu LoBue (lulobue.com)

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Happy Googling- and uh, Binging?

Trick and Treat!

25 Friday Sep 2009

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Halloween Lizzie Borden

LBLONEpagehalloween09She’s back and better than ever!  Spend Halloween with the Lady with an “edge”.

A Tale of Two Cities

05 Saturday Sep 2009

Posted by Shelley in Borden Spaces and Places, Case Personalities, Famous Massachusetts Cases, In the Marketplace, In the News, Just Plain Lizzie, Lizzie Borden & the Arts, Lizzie Borden in the Marketplace, Museums & Exhibits, New Bedford, Potpourri

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Lizzie Borden Exhibits

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Gallery X will be holding an open exhibit “Lizzie Borden, A Tale of Two Cities”. On August 4, 1892, a terrible crime was committed in the city of Fall River. After all suspects were interviewed, all were cleared except for the youngest daughter of the victims, Miss Lizzie Andrew Borden. The vicious murders and it’s following trial caused the largest media blitz America had ever seen. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson Borden were brutally slain in their home in broad daylight. The trial of Lizzie Borden has lived in the hearts, imaginations, and minds of a larger group of people than one would expect. The crime was committed in the City of Fall River, On June 5, 1893, Ten months later, Lizzie was brought to trial at the Bristol County Superior Court house in New Bedford. After a trial of thirteen days, Lizzie was acquitted for lack of evidence.

The show’s title, “Lizzie Borden, A Tale of Two Cities” is a reference to the connection of these two cities and the national interest the murders in Fall River, and the following trial in New Bedford caused. Nearly every newspaper in the country held front page accounts of the tragedy and it’s proceedings. It seems everyone had their opinion on these bizarre proceedings and the press couldn’t get enough! The exhibit is open to all artists, local and otherwise. All submissions must pertain to Lizzie and/or the Borden tragedy. The limit is three pieces per artist, at $10.00 each. Gallery X will receive A35% commission on any sales. The show opens on October 14, 2009,the opening reception will be on October 17, 2009. The deadline for entries is Sunday October 11,2009 between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Gallery X hours are Wednesday through Friday 11:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. , Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.

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Warps-The threads which run lengthwise in a woven fabric, crossed at right angles to the weft. Wefts-The horizontal threads interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. In 1876, Fall River had 1/6th of all New England cotton capacity and one-half of all print cloth production. The "Spindle City" as it became known, was second in the world to only Manchester, England.

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And old time friends and twilight plays, And starry nights and sunny days. Come trooping up the misty ways, When my fires burn low.

Lizzie and those pigeons

Lizzie's Inquest Testimony

Q. Can you tell of the killing of any animal? Or any other operation that would lead to their being cast there, with blood on them?
A. No sir. He killed some pigeons in the barn last May or June.
Q. What with?
A. I don't know, but I thought he wrung their necks.
Q. What made you think so?
A. I think he said so.
Q. Did anything else make you think so?
A. All but three or four had their heads on. That is what made me think so.
Q. Did all of them come into the house?
A. I think so.
Q. Those that came into the house were all headless?
A. Two or three had them on.
Q. Were any with their heads off?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Cut off or twisted off?
A. I don't know which.
Q. How did they look?
A. I don't know, their heads were gone, that is all.
Q. Did you tell anybody they looked as though they were twisted off?
A. I don't remember whether I did or not. The skin, I think, was very tender. I said, "Why are these heads off?" I think I remember of telling somebody that he said they twisted off.
Q. Did they look as if they were cut off?
A. I don't know. I did not look at that particularly.
Q. Is there anything else besides that that would lead, in your opinion so far as you can remember, to the finding of instruments in the cellar with blood on them?
A. I know of nothing else that was done.

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