My partner, Carol, is a freelance writer who has specialized in issues of ecological pollution prevention, particularly issues relating to water and wastewater. Which is my roundabout introduction before I tell people that her second book is titled Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine To Grow Plants. The process of Carol writing that book proved very interesting for me; I learned more about urine than I thought I wanted to know; and we now own an Internet urinal, a female urinal, prints of old toilets, and other artifacts relating to urine. So it is that I cannot help but let you know about an upcoming cultural event here in the greater New Bedford area:

Urinetown: The Musical. The UMass Dartmouth Theatre Company presents the New England collegiate premiere of the Tony-Winning 2001 musical hit. Directed and choregraphed by Terry Berliner. On the stage of the Main Auditorium, main campus of UMass Dartmouth (patrons may park in Lots 4 & 5). December 15-18, 2005, with performances on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Sunday matinee at 2pm. Tickets are available at the UMass Pass office, at Café Arpeggio in Downtown New Bedford, and by calling (508) 999-8167.

Be there. Aloha.