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Joe Arden
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Joe Arden
About this listen
Journey through the dark, winding tributaries of love in this unforgettable live stage show, written and performed by Joe Arden. A unique perspective on the roots of love explored through original reflections and lyrical passages from literature, this sold-out Baltimore event captivates with raw energy and emotional depth. Experience the haunting beauty of Frankenstein and Edgar Allan Poe alongside contemporary romance, culminating in a never-before-published short story by Joe himself.
A fusion of passion, madness, and artistry, this one-of-a-kind audio event is a must listen for literature lovers and hopeless romantics alike.
Recorded live on November 2, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.
This performance includes a guest appearance by Amanda Willow and the written works of: Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Evelyn Montgomery, Riley Edwards, Ariel Anderson, and Joe Arden.
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Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.
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But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.
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Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.
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The definitive version!
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Fahrenheit 451
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Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."
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Wish I Hadn't Cliff Noted This in High School
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Brain Damage
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As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.
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Every year, Caroline Reed takes a trip with her best friend, Esme Lamont. They’re usually accompanied by their spouses - but this year, everything’s changed. Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline's wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham, Florida, inviting Esme’s brother, Nick, and his new husband. After a blissful first night in the vacation home, tragedy strikes.
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Wonderful Story
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When our story begins, Julia Child is an eager but inexperienced codebreaker longing to prove herself in the male-dominated world of intelligence, and Josephine Baker is, well, Josephine Baker—a world-famous entertainer who is now leading a double life as a spy for the French Resistance. When a golden opportunity arises to infiltrate a high-stakes Nazi gala in Vichy France, Julia must put aside her by-the-book mentality to assist her unorthodox new partner.
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Delightful entertainment!
- By Ann on 03-27-25
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- JennyT
- 01-12-25
joe untethered is a sight to behold
Ninety minutes and some loose change. A mosaic of pieces classic, contemporary and original. The My Soul To Take: Live and Untethered tour is a trio of performances specifically curated to bind together worlds that would otherwise be seen as separate entities. This Baltimore performance showcases the final stop on the tour.
Loneliness. Passion. Duality. Loss. A landscape many of us as listeners and readers have traversed in the landscape of our own journeys, only to be reflected through the written words and voices of storytellers spanning centuries. Joe has captured this finite span of time from Poe, Mary Shelley, and Dostoevsky to Evelyn Montgomery, Riley Edwards, and Ariel Anderson.
The journey itself showcases the talent of Joe’s voice beyond what many listeners revere him for in contemporary works. You can hear a side of Joe that is philosophical, rhetorical and even, perhaps, a bit whimsical. The talent of his voice highlighting classic works (such as the Russian accented Dostoevsky story “White Nights” and the madness of Viktor from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”) speak to Joe’s range not only as a voice actor but from an omniscient POV that is elevated & reflective.
I attended the Boston leg of the show. When I try to explain the physicality of Joe’s performance (as I imagine it also played out in Baltimore) it is best summarized as a dance between a man, a microphone, and the visual language that was repurposed as a mode of transportation from one port, one poet, to the next.
This performance is incredible, and for me, the poignancy and power of it lives in the message Joe crafted and brought to life as a reflection of our own human experiences. This performance and tour coincidences with the release of his debut book of poetry shadow.self (in which the divergence of self is examined as separate parts of a fragmented reflection). So the meaning of this whole show? It’s personal. Intimate. And unlike anything you’ve heard from Joe before.
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