Written by the poet David Wagoner, performed by the
actor John Aylward, and about the great American poet Theodore
Roethke, First Class is a one-man play that, in essence,
is an examination of the substance, mechanics, and spirit of poetry.
If you have a mind, then bring it to this play. (ACT
Theatre, 700 Union St, 292-7676. 7:30 pm, $50.)

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...