Doug Rossini and Andy Stauffer are pleased to announce the launch of Union Square Productions,a full-service video production & post-production facility.
We specialize in working with Non-Profits, and we are dedicated to maximizing the impact of your message, on the web, by DVD or broadcast. Please visit www.usqProductions.com for samples of our work and more information.
Brendan Fowler ’01 Featured in ArtCat
Brendan Fowler (b. 1978) is featured in “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus” at the New Museum for Contemporary Art. He has had solo exhibitions with Rivington Arms in New York and 2nd Cannons in Los Angeles and is currently participating in “Vaguely Paperly” curated by Chris Johanson at Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago. Brendan’s work frequently relates to his musical career, performed under the name BARR, and incorporates posters from BARR’s canceled music tours that have been altered and elaborated upon. Brendan received his BFA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2002.
For full profile and information on his exhibit, please see: http://calendar.artcat.com/event/view/6/9343
Posted: April 20, 2009
Amy Laboda ’84 Profiled by Aero-tv
"Determined to work past all obstacles, Amy's has had a career worth noting. Flying is in the Laboda family, and Amy took up the sport at 15 years of age. She soloed at 16 and earned her private pilot certificate two days after her 17th birthday. She continued flying while earning a Liberal Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York; by the time she graduated she was an instrument-rated commercial pilot and before the year was out she had earned her instructor's rating...."
For full profile, please see: http://www.aero-tv.net/index.cfm?videoid=597e1799-19da-41a5-8a73-c80ea8ea2ec1
Posted: April 17, 2009
Writer Richard Morais ’81 Launches Web Site
Richard Morais has just launched a new web site: http://www.richardcmorais.com/
Posted: April 17, 2009
Douglas McGowan '98 Announces Release of First Album by Yoga Records
Yoga Records, a rare music reissue label created by Douglas Mcgowan '98 presents its first LP release: "The Hour Is Now" by Collie Ryan, a compilation of the best psychedelic folk songs by an remarkable musician and artist heretofore unknown to all but the most devout collectors of the genre. Fans of Joni Mitchell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, or Linda Perhacs will want to check this out.
Posted: Friday February 6, 2009
Alexandra Avakian ’83 Promotes Spellbinding Memoir
In a spellbinding memoir illustrated with stunning photographs that she often risked her life to take, renowned photojournalist Alexandra Avakian shares her experience of life on the road, photographing conflict, daily life, culture, happiness and heartbreak in a region always newsworthy and relevant, but often misunderstood in the West. She spent nearly twenty years on this project.
Recently Alexandra took her audiences on her personal journey in two brand new slide show/talks at the Tucson Festival of Books:
On Thursday March 12 at 6:30 p.m. The University of Arizona's Center for Middle East Studies and the U.A. School of Journalism co-sponsored her book slideshow/talk. At the Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona Bookstore on Saturday March 14 at 2:30 pm, Avakian gave a slide show/book talk and signed books. KXCI Radio broadcast an in-depth interview with Alexandra on March 15.
To listen click here: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/.artsmain/article/14/218/1490291/KXCI.Public.Affairs/30.Minutes-.Alexandra.Avakian-.Windows.of.the.Soul/
Avakian was also interviewed by Tony Paniagua on KUAZ, NPR affiliate. She appeared live Thursday March 12 on KOLD TV, and featured online at: http://www.kold.com/global/story.asp?S=10001080
On April 9 Alexandra's photos from Syria were shown in New York at Columbia University during a forum on the Armenian Genocide moderated by New York Times reporter Andrea Kannapell, featuring Taner Akcam and Mark Geragos.
On Feb. 21 and Feb. 22 CSPAN2's Book TV featured Alexandra's NG Live! 10/08 slide show and book talk at the National Geographic Society : http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9940&SectionName=&Loc=W
For Avakian's blog, gallery and more visit:
nationalgeographic.com/blogs/photography/windowsofthesoul/
Posted: April 16, 2009
‘Poetry Break’ with Sally Bliumis-Dunn MFA 2002 debuts on Channel 79
Over the last year, poet and professor of poetry, Sally Bliumis-Dunn has been capturing on camera some of America's best known poets in order to share them with the Greenwich audience. And now she is ready to roll out her new "Poetry Break" show, during April - the poetry month, on Greenwich Community Television's Channel 79....
For the full article, please see: http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/ease/ci_12114993
Posted: April 15, 2009
Kalle Macrides ’97 Announces Theatre Production, NOIR
NOIR, a multimedia / dance / theater production
written by SLC alumna Kalle Macrides
directed by Cory Einbinder
presented by Adhesive Theater Project in collaboration with Laura Peterson Choreography and the New York City College of Technology
OUR DIRECTOR HAS JUST BEEN SHOT!!!
Yes, it's true! Hollywood filmmaker Eddy Chandler has just been shot. As he rewinds the moments that led to this tragedy he uses his filmmaking techniques of manipulating time and image to uncover the truth about his would-be murder. Follow Eddy's journey as he enters a plot more sinister than his own noir thriller. In Hollywood, life moves at 24 frames per second. You better not blink!
See groundbreaking technology and innovative theater design at work in a brand-new, old-time noir mystery.
NOIR World Premiere:
April 23rd through May 2nd
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm
At the New York City College of Technology's Voorhees Theatre
186 Jay Street, Downtown Brooklyn
(F train to York St or A/C train to High St)
Tickets are available through TheaterMania.com or 212-352-3101: $12 General Admissions For $5 Student Tickets please call: 718-260-5592
For more information please visit: www.adhesivetheater.com
Posted: April 9, 2009
Giulia Melucci ’88 Profiled by the New York Times
Giulia Melucci was profiled by the New York Times for her upcoming book, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti".
Read the full profile here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/garden/09giulia.html?_r=1&ref=style
Posted: April 9, 2009
Dania Abu-Shaheen '04 and Zilpha Starnes '05 Announce Starnes&Shah
From Dania Abu-Shaheen and Zilpha Starnes: We are two SLC alumnae and we are a recording/performing folk/rock duo. We began singing together in the Fall of 2005 while living in Astoria, NY. We released two records in New York: a six song EP titled "Here Again on the Island" and a full length CD titled "Summer in the Woodshed."
Our sound includes two female vocalists, guitar, keyboards, drums, and bass. The songs range from harmony rich-folk ballads to upbeat rock tunes. We have played at various venues including The Living Room, Kenny's Castaways, and Paddy Reilly's Music Bar in New York City. A song from our last album "Summer in the Woodshed" was featured on NPR's open mic.
We have just relocated to Boston and completed our second full-length album "Pink White Blue Green" which are planning to release on May 1st. We would really love to make our music and creative endeavors known to fellow SLC alums.
Please visit our online demo materials/bio at:
http://www.starnesandshah.com/demo
For more pictures and information, please visit our general website:
http://www.starnesandshah.com
The NPR feature of our song "Wilt" can be viewed at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14062389
Posted: April 6, 2009
Kate Feiffer ’87 Announces Publication of Three Books
From Kate Feiffer:I wanted to let you know that I have three children's books coming out this spring. Two are picture books and one is my first novel for kids. They are all published by Simon & Schuster.
For more information on Kate, please see:
www.katefeiffer.com
Posted: April 6, 2009
Stephanie Strickland MFA 1978 Announces New Book of Poems
ZONE : ZERO
includes a CD with two sequences from the book as interactive digital poems.
Information and ordering:
http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/books/strickland/strickland.htm
Marjorie Perloff say of the book:
Stephanie Strickland is one of contemporary poetry's polymaths: her poetry displays an astonishing command of scientific knowledge—for instance Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem—technical know-how, especially in the realm of electronic poetics, and unusual verbal virtuosity. The pièce de résistance in Zone : Zero is the interactive generative Flash poem "slippingglimpse," in which text and video, made by using motion capture coding,combine so as to create a genuinely new and distinctive eco-poetry. Readers/viewers will find themselves totally mesmerized.
Posted: April 6, 2009
Michael Leong MFA 2003 Published
From Michael Leong:
I'm a Sarah Lawrence alum (MFA '03) and I just published a translation of the Chilean poet Estela Lamat called *I, the Worst of All* with blazeVOX [books]:
For more information, please see:
http://www.blazevox.org/bk-ml2.htm
Posted: April 6, 2009
Lisa Thaler's ’83 Book Reviewed by ArtsJournal
From Lisa Thaler: My biography Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin was reviewed by John Perreault of Artopia. The link is below. Mr. Perreault comments on the originality of my research approach; the accuracy of my portrayal of the era; and the rarity of a full biographical treatment of an under-recognized artist. He concurs with others who have seen the cinematic potential of Sacha's story.
The review can be found here:
http://www.artsjournal.com/artopia/2009/03/sacha_kolin_the_big_con.html
Posted: March 26, 2009
Lisa Kimball ’70 Appointed President of The Plexus Institute
From Lisa Kimball: I have now taken on the role of President of The Plexus Institute (http://www.plexusinstitute.org). This week we made some news about our work to reduce transmission of medication resistant staff infections. I truly believe that my education at SLC had a lot to do with my work which involves engaging people in innovative ways to create change.
Here is a link to the coverage on CBS news of our work on MRSA:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4883210n
Posted: April 6, 2009
Mira J. Spektor ’50 Announces Performance by THE AVIVA PLAYERS
Mira J. Spektor - Artistic Producing Director
Dr Dorothy Indenbaum - Associate Director
MAY 8, 2009 at 8PM
RENEE WEILER HALL in the GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL
46 BARROW STREET NYC
SUELA PICIRI - Violin, DEBORAH BERIOLLI - Soprano, THOMAS CARLO BO - Piano
Program includes music & songs by:
MARIA VON PARADIS, CLAUDE DEBUSSY, LILI BOULANGER,
BELA BARTOK, AMY BEACH and MIRA J. SPEKTOR
Program will also feature two Premieres written for Ms Piciri and Mr Bo:
STEPHANIA DE KENNESSY's "Dorilton Dances" and
CARMELA SINCO's "American Music to Swoon & Dance by".
Reception after the concert - tickets $20 - cash or check
For Information & Reservations please email mirajspektor@earthlink.net or call: 212-988-9051
Posted: March 26, 2009
Portland art dealers recognize Julie Bernard ’48
The vivacious Julie Bernard, host of KABOO's "Art Focus" for 25 years, former Portland Art Museum docent and all around gentle lady, was honored by the Portland Art Dealer's Association with a special service citation. The honor is the first of its kind awarded by PADA.
For the full profile, please see:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2009/02/portland_art_dealers_recognize.html
Posted: March 26, 2009
Robert Leleux ’03 Published in New York Times
Robert Leleux wrote a beautiful account of his grandmother in this past Sunday's New York Times.
Read the essay here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/fashion/22love-1.html?scp=1&sq=Robert%20Leleux&st=cse
Posted: March 26, 2009
Mark Kaplan ’87 Directs Play "Eve-olution"
From Mark Kaplan: I am back in the directing chair and very excited about it!
I am directing a terrific played called "Eve-olution" starring Kelly Hawthorne and Andrea Shreeman. A great story about motherhood, family and relationships! Alison and Liza are navigating the channels of motherhood as they take a revealing and sometimes comedic look at the balancing act of promise and compromise. Both women test the vision of who they think they are, who they wish to be, and ultimately who they become as individuals, as mothers, as professionals and as members of their families.
I hope you can join us!
Tickets can be purchased either by phone (661) 288-000 or on the internet at www.repeastplayhouse.org.
Dates: April 24 - May 3, 2009
Rep East Playhouse
24266 Main Street (San Fernando)
Newhall, CA 91321
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm with actor talkback afterwards.
There will be an additional actors preview performance on April 23rd, which is a pay-what-you-can event. Seats are very limited, so please book early.
Also, let me know when you are coming so I make sure to see you either before or after the performance
Posted: March 26, 2009
Allison Ferrier ’05 Presents End of Play, by Brandt Reiter (’05) at Center Stage, NY Directed by Dave McRee
End of Play, by Brandt Reiter, is a new 13-character drama about theatre, Hollywood and the cost of dreams.
The playwright, director, producer, lighting designer, and stage manager are all Sarah Lawrence alums. In addition being an alum, the director, Dave McRee, has taught at Sarah Lawrence since 1981.
Playwright: Brandt Reiter, Director: Dave McRee, Producer: Allison Ferrier, Set designer: Vladimir Shpitalnik, Lighting designer: Holly Ko, Sound designer: Zac Jaffe, Program/postcard designer: Joanne Tzanis, Stage Manager: Raney Cumbow
Jack: MARK DOHERTY, Kate: JUSTINE COTSONAS, Wayne: DEAN IMPERIAL, April: HILARY BETTIS (AEA), Dean: ELI GANIAS (AEA), Ted: CONNOR FOX, Timmy, Edward: CHRISTOPHER RANDOLPH (AEA), Lainie, Leigh: CAILIN MCDONALD (AEA)
Posted: March 26, 2009
Janice L. Moore ’86 Announces Solo Art Installation
Maine artist Janice L. Moore will exhibit her latest series, "Ghost Paintings" at Chashama 266 west 37th Street, New York, New York from April 2 through 17th. For any questions about the exhibit or the work call (917) 453-3792 or visit www.janicelmoore.com
Posted: March 20, 2009
Carol Barenberg ’61 Shares Youtube Video Documenting Painting in Progress
From Carol Barenberg: This video shows a painting in progress four months condensed in to 4 minutes. I graduated S.L.C. In 1961 and would like the link sent to other graduates who might be interested. I was a painter then and am a painter now..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAvlTiIsOe4
Posted: March 19, 2009
Elissaveta Iordanova MFA 2000 Announces Upcoming Performance
Elea Gorana Dance Collective presents choreography by Elissaveta Iordanova:
Gorana — an ethno-contemporary dance, inspired by ancient Bulgarian rituals.
"...fast, serene, beautiful, dark and intriguing movement..."-The Sofia Echo Friday, April 3 (8:30 pm), & Saturday, April 4 (7:30pm), 2009 Merce Cunningham Studio, 55 Bethune Street, New York (one block south of West 12th Street) Tickets are $20 ($15 for seniors and students) and available at the door. Cash only. Reservations can be made by email: eleadance@yahoo.com, or by phone: (917) 848 7199.
Posted: March 19, 2009
Kay Chernush ’66 Announces New Photo Workshop
Join a unique photo workshop in southwestern France
Discover the lyrical beauty and gently rolling hills of Gascony, home of the Three Musketeers, golden Armagnac and gastronomic delicacies like foie gras and confit de canard. On a clear day you can even catch a glimpse of the snow-capped Pyrénées!
Sunday, July 19 - Saturday, July 25, 2009
From our comfortable base in LeBrouilh-Monbert, a quiet village in the untouristed département of the Gers, you will learn to use your camera as a way into another culture. Catch the light. Immerse yourself in a new environment. Learn how to translate what you see to express your personal vision.
Price: $2,000
Includes:
Pick-up at Agen train station, Sunday July 19 (TGV arrival TBD)*
Welcome dinner
5-day photo workshop with evening review and discussion
6 nights in beautifully restored 18th century manor house
Demi-pension (French breakfast, dinner with wine)
Double room
(A few single rooms possible)
Swimming pool
Drop-off at Agen train station*
* (Pick-up and drop-off at Toulouse airport possible for additional fee.)
For more information, please see: http://www.kaychernush.com
Posted: March 19, 2009
Beth-Ann F. Gentile Offers Apartment Share
Interested in an apartment partnership? Group is looking for a fifth person to participate. It’s a one bedroom apartment on the upper eastside. Group sign up for time on a Yahoo calendar. Six night maximum during the month, with a three consecutive night maximum, but often there are nights available. If you are interested, please contact Jinny Cohen at vhcints@optonline.net
Posted: March 19, 2009
Lesley Gore ’68 Performs this Month in Larchmont
Forget Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, and Britney Spears. If you want real girl-group star-power, look no further than Lesley Gore. The voice behind the Quincy Jones-produced "It’s My Party" and its sequel, "Judy’s Turn to Cry," is still out on the road and partying like it’s 1963.
For the full profile, please see: http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/March-2009/March/
Posted: March 19, 2009
Estha Weiner ’72 Announces Writer's Voice Intensive
"There Are People Out There!"
This is a course on reading your work aloud/ becoming a better performer. For all genres.
Time: 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Date: Sunday, March 29th
Location:
5 West 63rd Street
New York, NY 10023
Authors may underestimate the need to present their work. But today, publishers expect -- demand -- that authors get out there and present their work to the public, assisting in their own promotion. So, even if you are a loner, sure that your work speaks for itself... you will have to get out there and do some advocating on its behalf!
Posted: March 18, 2009
Jessica Hendra ’89 Publishes New Novel
"Crisp, fast and sharp, Beverly Hills Adjacent has an ear for the crazy cadences of Hollywood, marriage and modern life."--Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap
During pilot season, June Dietz's husband Mitch Gold becomes another man—a man who doesn't notice her delicious Farmers Market homemade dinners, who mumbles responses around the tooth-whitening trays in his mouth, who is consumed with envy for his fellow television actors, who pants for a return phone call from his agent. And who wants to be married to an abject, paranoid, oblivious mess? Possibly not June, whose job as a poetry professor at UCLA makes her in but not of Los Angeles, with its illogical pecking order and relentless tribal customs. Even their daughter Nora’s allegedly innocent world isn’t immune from one upsmanship: while Mitch is bested for acting jobs by the casually confident (and so very L.A.) Willie Dermot, June is tormented by Willie’s insufferably uptight wife Larissa and the other stay-at-home exercisers in the preschool.
Could Rich Friend be the answer? Smart, age-appropriate, bookish—and a wildly successful television producer—Rich focuses on June the way nobody has since she moved to Los Angeles, and there's nothing for June to do but wallow in what she’s been missing. But what's the next step? How does a regular person decide between husband and lover, family and fantasy?
Set in a Los Angeles you haven't read about before, Beverly Hills Adjacent is that rare thing: a laugh-out-loud novel with heart.
Posted: March 12, 2009
Michelle Wildgen MFA 2002 Publishes Her Second Novel
Michelle Wildgen attended the University of Wisconsin and received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Senior editor of the literary quarterly Tin House Magazine, Wildgen is the author of a novel, You’re Not You and the editor of an anthology, Food & Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast. Her second novel, A Little Light, will be published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press in fall 2009.Her fiction, personal essays, and food writing have also appeared in publications such as The New York Times, anthologies including Dirty Words and Best New American Voices 2004, and journals such as Prairie Schooner - from which she received the Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing. Wildgen is currently a writer and editor in Madison, Wisconsin.
Posted: March 11, 2009
Aura Rosenberg ’71 Published a new photo book, “Who Am I? What Am I? Where Am I?” with Hatje Cantz
While play is a way for children to learn, art offers adults a renewed chance to play. In each picture in her ongoing series, Who Am I, What Am I, Where Am I?, Aura Rosenberg invites an artist to come up with an idea for a photograph with a child. The child, however, is not a blank slate; the way he or she wants to be portrayed inevitably pulls the approach in an unexpected direction. Together, they conceive a unique "and sometimes idiosyncratic" portrait.
Rosenberg worked with eighty-two artists, including: Ei Arakawa, John Baldessari, Monica Bonvicini, Lisa Davis, Maria Eichhorn, Coco Fusco, Rainer Ganahl, Dan Graham, Lyle Ashton Harris, Mary Heilmann, Joan Jonas, Mike Kelley, Jutta Koether, Harmony Korine, Louise Lawler, Allan McCollum, Josiah McElheny, John Miller, Marilyn Minter, Matt Mullican, Vic Muniz, Tony Oursler, Karin Sander, Jim Shaw, James Siena, Amy Sillman, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith, Michael Smith, Haim Steinbach, Fred Tomaselli, Lawrence Weiner and Christopher Williams.
Posted: March 10, 2009
Bruce Zola ’99 Announces Unified for Global Healing Inc., a New Nonprofit Organization
Unified for Global Healing Inc. provides culturally competent health services and promotes the advancement of health education for under served international communities using a multidisciplinary approach. Our network of health care providers, social workers, and artists work together to promote global health through direct service, health education, and cultural awareness. We have developed successful community-based partnerships in Haiti, Ghana, and this year, India! Check out our website at www.unifiedforglobalhealing.org.
Posted: March 10, 2009
Rick Negron ’83 Now Playing the Role of Kevin Rosario in the Tony Winning Musical ‘In The Heights’ on Broadway
After working on an early workshop of the show at the O'Neil Center five years ago, Rick Negron is joining the Broadway cast of 'In The Heights'. He's playing Kevin Rosario, the patriarch opposite Priscilla Lopez. 'In The Heights' won the Tony award for Best Musical of 2008 as well as Best Score, Choreography and Orchestrations. The cast album recently won a Grammy.
Posted: March 10, 2009
Andrew Boscardin ’96 Announces New CD "Four-Color Heroes!" and CD Release Party in
The Nickel and Brass Septet's debut CD "Four-Color Heroes" presents new music for improvising ensemble by composer and guitarist Andrew Boscardin. The music combines elements of jazz, rock and new music and is performed by some of the finest players in the Seattle jazz and improvised music scene. Along with Boscardin on guitar, the CD features Chris Stover on trombone, Clark Gibson on sax, Tom Varner on French horn, Ben Thomas on piano, Jon Hamar on bass, and Brad Gibson on drums. A CD release party and performance will be held on April 18th, at the Mix in Georgetown, featuring special guests and local jazz-fusion all-stars, Osmosis on the bill.
The songs on "Four-Color Heroes!" are dedicated to, and take inspiration from, artists and writers of comic books from the 1960's and 1970's. "I didn't set out to write a bunch of music about comic books, Boscardin says, but while the music for this band was being written I was reacquainting myself with some of my favorite comics of all time and they just kind of seeped in there. I didn't even know it was happening until it was brought to my attention that much of my recent writing sounded "heroic" and "positive". Before I knew it, I had a suite of songs about some of my comic book heroes.
Posted: March 10, 2009
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks Names Brandi Levine ’82 as New Executive Director
LANDMARKS' NAMES BRANDI LEVINE AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(Philadelphia) The Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks (Landmarks) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brandi Floreen Levine as Executive Director. For over seventy-eight years Landmarks has played a significant role in the historic preservation movement in Philadelphia by presenting to the public its four house museums: the Powel House, Grumblethorpe, Physick House and Historic Waynesborough and related programs.
Ms. Levine has worked for the organization in various capacities for over seven years, most recently as Director of Education. In this role, Ms. Levine focused on seeking supportive collaborations with other organizations and creating innovative approaches to the role museum programming can play in communities and schools. U! nder her auspices, Landmarks education programming has forged new associations with Pennsylvania Hospital, Carpenter’s Hall, Charter High School for Architecture & Design, Historic Germantown and the University of the Arts Museum Studies Program. She designed Landmarks’ “Hands On History” programs and developed school partnerships including the Powel House/Meredith School "Craft a New Country" program supported by the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation. Under her supervision the Grumblethorpe Education Program expanded to include classes for young people with physical challenges with support from the Widener Foundation and Haley Foundation. Believing that preservation of historic sites for future generations must begin now, Ms. Levine created Youth Volunteer programs for teens and pre-teens interested in history, as well as family oriented events.
Posted: March 10, 2009
Elizabeth Eslami '00 Announces Publication of Novel, Bone Worship
Iranian-American writer Elizabeth Eslami is pleased to announce the publication of her novel, Bone Worship, by Pegasus Books in January 2010.
Her short fiction has been published or is forthcoming in numerous literary journals in the U.S. and abroad, including Thin Air, The G.W. Review, Bat City Review, Weber: The Contemporary West, Coe Review, Neon, The Minnesota Review, and Natural Bridge, among others.
To access links to her work -- and for upcoming book tour dates and locations, including a stop at SLC -- go to
http://www.elizabetheslami.blogspot.com/
Posted: March 10, 2009
Anida Pobric ’08 Announces Her First Publication
From Anida Pobric: I am excited to announce my very first publication. I published a non fiction work entitled, "Distorted Dictionary" on a quarterly online journal called Paradigm. I wrote this piece while attending SLC in Stephen O'Connor's Non-Fiction workshop. Undoubtedly, he helped me shape and edit this work. On my "bio," I was proud to mention Sarah Lawrence College. My piece can be viewed on www.paradigmjournal.com.
Posted: March 10, 2009
Tamara Studniski ’95 Announces Robinson Crusoe the Pantomime presented by the Qingdao International Drama Group
Unlike American pantomime, British pantomime is filled with noise! The conventions that make a British pantomime are songs, dances, local humor, audience participation, slapstick and cross-dressing. Once again, our production features a truly international cast and crew: 15 nationalities, an age range of 6 to over 60, all unpaid but hugely enthusiastic and committed to giving you a show to remember.
This is the third year we had the privilege to present an ambitious show with Tamara Studniski as the director/co-producer. As is the tradition, the proceeds of the show are split between the Expat Charity Committee and funding for the next year's show. In real terms, this meant being able to support 15 elementary school age children to attend school for a year and a life-saving heart surgery for another child.
Posted: March 10, 2009
Ann Patchett ’85 to Select Winner in NPR Short Story Content
The folks at NPR's acclaimed program, Selected Shorts, are sponsoring a writing competition with a very unique prize. The winning submission, selected by Ann Patchett, will be read as part of the Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space on May 20, 2009. The story will be recorded for possible later broadcast as part of the public radio series. The winner will receive $1000.
Entry deadline is March 6, 2009. Find rules and entry instructions at SymphonySpace.org.
Posted: March 4, 2009
Michael Itkoff ’04 announces the publication of Street Portraits
A book signing will take place at The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY on March 5, 2009 from 6 pm to 10 pm. More information at www.drawingcenter.org. A solo exhibition will be held at The Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene, Texas from March 27 to May 30, 2009. Michael has traveled the world since 2002 taking portraits of everyday people in London, Sydney, Hanoi, Bangkok and New York. A makeshift backdrop held behind each of the subjects, a technique used primarily in celebrity and commercial portraiture, creates a striking aesthetic that isolates the subjects from their urban contexts. A gallery of his work can be seen at www.michaelitkoff.com
Michael and Taj Forer '03 are the founders and are co-editors of Daylight Magazine, a quarterly printed publication of the Daylight Community Arts Foundation organization, dedicated to exploring documentary photography as a tool for affecting positive social change through empowering the public to use images, not simply be subjected to them. Information at www.daylightmagazine.org
Posted: March 4, 2009
Photographer Kay Chernush ’66 tells the stories of modern-day enslavement and the journey toward freedom
IN the beach resort of Pattaya, Thailand, men arrive by the planeload to have sex with exotic others. These "others" are women and children, from impoverished rural communities or neighboring countries, who fall prey to traffickers. They are lured in by promises of a good job, education and a better life only to discover there is no bright future ahead of them, only desperate circumstances. Sex tourists tend to rationalize their actions because the women are not of their own socioeconomic and cultural milieus. "Why is it they are not seeing their own daughter or sister or cousin or mother or wife in those people," asks Arlington-based photographer Kay Chernush, who has documented human trafficking since 2005.
An assignment with the U.S. Department of State first exposed Ms. Chernush to the horrors of human trafficking, from slave labor to forced prostitution. Even though she had lived in India, Spain and France, and had worked ...
For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://centraljersey.com/articles/2009/02/19/time_off/entertainment_news/doc499de231587fe394826438.txt
Posted: March 10, 2009
Jessica Halem ’94 Announces Night of Comedy
From Jessica Halem: It's been eight months since I left Chicago. You should see how good my downward dog has gotten! I'm coming back to Chicago with new stand- up comedy and I hope you can join me.
Jessica Halem: Solar-Powered
A night of luminous comedy with Jessica Halem, Marlene Moore, Cameron Esposito and Tamale
Friday, March 20, 2009
8:00 pm
Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted
Chicago, IL
tel: 773-472-6469
$20 VIP Ticket includes reserved center seating and one drink ticket
$15 Regular Ticket
$10 Student/Senior (with ID)
Tickets will be available online at: http://centeronhalsted.org/
Also, I'm hoping to garner your votes once again for The Big Gay Sketch Show Casting contest. It's been a total hoot being on the website so far. And I've gone and taped some joke telling in Portland. So, check out the new videos and vote!
http://biggaycasting.com/people/jessicahalem
Maybe leave a testimonial while you are there and tell the world that I am even prettier in real life....
Posted: March 4, 2009
Dark Phrases Seeks Submissions
Dark Phrases, Sarah Lawrence's oldest running publication, is now in it's 20th year.
Help us celebrate this legacy by submitting your work! Poetry, prose, short stories, non-fiction, visual arts, photography, playwriting, sculpture, drawing, screen prints, cartoons, graffiti, music compositions… Submit anything we can put on a page!
Dark Phrases is published annually by students of color at Sarah Lawrence College. Submissions are accepted from all students, alumae/i, faculty, and staff of color.
Send to: darkphrases@gmail.com
Deadline: No later than FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009 but PLEASE submit TODAY!
Dark Phrases is published annually by students of color at Sarah Lawrence College. Submissions are accepted from all students, alumae/i, faculty, and staff of color.
Spread the word!
Posted: March 10, 2009
Simon Levenson's ’94 Work Selected by Arts for Transit Subway Commission
Simon Levenson's work has been selected for the Beach 60th Street Station in the Far Rockaways, Queens.
To view more of Levenson's beautiful art work, please see:
http://www.simonlevenson.com
Posted: March 10, 2009
Susan Albright Tureen ’69 Has Two Amazing Houses for Rent
Bay of Fundy: White Head Island, part of the Grand Manan archipelago. Shingled cottage on the water. Three bedrooms. Two bathrooms. Sleeps six. Birder's paradise, soulful retreat, friendly natives. $700/week. Separate studio also available. June, July, September
Freeport Maine: Charming and private center chimney cape on quiet rural road. Two bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, terrific kitchen, dining room, three fireplaces, steam shower, wifi. Equidistant between isolated rocky shore and L.L. Bean and retail madness. Available by the month January-April $2500/month Or weekly in July and August $1200/wk. Painting studio in attached barn also available.
Contact her at susantureen@gwi.net or at 207-865-6095
Posted: March 10, 2009
Kay Chernush ’66 Announces “Bought & Sold: Faces of Modern Day Slavery”
From Kay Chernush: Human trafficking is a global criminal enterprise affecting hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. It exists in every country and in many guises, fueled by extreme poverty, cultural norms that devalue and commodify women and children in particular, and also by a seemingly insatiable demand for exploitive sex and cheap labor. My photographs are an attempt to put a human face on the statistics and headlines, to tell the stories of modern day enslavement and the journey towards freedom.
Bought and Sold: Faces of Modern Day Slavery
Photography by Kay Chernush
On loan from the World Bank
Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Washington and Prospect Roads
On the campus of Princeton University
Gallery Exhibition:
February 16 — March 27, 2009
to be held in conjunction with a panel discussion
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
4:30 p.m., Bowl 016, Robertson Hall
Reception to immediately follow at 6:00 p.m. in the Bernstein Gallery, Lower Level, Robertson Hall
Posted: February 9, 2009
Leslie Monsky ’77 Announces Launch of DECORATIVETHINGS.COM
Leslie Monsky Class of '77 recently launched a website called DECORATIVETHINGS.COM where they turn ordinary things into decorative things.
In 1988, Decorative Things started making a few ordinary things decorative. Today, DECORATIVETHINGS.COM offers lots of ordinary things made decorative.
You'll find things for Entertaining like serving trays, paper party goods, kitchen textiles and cookbooks. You'll find things for Decorating like silk flowers, marble fruit, unique wastebaskets, vanity trays, Keep Calm and Carry On posters, leather desk accessories, fabric by the yard, throw pillows and small rugs and books.
You'll find Things to Wear and give as Gifts like fine costume jewelry, plastic ladies watches, kids watches.reusable tote bags, canvas tote bags, luggage tags, bike baskets, eyeglass holders, readers and magnifying glasses. Not to mention, rain umbrellas with animal prints, duck umbrellas, Scottish Plaid golf umbrellas, extra large umbrellas and kids umbrellas and toys for kids and babies.
Exclusive items manufactured by DECORATIVETHINGS.COM have been seen on Oprah's O List, House Beautiful's The Best List, Town & Country's Gift Guide and in many other magazines. For over 20 years they've offered cheerful, chic ordinary things made decorative, whether it's for your home or the home of your hostess.
Posted: February 6, 2009
Zoe Keating ’93 Awarded Creative Capital Performing Arts Grant
Zoe Keating and her partner Jeffrey Rusch have been awarded a Creative Capital grant to produce a live performance of layered cello and midi-triggered video entitled, "The Musician's Mind's Eye: A Synaesthetic presentation of One Cello x 16".
Creative Capital is a national organization that supports individual artists. For 2009, 41 projects in emerging fields, innovative literature and performing arts will receive initial awards of $10,000. These projects represent 61 artists across the country working individually and in collaboration. Each project becomes eligible for additional funds of as much as $50,000 over the course of the organization's multi-year commitment.
Artists also participate in Creative Capital's distinctive Artist Services Program valued at $25,000 per artist. This program offers artists skills-building assistance in areas such as fundraising, networking, marketing, and strategic planning with the goal of advancing both their projects and their careers. So far Creative Capital has devoted more than $7 million to the Artists Services Program and has served more than 400 artists in its ten-year history.
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
Governor Rell Appoints Former Rep. Julia Wasserman ’70 to State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that she has nominated former state Rep. Julia Wasserman of Newtown to serve as a part-time member of the newly restructured Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Wasserman represented the 106th Assembly District for 17 years before leaving in 2008. Wasserman served in a number of leadership positions, including House chairwoman of the Legislature’s Program Review and Investigations Committee in 1999, becoming the only member of the minority party in the House to chair a standing legislative committee.
Wasserman’s nomination is pending legislative approval.
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
Sarah Luck Pearson ’90 Profiled in Ledger Dispatch and Offers Writing Course
Sarah Luck Pearson was recently profiled in Ledger Dispatch. To read the full article, please see:
http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/life/lifeview.asp?c=252514
Pearson will also teach a 12-week creative nonfiction writing course beginning the week of Jan. 19. The course, for new and experienced writers, will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Hein & Co. Bookstore. The day of the week will be determined based on input from those who sign up for the course.
The 12-week creative nonfiction workshop costs $360. For more information, or to register for the course, call Pearson at 296-2653.
Hein & Co. Bookstore is located at 204 N. Main St. in Jackson. For more information about the store, call 223-9076.
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
Bob Lamm Announces the Joy of Improv
Join in the fun of doing improvisational comedy in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. No performing experience is necessary-just a willingness to experiment, play, and laugh with others! Group warmup exercises will lead to improvised scenes with two or more players. No student is ever forced to do an exercise or game, but everyone is encouraged to participate.
Instructor: Bob Lamm is a free-lance writer and teacher. He has taught improv at the Grad Center since 2001, and has also run improv workshops for the HOPE Program, the Jewish Theological Seminary, The Door, the NYSTEA Drama Power Conferences, the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, Friends in Deed, and many high schools.
When: five Thursdays, 6:30 to 9:00 P.M.: March 12th, April 2nd, April 30th, May 28th, and June 25th.
Where: City University of New York Graduate Center, northeast corner of 34th Street and Fifth Avenue. Most classes in Room C197 (basement level), but April 2nd class is in Room C198.
Fees: $30 for a single session or $120 for the entire course (five sessions for the price of four).
To register, call the Continuing Education program at (212) 817 8215 or go to their website at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp/courses/theatre.html#4
For more information, contact Bob Lamm at blamm@blamm.cnc.net or (212)-874-3959.
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
Bob Lamm Announces Classic Political Novels Class
We will read and discuss five classic political novels-among them, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (which students must read for our first class), Nadine Gordimer's July's People, and Richard Wright's Native Son. These works are "political" not because they examine politics or government but because they richly illuminate power relations between groups of people-including dynamics of gender, race, and class-while telling memorable, moving stories. Students will be expected to read each novel and to participate actively in class discussions.
Instructor: Bob Lamm. Free-lance writer and teacher. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Ms. Magazine, and many other periodicals. He has taught at Yale, Queens College, the New School, and has taught in the Graduate Center's Continuing Education program since 2001.
When: Five Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M.: March 10th, March 31st, April 28th, May 26th, and June 23rd.
Where: City University Graduate Center (NE corner of 34th St. and 5th Ave.), Room 8304 (8th floor).
Fee: $150 for the course.
Registration: Call the Continuing Education program at (212) 817 8215 or go to their website at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp/courses/writing.html#5
For more information, contact Bob Lamm at blamm@blamm.cnc.net or at (212)-874-3959.
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Profiles Marian Purviance ’83
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts profiled Marian Purviance. To read the full profile, please see:
http://www.arts.ri.gov/blogs/index.php/?p=4599
Also, Marian has an exhibit at the Bank RI Pitman Street Gallery:
"Drawings and Pastels by Marian Purviance"
February 5 - March 4, 2009
The branch is located at 137 Pitman Street in Providence
Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m to 7:00 p.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m.
For more information, contact www.bankri.com or call 456-5015, ext 1330.
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
Elizabeth Jones MFA 2002 Announces World Premiere production of SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE by Dan LeFranc
Page 73 and Soho Rep present the world premiere of Sixty Miles to Silver Lake
by Dan LeFranc directed by Anne Kauffman
Performances begin on January 15 at Soho Rep (46 Walker Street) and run through February 8, 2009. Performances are Tuesdays - Sundays at 7:30pm and Saturdays at 3pm (no matinee on January 17th).
Tickets and information can be found at www.sixtymilestheplay.com. Tickets are $25 - $35.
Non-profit theater company Page 73 Productions (Executive Director Liz Jones, MFA '02) teams up with award-winning theater Soho Rep to present the world premiere of SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE.
A lifetime can pass in the 60 miles between a boy's soccer practice and his father's new apartment. In Sixty Miles to Silver Lake, playwright Dan LeFranc and director Anne Kauffman (The Thugs, God's Ear) team up to see just how much time and space can exist between the pleather seats of a father's used car.
Sixty Miles to Silver Lake features Joseph Adams (Come Back, Little Sheba) and Dane DeHaan (American Buffalo).
Sets and costumes by Dane Laffrey
Lights by Tyler Micoleau
Projection and sound by Leah Gelpe
A limited number of DISCOUNT TIX are available performances from January 15 to January 24! USE DISCOUNT CODE SIXTY20 to buy a ticket for just $20 to these select performances! (That's 20% off the regular ticket price!)
Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Wendy Victor MA 1995 to run for Town Council in Palm Beach
Wendy Victor, a former member of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, said Monday she will run for the Town Council seat being vacated by Susan Markin.
Coming on the eve of Tuesday's Town Caucus, Victor's decision pits her against Robert Wildrick, the recently retired CEO of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers. Wildrick, 65, said on Dec. 26 he would run for Markin's seat. It is Wildrick's first run for elective office.
For the full article, please see:
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2009/01/05/victorruns0106.html
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Madeline Silber ’83 Announces Denise Bibro Fine Art Winter Salon Exhibition
Denise Bibro Fine Art Winter Salon Exhibition
Gallery and Invited Artists
Exhibition dates: December 18, 2008- January 31, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday January 8, 2009
For more information please visit http://denisebibrofineart.com/exhibition/view/1569
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Solo Show by Lynne Golob Gelfman ’66 at Luminaire X, Miami Florida
LuminaireX is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by artist, Lynne Golob Gelfman, to be on view at GalleryX from January 10 – January 31, 2009. This exhibition will present for the first time a series of thirty small paintings called water/clouds/sand. The paintings are about movement fast and slow, clear and blurred. They are about looking through and transparency. They are about the direct apprehension of the fleeting moment. They are about the evanescent mark. Often the surfaces do not show the working of the hand as they invite you to travel through their space and imagine clouds, water and sand constantly changing through time. Cloud forms, ripples, waves, patterns set by the tides: this series explores what appears, exists briefly, and dissolves.
The exhibition will be on view and for sale at:
LuminaireX
161 NE 40th Street, Suite 201, Miami Design District
Exhibition Opening:
Saturday, January 10, 2009
7-9pm
Tuesday – Saturday 11am-6pm
Every Second Saturday 11am-9pm
www.luminairex.com
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2009
Paula Raimondo ’98 Named Buck's County Poet Laureate for 2008
Paula Raimondo, Bucks County's Poet Laureate for 2008, recently received a proclamation from the Bucks County Commissioners recognizing the Newtown resident's "esteemed accomplishment." Raimondo's inauguration as the 32nd consecutive Bucks County Poet Laureate took place in November in the Orangery building near Tyler Hall at Bucks County Community College.
For the full article, please see Bucks Local News Web Site
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2009
Rebecca Kelly MA 1994 Has Upcoming Exhibit at Williams Center Gallery
From Rebecca Kelly: My work will be shown in the exhibit, "Altered and Assembled" at the Williams Center Gallery at Lafayette College. Show opens on January 5.Opening on January 11, 3-5 p.m. (snow date: Jan. 25) www.lafayettecollege.edu/williamsgallery My toy theaters were in the Great Small Works 8th International Toy Theater Festival at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.
For more information, please see Rebecca's blog at: http://bubbesbooks.blogspot.com/
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2009
Katherine Ferrier MFA 1999 Profiled Online
Katherine Ferrier is a dance artist/educator, poet and visual artist who has been improvising and making dances since the late 80's. She earned her BA in Dance and Women's Studies from Middlebury College, and MFA in Dance and Performance from Sarah Lawrence College. A co-founder of The Architects, an improvisational quartet with a collaborative performance history spanning nearly 20 years, she is also the founder and Artistic Director of Immediate Theatre, an ensemble of movers, musicians, video and visual artists, lighting and set designers, collaborating together to create spontaneous dance theater works. Her choreography and improvised work have been performed throughout the US and abroad. After spending a year teaching and traveling throughout Russia and Finland, she moved to North Carolina in 2005, where she has been a guest artist at Meredith College, and created/directed the new dance program at Millbrook High School. Collaboration is a cornerstone of her work, and she thrives on the exciting alchemy of working with a variety of artists. Recent collaborators include: Pamela Vail, Christina Soriano, Jennifer Kayle, Lisa Gonzales, Courtney Greer, Sini Haapalinna (Finland), Cinzia Fiaschi (Italy) and Nina Gasteva/ Iguan Dance Theatre (Russia).
katherineferrier.net and
ellipsesfields.wordpress.comcan tell you more about her work. Katherine is honored, humbled, terrified and grateful to be a part of FOI 2008.
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2009
Mira J. Spektor ’50 Announces “The Housewives' Cantata”
THE HOUSEWIVES' CANTATA
Music by MIRA J. SPEKTOR & Lyrics by JUNE SIEGEL
Directed by KAREN CARPENTER - Music Director/Pianist BOB GOLDSTONE
With: DARCY DUNN, MARK SINGER, ANNE TOLPEGIN & LISA YAEGER
3 Nights Only at 8PM!!!
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14, TUESDAY JANUARY 20
THE TRIAD THEATER - 158 WEST 72ND STREET NYC - Tickets $30
Updated Revival of the Funny Feminist Classic Musical Revue "We weren't Desperate Housewives...We were Delusional !" The New York Times called it "A sprightly songfest!"
Reservations & Information: mirajspektor@earthlink.net or Triad's Tel:
212-362-2590
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2009
Darnell Martin's ’86 Film, “Cadillac Records” Released
Darnell Martin wrote and directed the feature film, Cadillac Records, which is now in theatres across the country.
Read an interview with Darnell here on cinemablend.com
Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Jewelry Designer Nina Stotler ’01 Profiled in Dazed Digital
Dazed Digital recently profiled Nina Stotler, for her "applauded new collection of silver and gold hardware-inspired jewelry for her Von Kottwitz line...."
For full profile, please see http://www.dazeddigital.com/article/1560/1/VonKottwitzJewellery
Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Stacey Kent ’88 Nominated for the 51st U.S. Grammy Awards
Stacey Kent earns a Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Vocal" category for her critically acclaimed album, "Breakfast On The Morning Tram".
"Breakfast On The Morning Tram" marked Stacey Kent's return to the studio after a four-year recording hiatus, with a new album on a new label, Blue Note/EMI.
The album was produced and written by Stacey's husband, tenor saxophonist, Jim Tomlinson, whose latest album, "The Lyric", featuring Stacey, won "Best Album" at the '2006 BBC Jazz Awards'.
Booker and Whitbread Prize-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, has written the lyrics to four original songs on the album, including the title track.
Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
David Lindsay-Abaire ’92 Profiled in Lower Hudson Journal News
Lindsay-Abaire graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a liberal-arts degree in literature and theater. He went on to Juilliard. "Sarah Lawrence is all about finding your voice and bringing your voice forward," he says. "They did that in spades and I have reaped the rewards of that education many times over...."
For the full profile, please see:
http://lohud.com/article/20081214/ENTERTAINMENT/812140327/1164
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
Kathy Westwater MFA 2001 Announces “Booty Object”
Sourcing the Beastie Boys, pirate-themed video games, and the writing of Weimar Republic philosopher Max Weber about the corruptibility of politicians by the spoils of politics and war, Booty Object investigates "the body as object" in late-capitalist USA. It features choreography by Kathy Westwater, visual design by Jae Lee, and performances by Abby Block, Ursula Eagly, Aaron Mattocks, and Kathy Westwater.
Booty Object is presented by Danspace Project as part of the FOOD FOR THOUGHT series on a program curated by Kate Garroway called Refresh. The program also features works by Laura Diffenderfer, Colleen Hooper, and Shannon Hummel.
Friday, January 19, 2008
8:30pm
Danspace Project
Located inside St. Mark's Church
at 2nd Avenue and 10th Street, NYC
Admission: $5.00 + 2 cans of food or $10.00
Make a reservation online here or call 212.674.8194
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
Peggy Gould Announces “From Within and Outside a Bright Room”
From Peggy Gould: Greetings! Just wanted to let you know that my project, "From Within & Outside a Bright Room," is coming along very nicely and to pass along some good news:
- Since I last wrote to you, we’ve added several wonderful artists to the team: Tony Schultz, digital media artist and faculty in the SLC Dance Department, Peter Richards, videographer and Mary Rodriguez, drummer. I am thrilled to have them aboard.
- I have been in rehearsal with the New York City performers three days a week, mostly individually, since October. Bess, our vocalist from Rochester, joined us for a day in October, and was here again last week, which was marvelous! In the coming weeks, we will have a number of rehearsals with the whole group and will be putting everything together before heading to Schenectady on January 5 for the residency and performance.
- There is a confirmed date for our New York City show. It will be on Tuesday, January 27 at the brand new home of Dixon Place (161 Chrystie Street, lower Manhattan, www.dixonplace.org.)
- We were awarded a grant from Meet the Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections Fund. This is a great honor and certainly helps with our expenses. Still pending is a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council to help with the costs of our Dixon Place show.
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
Amra Brooks ’97 Announces Publication of Her Book, “California”
Amra Brooks' novella CALIFORNIA has just been released by Teenage Teardrops Press in Los Angeles. It is available in select bookstores, from the publisher, and on Amazon.com.
"Amra Brooks stacks one perfect, slicing detail upon another to create a swirling, sexy, often devastating portrait of a self, a family, a coast, and an era. Looping wildly through fact and fiction, unloosed from the confines of chronology, and shot through with a bracing candor, California is a 'tiny sliver of strength' with the makings of a post-punk literary classic." -- Maggie Nelson
Amra Brooks' California is beautifully written and felt. The spare, rhythmic sentences cut to the bone of experience; the novella is both compassionate and unsparing in its judgments. With her special intelligence and unblinkered eye, Brooks transforms the state of California into the state of her character's mind, its sense and sensibility becoming hers. This is a marvelous book." -- Lynne Tillman
"Amra Brooks' novella California is surprising, beautiful, heartfelt, outrageous, cool, funny, and strong. Her quicksilver dispatch of each these ingredients (I mean, writing so good) demonstrates to all who are willing and able to know that to live inside such a big sunny contradictory state a girl (and her book) might need to be quietly full of courage." -- Eileen Myles
You can find more information about the book here: http://www.amazon.com/California-Amra-Brooks/dp/1584233508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229271960&sr=8-1
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
Beverly Falk ’70 Announces Publication of Book, “Teaching the Way Children Learn”
Advance Praise:
"There's never been a more timely book, one that brings to life what it is that we need and want for all our children, written by someone who has proven it can be done." —Deborah Meier, education reformer, writer, and activist
"Teaching the Way Children Learn is a powerful antidote to an educational climate based more on the punitive consequences of rigid accountability than on the possibility for real learning. This book will be a source of inspiration for those looking for a different vision of what schools should be." —Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
This inspiring book reveals the invisible inner landscapes of how educators teach children from a variety of backgrounds to meet the challenging expectations of today's standards without sacrificing support for their developmental needs or their diverse ways of learning. Featuring "images of possibility" from an urban school, it describes effective, child-centered teaching in pre-K through fifth grade. Each image is analyzed for the educational decisions that took place to make the experience effective, including the planning involved, the classroom environment and routines that supported it, how standards were addressed, how the teacher assessed student learning to shape instruction, and the impact on students. This practical resource is a must-read for pre- and in-service teachers and anyone committed to helping inner-city children succeed in school and beyond.
Beverly Falk is Professor and Head of the Graduate Program in Early Childhood Education at The School of Education, The City College of the City University of New York.
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
Lectures by Joelle Wallach ’67 for New York Philharmonic on December 17, 18, 19 and 20
Composer Joelle Wallach will be giving New York Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lectures on Wednesday, December 17 at 6:30 PM, Thursday, December 18 at 6:30 PM, Friday, December 19 at 7:00 PM and Saturday, December 20 at 7:00 PM - Ms. Wallach will speak about Handel's Messiah before the performances by the New York Philharmonic, with conductor Ton Koopman, the Westminster Symphonic Choir and guest soloists.
Information and tickets for the December 17, 18, 19 and 20 Messiah lectures and performances are available through the New York Philharmonic at 212-875-5656 or at www.nyphil.org.
Joelle Wallach composes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo voices and choruses. Her String Quartet 1995 was the American Composers Alliance nominee for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music. The New York Philharmonic Ensembles premiered her octet, From the Forest of Chimneys, written to celebrate their 10th anniversary; and the New York Choral Society commissioned her secular oratorio, Toward a Time of Renewal, for 200 voices and orchestra to commemorate their 35th Anniversary Season in Carnegie Hall. Wallach’s early training in piano, voice, theory, bassoon and violin included study at the Juilliard Preparatory Division. In 1984 the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with John Corigliano, granted her its first doctorate in composition.
Joelle Wallach is currently composing Runes and Ritual, a commission from the James Piano Quartet. A new orchestral project is underway with a consortium of six orchestras spearheaded by California’s Napa Valley Symphony, Asher Raboy, Music Director, as well as the Champaign-Urbana and Rockford Symphony Orchestras, both led by Music Director Steven Larsen. Read The Dream of Now, Wallach’s newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/oct08/JW_nws_101508.pdf. More about her at http://www.joellewallach.com/.
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
Estha Weiner Nominated ’72 for 2008 Pushcart Prize
Estha Weiner was recently nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. The Pushcart Prize - Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America. Hundreds of presses and thousands of writers of short stories, poetry and essays have been represented in the pages of our annual collections.
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2008
Allison Walls MFA ’07 Announces Publication of Book on 19th Century French Literature
Copies of my book, 'The Sentiment of Spending', which examines 19th Century French consumerist culture as it is reflected within the literature of the period, is now available through Peter Lang Publishing:
www.peterlang.com
Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Gary Kraut MFA '86 Announces New Europhile Travel Magazine
Gary Lee Kraut, MFA Writing '86, announces the launch of France Revisited (
www.FranceRevisited.com), an online travel magazine for savvy readers and experienced travelers. Members of the Sarah Lawrence community are invited to visit the site, sign up for the France Revisited newsletter, contribute material, and say hi when in Paris.
Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Ross Wade ’08 Invites You to Private Ear Audio Theatre on December 14th at 7PM
From Ross Wade: I remember when I attended SLC so long ago whenever an alum was involved in some project beyond the bubble you would post the news on the theatre board. I remember the feelings of hope and joy these postings consumed me with, as if to assure me that there is indeed life after college...and possibly even success. I pass along this news in the hope that other theatre thirds might be similarly consumed. I also hope they come to the show.
Eli Taylor and I have founded an audio theatre company and our first show is fast approaching! We're performing at the Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215) on Sunday, December 14th at 7pm. Tickets are $10 online at our website (www.privateear.org) and $12 at the door.
The company is called Private Ear Audio Theatre and each month we're going to perform a classic show from the Golden Age of Radio as well as a completely original show written by Eli and me with our team of writers. Our writers are all SLC alums and are Daniel Kelley, Jona Tarlin, Cliff Benston and Taylor Pavlik. We've also got an incredibly talented cast this month that includes alums Katie Hartman, Leah Rudick, Jacob Troy, Daniel Kelley, Owen Scott and current student Joya Italiano. I'm also acting in it, but, you know, whatever.
Finally, the very sweet icing on the cake is that all of the music is composed and conducted by Nehemiah Luckett and the sound effects masterfully designed and performed by Ien Denio.
As I said, we'd like to do this every month, but the fate of this series depends on the success of our first show. Strangely, I've found that, outside college, success is largely determined by ticket sales, so everyone should buy a lot of tickets and, if the mood strikes them, possibly attend. If all goes well we'll be posting the first show as a podcast on our website for all to enjoy.
P.S. The logo on our website is designed by Gabe Aronson and Nevan Scott is our webmaster. I think they are both very cool.
Posted: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Amy Laboda Marz ’84 Profiled in Women in Aviation International
Flying is in the Laboda family, and Amy took up the sport at 15 years of age. She soloed at 16 and earned her private pilot certificate two days after her seventeenth birthday. She continued flying while earning a Liberal Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York; by the time she graduated she was an instrument-rated commercial pilot and before the year was out she had earned her instructor's rating.
For the full profile, please see:
http://www.wai.org/board/laboda_amy.cfm
Posted: Monday, December 1, 2008
Elizabeth Barenis ’04 Announces New Solo Show
From Elizabeth Barenis: My first solo show opened November 6, 2008 and runs through December at the Guachoya Cultural Art Center in Lake Village, AR. The show is called, "The View from Here" and features paintings I have created since 2005 that are based on photographs I have taken. Some of the photos are from my college years at Sarah Lawrence -- including the "theme" painting on the show's invitational postcard, based on a photo taken at the Yonkers Library.
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Katherine Pope ’94 Profiled in Los Angeles Times
Katherine Pope, President of Universal Media Studios, the NBC Universal-owned television studio that produces "Heroes", "House", "The Office", "30 Rock", was profiled by the LA Times.
Read the full article here:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi23-2008nov23,0,6330364.story
Posted: Monday, November 24, 2008
Richard Morais ’81 Announces Publication of Debut Novel
Richard C. Morais' (81) debut novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey, was published last month in India, one of HarperCollins India's main literary titles for 2008. The book is about an Indian chef who winds up as a three-star French chef in Paris, and Morais has just returned from a several-city book tour of India. (A novella version of the book was a semi-finalist in the 2004 William Faulkner Writing Competition.) US rights to the book are in the process of being sold now. For those interested in purchasing the book, Richard has arranged for SLC alumnae/i to receive a special deal at Linux Bazaar, where the hard cover book can be had for just $6.30 plus very reasonable shipping costs. Here is the link:
https://easystorehosting.com/linuxbazarcom/?currency=USD&main_page=product_info&products_id=35105&zenid=1e169ad8fb47e8ebc5618c7d1ed59a28
Below are some of the glowing critical reviews the book has received.
In India Today:
http://www.itgo.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16425§ionid=1&secid=6&Itemid=1
In Business Standard Mumbai:
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=336292
In Time Out Mumbai:
http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/food/eating_out_details.asp?code=270&source=1
Posted: Friday, November 21, 2008
Estha Weiner ’72 and The Writer's Voice Presents “Write and Read: A Poetry Intensive”
Open to all serious (and funny) poets!
Date: Sat/Sun December 6 & 7
Time: 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
$150.00
Saturday:
Bring your poems to us for careful response and discussion - new or in process or revising. (We will let you know before the workshops how many copies of your poem to bring).
Sunday:
Read your poems aloud after careful coaching and support. Learn to serve your own work when you present it to an audience. -- Vital for all writers, whether you have a reading coming up, a book coming out, or not!
Estha Weiner (Instructor) is co-editor and contributor to Blues for Bill: A Tribute to William Matthews (Akron Poetry Series, 2005), and author of The Mistress Manuscript (Interlude Editions, February 2009), and Transfiguration Begins at Home (Tiger Bark Press, Sept., 2009). She is a 2005 winner of a Paterson Poetry Prize, a finalist for "Discovery/ The Nation" Prize, and a 2008 Visiting Scholar at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford, England.
Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Chloe Honum ’03 in Best New Poets 2008
Chloe Honum's work was chosen by guest editor Mark Strand for inclusion in Best New Poets 2008, an annual anthology of 50 poems from emerging writers. The anthology, published by University of Virginia Press, is now available in bookstores and online.
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Janice L. Moore ’86 Paintings Featured in Vogue Magazine
Janice L. Moore's paintings are featured, along with her husband Joe Coleman's collages in a story by Bruce Weber in Italian Vogue's special Casa Vogue edition 10/08.
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Laurie Calahan MFA ’75 Announces Comedy, “Season's Greetings”
From Laurie Calahan: I'm excited to let you know that I am directing (and co-producing) Alan Ayckbourn's edgy comedy, Season's Greetings, at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre in NYC beginning November 20th and running until December 7th.
You don't want to miss this holiday treat by England's most popular comic playwright! Laugh your troubles away! Gain a little insight, hopefully, and - jolly good - it's the best bargain in town - only $18 - featuring a full professional NY cast! P.S. It's free to those who have made or will soon make a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more. Contact HudsonRiverRep@aol.com
Tickets are available at this link: http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/148684
or by calling 212-352-3101. Additional information below. I look forward to seeing you there!
Note: No performance on Nov 27 (Thanksgiving) but Special performance on Monday, Dec.1 at 8PM
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Ellen Perecman ’75, Producing Artistic Director, Presents Dammerung by Peretz Hirshbein
New Worlds Theatre Project, Ellen Perecman, Producing Artistic Director, will present an English adaptation of Dammerung by Peretz Hirshbein at the Lion Theatre @ Theatre Row (410 West 42nd St, just west of 9th Avenue) in NYC from Thursday January 8 -Sunday January 25. Marc Geller directs. Translation from Yiddish by Ellen Perecman and Mark Altman. Adaptation by Ellen Perecman and Clay McLeod Chapman.
In a time beyond time.... In a world without hope.... Who will be a savior? A frightened old man? A courageous little girl? A mysterious stranger? What happens in the final moments between daylight and darkness ... Dammerung.
Tickets $18. For tickets call Ticket Central: 212.279.4700 or go to www.newworldsproject.org.
Posted: Monday, November 17, 2008
Alice Walker ’65 Writes An Open Letter to Obama
Alice Walker's open letter to Barack Obama was published on the root.com
You can read it here:
http://www.theroot.com/id/48726
Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Michele Brody ’89 Exhibit Reviewed in Philadelphia Inquirer
Michele Brody received a very favorable review from the Philadelphia Inquirer, for her exhibit, "Entering from the Inside: The Art of Memory".
Please read the full review here:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/bucks/nabes/20081003_A_fresh_view_of_remembering.html
The show closes this coming friday the 14th. It you haven't stopped by yet and happen to be in the Philadelphia area, please do, to catch a glimpse of this unique installation before the walls start to come down. The exhibit takes place at Temple Judea Museum at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Old York & Township Line Rds., Elkins Park.
Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Julia Barry ’04 Launches Consulting/Media Production Efforts for Social Change
From Julia Barry '04:
Hi everyone!
While at SLC, I created a media literacy/women's advocacy initiative called, "In Her Image: Producing Womanhood in America" (with cinematography and tech help from SLC alums Jay Sterrenberg and Eric Phillips-Horst, now of Meerkat Media.
Since graduating, this program has continued to grow, and with the addition of an MA in Interactive Media from Goldsmiths College, London, I am officially freelancing for social change. My main principle is change through cooperation and collaboration, so please get in touch to let me know about what you're working on! I would love to work together. (And I'm of course also available for the traditional contract hire, whether it be for a body image workshop, speaking engagement, social web project, or consultation on women's issues.)
I'm looking forward to being in touch (julia@juliabarry.com).
-Julia
p.s. I'm also continuing my music career in the NY area and would love to meet up at an upcoming show! Please shoot me an email to find out show details, jam, or do anything otherwise musical. :)
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
Announcing the sale of AlcheraBio LLC founded by Linda Rhodes ’78
From Linda Rhodes: Seven and a half years ago, I, along with my business partner, Katherine Moldave, founded AlcheraBio, a consulting and contract research company dedicated to helping research, develop and commercialize new medical treatments and pharmaceuticals for animals. In spite of being a scientist and veterinarian by training and not a business woman, I managed, with Katherine's help, to grow the company, and as of October, we have been acquired by Argenta, a New Zealand animal health manufacturing company. Growing a business and selling it was never something I expected to do, but it is hugely satisfying.
Posted: Friday, November 7, 2008
Poets House Presents a Tribute to Jane Cooper
Tuesday, November 11, 7:00 p.m., with Kazim Ali, Jill Bialosky, Celia Bland, Martha Collins, Eva Kollisch, Beatrix Gates, Marie Howe, Jan Heller Levi, Thomas Lux & Jean Valentine.
Poets and colleagues honor the late Jane Cooper (1924-2007), an award-winning poet and beloved mentor. Her poetry's "great deep patience for the whole truth," as Grace Paley put it, has earned the admiration of countless poets. The author of five books of poetry, Cooper received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Shelley Memorial Award, and fellowships from the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was the official New York State Poet from 1995 to 1997, and she taught at Sarah Lawrence College for nearly 40 years.
Posted: Friday, November 7, 2008
Shqipe Malushi ’85 Announces Lift Up the Veil and Make it Happen
Shqipe Malushi '85, a recent winner of Paul Harris Fellowship Award and a medal for appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among the peoples of the world, is returning home for Christmas after three years of working in Afghanistan empowering women and men.
She will be available as a Life Coach and for empowerment workshops and speaking engagements in New York.
You can contact her at: shqipemalushi@gmail.com
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Karen Kelley ’62 Announces Painting Exhibition
Exhibition of paintings: BLENDIANS. Mixed media on paper and wood by Aiki (Karen Gibson Kelley), giclée prints by Jesi (Jessica Gibson Kelley), Karen's daughter. Navajo jewelry, sand paintings also exhibited.
Exhibition will take place at the Tribal Spears Gallery, at 2167 Frederick Douglas Blvd, at 117th Street, from November 7 - November 29.
Opening Reception will take place Friday, November 7, 4 - 8 p.m.
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Andrea Reese ’84 Brings Her One-Woman Play to Manhattan
"Andrea Reese channels Jackie O. in this one-woman show. The upshot is a character of both charm and substance." - The New Yorker
CIRQUE JACQUELINE is one-woman dramatic play about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, written and performed by Andrea Reese and directed by Charles Messina. Performances will be on Thursday, December 18 and Friday, December 19, 2008, at 7:30pm both nights, in Greenwich Village at The Players Loft. Here’s a link to the main website for the show, which includes details about the theater and tickets, plus photos, reviews and articles: http://www.jackieoshow.com
It’s a small theater, just 50 seats, so it’s recommended that tickets be ordered well in advance online. All tickets are $20.
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Lisa Thaler's ’84 Book, “Look Up”, Reviewed Online
Please see the latest review of Lisa Thaler's artist biography, Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin, "Reviving Sacha Kolin" by Menachem Wecker, The Jewish Press, 21 October 2008 at:
http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/36897/Reviving_Sacha_Kolin.html
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Simon Levenson ’94 Artwork Selected as Finalist for MTA Arts for Transit Program
From Simon Levenson: My oil paintings, seen at www.simonlevenson.com, have been selected as one of nine finalists for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Arts for Transit program for The Far Rockaway station in New York City.
Final decisions will be made in February 2009.
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Zoe Keating ’93 Announces Premier of the Ballet “Llebieg” at the Teatro Principal de Valencia
On November 20th, the Ballet de Teatres de la Generalitat of Valencia, Spain will premier the ballet "Llebeig" at the Teatro Principal de Valencia. Choreographed by Asun Noales and set to a live musical score composed and performed by alum Zoe Keating.
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Merlin Homer ’65 Announces New Gallery Exhibit
Merlin Homer has a new gallery exhibit, "New and Selected Watercolours and Drawings". The show runs from November 12 - 30 at the RedEye Studio Gallery in Toronto. Opening Reception takes place at Saturday, November 15, 12 - 4, by invitation only.
For more information, please see www.redeyestudio.com
RedEye Studio Gallery is located at 102 Case Goods Building, in the Historic Distillery District, 55 Mill Street, Toronto.
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Stephen Fife ’77 Announces “The Arab-American Handbook”
Stephen Fife has two essays in the forthcoming anthology,
"The Arab-American Handbook".
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Deryn Warren ’67 Announces Her New Book, “How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love With You”
Please come to a reading, mini-acting class and signing given by author, film director and teacher, Deryn Warren of her new book, "How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love With You".
Come and watch and participate!
When: November 13, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Barnes and Noble at the Grove, Los Angeles
Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Irena's Vow with Tovah Feldshuh Has Extended Its Run
IRENA'S VOW has extended their off-Broadway run with 20 more performances because of overwhelming demand:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122821.html
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14402
Performance dates are Nov 8-25th.
Tickets are now on sale
call 212 352 3101 or visit www.theatermania.com
For more information, please see: http://www.irenasvow.com or http://www.tovahfeldshuh.com
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2008
William Klein ’78 Writes, “Don't Do It, Rahm!” on Huffington Post
Excerpt: We were both students at Sarah Lawrence College in the mid 1970s, where we each took political science courses and dabbled in the arts. I'm also proud to say that we both launched our political careers there on the Student Senate....
For full article, please see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-klein/dont-do-it-rahm_b_139636.html
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2008
Article About Miles Coon MFA 2002 Appears in Eldercountry.com
An article about Miles Coon, MFA 2002 appears in the current (Nov. 2008) issue of Eldercountry.com, a free e-magazine. The article profiles Miles and tells about his annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, in Delray Beach, Florida.
Check out the article at
http://www.eldercountry.com/spotlight.shtml. After November, it will remain accessible indefinitely in the Archives section.
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2008
Michele Brody ’89 Announces Opening at FLATFILEgalleries
FLATFILEgalleries in November/December! On Thursday, October 30, FLATFILEgalleries will open its new shows, APPARENT HORIZON, BEYOND THE CURVE, ESPACE VERT, SEEMINGLY WEIGHTLESS, and MAN/WOMAN/CAT/DOG with a reception from 5-9pm. This will mark the first Thursday opening in the gallery’s eight and a half year history. The show will run until December 19.
Espace Vert will fill the lower gallery with an installation by guest artist Michele Brody entitled Garden Sentinels.
FLATFILEgalleries is open from 11-6, Tuesday through Saturday, or by appointment, and is a member of The Art Dealers Association of Chicago.
FLATFILEgalleries
217 N Carpenter
Chicago IL 60607
312.491.1190
info@flatfilegalleries.com
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Lewis Feibelman ’99 Announces New Web Site
Lewis Feibelman launched new web site,
http://lewisfeibelman.com/Feibelman’s work has been shown in numerous group, juried and solo exhibitions in the Boston area and in Memphis.
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Katherine Moos ’06 to Present at the APHA Annual Meeting
Katherine Moos '06 will present a poster at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego on the subject of food insecurity among indigenous Mexican migrants in California. The presentation is based on research she did while in California as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow.
Posted: Monday, October 27, 2008
Kai Jackson ’89 Announces Publication of Her Children's Book
From Kai Jackson: I just wanted to let you and the SLC community know that my children's picture book, Howard Thurman’s Great Hope was published by Lee and Low Books this month. It is illustrated by Arthur L. Dawson. The book tells the story of theologian Howard Thurman-who was an instrumental figure in the civil rights movement—and his struggle to get an education in the segregated south. So far, it’s gotten good reviews. As you can imagine, I’m very excited!
For more information, please see:
http://www.leeandlow.com/books/178/hc/howard_thurman_s_great_hope
Posted: Monday, October 27, 2008
Joelle Wallach ’67 Announces Fall 2008 Lectures
Joelle Wallach' s acclaimed Havdalah lecture series, "Bridging the Sacred and the Secular through Music -The American Songbook as Melting Pot Mosaic," continues this Fall at New York’s 92nd St. Y:
Jerome Kern on Saturday, November 22 - Rodgers & Hart on Saturday, December 13 both from 4:00 to 6:00 PM
For information and reservations, call 212-415-5500 to register or visit www.92Y.org
In December, Joelle Wallach will give five lectures on Händel’s Messiah:
The NY Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lectures at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Wednesday, December 17 - 6:30 PM
Thursday, December 18 - 6:30 PM
Friday, December 19 - 7:00 PM
Saturday, December 20 - 7:00 PM
Information and tickets available through the New York Philharmonic - 212-875-5656 or www.nyphil.org
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008
Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard ’00 Announces Next Playwrights Workshop
The next playwrights workshop will be Sunday, November 9th at 6 p.m. If you're a playwright, actor, director, producer, or just a theatre enthusiast, please join the SLC NY Metro Alumnae/i Playwrights Workshop. Please RSVP To
slcnymetro@yahoo.comfor details and location.
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
SLC Announces Its First Homecoming
Dear Alumnae and Alumni,
Sarah Lawrence’s SSSF Committee would like to welcome you back for our first Homecoming. This November 14th, at 7:30 p.m., we invite you to return to campus for the Men’s Basketball team’s first home game against Pratt Institute. This is a new event this year and is part of SSSF’s traditional Fall Fest programming. There will be student made baked goods, student performances at half-time, fundraising efforts for student scholarships, and plenty of school spirit. We certainly hope you will be able to attend this event and support student scholarships on campus,
Sincerely,
The Students for Student Scholarships Fund Committee
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Nicolette Owen ’00 Profiled in Bizbash
Raised by a family of gardeners in upstate New York, Nicolette Owen has always been surrounded by flora. "I was brought up in the garden," she says. "I learned about flowers from a very young age." After studying fine arts at Sarah Lawrence College, she embarked on a career in photography before deciding to pursue floral design.
To read the full profile on this successful florist, please see:
http://www.bizbash.com/newyork/content/editorial/e12937.php
Please see Nicolette Owen's portfolio on her web site at:
http://nicolettecamille.com/index.html
Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Brooke Ciardelli's ’87 Theatre Company Profiled
Brooke Ciardelli, a New York native who grew up in southern Vermont, founded Northern Stage in 1997 after working with the Andrew Lloyd Webber organization and the Williamstown Theatre Festival and making two feature films. Northern Stage is profiled here:
http://www.messagefortheweek.com/MSG/Story/081011-TheHistory-Boys
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Darlene Katz ’77 Profiled and Featured in Art, for Heaven's Sake Show
The Redlands United Church of Christ will host its 29th annual Art, for Heaven's Sake! show Oct. 17-19, featuring the work of alum Darlene Katz. Darlene was also profiled in an article found here:
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_N_nheaven12.47f1df5.html
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Nicolaus Mills Writes article on Huffington Post
Please check out Nicolaus Mills' recent article, "Columbus Day at Columbus Circle" in Huffington Post. You can read the full article here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolaus-mills/columbus-day-at-columbus_b_134085.html
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Emma Bolden ’02 Writes Essay on Sarah Lawrence Education
Emma Bolden recently wrote on her blog about the benefits of the educational environment at Sarah Lawrence. Read the whole essay at
http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/she-sweeps-with-many-colored-brooms/
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Susan Barash ’75 Gives interview on “Women, Lying, and the 2008 Election”
Susan Shapiro Barash teaches at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. The author of ten non-fiction books, she explores the ways in which women lead their lives and how the culture affects their behaviors and attitudes. Her most recent book, Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets: The Truth About Why Women Lie, came out in March 2008.
Recently, Susan gave an interview on "Women, Lysing, and the 2008 Election". Please read the interview at:
http://womensissues.about.com/od/commentaryon2008race/a/womenlying2008.htm
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Katharine Daniels Kurz ’95 Announces “Women as Social, Political, and Economic Agents of Change”
Women as Social, Political, and Economic Agents of Change is free and open to the public and will be held on November 6, 2008 at 7:30pm. The event is in sponsorship with Teachers College, Columbia University and will be held at Milbank Chapel, located at 525 W. 120th Street, New York, NY.
Among the speakers are Monisha Bajaj, Ed.D, Assistant Professor of Educatino in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, Leymah Roberta Gbowee is the Executive Director of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa, Gloriana Guillen is the Communications and Marketing Manager for Pro Mujer, an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of Latin American women entrepreneurs, and Nomi Prins, a journalist and Senior Fellow at Demos, a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization.
For more information about the event, please see: http://thewip.net/talk/2008/10/join_us_in_new_york_for_our_2n.html
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Ciara Gilmartin ’03 and Leslie Rosa-Stumpf ’03 Announce New Exhibition Space, Parlour
Parlour is a new nomadic exhibition space hosted each month in a different home in New York City. Its impetus is to showcase the work of contemporary artists in a unique and dynamic setting. Historically, the word "parlour" referred to a sitting room containing a family's most prized artwork, used only on weekends and special occasions. In today's parlour equivalent, the living room, artwork will be both enlivened and challenged by its surroundings.
Artists and hosts will be matched together depending on their needs and parameters. The work presented will range from pre-existing to site-specific artwork, and alternative modes of installation will be encouraged. Parlour will inhabit spaces ranging from studio apartments to houses located throughout the five boroughs. Each exhibition will be launched with an opening reception and will remain on display for one weekend by appointment only.
The first Parlour will take place from October 25-26, 2008 in the home of Bijoux Altamirano. Participating artists include Jiyoung Park and Bijoux Altamirano. An opening reception will take place on Saturday, October 25th from 6-9 PM in Brooklyn. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to parlourinfo@gmail.com. More details to follow.
Parlour was conceived by Ciara Gilmartin and Leslie Rosa-Stumpf. Both are graduates of Sarah Lawrence College. Ms. Gilmartin currently works for an NGO at the United Nations and Mrs. Rosa-Stumpf works at a contemporary art gallery in Soho, and as a freelance curator.
www.parlourdoor.com coming soon!
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Eleanor Cory ’65 Announces CD Release
"Chasing Time," Music by Eleanor Cory featuring The New York New Music Ensemble and The Atlantic String Quartet, Albany Records, Troy 1031.
"Chasing Time" for Clarinet and Piano
"Conversation" for Violin, Cello, and Piano Three Songs for Soprano and Piano (texts by James Merrill, Robert Creeley, and Marvin Bell) "Mirrors" for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano String Quartet No. 2
CD is available at http://www.albanyrecords.com and http://www.amazon.com
For more information on Eleanor Cory, please see http://www.eleanorcory.com
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Michele Brody ’89 Announces the Exhibition Celebration for Her New One Person Show
From Michele: Just a little email reminder to let you know that if you happen to be in the Philadelphia area next Sunday or would like to make a day's trip out there (hopefully the weather will be as nice as this weekend) the Exhibition Celebration for my new one person show at The Temple Judea Museum in Elkins Park will be taking place from 2 to 4 pm.
We will be screening the new video about the making of my project entitled "Entering from the Inside: The Art of Memory", serving free food from the local community in the form of Knishes, Cornbread and Kim Bab, as well as running a paper making workshop for all ages.
Looking forward to seeing you there. Please find more information attached below.
Entering from the Inside: The Art of Memory (An installation by Michele Brody)
September 19 - November 14, 2008
Celebratory Program
Sunday, October 19th
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
The Temple Judea Museum
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
8339 Old York Road
(SE corner Old York and Township Line Roads, Elkins Park, PA 19027)
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Jesse Bernstein ’04 Announces He's a New Sarajevo Resident
From Jesse Bernstein: Hi to all -- just moved to Sarajevo, after finishing my degree at the London School of Economics (LSE) in Human Rights. I now work for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Sarajevo, and so far so good, if anyone is ever in Bosnia feel free to drop me a line! x Jesse
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Susan Yankowitz ’63 Announces Staged Reading of Play, Night Sky
From Susan Yankowitz: I'm writing to invite you to what promises to be a very exciting event -- a one-time staged reading of my play, NIGHT SKY, in anticipation of an Off-Broadway run. I have a talented young director, a terrific cast (starring Laila Robins), a newly revised script and a producer (now represented off-B'way by "Irena's Vow") who is seriously interested in taking the play into a full production.
Please see http://www.susanyankowitz.com for details. Reservations -- (800) 922-4622 -- will assure you a seat but involve no obligations, although contributions to benefit the National Aphasia Association will be gratefully accepted.
NIGHT SKY, by Susan Yankowitz, directed by Daniella Topol and featuring Laila Robins, Lucy DeVito, Lia Aprile, Manu Narayan, Gerardo Rodriguez and Lee Wilkof, on October 21 at 8 P.M., Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, entrance on 25th St.
NIGHT SKY is the drama of Anna, a brilliant astronomer who is struck by a car and rendered aphasic. Her speech becomes a hodgepodge of disconnected words alternately poetic, funny, confusing and profound. She and her family must fight through the black holes of her mind and journey into an unfamiliar world and a new language. This is a work about the resiliency of the human spirit and the universal need to find words for our deepest thoughts and feelings.
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Jay Sterrenberg ’05 Documentary Premieres on HBO
From Jay Sterrenberg '05: As many of you probably know, I spent about six months last year as an editor on a film for HBO called Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery. It chronicles four passing months in the section of Arlington where many soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried. The film is a patient tribute to the families and loved ones left behind by the war and it is finally set to premiere on HBO next Monday, Oct. 13 at 9pm. If you or a friend has HBO please check it out and encourage friends and family to as well.
You can read an article about the film in today's New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/arts/television/11sect.html
And watch a trailer on the HBO website:
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/section60/index.html
My role as an editor was to watch through each of the more than 200 tapes shot in the cemetery and it wasn't easy spending so much time watching these families deal with their grief on screen over and over again. The final film is of course just a fraction of what I saw in all the raw footage, but it is enough to give a strong sense of what these families (and anyone who has lost loved ones and children) are going through.
As part of the filmmaking team, it was my job to bear the burden of all these stories. As millions of people watch next Monday and the grief is shared around the country and beyond, I hope it will do wonders for the families who opened their hearts for the film as well as for the national consciousness of the cost of war.
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Erica Abeel ’58 Reads from and Signs New Novel Conscience Point
This is Erica's fifth book, coming on the heels of Women Like Us and Only When I Laugh. Erica has a couple of events coming up to support the publication of her book. The information follows.
November 12th, 8 p.m. reading and signing
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, New York 10003
Contact: Johanna Garfield
Phone: 212-475-3424
Email: jogarfield@aol.com
October 29th, at 7:30 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village
396 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10011
Contact: Donna Rauch
Phone: 212-674-4679
Email: crm2017@bn.com
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Libby Emmons ’97 Announces Sticky!, A Night for Young Playwrights, Actors, and Directors
Plays by New York's top young playwrights, actors and directors,
featured in 2 nights of theater's hottest party
Blue Box Productions presents
Sticky
10-minute bar plays & music
Bowery Poetry Club,
308 Bowery between Houston & Bleecker
Friday, Halloween, 10/31 @ 7 pm
Saturday, All Saints Day, 11/01 @ 8 pm
$8 at the door
www.blueboxproductions.net
www.bowerypoetry.com
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Kathy Westwater MFA 2001 Announces Premiere of Play, Macho
"Westwater reminds us that we are irrevocably connected, not merely biologically but also psychologically, to that original ooze and the blunt impulses that lay within it."
--Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice
In "Macho", four isolated characters, Happy, Strange, Big Freak, and Anybody each simultaneously navigate what author Elaine Scarry describes as the "unmaking" of the individual's world through pain and the "remaking" of it through acts of creativity. "Macho" is the fourth and final part of the serial melodrama "Dark Matter." It confronts the darkest matter yet -- the inescapability of the dual states of pleasure and pain. Choreographer Kathy Westwater; composer Peter Kirn; art director Seung Jae Lee; dramaturg Dan Hurlin; text consultant Rebecca Johnson; performers Abby Block, Ursula Eagly, Megan Flynn, and Aaron Mattocks .
Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 3:00pm
at 92 Y Harkness Center for Dance
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
$10.00
Seating is limited. To buy tickets in advance go to:
http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?category=Programs+%2D+Dance+Performances888Sundays+At+Three%85%2E+Dance+Previews888&productid=T%2DDP5ST01
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008
Elana Bell ’99, MFA ’08 Performs at louderARTS: The Reading Series
A long-time contributor to the louderARTS project, Elana’s poems have appeared in Words and Images Magazine, Houston Poetry Festival Journal, Parse, Clamor, and Poetz.com. She has published two chapbooks: Dreaming of Doorways and Name Carvings. Elana was selected as the winner of the 2004 Stephen Dunn Poetry Award. She has been a featured poet at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Hunter College, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Wow Cafe Theater, Cornelia Street Cafe, and the Bronx Council on the Arts First Wednesday Series. Elana serves as the writer-in-residence for the Bronx Academy of Letters.
Open Slam is a weekly poetry slam/open mic @ Bar 13/Lounge, 35 E. 13th Street (corner of 13th and University, 2nd floor), Mondays at 7 p.m.
For more information at http://www.louderarts.com
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Lisa Anderson ’72 Joins the American University in Cairo as Provost
Lisa Anderson, a renowned specialist on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa and the former dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), will be responsible for shaping and implementing AUC's academic vision and continuing to build the size and quality of its faculty. She does so as Egypt faces increasing competition from the Gulf states for the title of the Arab world's clear education leader. The majority of Anderson's academic research has been focused on state formation and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa. She has written and edited a number of critically acclaimed books including
The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, The Origins of Arab Nationalism, and Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and Public Policy in the Twenty-first Century.
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Judith Roitman ’66 Featured in the Ad Astra Poetry Project
Judith is a poet, a mathematics professor at the University of Kansas, the Guiding Teacher at the Kansas Zen Center and an active member of the Jewish community in Lawrence. These multiple roles inform her writing, which includes various journals, including First Intensity, Black Spring, Locus Point (on the web), Bird Dog, and Wakarusa Wetlands in Word & Image. The Ad Astra Poetry Project is part of the commitment to the state of Kansas by its current poet laureate, Denise Low. It is meant to share an enthusiasm for historic and contemporary poets who reside or have resided in Kansas for a substantial part of their lives. Judith’s poem, As A Leaf, was featured in the September 29th column.
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Photographer Lorena Endara ’06 showcases The Pan-American Dream
Lorena's passion for photography is directly linked to her love for travel and commitment to social justice. With
The Pan-American Dream, she has turned her camera on her country of origin, Panama, and in the process dissected its complex identity to reveal the tensions between past and present, old and new through juxtapositions of different types of architecture and the fragile relationship between urban jungles and natural havens. Lorena's artwork has been featured in a number of solo and group shows, the latest one being at the Barbara Walters Gallery in Bronxville, New York. In addition, Lorena is the founder and director of a non-profit organization,
Fundacion Imaginer, dedicated to promoting contemporary art from Latin America.
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Yukiji Fujimoto ’03 Publishes First Author Paper in Protein Science
"Computational models explain the oligosaccharide specificity of cyanovirin-N" appeared as an advance online article on September 22, 2008. Advance online articles have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet appeared in the paper journal. They are citable and establish publication priority. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence, Yukiji worked as a research technician at the Hospital for Special Surgery. During this time she contributed to several articles and spoke at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society and the 8th International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues. She is currently a doctoral student in chemistry at SUNY Stony Brook.
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Molly Caldwell ’95 Made the Final Table at the 4th Annual MS WPT NL Texas Hold'em Charity Event
From Molly Caldwell: The 4th Annual No Limit Texas Hold'em Charity Tournament to Benefit MS present by World Poker Tour Events held in NYC September 17th, 2008. Hosted by MS Hope for a Cure. I made the final table and came in 7th out of 175 players!
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Adam Tenner ’90 Fights for Quality Sex Ed in Washington, DC
Adam Tenner, executive director of Metro TeenAIDS in Washington, DC announced that his organization released a groundbreaking poll on DC parents' attitudes about HIV and comprehensive sex education in DC schools.
Washington, DC has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS of any American city. Tenner and Metro TeenAIDS previously led the effort to ensure passage of new "Health Learning Standards" which include a seeping improvement of HIV education.
The report can be found at www.metroteenaids.org
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Denise Hart MFA ’99 Announces Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Campaign
Hiding abuse hurts everyone. Let your voice be heard.
Created by MFA 1999 grad Denise Hart, founder of Words to Live By Tees (www.wordstolivebytees.com), The B. The Revolution End Abuse campaign hosts events and fundraisers on college campuses to help advocacy partners increase awareness and to end Domestic Violence. Their 2008 advocacy partner is the non-profit organization, My Sisters Place Inc. DC, (www.mysistersplacedc.org) , which is the only shelter in the DC area that exclusively focuses on the needs of battered women and their children. Oct. 23rd, My Sisters will break ground on a new 300 bed facility in DC. All donations will go towards helping in this effort. Join Denise in becoming a financial volunteer, by donating $15 to the campaign. All donations are made directly to My Sisters Place DC. Visit www.btherevolution.com to support today. You can also support the campaign by purchasing an advocacy tee shirt at www.wordstolivebytees.com. 3% of WTLB's annual profits are donated to My Sisters Place. No matter how big or small each of us has the power to do something that helps us all.
B. The Revolution End Abuse
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Amanda D'Amico ’04 Announces Hybrid Book Conference
The University of the Arts will be hosting The Hybrid Book: Intersection + Intermedia, and international Artists' Books conference and Fair exploring the multi-faceted nature of the artist's book as a medium in which design, fine arts, craft, language, and new technologies combine, compete, and intersect. Organized by SLC alum Amanda D'Amico ('04), the conference will be accompanied by a fair, free and open to the public, showcasing traditional and experimental bookworks by established and emerging artists. For more information about speakers, or to register, visit www.hybridbook.org.
The Hybrid Book Conference will take place June 4-6, 2009 at 320 Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Lauren Gonzalez ’06 Announces Book Launch Party/Reading for Submerged: Tales from the Basin
Join the Park Slope Community Bookstore (at 143 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215) in celebrating the recent launch of Lauren Gonzalez's book,
Submerged: Tales From the Basin, a collection of essays, stories, poems, and art created by 30 women to benefit survivors of hurricane Katrina. The event will include readings from the book (which features more than a dozen Sarah Lawrence MFA writing alumnae), music, and New Orleans style food and drink! Join us on October 28th, at 7 p.m. No RSVP required and the event is FREE. For more on
Submerged:
http://www.stepsisterpress.com/Submerged_presskit_about.html
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Jane Meryll ’96 Announces StageFright Solutions
StageFright Solutions(TM) invites you to experience transformation in a single day-long workshop. Don't be paralyzed by your own analysis. Let our gentle program teach you to let go of your fears in six (6) simple steps. Stay in the powerful solutions we provide to maximize your clarity, craft, and passion in performance excellence.
WHERE: Studio Ripley-Grier, 520 8th Avenue, (35/36 St)
212.643.9985
www.newyorkspaces.com WHEN: Saturday, October 11, 2008
TIME: 10 am - 5 pm (1 hr lunch)
PREP: Bring 3-5 minute version of your skill/craft
Prepare a 3-5 minute performance of what you do - sell, sing, dance, teach, act, market, or give speeches. As long as you come ready to perform, we will do the rest.
TO REGISTER:
1. Go To
www.stagefrightsolutions.com 2. Method of payment - Check/Cash, PayPal
3. Email us at
info@stagefrightsolutions.com for forms and instructions.
For more information, please see
http://www.stagefrightsolutions.com
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Charles Fink ’81 Appointed Board Member at BSA Satellink
Charles has been an executive and producer of entertainment and new media since 1985, creating and launching new brands for Disney, AOL, and American Greetings. He started his career in the Animation Division of Walt Disney Pictures, where he rose to the position of Vice-President, Creative Affairs. During this time he was responsible for the development of live-action and animated motion pictures, including "Beauty and The Beast", "Aladdin", and "The Lion King", which was based on his original idea.
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Stephen Fife ’77 Announces Premiere of His Play
Stealfire Productions announces the world premiere of Savage World, a play by Stephen Fife ’77, at The Met Theatre in Los Angeles
In 1975, Sol Eisner was a young journalist determined to prove the innocence of the African-American boxer Calvin "Savage" James, convicted of killing a Jewish couple during the riots in Newark. The outcome of his quest was so life-shattering that 30 years later Sol and his family are still reeling from the effects.
The Met Theatre
1089 North Oxford
Hollywood, 90029
October 17 - November 23
Sundays at 3
Reservations 323-960-7788
Opening Night Friday, October 17, at 8pm. Runs Fridays, Saturdays, at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm.
Tickets: $15, Previews: $20. Discounts for Students and Seniors. For reservations, call 323.960.7788.
For more information, please see http://www.plays411.com/savageworld
(The "Savage World" graphic was created especially for this production by Shane Guffogg, husband of Martha Gehman, SLC '77, and founder of the Pharmaka Artists Group.)
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Adam Distenfeld ’85 Announces Gallery Show, “Water and Rock”
Adam Distenfeld announces his new show, "Water and Rock". This exhibit will take place at the Union Gallery, located at 62 Walker Street, New York City, NY 10013. For more information, please see:
http://www.theuniongallery.com
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2008
Rebecca Keeling ’04 Appointed Prisoners' Rights Paralegal at the Austin Office of the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP)
Rebecca will be the only paralegal on a team with two TCRP attorneys working full-time on prisoner rights in county jails, state prisons, and private facilities in the entire state of Texas. Prior to new position she was involved with the Texas death penalty abolition movement and with Books Through Bars, a program for people in jail. She founded $pread Magazine and spent the last five years as Editor-in-Chief.
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008
Abena Koomson ’96 in “Fela!”
Fela! showcases the world of human rights activist, political maverick and pioneering Afrobeat musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Abena Koomson '96 plays Fela’s mother, Funmilayo, an internationally recognized feminist leader, who died tragically in 1977 as the result of injuries sustained during a government-sanctioned attack on her home. Ben Brantley calls Abena’s performance “heavenly voiced”. More information at
http://www.felaoffbroadway.com
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008
Ann Barnet Seeks Literary Agent / Publisher for Her Memoir, “Border Crossings: A Spiritual Journey in Medicine”
Ann Barnet is looking for an agent or publisher for her memoir, "Border Crossings: A Spiritual Journey in Medicine". Please see an excerpt from the book that will appear in the Fall, 2008 Sarah Lawrence Magazine, "The Cosmic Spark". She has also shared an article drawn from the book that was in last winter's Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin
Read both of these articles here.
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008
Karen Bell MFA 1980 Named Associate Vice President for Arts Outreach at The Ohio State University's College of the Arts
Karen joined the faculty in 1980 and served as dean of the College of the Arts from 2002-2008. A well-known choreographer and performer, she was instrumental to the creation of the OSU Urban Arts Space, a gallery and alternative performance venue in downtown Columbus. The Urban Arts Space is among Ohio State's most visible university-community connections and has become a statewide center for artistic activity and launching pad for OSU students. As Associate Vice President, Karen will be responsible for further expanding Ohio State's community arts presence and broadening the university's national visibility as a leader in arts outreach.
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Aaron Lindenbaum ’08 Appointed Account Coordinator at Rasky Baerlein
Aaron will conduct research and develop and execute strategic communications plans for the energy and environment practice group at Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, one of New England’s largest independent full-service communications companies. While a student at Sarah Lawrence, Aaron served as a special assistant in the Yonkers City Council President’s Office, collaborating with grassroots activists and elected officials to transform environmental initiatives into legislation. “Aaron’s experience at the intersection of energy, environment, and government relations make him a valuable addition to our firm,” said Joe Baerlein, President of Rasky Baerlein.
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Kay Chernush ’66 Shares Her Hand-Made Artist's Book
Kay Chernush is one of six artists in "Uncommon Beauty," an exhibition that peels away taboos and biases to tackle the underpinnings of desire and self-worth. Her series of self-portraits grew out of the need to transform, rather than document, illness and disfigurement -- to re-imagine beauty. Her work reveals the tension between the loss of physical adornment, or beauty, and the desire for existential beauty, which is life.
Kay's hand-made artist's book, Self Examination, adds words to her images. The book has metal covers and comes in a brushed aluminum box, in an edition of 20. It is available on her website: www.kaychernush.com
The exhibition runs from Oct 3 - Dec 13, 2008 at the Ellipse Arts Center, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22203. Kay will be speaking with performance artist Mary Coble on October 16, 7-9 PM, on the subject of "Personal Identity and the Disjunction of Public Perception."
You can download the book here.
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Rob Decina ’94 of Guiding Light Now Directing Episodes
Rob, who holds a MFA in directing from Sarah Lawrence College, is now directing episodes of the long running daytime series. He also just scheduled some new dates for his popular intensive here at TVI New York.
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008
Stacey Kent ’88 Invites You to An Evening for Breast Cancer Awareness
Dear Friends,
In Spring 2007, while in the studio recording my last album, Breakfast On The Morning Tram, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thanks to early diagnosis and the care and support of the doctors and nurses of the Barnet Breast Unit, I am now healthy and cancer free and have been able to continue with what I love doing most, making music.
Breast cancer affects 1 in 7 women and touches the lives of many, many more. To raise awareness of this disease and to raise money for breast cancer charities, including the Barnet Breast Unit Fund, Breast Cancer Care and Breakthrough Breast Cancer,* I am giving a concert at IndigO2 in Greenwich, London on October 13th 2008.* All of the profits from this concert will go to these charities.
I hope that you can support these charities by joining me and my band for this special concert as part of 'Breast Cancer Awareness Month'.
I appreciate that many of you live too far away to get to London for this concert but if you could help spread the word, I would be grateful.
*"...she has charm to burn, a smile that could give you hope in February and sings like nobody's business."* --* WALL STREET JOURNAL*
Stacey Kent Live @ Indigo2 13th October 2008 Millenium Way Greenwich SE10 0AX t 0844 844 0002
www.theindigo2.com
tickets from £10 - £40
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
www.staceykent.com
With Love,
Stacey
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Judith Steinberg ’62 Invites You to a Studio Tour
Judith Steinberg is participating in a studio tour sponsored by the Silvermine Guild Arts Center the weekend of September 27th and 28th. Her studio will be open on Sunday, the 28th and she hopes you can stop by.
For more information on the studio tour and participating artists, or to purchase advance tickets, call the Silvermine Gallery at 203-966-9700 ext. 20 or visit their website at http://www.silvermineart.org
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard ’00 Announces Next Playwrights Workshop
The next playwrights workshop will be Sunday, October 5th at 6 p.m. If you're a playwright, actor, director, producer, or just a theatre enthusiast, please join the SLC NY Metro Alumnae/i Playwrights Workshop. Please RSVP To
slcnymetro@yahoo.comfor details and location.
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Scott Lehrer ’77 Received a Tony Award
Scott Lehrer '77 received a Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical for the current Lincoln Center revival of South Pacific. He also won a Drama Desk award for Outstanding Sound Design for South Pacific. For more information on Scott’s work and studio, please visit
www.scottlehrersound.com
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Joe Cervelin ’02 Featured in Litquake
Joe Cervelin featured in Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival. For more information on Litquake, please see:
http://www.litquake.org/authors/cervelin-joe/
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Erica Kennedy ’92 Profiled on What Women Want Blog
Alum Erica Kennedy was recently profiled on the blog, What Women Want. What Women Want is a "one-stop-shop for women looking to be everything that they dream to be... cool ladies, cool posts, cool events".
To read the full profile, please see: http://ilovewhatwomenwant.blogspot.com/2008/09/erica-kennedy-woman-with-story.html
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Libby Emmons ’97 Announces Sticky!, A Night for Young Playwrights, Actors, and Directors
Plays by New York's top young playwrights, actors and directors,
featured in 2 nights of theater's hottest party
Blue Box Productions presents
Sticky
10-minute bar plays & music
Bowery Poetry Club,
308 Bowery between Houston & Bleecker
Saturday 09/13 @ 8 pm
Friday 09/19 @ 7 pm
$8 at the door
www.blueboxproductions.net
www.bowerypoetry.com
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Join Other SLC Alums to See Tovah Feldshuh ’70 in Irena's Vow
Join other SLC alumnae/i to see Tovah Feldshuh '70 in Irena's Vow on Friday, October 17th at 8 PM at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (Engleman Recital Hall & Nagelberg Theatre) 55 Lexington Avenue. For information and tickets go to http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/145334. Ticket purchase is on an individual basis and availability is limited.
Please let Tiffany Dugan '92 know if you'll be coming so we can let Tovah know fellow alumnae/i are in the house! If you're interested in gathering for a pre-theatre nosh, contact Tiffany at TLDLTD@aol.com.
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Mira J. Spektor ’50 Announces Chamber Opera Performances
Mira J. Spektor's chamber opera, VILLA DIODATI, will get 6 performances Sept. 22 through October 6.
VILLA DIODATI -
A time trip to the Swiss lakeside Villa where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein...
A Chamber Opera about summer rentals, death, love & premonitions in 1998 & 1816!
Contact: mirajspektor@earthlink.net - Tel 212-362-2277
Mira J. Spektor 262 Central Park West NYC 10024
VILLA DIODATI, an official selection of the NEW YORK MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL 2008,
is the only Chamber Opera included in this year's Festival!
45th STREET THEATER - 354 WEST 45TH STREET (Between 8th & 9th Ave)
Reservations: 212-352-3101 - Tickets $20
Monday September 22 at 8pm, Tuesday September 23 at 1pm, Saturday September 27 at 4:30pm
Wednesday October 1 at 8pm, Friday October 3 at 4:30, Saturday October 4 at 8pm
VILLA DIODATI
Music by MIRA J. SPEKTOR & Lyrics by COLETTE INEZ
Book by Colette Inez & Mira J.Spektor
Additional lyrics by Byron, Shelley, Spektor & Wordsworth
Music Director: THOMAS CARLO BO
Stage Director: ROB URBINATI -
Production Consultant: JUDY GORDON
With: SARAH ARIKIAN, MARK CAMPBELL, ELIZABETH CHERRY,
LAUREN HAUSER, NALINA MANN, SAL SABELLA, BRIAN WILSON
Underwritten in part by BookHampton - Booksellers
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Upcoming Film Based on Amanda Foreman's ’91 Novel
The upcoming film "The Duchess" with Keira Knightly is based on a book from SLC alum Amanda Foreman.
You can check out more information on the book at amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/Duchess-Amanda-Foreman/dp/0812979699
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Unimac Financial Names Rob Sternau ’79 Sales and Marketing VP
Unimac Financial, Inc., the high-quality financial and commercial printer in northern New Jersey, today proudly announced that seasoned industry veteran Rob Sternau has joined their management team in the newly created position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
For a full profile on Mr. Sternau, please see: http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6592008.html?industryid=47572&
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Madeline Silber ’83 Announces Painting in Recent Acquisitions 2004-2008 Exhibition
From Madeline Silber: My painting Whisper is included in the exhibition Recent Acquisitions 2004-2008 at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute Museum of Art. Exhibition dates: August 23, 2008- January 4, 2009.
For more information on the museum please visit http://mwpai.org/museum/
If you're in Utica this fall I hope you'll get a chance to see the show.
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Maiysha Kai Simpson ’97 Announces New Music Video
Maiysha Kai Simpson, who just released her first album, "This Much is True" on August 26th, has announced a new music video for her single "Wanna Be". (She actually shot this video at the Sarah Lawrence sound stage this past July.)
You can see the video by visiting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjZllZlV1LA
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Jacqueline Schlossman ’00 Announces Exhibit at Stripeman Gallery
Jacqueline Schlossman '00 is a photographer whose work focuses on landscape and its relevance to art history, architecture, politics and the environment. She teaches at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and co-directs MICA's intensive photography workshop in Paris. Jacqueline has exhibited her work internationally and has an article and new portfolio that will appear in Monu Urban Magazine this fall.
Works from her ongoing golf course landscape series and comparative studies of New Orleans sites along Tchoutitoulas Street will be shown at Stripeman Gallery, 97 North 3rd Street in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood. The exhibit opens September 19 from 5 - 7 PM and will run to October 5, 2008. There will be a special "After Hours" Fall Kick Off on September 12th when the gallery will be open until 11 PM.
More information on the exhibit may be found at http://www.stripemangallery.com/Home.html
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Sharon Hom ’74 announces Release of Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change
The paperback edition of Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change, edited by Sharon Hom '74 and Stacy Mosher has just been . Whatever our memories of the Beijing Olympics, they will be placed in perspective by this fascinating and complex insiders' portrait of contemporary life inside China. Publisher's Weekly says the book, written by dissidents, activists, and journalists, is a "forceful and timely corrective". Often fascinating and eloquent, it "paints a vivid portrait of the challenges facing China and the world as its nearly 1.4 billion citizens increasingly lay claim to basic human rights." Sharon Hom is the Executive Director of Human Rights in China (HRIC), an international nongovernmental organization founded by Chinese scientists and scholars to promote universally recognized human rights in the People’s Republic of China. Further information can be found at
http://www.hrichina.org/public/index
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Shqipe Malushi ’85 Receives Paul Harris Fellow Award
Shqipe Malushi '85 was recently awarded a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of the Bronx for her courageous work in Afghanistan. For the past two years Malushi has run a leadership training program in Kabul. When she arrived, she found that women had no rights, people had no concept of democracy, were afraid of the western world, but hungered for knowledge. She met people who had forgotten how to laugh and who had no hope or dreams. Her work has given them the ability to change their lives and have hope, but her greatest pleasure is the smiles on the "after" photos of her graduates. Shqipe says that the hardship conditions and great personal risk have all been worth it because Afghanistan is at the center of South Asia and needs stabilization
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Filmmaker Rene Alberta ’95 Presents Screenplay Reading
Filmmaker Rene Alberta’s company, A Mental Picture, will be staging a one night only screenplay reading of the Sundance Film Festival, award-winning, politically charged thriller, This Land.
Andre Royo of HBO’s seminal drama The Wire, produces in association with American Film Institute and American Motion Picture Society award-winning producer Daniel Sollinger (The Alphabet Killer, Day Zero, Rhyme & Reason). The cast includes Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield). Casting services provided by Sig De Miguel (The Good Shepherd, United 93, The Cooler, and Premium) and Stephen Vincent (The Insider, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor) of Palm Star Entertainment.
Wednesday August 27th at 8:00 P.M
Cherry Lane Theater
38 Commerce Street
Reception sponsored by RAYMOND HILL VINEYARDS and ILE de BASQUE Specialty Cheese purveyors
Reservations can be made via phone at (212) 340-1325 or by emailing kmfellows@socal.rr.com.
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
“Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head” (’57) Exhibition Featured at Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Inside the Kunsthalle, visitors will experience three floors of sculptures, paintings, drawings, photographs, films, and sound installations. An interview with the artist, filmed in Bielefeld, will accompany the exhibition. One of the earliest works is Cough Piece, first written down in 1961; and Keep Coughing a Year, a sound installation featuring the artist’s cough and other sounds, will be heard in dark rooms. Laughing and coughing were important anchors in Ono’s work at the time she began creating conceptual art: they considerably expand the sense of time during a performance. In the entrance to the Kunsthalle is Play It by Trust, a chess game that has been set up several times in various places since 1966. Morning Beams, consisting of one hundred nylon threads running throughout all of the floors of the Kunsthalle, illuminates the twelve-meter-high staircase. Since the mid-1990s, Ono has been working with ink on paper, and the show will feature a drawing called Franklin Summer. Other pieces in the exhibition include a labyrinth made of Plexiglas, titled Amaze; the famous film Fly, showing a fly on a woman’s body in a six-part installation; and a participatory piece, My Mommy is Beautiful, in which visitors are invited to put photographs and other thoughts of their mothers onto the bare canvas of the work, or other feelings that they themselves write.
Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head will be accompanied by an exhibition catalogue. To celebrate the re-opening of the sculpture park on September 27, 2008, at 6 p.m., the work Golden Ladder, made in Bielefeld at Ono’s behest, will be installed on a temporary basis.
Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head will run until 16 November, 2008, and is sponsored by the Kulturstiftung Pro Bielefeld.
For a full profile in ArtDaily, please see:
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_new=25698&int_sec=2
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
Maiysha Kai ’97 Profiled in Kimpods.com
Maiysha Kai (Born April 16, 1978) is a Progressive/ Soul/ R & B/ recording artists. Her first album “This Much is True” will be released August 26, 2008. Produced by Scott Jacoby, her first album features 12 all new tracks and a cover of Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer”. The album also features a duet with Martin Luther who starred in 2007’s Across The Universe.
Originally from the mid-west, Maiysha went to Sarah Lawrence College where she studied vocal performance as well as creative writing and race and gender studies After graduating, Maisyha moved to New York City to teach a a private school in Manhattan. She also was signed to Ford Models.
“This Much is True” is the first release on the UFO/ Ryko-distributed Eusonia label. Maiysha’s first single off the album, “Wannabe,” was released to iTunes on June 24. The upcoming album is highly anticipated, and Maiysha has already been featured in USA Today, Newsweek, and TV Guide.
For the full profile, please see: http://kimpods.com/2008/08/25/maiysha-this-much-is-true/
Download Maiyasha's "This Much is True" at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CQRZ8S9H
For more on Maiysha, please see: http://www.maiysha.com/
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
Shirley Chesney ’52 Invites You to Participate in World Peace Day and the Obama Campaign
Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and nations to create practical acts of peace. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982. In 2002, the UN General Assembly declared September 21 as the permanent date. Any alumnae/i interested in finding out more about Peace Day -- or presenting a creative event -- should contact Shirley Chesney, at chesneyshirley@yahoo.com
Shirley would also like to hear from alumnae/i interested in getting involved in the Obama Campaign by doing arts projects and/or entertaining in areas where people need to be reached by creative means, such as hosting parties for head start, single mothers, and people devastated by environmental and economics catastrophes. Shirley writes, “We need funds to equip mobile units near voting sites with entertainers and children play materials so families can vote. We also need jazz mobiles, country and folk musicians and bluesmen and women to sing the blues for a troubled country while we hope for a new beginning -- to reclaim a just and decent new start for this country and the world.”
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
Lisa Thaler's ’84 Book, Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin, Praised by Chicago Tribune
Lisa Thaler's book just received a glowing review in the Chicago Tribune. To read the full review, please see:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/chi-lisa-thaler-16aug16,0,3433494.story
Look Up is available on Amazon (www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1877675687). Several customer reviews are posted, and your review is welcome there, too!
Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Agamemnon Otero ’01 Announces New Exhibition: ‘Color, Shape and Form’
From Agamemnon Otero: I am holding a solo show in Brunswick, Maine at the Bayview Gallery (58 Maine Street, Brunswick, Maine 04011 at http://www.bayviewgallery.com) from September 12th to October 4th, 2008. All are welcome at the exhibition's opening: 5pm - 8pm, Friday 12th September, which will coincide with Brunswick's Art Walk. Hope you can make it. Please feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone you think may be interested in attending.
STOP PRESS! My website has been rebuilt. Please click on the link to view:
http://www.agamemnonotero.com
Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tovah Feldshuh Announces New Play, Irena's Vow
From Tovah Feldshuh: I hope you can join me at this next wonderful play that I am doing in New York City. IRENA'S VOW by Dan Gordon---traces the true story of Polish Christian Rescuer IRENA GUT OPDYKE during WWII. It is a searing testament to the bravery of the righteous souls who chose to risk their lives to save the Jewish people from certain death under the 3rd Reich. We open Sept 7 at the theatre where Spring Awakening began: the Nagelberg Theatre at Baruch Performing Arts Center,entrance on 24th Street between Lex and 3rd.... Theatermania.com is where you purchase tickets under the Off- Broadway listings.
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/145334
The new drama will mark Ms. Feldshuh's first New York stage appearance since her triumphant (and Tony Award-nominated) turn in Golda's Balcony (Broadway's longest-running one-woman show). Michael Parva will direct. Irena's Vow, which is being presented by The Directors Company in association with Power Productions & The Polish Cultural Institute, is an Invictus Theatre Company World premiere. Opening night is set for Monday, September 22nd at 7 p.m. (The engagement continues through November 2nd.)
Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Rosellen Scaglione Otrakji ’81 Announces Two River Film Festival
Rosellen Scaglione Otrakji '81 is the CEO and founder of
Two River Film Festival, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the best of American and world cinema and film-related programs to Monmouth County residents and students. "It was established to address a crucial need in our community for cultural programming and the funding to support it," says Rosellen. "Funding cuts in the arts and education have made private involvement more important than ever before." TRFF provides a wide range of educational, diversity, and volunteer outreach opportunities through its partnership with Monmouth University. More information can be found at
www.tworiverfilmfestival.com
Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Alexandra Avakian ’83 Documents 17 Years of Photographing Muslims Around the Globe
WASHINGTON (Aug. 15, 2008)In a riveting personal memoir illustrated with stunning images that she risked her life to capture, renowned photojournalist Alexandra Avakian shares the challenges, insights and rewards of nearly two decades of photographing the lives of Muslims around the world in a new book from National Geographic, WINDOWS OF THE SOUL: My Journeys in the Muslim World (National Geographic Focal Point; ISBN 978-1-4262-0320-6; Sept. 30, 2008; $40).
The book is the first title in National Geographic Books new Focal Point imprint, which draws on National Geographic's legendary photographic archive of more than 10 million images and the work of distinguished photographers around the world. The imprint will present the finest in documentary photography past and present, and monographs will celebrate individual photographers' unique style, vision and skill.
Avakian's work has taken her to countries torn apart by poverty, repression and conflict, and she has captured some of the most important stories of our time. Brought up by a show business family in Manhattan, N.Y., and Malibu, Calif., she lived for two years in Gaza, often in Islamic dress, shot at by Israeli soldiers and beaten by Hamas. She faced down murderous militias with loaded guns in Somalia, where death can come at any time, over nothing at all. She traveled extensively with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who called her "troublemaker" and "dictator," yet gave her unprecedented access. She spent eight weeks gaining entry to the inner circles of Hezbollah, the highly secretive organization that maintains one of the world's most disciplined guerrilla armies. She pursued her Armenian roots in Iran and documented Muslim culture in the United States, discovering vibrant cultures where Middle Eastern and Middle American qualities blend. She admits feeling fear in some situations, but that paled against her desire to record the human struggle for freedom and the willingness of people to risk their lives to gain it.
Going beyond the brief news reports that most of us see, Avakian shares a richer, wider view of the Muslim world through her extraordinary storytelling and photographs, which will captivate, educate and linger with her readers.
A member of the prestigious Contact Press Images photo agency in New York, Avakian has been a top photojournalist since 1984. Her work has been published in National Geographic, Time, The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. She lives near Washington, D.C.
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
Denise J. Hart, MFA 1999 Announces New Positive Message Tee Company - Words to Live By Tees
Denise J. Hart, MFA theatre grad class of 1999, has created a unique positive message tee shirt company - Words to Live By "tees with a positive vibe embracing change!" Hart, a 5 year breast cancer survivor founded the company after her mother lost her life to the same breast cancer Denise had survived. Moved to create something that reflects her mother's zest for life, Words to Live By was born.
The tees are adorned with inspiring messages encouraging women to live life courageously and to always pursue their dreams. Denise welcomes you to join the Words to Live By community at www.wordstolivebytees.com.
The net profits of Words to Live By are contributed to life changing efforts in the prevention of violence. In fall 2008 Denise will launch the "B. the Revolution Project" to help effect change in the world through eliminating Domestic Violence. During Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) Words to Live By also donates its empowering affirmative tees to encourage women and children. In addition, 3% of the company’s annual profits are contributed to Domestic Violence prevention advocacy partners nationwide.
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
Justine Davies ’06 Featured in the Catholic Review for Participation in Operation TEACH
After graduation from Sarah Lawrence College, Justine Davies spent a year as a Lasallian Volunteer in Oakland, California, tutoring and teaching, while living in a religious community. After her year of volunteer work, she joined Operation TEACH (Teachers Enlisted to Advance Catholic Heritage) in Baltimore, Maryland. As part of this program she lives in a former convent with seven other volunteer teachers and is obtaining her Masters of Teaching at the College of Notre Dame. Operation TEACH covers the cost of tuition and books while teachers pursue their master degrees and teach in the Baltimore Archdiocese. To learn more read the full article in the Catholic Review, page A17:
http://www.catholicepaper.net/eeusers/catholicreview/
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008
Leslie Morgenstein ’89 to participate TechCrunch50 Conference Panel
TechCrunch50 Panel will launch 50 new startups and products during its three day conference at the San Francisco Design Center on September 8-10, 2008. This year's event will feature a new panel entitled "Hollywood Goes Silicon Valley." In partnership with Creative Artists Agency, the panel will showcase the efforts of entertainment luminaries who are creating content exclusively for the Web, and embracing new technologies in all aspects of their production, marketing and distribution of commercial entertainment properties. The panel will include Leslie Morgenstein, president of Alloy Entertainment. Leslie Morgenstein has served as president of Alloy Entertainment and its predecessor, 17th Street Productions, Inc., since 1999, overseeing the company’s operations, strategy, and creative mission. He produces or executive produces Alloy Entertainment’s television and feature film projects, including The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants feature films and the CW series Gossip Girl.
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Phillis Levin ’76 Announces Book Publication
Penguin Press recently published the fourth book of poems,
May Day, by Phillis Levin '76. In addition to numerous other volumes of poetry, Phillis is the editor of
The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English. She is the recipient of many honors, including a Fulbright Scholarship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2007 she was awarded a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts to work on her next book of poems.
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Joan Barkhausen Grubin '67 Awarded a 2008 Fellowship in Painting by the New York Foundation of the Arts
Joan Barkhausen Grubin '67 has been awarded a 2008 Fellowship in Painting by the New York Foundation of the Arts. Fellows are selected by peer panels, which are assembled according to each artistic discipline. The state wide competition attracted more than 4,500 applicants this year in the fields of architecture, choreography, musical composition, fiction writing, painting, photography, playwriting/screenwriting and video artistry. One of Joan's most recent pieces, "Nine Square: Chicago", was commissioned by the Bluhm Legal Clinic of Northwestern Law School. Her work can be seen on her website www.joangrubin.com
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Kelly Braffett ’98 Reads from New Anthology of Superhero Stories on August 28th
Hear three of today’s best young writers — Owen King, Kelly Braffet, and David Yoo — read from a new anthology of superhero stories at Riverrun Bookstore on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m.
Also, dress up like your own original superhero for the reading & be eligible to win a fun prize!
Co-editor and contributor Owen King (also Stephen King’s son), and authors Kelly Braffet and David Yoo will be at RiverRun, 20 Congress St., Portsmouth, to read from the new anthology of original superhero stories, "Who Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories."
For a full article on this event, please see: http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080811/ENTERTAIN/80811022&emailAFriend=1
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sanaa Hamri ’96 Directs The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, directed by Sanaa Hamri '96, premiered in New York City on July 28, 2008 and opened across the nation on August 6, 2008. Sanaa was a huge fan of the first movie and loved the book series by Ann Brashares. She knew directing the film would be a perfect fit for her since it has a fresh perspective on friendship between young women, something that Hollywood doesn’t often air, and she always likes being on the cutting edge. Moviegoers seem to agree. Box office returns over opening weekend placed the film solidly in fourth rank.
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Tamara Gayer ’93 Announces Memorial for Michael “Bo” Bowman ’93
Tamara Gayer announces a "celebration of life" in honor of Michael "Bo" Bowman '93.
Saturday, August 23
6:00 p.m. : COCKTAILS
6:30 p.m. : PROGRAM followed by a party in the garden
Tavern on the Green
Central Park at West 67th Street
Bring your partners, husbands, wives, and friends and dress informally formal, just as Bo would want you to.
RSVP
by Friday, August 15
to: andyisfantastic@mac.com
Michael (Bo) Bowman died suddenly on July 9, 2008 at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. The cause of death was necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as “the flesh-eating bacteria”, a virulent form of Group A Strep that produces toxins which destroy the soft tissue, fascia, and vital organs. Because of the deadly rapidity with which this disease moves through the body, because group A strep bacteria are so common, and because they can enter the body through the smallest of openings, such as a paper cut, or through no apparent skin trauma, Bo’s family would like the Sarah Lawrence community to know that more information can be found at www.nnff.org, the website for the National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation.
Bo is survived by his beloved partner, Andy Wilcox; five siblings and his mother, Joan MFA ’05. He will always be remembered for his dazzling smile, wacky sense of humor, unique interpretive dancing, ebullient writing and rampant creativity. His greatest gift was making everyone with whom he came into contact feel special. Bo was the kindest, most adorable, fun-loving, creative, loving man who has ever graced our lives. We have lost our spark.
Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Peter Davenport ’92 Performs in “All's Well That Ends Well”
From Peter Davenport: I'm currently playing Amor Dumaine in Shakespeare and Company's production of "All's Well That Ends Well" through 31 August 2008. Needless to say that between work and baby and summer house guests, I've been rather tied up! I am also working on my second CD which will be of the music of Cole Porter this time and I'm trying to get a release date for early 2009.
Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Christin Ayers ’02, Award-Winning Journalist, Works for Fox 31 in Colorado
Before joining Fox 31, Christin was an anchor, reporter and executive producer at KECI-13 in Missoula, Montana. She received a number of awards and honors, including two regional Edward R. Murrows and several Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalist awards.
In 2007 she was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Montana Broadcaster’s Association. Christin says her most memorable interview was with Barack Obama before Montana’s 2008 presidential primary.
For a full profile on Christin, please see: http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7059844&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
Joelle Wallach ’67 Currently Visiting Artist in Residence at Sweet Briar College
Joelle Wallach is currently Visiting Artist in Residence at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. While there, Wallach is working on a collaboratively commissioned work for the James Piano Quartet, which is also currently in residence at Sweet Briar.
As part of the same September residency at Sweet Briar College, Wallach will be delivering several lectures on Modernism, Postmodernism and Neo-Romanticism in the Music of Today:
Tuesday, September 16 - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, September 16 - 4:30 PM
Wednesday, September 17 - 1:00 PM
All at Babcock Hall at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. Admission free by prior arrangement: Contact (434) 381-612 or nross@sbc.edu for more information.
Wallach songs are being compiled and mastered for a projected CD. Five new songs were recorded this past December by soprano Janice Hall and pianist Eric Sedgwick.
For more information about composer Joelle Wallach, including bio, performances, list of CDs and much more, visit http://www.joellewallach.com .
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Dr. Laura Manuelidis ’63 Announces Poetry Reading and Publication
Dr. Laura Manuelidis will give a poetry reading at Wellfleet Library (in Welfleet, Mass) on August 4th, at 8p.m. Those in the area are welcome to attend. Manuelidis's publications include scientific (on dementias and CJD), including NIH grant awards for continuing work. She has also published some new poems in online journals and readings at other venues.
You can find more details in links at: http://info.med.yale.edu/neurosci/faculty/manuelidis_main.html
Dr. Manuelidis is professor and head of neuropathology at the Yale School of Medicine. She is best known for work on "Mad-Cow" and other neurodegenerative diseases. She also teaches undergraduates on the interface of poetry and science. Her work has appeared in the Nation. Her husband, the late Dr. Elias Manuelidis, was also a neurosurgeon.
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
David Netto ’92 Profiled in Washington Post
To view a video conversation with alum David Netto, please see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/07/07/VI2008070701114.html?referrer=emaillink
David Netto, Founding Partner and Creative Director, Netto Collection, explains the process of making a business idea a reality.
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
Jenna Esposito ’00 Sings at West Point on July 27th
The West Point Concert Band under the direction of several members of the band will present a free concert on Sunday, July 27th at 7:30 p.m. in the Trophy Point Amphitheater. “The Jenna Esposito Show” will open the concert with a cabaret performance at 6:30 p.m. Performing in the Esposito Show will be West Point Band member Brian Broelmann, as well as several of his family members.
"With her charming personality and endearingly cheery stage presence [Jenna Esposito] exudes joy and all things positive, so one may not be surprised to see that she delivers up-tempo and big numbers with verve and assurance. What one might not expect though are the tenderness and sensitivity she brings to ballads – what a lovely revelation!" – Roy Sander. Ms. Esposito will be performing with Staff Sergeant Brian Broelmann on tenor saxophone, Sergeant Broelmann’s brother Rob on electric bass and Rob’s wife Kelly Esposito-Broelmann also singing. Ms. Esposito will begin at 6:30 p.m.
The main concert will be conducted by several members of the Concert Band. Lieutenant Colonel Timothy J. Holtan will begin the concert with the music of John Williams. Sergeant First Class Christopher Rettie, usually a saxophonist with the band will conduct John Adams’ thrilling work, Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Principal euphoniumist Sergeant First Class Barry Morrison will conduct Norman Dello Joio’s wonderful work, Scenes from the Louvre. The band’s principal trumpet, Staff Sergeant Derek Lance will conduct the music of Charles Ives, Jack Stamp and Arthur Pryor.
Please allow extra travel time for the 100% vehicle and photo I.D. inspection at Stony Lonesome and Thayer gates. Due to changing security requirements at West Point, call the Academy Band’s hotline at 845-938-2617, or check www.westpoint.edu/special before leaving for the concert.
For concert information, cancellations and updates, call the Academy Band’s 24-hour hotline at (845) 938-2617.
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
Dave Riggins ’95 (“TRUE”) Launches Vacation Rentals in Brooklyn Brownstone
From Dave Riggins, "TRUE",: I have just launched a new business offering Short-term / Vacation Rentals in my Brooklyn Brownstone. If anyone is visiting the city or has more out-of-town guests than they can fit, they can check me out at
http://www.TRUEart.biz/realty.
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
Dr. Laurie Nadel ’69 announces “The Sixth Sense” Radio Show
Dr. Laurie Nadel interviews scientists, consciousness researchers, bestselling authors about intuition, multiple intelligence models of learning, the triune brain, Carl Jung, dreams, and spiritual anthropology on her weekly radio show "The Sixth Sense" on
http://www.webtalkradio.net and
http://www.unlockyoursixthsense.com.
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Penny Gill ’76 Announces Book Publication
Penny Gill announces just-published textbook, "The Why of the Buy: Consumer Behavior and Fashion Marketing," by Fairchild Books, with Patricia Mink Rath, Stefani Bay, and Richard Petrizzi.
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Ann Cefola MFA 1997 Announces Poetry Reading
Ann Cefola (MFA 1997) will be giving a poetry reading at the Hraefnwood Cafe (23 Canal Street) in Bellows Fall, Vermont, as a member of the awarding-winning women writers group, the Sapphires, on Saturday, July 26 at 7p.m. The free reading will feature novelists Angela Batchelor and Sarah Bracey White as well as poets Terry Dugan and Linda Simone.
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Barbara Kolsun ’71 Announces Exciting New Job
Barbara Kolsun has become General Counsel of Stuart Weitzman, the luxury shoe designer. She is former General Counsel of Kate Spade and Seven For All Mankind and is co-editor of an upcoming Fairchild publication "Fashion Law".
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Jason Irwin MFA 2004 Announces Publication of First Book of Poetry
From Jason Irwin, MFA Poetry 2004: My first book of poetry "Watering the Dead" was just published by PAVEMENT SAW PRESS. It won the 2006/2007 Transcontinental Poetry Award for a first book.
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Columnist Brian J. O'Connor ’82 Wins 2nd Humor Prize
For the second year in a row, one of the funniest columnists in the country hails from The Detroit News.
Detroit News Personal Finance Editor Brian J. O'Connor won third place for humor columns in large newspapers at the annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists Saturday in New Orleans.
O'Connor, whose column runs Saturdays and Tuesdays, was honored for three pieces, including one that somehow related personal finance to a series of events involving his wife's Swedish relatives, her auto registration, Cinco de Mayo and a New York attic filled with bat guano.
You can read those columns here or on the Columnists page of the Opinion section at www.detnews.com.
The judge was Ruth Butler, an editor at the Grand Rapids Press who wrote that O'Connor, "makes finance fun. You're smiling and before you know it a potentially dry subject has become informative and entertaining."
O'Connor has been penning his column since May 2005. He is a 1978 graduate of the Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills and holds a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College. O'Connor also earned a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University as a 2001 Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business.
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008
MFA Alumnae Launch the Second Issue of Storyscape Literary Journal
MFA alumnae launch the second issue of Storyscape, the literary journal of champions, the last week of August. A celebratory reading will be held at Cakeshop in New York City on August 27th at 7pm. Storyscape aims to collect stories of all kinds: ones that adhere to form and ones that don't, ones that really happened and ones someone invented, ones steeped in tradition and those that are a-traditional, ones that make you cry and ones that make you wet your pants, ones a writer labored over for days using a dictionary, a computer, and an MFA to craft, and those someone overhead at the bus stop. You may call it a poem, but we call it words with spaces. You call it a book review, but we call it a story about another story. You may swear every word really happened, but we simply call it a story. Storyscape's editors include alumnae (MFA 2006) Anne Hays, Emily Macel, Maya Pindyck and Claire Campbell.
For more information, please visit: http://www.storyscapejournal.com
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008
Gail Dottin ’89 Receives Fulbright Award
Gail Dottin of At-large, New York has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student scholarship to Panama in Creative Writing, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. Dottin is one of over 1,450 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2008-2009 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.
Gail Dottin will be going to Panama in September to complete research on her first book, an historical memoir about her Barbadian grandfather's work on the construction of the Panama Canal during the early 1900s.
Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Jeannine Jones ’98 Announces Reading of The Breezeway from Dora Mae Productions
Dora Mae Productions announces the next reading of The Breezeway. The Breezeway centers on four sisters, their families and what happens to all of them one fateful New Year's Eve. An exciting cast will read this remarkable play which will surely make you laugh and cry as you see the Cahills test the bonds of family.
The Breezeway was written by Debbie Jones and this reading features Kent Adams, Michael Birch, Kathleen Cullen, Alexis, Cullen-Baker, Jennifer Dawson, Bobby Funaro, Samantha Jones, Lori Ann Kee, Linda Larson, and Benjamin Weaver. Stage directions will be read by T.J. Mannix
Performance will take place Monday, July 14th at 7:30pm sharp at Shetler Studios Annex, 939 8th Avenue, Suite 204, between 55th and 56th street. RSVP is required; reply to info@doramae.com.
Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Monique Lukens MFA ’97 Returns to Radio with Dancing Under the Influence of Electronica
Unique Monique returns to radio with the Dancing Under the Influence of Electronica with a new engineer & co-host named "Starving Jesus!" Fix "your appetite" for electronica & intelligent talk Sundays on:
www.WLFR.fm OR www.ShoutCast.com (Type WLFR into the search bar & click "Tune In")
Also, if in the Beverly Hills, CA area, join Moo-nique in the Beverly Hills Courthouse, 3rd Floor, Rm. 3, Tues. 8:30am, 7/1 as she battles the forces of ignorance & ego to save animals! For details of what happen, log onto: www.MySpace.com/MoniqueMarissaAKAUniqueMoniqueMusic and hear Moo-nique speak out for her rights & the rights of those without a voice (just a moo!)
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
Elissaveta Iordanova MFA ’00 Announces Call for Dancers
CALL FOR DANCERS
WHEN: Sunday, June 28, 2008, 5-7 PM
WHERE: City Center, VI Floor, 130 W. 56th ST
WHAT: Male and Female Dancers
WHY: Ethno-Contemporary Dance Project
Details: Looking for candidates with experience in folk and contemporary dance.
Rehearsals: July 1 - August 15th, twice a week, and resuming on Sept. 15th.
Commitment is required for all dates on the schedule, given on June 29th.
Paid performances, projected for 2008-09 season.
Send resume, pix optional, and phone number to: eleadance@yahoo.com
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Erin K. Orr Announces Return of Musical Puppet Circus and Free Puppet Workshop
From Erin K. Orr: I am pleased to announce the return of Its a Bee, Honey!, a musical puppet circus for all ages based on the real life drama of honey bees. I will be joined by the legendary composer Baby Dee and her accordian, harp and giant tricycle, the amazing and beautiful Rima Fand as the violin playing princess bee, the multi-talented Silvi Wool who will astound you with her spinning poi ball bee wings and a chorus of children (with puppets that they made themselves) as the worker bees. There will also be large bee puppets and a puppet theater made from a real bee hive. IT'S FREE AND IT'S REALLY GOOD!
June 29th at 3PM
The Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement (in the scuplture garden)
466 grand street
BUT WAIT! THERE IS MORE! I am also offering a puppet making workshop at Henry Street on June 28th for children and their adults from 10-12. The kids will make worker bee puppets and be invited to be a part of the show the next day. This is also free!
For directions, visit www.sbronsartscenter.org or call 212-589-0400.
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Sloane Miller ’93 Announces Worry-Free Dinners at Blue Smoke
You are invited to join us for the next Worry-Free Dinners event at Blue Smoke, NYC.
The menu will be: Gluten-Free, Peanut-Free, Tree-nut Free & Fish-Free. Dairy-Free upon request.
If you haven't already done so, please send in your application or send an email to worryfreedinners@gmail.com, as you MUST be a member to join us.
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INVITATION:
WHERE: Blue Smoke
116 East 27th Street
New York, NY 10016
(212) 447-7733
WHO: Anyone on a diet that is FREE OF: gluten/wheat, peanut, tree-nut, fish and/or dairy.
WHEN: MONDAY, JULY 28th, 2008 6:00PM-8:00PM
WHAT YOU'LL GET: Coaching around issues of food allergies/food intolerances by Allergic Girl, Sloane Miller, MFA, MSW, LMSW (BA, SLC, 1993), group discussion tailored to your concerns, networking with people who understand your issues, chat time with a representative from Blue Smoke, a delicious Worry-Free Dinner at a great NYC restaurant, terrific goody bag filled with allergen-friendly foods and products.
FEE: $95, includes tax, tip but not beverages.
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Derek B. Miller ’92 Has Just Published Report for United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Derek B. Miller '92, has just published -- with Lisa Rudnick -- "The Security Needs Assessment Protocol: Improving Operational Effectiveness through Community Security" with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. This report can be downloaded at
http://www.unidir.ch/bdd/fiche-ouvrage.php?ref_ouvrage=92-9045-008-F-en
Posted: Monday, June 23, 2008
Bob Lamm ’68 Announces Improv Class and Political Novels Class
Bob Lamm will be offering classes on THE JOY OF IMPROV and on CLASSIC POLITICAL novels this fall at the City University of New York Graduate Center (34th St. and 5th Ave.)
THE JOY OF IMPROV: Join in the fun of doing improvisational comedy in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. No performing experience is necessary--just a willingness to experiment, play, or laugh with others! No student is forced to do an exercise or game, but everyone is encouraged to participate. (Four Thursday nights, September through December. You can attend on a single-session basis. This class ran for 13 semesters at the Grad Center from 2001-2007.)
CLASSIC POLITICAL NOVELS: We will read and discuss five political novels--among them, John Steinbeck's THE PEARL (which students must read for our first class), Chinua Achebe's THINGS FALL APART, and Carson McCullers' THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER. These works are "political" not because they examine politics and government but because they richly illuminate power relations--including dynamics of gender, race, and class--while telling memorable, moving stories. Students will be expected to read each novel and to participate actively in class discussions.
INSTRUCTOR: Bob Lamm's political articles, personal essays, interviews, and profiles have appeared in more than 40 periodicals--among them, the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Ms. Magazine--and in six anthologies. He has taught "serious" classes at Yale, Queens College, and the New School. He has run improv workshops and classes for the CUNY Grad Center, the HOPE Program, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the NYSTEA Drama Power Conferences, Friends in Deed, the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, and many high schools.
For class dates, fees, and other registration information, go to
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp/or call them at (212) 817-8215. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Bob Lamm directly at
blamm@blamm.cnc.netor (212) 874-3959.
Posted: Monday, June 23, 2008
Erin K. Orr ’96 Currently Puppeteering in Hamlet in Shakespeare in the Park
From Erin K. Orr: I am currently puppeteering in Hamlet at the Delacourt Theater in Central Park. It’s a fantastic production directed by Oskar Eustis and performed by amazing actors. The play within the play is a puppet show with life sized Marionettes designed by Basil Twist and built by the The Puppet Kitchen (Emily DeCola, Michael Schupbach and Eric Wright). My part is small, but so much fun!
Shakespeare in the Park is free! To get tickets you can line up the morning of the day that you want to go at the Delacourt (81st street entrance to the park on the west side). The show is at 8PM. I encourage you to come, especially if you have never done it. Shakespeare in the Park is one of the best things about New York City in the summer (even without the puppets!)
HAMLET
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by OSKAR EUSTIS
May 27 - June 29 (*Added performance June 16 and June 23, no performance June 18 and June 24, performance on June 19 starts at 8:30PM. Limited ticket distribution on: June 4, June 23, No distribution/Stand-by line only on: June 17)
With Lauren Ambrose, Christopher Bonewitz, Andre Braugher, Bruce Cannon, Matt Carlson, Kevin Carroll, Margaret Colin, W. Tré Davis, Emily DeCola, David Harbour, Stephen James King, Hoon Lee, Dana Lyn, Piter Marek, Greg McFadden, Julio Monge, Paul O’Brien, Erin Orr, Gilbert Owuor, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Schupbach, Miriam Silverman, Michael Stuhlbarg and Sam Waterston.
Scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting design by Michael Chybowski, and sound design by Acme Sound Partners.
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Nina Freedlander Gibans ’54 Receives Grant to Co-Edit History of Poetry in Cleveland
Nina Freedlander Gibans credits Sarah Lawrence College and, in particular, professors William Rubin, Joseph Campbell, Horace Gregory and Alastair Reid for nurturing her lifelong interests in aesthetic, integrated cultural and civic affairs. A student during the McCarthy era, she concentrated on studies in art, music and literature and was the editor of the campus newspaper.
Poetry has been Nina's art form since childhood. She published, wrote and read in San Francisco during the Beat Era, once on the same stage as Allen Ginsberg. Nina is a founding member of the Poets' and Writers' League of Greater Cleveland and has given many readings in Cleveland at museums, bookstores, libraries, galleries, taverns and at City hall. She taught creative writing at the Cleveland Museum of Art and in the program offered by four colleges and universities called Education for Aesthetic Awareness. She received an Ohio Arts Council Artists Project award as a poet which resulted in a publication 18 Gardens and their Gardeners. Other books are The Community Arts Council Movement (Praeger 1982), Bridges to Understanding Children's Museums (Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Case Western Reserve University, 1999) and Creative Essence: Cleveland's Sense of Place (Kent State University Press, 2005), examining the region's creative essence through 22 hours of public discussion resulted in the video, books and a website for use in teaching about the region’s art (www.clevelandartandhistory.org), history, and architecture (www.architectureofcleveland.com).
Nina has spearheaded poetry projects such as “Silver Apples of the Moon” on poetry and art and the naming of West 2nd Street “Daniel’s Way” in memory of county poet-laureate Daniel Thompson. She co-edited the history of poetry in Cleveland, Cleveland Poetry Scenes, and developed a related website www.clevelandpoetryarchive.com which is being piloted in schools and the community under a grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation.
For more information, visit www.ninagibans.com
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Claire Yaffa ’57 Announces New Book of Photography and New Exhibit at the Leica Gallery
Claire Yaffa is an esteemed independent photojournalist, critically-acclaimed fine art photographer, and internationally-famous portraitist. As a photojournalist, Yaffa devoted her career to social issues - documenting the plight of the ill, homeless and disadvantaged, especially children and the elderly. This work has been published in four collections: child abuse and rehabilitation (Reaching Out, 1987); children with AIDS (A Dying Child is Born, 1992); the homeless (Homeless in Westchester County, 1988); and the work of The New York Foundling Hospital (The Foundling: The Story of The New York Foundling Hospital, 2001).
Yaffa's four fine art monographs – the first three prefaced by the late Gordon Parks - include Light and Shadow (1998), a personal meditation on the subtleties of the photographic vision, of which Gordon Parks writes: “Whatever appears seems to have been carved from grace". Her most recent book, Divertissement (2008), will be published both as an individual edition and as part of a three-book slip-cased compilation of her fine-art work.
Claire Yaffa’s photographs have been published in The New York Times as well as in a wide range of Condé Nast and Gannett papers and periodicals. Her photographs portraying the social issues of our times have appeared as part of television documentaries on NBC, ABC and PBS. She is the recipient of the 1995 Westchester Arts Council Award and her work has been exhibited in such public institutions as the International Center of Photography, Hudson River Museum, the Sarah Lawrence College, the White Plains Museum Gallery and the Neuberger Museum of Art.
The Leica Gallery will exhibit her work from June 27 to August 9. Reception and book-signing will take place on Thursday, June 26th, from 6 - 8 p.m. The Leica Gallery is located at 670 Broadway, New York City 10012.
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2008
Bree Coven Brown ’97 Publishes Second Book on Travel
Bree Coven Brown ’97 just published her second book, "Weird and Wacky Washington Places," from Blue Bike Books.
Home to the world's first UFO sighting, Space Needle, and Science Fiction Museum, Washington state is truly out of this world. "Weird and Wacky Washington Places" is an irreverent love letter to the eccentricities of the Evergreen State, where Bigfoot is an officially government-protected species, locals worship at the Church of God-Zillah, small-town folks elect an annual Grouch, and city dwellers cheer as naked bicyclists zoom past a Volkswagon-eating troll in what they call the Center of the Universe.
The book is available at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon.com
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2008
Gigi Guthrie ’80 Announces Publication of “Chronic Lyme Disease - Ways to Outsmart a Smart Disease”
What do you do if the Lyme disease is not responding to oral antibiotics? Staying ahead of the disease with treatments that are actively showing results is a way to prevent Lyme disease from advancing or regaining lost ground. By doing so, its hold on the body can be broken and recovery set in motion. This book is a compilation of valuable information about research-based treatments being used today to successfully fight chronic Lyme disease and its associated conditions. Each treatment is presented in a user-friendly format: Theory - How and why this treatment works; Pros - What are its benefits; and Cons - Considerations or concerns; and Application - How to carry out this treatment. The author also addresses the effect the disease has on families and relationships, the caregiver role, and strategizing for a smooth journey to recovery. For more information, see
Amazon.com or contact the author at
ggnguthrie@sbcglobal.net.
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2008
Omega Okello MA 2004 Profiled on beeafrican.com
Omega Bugembe Okello MA 2004, who just goes by the name Omega, is blessed with a powerful vocal range and the international ability of singing in various languages and dialects. The songstress who hails from Uganda has been described as "having a voice that touches the soul". Omega began her musical life as a child prodigy, having enrolled in in the internationally-acclaimed African Children's Choir. For the full profile, check out:
http://beeafrican.com/
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Diana Finnegan ’86 Selected as Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow for 2008
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has announced the selection of 29 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2008. Among them is Sarah Lawrence alumna Diana Finnegan, now a Languages and Cultures of Asia Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Funded by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation of Princeton, New Jersey, the Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. students addressing ethical and religious questions in the humanities and social sciences. Since its inception in 1981, the Newcombe Fellowship has supported more than 1,000 doctoral candidates, many of whom are now noted faculty at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation identifies and develops the best minds for the nation’s most important challenges. In these areas of challenge, the Foundation awards fellowships to enrich human resources, works to improve public policy, and assists organizations and institutions in enhancing practice in the U.S. and abroad.
Posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Lisa Thaler ’84 Lectures on Just-Published “Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin”
Lisa Thaler has just published Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin. Look Up is the biography of the Paris-born and Vienna-trained artist Sacha Kolin (1911-1981), who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule and exhibited at the Secession and several Paris Salons in the 1930s. She was the youngest to be elected Societaire, a full member, of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
In 1998, family historian Lisa Thaler saw and was captivated by Sacha's abstract painting Departure. Intending only to do a brief look-up, Lisa became immersed in a ten-year global effort to recover Sacha's daring and optimistic life story. And then Lisa discovered that the Kolins' and the Thalers' path had already crossed. The recently published Look Up received a starred review, in the current issue of Booklist, the journal of the American Library Association.
Lisa has two upcoming NYC-based lectures:
Tuesday, June 17, 7 pm / Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin—A Visual Conversation. Upon the publication of Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin, the Austrian Cultural Forum will host an illustrated presentation by Lisa Thaler, the author, and a conversation between her and Renata Stein, the Curator of the Leo Baeck Institute in New York and a mixed media artist. Thaler and Stein will explore the themes of departure and return in Kolin's art and life, and illuminate the New York scene of mid-20th century émigré artists. Reception and book-signing to follow. (Austrian Cultural Forum, 11 E 52, NYC, 212-319-5300, www.acfny.org. Reservations required.)
Wednesday, June 18, 6 pm / Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin—Reclamation of the Forgotten Artist. Lisa Thaler, the author of Look Up, will take us through her ‘resurrection’ of the artist Sacha Kolin. This Viennese émigré modernist exhibited in the United States from her arrival in late 1936. Sacha, as with most artists, had fallen into obscurity by the time of her death. Ms. Thaler, captivated by a Kolin painting she purchased in 1998, which had been exhibited at the NAC in 1954, has spent a decade ‘reclaiming’ Sacha and her turbulent life for posterity. How this was done provides a fascinating lesson for art historians, collectors, and artists. Book-signing to follow. (National Arts Club, Marquis Room, 15 Gramercy Park S, 212-475-3424, www.nationalartsclub.org. Limited seating. Reservations suggested.)
Posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Ann Lanzillotto ’90 Presents A New Show, “THE FLAT EARTH...”
Once named one of "200 Essential New Yorkers," (NY Times/Smithsonian Folklife Festival), and now one of the thousands of NYC's evicted, Annie Lanzillotto leads the hunt for a spiritual New York, taking the Dixon Place audience on a journey down the block and around the corner to Prince and Elizabeth Streets, where, sitting atop the corner blue mailbox, her narrative weaves a palimpsest of the geology of Manhattan and how it supports the current condo construction on that corner over where the old mozzarella maker used to be. Just how far down is the Manhattan Schist we stand and build upon? Her narrative creates a relic of a "real New Yorker." Is New York for New Yorkers anymore? Where can a New Yorker go? How can a New Yorker stay? Were New Yorkers asking themselves these same questions a hundred years ago?
Lanzillotto overlays the questions of era's past trying to find her own New York, easily shifting between descriptions of tectonic plates and Manhattan Schist, statistics of accidents between horses and cars in 1950, and today's numbers of evicted. Surreal visions deconstructing urban planning, offer a Fellini-esque look at old New York, and posit creative solutions for the future to where the evicted, "whose expulsion from the urban Eden" just might go and what they might create, citing the history of the creation of Venice by a bunch of refugees on the run from the Barbarians.
Ann Lanzillotto's show, THE FLAT EARTH: WheredaFFFhuck Did New York Go? takes place Thursday, Friday and Saturday June 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28* and July 3, 4**, 5 at 8:00pm. (June 28th includes a special post Dyke March "How to Mount a Mailbox" contest! July 4th includes a pre-show pizza bask at 6:30pm, show at 7:00pm!)
Dixon Place is located on 258 Bowery, 2nd Floor, between Houston and Prince Streets; Gen. Admission: $15, student/senior $12; Advance tickets & more info: http://www.dixonplace.org (212)219-0736 ext.112
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Haven Tyler ’89 Joins Altitude's Program Development Team
Haven Tyler, Jamaica Plain resident and alumni of Sarah Lawrence College, recently joined Altitude, Inc. as the newest member of the cutting edge innovation firm. With an extensive background in the product development arena, Ms. Tyler was recently appointed as the Vice President of Program Development.
“Haven Tyler’s unique combination of skills and vast network will provide Altitude with a well-rounded foundation for building strong business relationships,” explains Brian Matt, Founder & CEO of Altitude, Inc.
Prior to joining Altitude, Ms. Tyler was the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at IDEO Product Development, as well as the Director of Client Services at Design Continuum. While on hiatus from the design world to raise her family, Ms. Tyler opened Moth. With two locations in Boston, the retail store was awarded Best of Boston in 2004/2005. She is a member of the Museum of Fine Arts Fashion Council and has an extensive background in fashion design. As Vice President of Program Development, Ms. Tyler plans to build strong and valuable business relationships. She looks forward to helping the Altitude, Inc. team grow as they continue to meet their clients’ needs. Ms. Tyler currently resides in Jamaica Plain with her children Finn, Isabel and Robyn.
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2008
Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard ’00 Announces Next Playwrights Workshop
The next playwrights workshop will be Sunday, June 8th at 6 p.m. If you're a playwright, actor, director, producer, or just a theatre enthusiast, please join the SLC NY Metro Alumnae/i Playwrights Workshop. Please RSVP To
slcnymetro@yahoo.comfor details and location.
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2008