Russ Barnes
Biography and Writings
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Russ Barnes is a playwright, editor, and journalist who works out of Bethesda, Maryland. Visitors to this website can see descriptions of selected by-lined published articles (not in chronological order) below and on continued pages. Most descriptions are linked to the full-text of the published articles. Mr. Barnes publishes on a large variety of topics including healthcare, technology, business, religion, science, creativity, education, agriculture, and regional travel.
In addition to journalism, Mr. Barnes serves non-profit associations with press relations, promotion, and fundraising services. His fundraising efforts are based on a unique inventory method of evaluating the assets of client organizations. Mr. Barnes maintains a proprietary 400 media outlet list. For more information on Mr. Barnes' service to non-profit organizations, go to Asset Evaluation and Publicity.
Mr. Barnes is a playwright with a fully staged play, RED DOG DIRT which has also had 18 formal readings. His latest play, CRABS ALIVE, has had several informal readings, and will have a formal reading June 30,2007 (See below for details). He has two other plays in development: HEY DANA; HEY DANA; and LEAST MILITANT WARRIOR. In addition to writing plays, Russ produces plays for the stage and is an enthusiastic fundraiser for productions.
Mr. Barnes is a former Director of Public Affairs for the American Creativity Association (ACA)For related links and other by-lined articles, please see continuation page.
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CRABS ALIVE, 2007, is a one-act
50 minute play, about some problematic crabbing on the Chesapeake Bay around Calvert,
St. Mary"s, and Charles counties. A stranger, a Latino woman, Jovita, appears
from the "upper world" to help. But Captain Charlie, a skipjack captain,
is not so sure. The story is about their conflict, the problems of crabbing on
Chesapeake with suggestion they may be resolving something from the underworld or
the "almost dead.". See synopsis for details. For comment
from a national magazine, see CRABS ALIVE!
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"The Greatest Weapon is Creative Discipline", FOCUS, a
publication of the American Creativity Association, November/December,
2001. A description of George C. Marshall: Chief of Staff U.S. Army during
World War II, Secretary of State under President Truman, and advocate of
the Marshall Plan to re-construct Europe. His creative military and diplomatic
strategy is outlined. A play written by Russ Barnes about General Marshall
is underway and is entitled LEAST MILITANT WARRIOR. |
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RED DOG DIRT, 2005, is a play about The Captain Ruh Club written by Russ Barnes about a 1950s
group of boys in a small Pennsylvania town, Uniontown. The play has been performed 17 times in Washington, DC and has been fully staged in Bowie Maryland by director Jobie Watson. The play is now scheduled for a performance April 17 -- 19, 2008 in Lexington Park, Maryland at Three-Notch Theatre, directed by the Newtowne Players. A press release on the upcoming performance provides details as does an on-line invitation. A Washington Post announcement of the play and its Mid-Atlantic tour is available on-line
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"Travel Writing Made Easier", THE WASHINGTON POST, Sunday, October 5, 2003 in Personal Technology, Business Section. Describes some entries into the mobile computer niche market located between PDAs and laptops. QuickPad Technology"s QuickPad Pro and Texas Instruments" TI-83 Plus Silver Edition with TI Keyboard are described and compared. |
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A Growing Devotion to Ethiopian Artifacts published on the wire service, Religion News Service (RNS), and moved on the wire beginning January 24, 2004 and published in such newspapers as the Washington Post, January 31, 2004. The article covers the cross-cultural appeal of liturgical artifacts such as Ethiopian crosses. Photo (c) John Ball, Rectory, St. Mary's Parish, St. Mary's City, Maryland. |
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"Maryland's Former Tobacco Farmers: Need a Crop as Good as Gold",
BAY WEEKLY, November 22-28, 2001. Alternative crops for Southern Maryland
farmers. |
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Creativity: How You Get Out of the Family Alive answers some questions about creativity: How is creativity related to competition? Is there a biological basis to creativity? These questions are addressed in this provocative article first published in Focus, a publication of the American Creativity Association, November/December, 2003. The conclusion is that creativity is a technique that can establish a coexisting niche within family and other social systems. Features interviews with Frank J. Sulloway and Michael Kerr, MD, Bowen Family Systems. |
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"How the Piano Man Got Over", BAY WEEKLY, June 22, 2005. A profile of Brother Elmer Mackall, the Piano Man, who for seventy years, played and sang Gospel music in churches around Calvert, Anne Arundel, and St. Mary's counties in Maryland. Photo credit: Marc Apter, St. Mary's College. |
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FOCUS, May--August, 2005. What does the Bible say about Human Creativity? This article published by the American Creativity Association answers with another questions: Are We Co-Creators with the Creator? Looking into some developments in bioethics and artificial intelligence provides some answers. In the PDF document, please see pages four through six. |
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"Maryland Tobacco is Going, Going . . . Gone", BAY WEEKLY, March
28-April 3, 2002 A tobacco auction at Hughesville, Maryland shows the tension between a king crop and the Maryland State buy-out encouraging farmer's to grow other crops. |
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"A Country Market for Calvert"; BAY WEEKLY, July 4-10, 2002.
The grand opening of the market in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Story is
found four articles down the page.
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"Planting Seeds Worldwide " PHILANTHROPY magazine, Washington, March/April 2005. Atlas Economic Research Foundation, an Arlington, Virginia think-tank, builds a war-chest for non-profit organization funding across the U.S. and the world. |
| GREAT EATERS, Captain Ruh Titles, 1999. A personal cookbook that is
both philosophic and practical. It features culinary thoughts and principles
of the Southwest, Louisiana, the Mississippi River and other eclectic cuisine.
Illustrated with simple graphics. Lemon graphic (c) Karen Tylec, Book is available for $15.00. Take a look at the FORWARD to the book.
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More stories and plays are contracted and scheduled. Please check back
with this site as they are added to the list of these publications. Most
photos are (c) Russ Barnes. All photos in links to articles and stories
are identified and attributed as to owner in the articles.
Oldies but Goodies
| "The PITTSBURGH PRESS, October 6-9 1974 in four sections. A reporter sails down the river
and tells the story of his adventure through his homeland after a sojourn
in England. Take a look at this reprint A Modern Saga of the Monongahela River |
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For comments and information on licensing contact Russ
Barnes, 5200 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.
(c) Russ Barnes. All rights reserved. Photo copyrights are owned variously. To learn ownership, link to full publication to obtain larger-sized photo as well as ownership information. For further information about this website and its content, contact by email
Russ Barnes. For alternate, mirror web page, go to /Bio link. For more information about Russ Barnes' service to non-profit organizations, go to Asset Valuation.
