Jesse Rifkin '08, of The Wailing Wall, will release his second album, The Low Hanging Fruit on June 8th. Fellow alum Emily Goldshar '08 worked alongside Jesse on this project. Jesse has been garnering some serious attention from the press for his work. MTVu recently did an interview and premiered his new track, "Dandelions"
More info can be found here:
http://blog.jdubrecords.org/category/wailing-wall/
Posted: May 24, 2010
Cynthia Gale '73 and Rainer Hildenbrand combine their artistic talents and spirituality to craft unique prayer bowls. They believe the power of art and the power of prayer unite in the prayer bowls. Cynthia had a career as an award-winning fiber artist.
Posted: May 19, 2010
Elisabeth Rohm '95 has announced her latest endeavor: a new gym in Los Angeles called Circuit Works! Elisabeth opened the gym with her personal trainer, Raphael Verela, a U.S. Marine.
Posted: May 19, 2010
Sylvia March '65 announces an unusual retreat near Monticello, NY *about two and a half hours from the city), where she'll teach pottery. Email her with any questions.
Posted: May 17, 2010
A segment on San Francisco talk, "View From the Bay", featured Andrea Fono's '86 art studio. This particular segment has been nominated for a Northern California Emmy Award! See the video here. Andrea offers joyful art lessons.
Posted: May 17, 2010
Marilyn Lowney '91 is the Executive Director of the Haitian Health Foundation in Norwich, CT, an outreach which provides health care to over 200,000 Haitians in 104 rural villages in Jeremie, Haiti. She spends at least a month each year in Haiti. Marilyn is an experienced grants writer and fundraiser for the poor of Haiti. She has played a large role in developing support for the Haitian Health Foundation, with emphasis on aid to children and perinatal women and grassroots development work. Prior to working at the Haitian Health Foundation, Marilyn worked in Development at Eastern Connecticut State University for 8 years and also raised funds at a variety of other organizations. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Education from Eastern Connecticut University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College. She is pursuing a Masters in Public Health from the University of Connecticut.
Marilyn Lowney began traveling to Haiti with her father Jerry at the age of 14. After fundraising at a variety of organizations, including Eastern CT State University, she returned to where her heart is and is now the Executive Director of the Haitian Health Foundation (CT), which provides health care, development, and hope to over 200,000 Haitians in 104 rural villages in Jeremie, Haiti, with emphasis on aid to children and perinatal women and grassroots development work. HHF’s supporters include sponsors and volunteers from all 50 of the United States, Canada, and Europe. HHF’s administrative overhead is only 8% and has received the highest designation – 4 stars – on www.CharityNavig ator.org for three consecutive years.
Posted: May 13, 2010
For the mothers, for those of you that have/know mothers, for all the mother lovers on this list, in the spirit of Mother’s Day wishes (even though Mother’s Day is well over), Julie Hermelin '89 shares a little Mother’s Day commercial she wrote/directed for a friend of hers. The video can also be found (and forwarded) here: http://www.vimeo.c om/11539694
Posted: May 13, 2010
Please join Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones MFA '02, Executive Director) for the World Premiere of Jack's Precious Moment. The show runs from May 21 through June 13 at 59 East 59th Street, New York City. For more information and to buy tickets, see: www.p73.org
Posted: May 12, 2010
Bob Lamm '68, will be teaching a class on NOVELS WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE for NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The class meets on five Tuesdays from 1:00 to 2;40 P.M. beginning June 1st. The class focuses on five novels which richly illuminate the injustices evident in cultures and communities-- including injustices related to gender, race, and class--while telling memorable, moving stories. For more information, please visit this site.
Posted: May 7, 2010
Elyse Pasquale '98 was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for "Outstanding Musical Revue" as Producer of NEWSical: The Musical.
Posted: May 6, 2010
Writer and culinary expert Magda Bogin '73 leads a 6-day culinary and cultural trip to Venice September 20-26th based on her PBS-featured Mexican cooking program: cook with local women, experience curated dining, art history with local experts.... Limited to 12 participants.
Please email Magda for info, prices....
Posted: May 6, 2010
Carole A. Feuerman hosts closing party for emerging artist Christina Justiz '09 on Saturday, May 1st. For more information, see the Feuerman Studios web site.
Posted: April 29, 2010
Ann Julia (Melissa) Bratnick '07 presents Strange Attractions, her MFA Thesis Exhibition. The exhibition takes place at Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries
Posted: April 29, 2010
Lyz Soto '93 recently had her book, Eulogies published with Tinfish Press. Click here for more information. Also, Craig Santos Perez recently printed an interview on the book on the Poetry Foundation Blog.
Posted: April 29, 2010
Roxbury resident Lyralen (Kerry) Kaye MFA 2002, SAG/AFTRA has been named Producing Artistic Director for an upcoming production of Betrayal by Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. A collaboration of Another Country Productions (ACP) and the Factory Theatre, the production is a cast with Meisner-trained actors, who bring to life a lighter modern vision of the age-old topics of truth, temptation and fantasy.
Posted: April 28, 2010
Gloria Kisch '63 publishes A Provocative Fusion of Opposites. Titled from a review by the late ARTnews critic, Melinda Wortz, A Provocative Fusion of Opposites marks the first comprehensive survey of the work of Gloria Kisch '63. Covering 40 years and a triangle of artworld hotbeds Venice, California, SoHo and The Hamptons the principal places where Kisch has created her work over the course of five decades.
Posted: April 28, 2010
Film director Sanaa Hamri '96 was profiled by Variety, in preparation for the upcoming release of her new romantic comedy, "Just Wright". Previously, Hamri directed "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2."
Posted: April 27, 2010
Diana Alvarez's '08 chapbook, "Consultations with Bruja Juana" was selected to be part of the Quartet Series with Toad Lilly Press
Posted: April 20, 2010
Ann Cefola '81 MFA 1997 will be the featured poet at the Unicorn Writers Conference--a new writers conference which focuses on nut-and-bolts of publishing as well as craft. She will give the poetry workshop. See www.unicornwritersconference.com for more info.
Posted: April 19, 2010
Gary Peter MFA 1996 was recently awarded a 2010 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant for his writing. He is currently a faculty member in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Posted: April 19, 2010
Deryn Warren ’67 announces Heinemann Published her acting book, HOW TO MAKE YOUR AUDIENCE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.
From Deryn: Heinemann published my acting book called HOW TO MAKE YOUR AUDIENCE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU. It has an additional chapter by Michael Shurtleff, the author of AUDITION, which has been every actor's Bible. I hope SLC alums will buy the book as authors need support. You can get it at bookstores, at amazon.com or heinemanndrama.com. It is recommended by faculty at Harvard and UCLA and and by the head of casting of HBO. It is a useful tool for every actor and a great gift!
Posted: April 16, 2010
A poem by Chloe Honum '03 is featured in the Spring 2010 issue of The Paris Review.
Posted: April 16, 2010
Leah Umansky '04 has won a week-long scholarship to the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, MA in May 2010.
Posted: April 14, 2010
Julie Lyonn Lieberman '76 created a national eco-project in time for Earth Day. For more information, see The Green Anthem Project online.
Posted: April 14, 2010
Sarah Tucker's '01 incredible production of Diana Son's "STOP KISS" opens April 22nd at the Ventura Court Theatre in Studio City!
Posted: April 13, 2010
Cheryl Savitt Spielman '69 is performing a solo voice recital on April 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM at the Steinway Piano Gallery on Route 110 in Melville, NY. Admission is free.
Posted: April 13, 2010
The first novel by Richard Morais ’81 will be released by Scribner on July 6, 2010. The Hundred-Foot Journey is a plot-driven narrative about an Indian boy who starts out as a modest cook for his family’s restaurant and goes on to become a three-star French chef in Paris. The book deals with the complications of pursuing one’s true calling and the impermanent notion of ‘home.’ Morais is the former Chief and Senior Editor of Forbes magazine’s European Bureau.
Posted: April 12, 2010
In The Lelewer Legacy, Nancy Lelewer '57 Sonnabend describes a childhood filled with laughter, love, and family stories. From her great-grandfather’s arrival in New York in 1861 and her grandfather’s entry into the hat business to her father’s prowess in sports, business, and friendships, Nancy details a life surrounded by caring grandparents, a beautiful and loving mother, and a nurturing, charismatic father. As Nancy recounts raising four children, researching learning differences, helping to establish the U.S. branch of Permobil, and becoming the grandmother of eight, she pays tribute to “The Lelewer Men”—charismatic men of business that combined intuition, resilience, willingness to experiment, zeal, and quirky problem solving with camaraderie and deep devotion to one another and their families. For more information, see Nancy's web site.
Posted: April 12, 2010
FRIA – The Voice and Resource for Quality Long Term Care - will honor Joan H. Marks '51 at its annual Spring Benefit. Reception and dinner will take place at Manhattan Penthouse on Monday, June 14, 2010. FRIA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering the dignity and independence of seniors in long term care settings, with a special focus on nursing home residents, and to ensuring that they receive prompt, high quality compassionate care. We seek to accomplish this by helping friends and relatives become more informed and effective caregivers for the needs of their loved ones.
Posted: April 10, 2010
The premier book from alumna Jennifer Steil MFA 1996 will be released from Broadway Books on May 11, 2010. The Woman Who Fell From the Sky is a memoir of the year Steil spent as editor of the Yemen Observer newspaper in Sana’a, Yemen. The book explores the cultural differences and personal struggles faced by a westerner living in a conservative Muslim country. Steil received her MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence in 1996 and also holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. She lives in Yemen with her fiancé and daughter.
Posted: April 8, 2010
Selections from Janet Kaplan's (MFA 1995) recently published chapbook ("Ascending Descending") will be performed at Voices UP: New Poems Set to Music. Music by Martin Hennessy. Poets include Elisabeth Frost, Edward Hirsch, Janet Kaplan, and Dennis Nurkse
Posted: April 8, 2010
"Ploughshares” has nominated Jessamyn Hope MFA ‘03for a 2011 Pushcart Prize.
Posted: April 8, 2010
Alysson Light '07 was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for my doctoral work in Social Psychology. This is an extremely exciting award, which will aid her in pursuing her research on the effects of being exposed to a multiplicity of perspectives and beliefs on individual identity and well-being.
Posted: April 8, 2010
Annette Cravens's '45's extraordinary collection was profiled by the Buffalo News. Cravens has a multimillion-dollar display of art and historical artifacts at the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences. She donated more than 1,100 handmade items to the college's Anderson Gallery. Read the full article.
Posted: April 4, 2010
Ciara Gilmartin '03 and Leslie Rosa-Stumpf '03 announce Parlour No. 14. Parlour is a nomadic curatorial project, founded in 2008, that presents weekend-long exhibitions in different homes throughout New York City. Parlour’s impetus is to showcase the work of contemporary artists in a unique and dynamic setting.
Diamonds in the Crow’s Nest, Parlour No. 14, is an investigation of human interactions, specifically within an intimate social setting. For more information, see Parlours's web site.
Posted: April 3, 2010
Beth Stratton '99 announced that she graduated from medical school with D.O. degree and is now in residency in Internal Medicine and Public Health in Northern California.
Posted: March 28, 2010
The Spring 2010 issue of The Persimmon Tree, an online magazine of the arts by women over sixty, includes "A Story," a non-fiction piece of Nina Mishkin's '52. You can find it at http://www.persimmontree.org.
Posted: March 18, 2010
Terry Greiss '74 announced a memorial campaign for his best friend, Charles Goetz '74. Go to this link to find out how to better remember Charles.
Posted: March 12, 2010
KIMJONGILIA, a film by N.C. Heikin '70, will premier on March 19th in NYC. The first film to fully expose the humanitarian crisis of North Korea, N.C. Heikin's deeply moving documentary combines riveting interviews with survivors of the country's vast and largely hidden prison camps with original performance and rare footage of North Korea's own propaganda. Eye-opening and gut-wrenching, KIMJONGILIA examines the mass illusion possible under totalitarianism and the human rights abuses required to maintain that illusion. www.cinemavillage.com.
Posted: March 11, 2010
Jeremy Konner '02 and Derek Waters' "Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln" has won the jury prize in short filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival. In the film, Will Ferrell and Don Cheadle perform a re-enactment as Jen Kirkman describes a historical event after downing two bottles of wine.
Posted: March 11, 2010
Brooke Newman '66 announces the publication of Jenniemae and James: A Memoir in Black and White.
Posted: March 9, 2010
Associate Professor Denise J. Hart '99 had the pleasure of partnering with The Lark Play Development Center to present and Direct the staged reading of Koffi Kwahule's play "Melancholy of Barbarians" translated from French by Chantal Bilodeau. The Visiting Playwrights Series at Howard University exists to foster a creative and innovative environment for playwrights to develop and students to stretch and learn.
Posted: March 9, 2010
Liza Ketchum '68 is a workshop presenter at the Grub Street Writer's Conference on "The Muse and the Marketplace". The name of her writing workshop is "World Building in Young Adult Fiction".
Posted: March 8, 2010
Posted: March 5, 2010
Sandy Rosenberg '77 will be touring the Southeast with MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL through May 13 and will return with MTM to South Orange PAC in NJ September 21 - October 31.
Posted: March 5, 2010
Lisa Abbott-Canfield '99 announces the Artist's Reception for her show, Inside White on Friday, March 12, 2010 from 6 - 8 p.m. See more images of Lisa's latest paintings.
“Inside White” is the second solo exhibition by Lisa Abbott-Canfield '99. The paintings featured in this show were created from improvisational linear gestures the artist then rethinks and resolves until forms are complete. While looking at Abbott-Canfield’s work, the viewer is presented with a finished object that retains subtle traces of its under-painting process. The final stage of the painting’s journey appears luminous and boundless as the shapes depicted extend beyond the plane and invoke their ambiance on the light that surrounds.
Posted: March 5, 2010
Bree Coven Brown '97 has accepted a job at The Seattle Times producing online content for their web site.
Posted: March 5, 2010
Lila Greene '71, is working on a bilingual (French-English) series of educational DVDs on Somatic Approaches to Movement and the Arts, with a non-profit organization in Paris. Three DVDs are already available, two more are on the way. Please see this site for more information.
Posted: March 5, 2010
Porochista Khakpour '00 is on the cover of the March/April '10 Poets and Writers Magazine for her conversation feature with former SLC professor Danzy Senna.
Posted: March 1, 2010
Dr. Jennifer Hunt's '71 new book, Seven Shots: An NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell and it's Aftermath is forthcoming in August, 2010. University of Chicago Press.
Posted: March 1, 2010
Sarah Hassan '09 will be performing in Randy Weiner and Alfred Preisser's CALIGULA MAXIMUS. CALIGULA MAXIMUS takes place on the last night of the famed dictator's life, in his palace where he is stage managing, directing, and starring in one of his famous "entertainments" which test the limits of human intellect and appetite. Caligula, sensing the encroachment of monotheistic religions (Christianity and Judaism) holds a revival meeting in which he attempts to save the world by ushering in a new religion with himself as its principle prophet and god. Sarah Hassan will be belly dancing during one of the "entertainments" and also appearing as a company member.
The show runs from March 19th to April 3rd, with performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Find out more information at www.lamama.org
Posted: March 1, 2010
Christine Mealey Mudarri '02 directed "An Interview with Joseph McNeil: the Greensboro Sit-in" which will show in the North Carolina Black Film Festival in March. She was also asked to send it to the new International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro. Read the full article. (When you get to the webpage, click on the arrow below the photo and article to see the video. )
Posted: February 24, 2010
Leading photographer Kay Chernush '66 will offer a unique photo workshop this summer in Southwestern France. The workshop will take place July 18 - July 24, 2010. For more information, see http://www.kaychernush.com
Posted: February 23, 2010
Madeline Silber '83 announces she will have five paintings in the 62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists. The show runs from February to May of this year at 310 Genesee Street, Utica, NY.
Posted: February 23, 2010
Richard Morais '81 announces the US book launch of his much-acclaimed novel, "The Hundred-Foot Journey". The book will be released by Scribner on July 6, 2010.
Here is some advance praise:
"Outstanding! A completely engaging human story heavily larded with the lushest, most high-test food porn since Zola. Easily the best novel set in the world of cooking ever--and absolutely thrilling from beginning to end. I wished it went on for another three hundred pages." -- Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential
"A page-turner that captures the extent to which nostalgia and imagination are a part of the craft of cooking, while vividly conjuring the sights and smells of the kitchen. In The Hundred Foot Journey food isn’t just a theme, it’s a main character." -- Tom Colicchio, Chef/Owner Craft Restaurant
For more information, please see:
http://www.richardcmorais.com
Posted: February 23, 2010
Whitney Benzian '02 was featured in a local online news publication for being one of their "35 under 35". SDNN asked readers, elected officials and nonprofit leaders throughout the region to submit their nominations for 35 leaders under the age of 35. Whitney Benzian serves as the director of special projects for City Council President Ben Hueso in San Diego. Read the full article here.
Posted: February 22, 2010
Oscar-winning filmmaker, Lynne Littman '62 has been elected a Governor of the Motion Picture Academy. Lynne won her Oscar for her documentary, "Number Our Days" and later directed "Testament" for which Jane Alexander '61 won a Best Actress nomination. Her documentary feature credits include "Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters First 100 Years".
Posted: February 19, 2010
City Lights Books has just published a translation by Cullen Goldblatt MFA 2005 of Tahar Ben Jelloun's The Rising of the Ashes.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Beth Kalish-Weiss '55 Presented her research on the indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest who live by their dreams. Project is referred to as "ethno-psychoanalysis" as she is comparing dream interpretations in two cultures: North American psychoanalysis and Achuar dream people.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Betsy Wright '65 recently published a book of my parents' courtship correspondence from the 1930s, under the title Dear Bob, Dear Betty: Love and Marriage During the Great Depression. More info at http://stores.lulu.com/dearbobdearbetty
Posted: February 19, 2010
Dani Shapiro '84 recently published her new book, Devotion. She was interviewed on the Today Show and was reviewed in TIME Magazine. For more information on Dani, see her web site.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Maine Medical Center is pleased to host this exhibit featuring Maine artist Janice L. Moore '86. Moore says of the pieces included in the exhibit, "They are portals. No matter what is going on in your world, you can go to this place and you are all right here." This is how art has helped in the artist's own life, and why she creates her work. The exhibit will run through July 2010 at the Dana Center 22 Bramhall Street, Portland.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Stephen Koh '89 wrote and directed his first feature film, "Beautyworld", in Hong Kong and is currently residing in Shanghai.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Joy Ladin's '82 third book of poetry, Transmigration, was published in October; her fourth book, Psalms, will appear in March, as will a critical study, Soldering the Abyss: Emily Dickinson and Modern American Poetry. Her work is featured in the current issues of American Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Moment and Lilith (she's also on Lilith's cover). In May, she will lecture on American poetry at colleges in Uganda.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Author of The Flammable Bird and Masque (Tupelo Press), former 12 year Regional Director of the Poetry Society of America, 2009 Pushcart Prize Winner, Best American Poetry recipient & Literary Programs Director for The Ruskin Art Club, Elena Karina Byrne's '82 third book of poetry, Burnt Violin will be released with Tupelo Press in 2011. She will be moderating this year's Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 24th & 25th.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Erica Abeel '58 has been covering Entertainment for the Huffington Post. See the interview with Nancy Meyers on "It's Complicated."
Posted: February 19, 2010
Nicole Grabow '95, Associate Objects Conservator for the Midwest Art Conservation Center, recently completed conservation work and re-installation of a large plaster frieze in the Davenport Public Library. The frieze is a 1904 replica of Donatello's "Cantoria". Read more here.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Nancy Heikin's '70 documentary film, KIMJONGILIA, in which North Korean refugees tell their incredible stories of survival and escape, will open theatrically at Cinema Village on E. 12th St. in NYC on March 19. Kimjongilia premiered at Sundance 2009 and has been crisscrossing the world in festivals. It is a great coup that it will have a theatrical release. If you are in the NYC area, please come out to support this very independent film. Nancy Heikin will be at the opening weekend screenings for Q&A's afterwards.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Jonathan Silverblatt has joined the law firm of Phillips Nizer LLP as Partner in its Corporate, Securities and Business Law Department. Jonathan represents publicly and privately held companies, private equity sponsors and venture and hedge funds in connection with mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, leveraged financings and a variety of other corporate and securities matters. Jonathan's experience spans a wide range of industries, including technology, media and marketing, investment management, life-sciences, transportation, restaurant and retain and real estate.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Rachel Feldman '76 is currently teaching directing in the graduate department of University Of Southern California School of Cinematic Studies.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Barbara Kolsun '71 recently published the book, "Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives and Attorneys." This book is self-professed "first book ever on fashion law" covers a range of legal topics, from intellectual property to counterfeiting and employment contracts to marketing and advertising regulations. Kolsun, Stuart Weitzman's general counsel and executive vice president, realized the niche market this book upon repeatedly hearing the same questions from young designers.
Posted: February 19, 2010
Rebecca Pinette-Dorin '96 Announces Love Contemporary Magazine Launch
After a much talked about avant-premier at Art Basel Miami, the first issue of Love Contemporary Magazine is now available.
Joining Managing Editor Rebecca Pinette-Dorin, the magazine will contain contributions from Pihla Hintikka, Nina Hartley, Minna Havas, Skye Parrott, Gustaf von Arbin, Kim Orling, and others, with creative direction by Paola Suhonen, and graphics by Ahonen & Lamberg.
The only magazine of its kind, Love Contemporary explores love, the emotion, the act, the concept, in all its forms, creating a unique mix of innocent Scandinavian purity, vintage sensuality, and contemporary urban edge.
You can learn more about Love Contemporary and view content here: www.lovecontemporary.com
Posted: February 19, 2010
Jiway Tung '89 shared an article and audio recording about The Learning Farm from VOA.
Jiway's Learning Farm is also going ahead making gardens for the US ambassador and his deputy.
Posted: February 12, 2010
Linda Hardberger '64 co-wrote the book, Making the Scene: A History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States.
Making the Scene offers an unprecedented survey of the evolving context, theory, and practice of scene design from ancient Greek times to the present, coauthored by the world's best-known authority on the subject and enhanced by three hundred full-color illustrations.
Individual chapters of the book focus on Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe (including liturgical drama, street pageants, festival outdoor drama, Spanish religious drama, and royal entries), the Italian Renaissance, eighteenth-century Europe, Classicism to Romanticism, Realism and Naturalism, Modernism, and contemporary scene design.
For more information on this fascinating book, see here.
Posted: February 5, 2010
Read an intriguing profile of alum and singer-songwriter, Lesley Gore '68, in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Posted: January 13, 2010
Check out Noah Sheldon's '98 photography of the biosphere, wrecked on flavorwire.com
Posted: January 13, 2010
Author Beth Powning '71 published her latest work, "The Sea Captain's Wife," an ambitious historical novel inspired by the seafaring, shipbuilding past of the Bay of Fundy.
The Sea Captain's Wife is an awe-inspiring tour that captures the vigour of life in the Age of Sail and gives us an unforgettable young heroine who shows compassion, courage and love while under incredible duress.
For more information on the book and Beth Powning, please see:
http://www.theseacaptainswife.ca
http://www.powning.com/beth/
Posted: January 11, 2010
Elizabeth Eslami '00 announces publication of debut novel, BONE WORSHIP.
This stunning debut about the complex relationship between an American daughter and her Iranian father dares to explore the perilous intersection of familial and cultural mysteries, balancing the pull of tradition, the promise of the future, and all the possibilities in between.
For more information about this book and author appearances, visit the author's website at www.elizabetheslami.com
Posted: January 7, 2010
Estha Weiner '72 will be reading her poetry at the Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City on January 13th. For more information, see our Events Posted by Alums calendar.
Posted: January 6, 2010
Dr. Nan Bauer-Maglin '63 announced the publication of Final Acts: Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make, which she edited.
Today most people die gradually, from incremental illnesses, rather than from the heart attacks or fast-moving diseases that killed earlier generations. Given this new reality, the essays in Final Acts explore how we can make informed and caring end-of-life choices for ourselves and for those we love—and what can happen without such planning. Contributors include patients, caretakers, physicians, journalists, lawyers, social workers, educators, hospital administrators, academics, and psychologists.
Posted: January 4, 2010
Tamam Gayer '93 presents the art exhibition, Everything's for Sale, at Gaga Arts Center in Garnerville, NY. For more information, see Gaga's web site at http://www.gagaartscenter.org
Posted: December 21, 2009
Professional artist Betsy Shepardson '75 was honored by Cambridge Who's Who. Betsy exhibited her work at the Museum of American Illustration.
Posted: December 21, 2009
Joan Konner '51 published "You Don't Have to be Buddhist to Know Nothing," an "illustrious collection of thought on naught". "This unique anthology of sound-bite history brings together, in a portable volume, the thoughts of well-known writers and philosophers... demonstrating that some of the finest minds explored... and played with the real or imagined presence of Nothing in their lives."
Posted: December 16, 2009
Brian Claflin '90 is featured both as soloist in the chorus, and as lead actor and again as soloist in the dramatized folk tale "Wicked John and the Devil", for which he came up with his own additional musical material ("O Devil", based on "O Death"). Reviews, ticket info, performance dates & general show description below.
"Brian Claflin, as the blacksmith, demonstrates a supple voice... Evocative....Spellbinding....What unfolds onstage at the Sanders Theatre is a celebration of the virtues of simplicity and of the nourishment to be found in traditional music.” – Boston Globe
The show runs from December 17 - December 27. For times and tickets, please see: http://www.revels.org
Posted: December 16, 2009
Estha Weiner '72 announces the publication of her poetry collection, "Transfiguration Begins at Home". This book will be available around Christmas 2009 on Amazon.
Posted: December 15, 2009
Tamam Adele Kahn '66 announced the December 15th release of her book, "Untold: A History of the Wives of Prophet Muhammed".
Posted: December 14, 2009
Join NYC-based choreographer Elizabeth Gorgas '08 as she presents an evening of solo work from her fledgling contemporary dance company PoMoMojo. This event, held in the beautifully renovated Riviera Presbyterian Church, will be a way to meet the artist as well as become acquainted with the company's style and vision. Please plan to stay afterward because there will be amazing treats to be had.
The performance will take place at 5275 Sunset Drive, Miami FL on December 18, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Posted: December 14, 2009
Laurie Cohen '69, Director of the Mill Valley Philharmonic announces: Mill Valley Philharmonic will present “Celebrating Women Composers” in three free concerts mid-March, coinciding with International Women’s Day, The program includes a world premiere fanfare written by the winner of an MVP fanfare contest for the students and alumnae of Berkley College of Music (Boston.) Mill Valley Philharmonic celebrates its 10th season as Marin’s award-winning nonprofit community orchestra. Since the fall of 2000, Mill Valley Philharmonic has brought free, live orchestral music to people in their own communities in Marin and beyond. We have much to celebrate! MVP’s 2009 - 2010 season commemorates ten years of artistic growth and community engagement.
Dr. Steevie Jane Parks '78, a clinical psychologist who has been in private practice since 1988, has started a new company called 'Accessing Creative Energy Workshops' where she provides Expressive Art Therapy to groups of adults, adolescents or children in various settings. She is currently writing a book on Expressive Arts Therapies in her spare time.
Erica Abeel '58, author of "Conscience Point," regularly covers film and media for the Huffington Post.
Elyse Pasquale '98 is a producer of "NEWSical the Musical: We Distort You Decide" off-Broadway. The Drama Desk nominated musical review is back lampooning current events, newsmakers, celebrities and politicians. With songs and material being updated on a regular basis, composer-lyricist (Drama Desk nominated) Rick Crom's topical musical comedy is an ever-evolving mockery of all the news that is fit to spoof! Currently in previews at the 47th Street Theatre, NEWSical will open December 9th. Tickets are available online at www.ticketcentral.com. www.newsicalthemusical.net
Leah Umansky's MFA 2004 poem "Close-up" will be published in the upcoming anthology, "The American Voice in Poetry: the legacy of Whitman, Williams and Ginsberg. For more information see her blog: iammyownheroine.wordpress.com
Posted: December 10, 2009
Matthew Schwartz's '93 design firm recently developed branding and identity for a new non-profit, The Electrification Coalition, and a landmark report, the Electrification Roadmap paving the way to a U.S. transportation system based on electric power.
Posted: November 25, 2009
Julianna Margulies will be honored at the 29th Annual Muse Awards. These awards are presented by the New York women in film and television. The event will take place Wednesday, December 9, 2009 in New York City.
For more information, please see:
http://www.nywift.org
Posted: November 25, 2009
Kay Chernush '66 is a leading U.S. commercial and fine art photographer. Working with survivors of human trafficking, she created a new series of images and presents a different vision. This work is currently being exhibited in front of the Dutch Houses of Parliament in The Hague. She will present these and other images and talk about the moral and aesthetic challenges of photographing this complex subject. This presentation will take place on December 10, 2009 at Soho20/Chelsea Gallery, located at 547 West 27th Street, Suite 301.
For more information on Kay's photography, please see:
www.kaychernush.com
Posted: November 17, 2009
Chloe Honum '03 has two poems in the November issue of Poetry magazine. The issue can also be read online at: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/toc.html
Posted: November 16, 2009
Nicole Pombier Berger '09 announces Underwater New York. This online anthology of stories inspired by objects found underwater around NYC, has launched and is seeking submissions. The collection launched in October with a party on board the Lightship Frying Pan, a once-sunken ship now moored in Manhattan, and has been mentioned in The New Yorker and New York Magazine.
For more information, please see:
http://underwaternewyork.com
Posted: November 16, 2009
In May 2007, Zola Bruce '99 started a nonprofit organization to combine his focus on social work, art, and public health. Unified for Global Healing provides culturally competent health services for under served communities in Haiti, Ghana, and India; promoting the advancement of health education and improving the well being of under served international communities using multidisciplinary teams. The vision of Unified for Global Healing is to provide a network of health care providers, social workers, activists, public health professionals, researchers and artists working together to promote global health through direct service, health education, and cultural awareness. This nonprofit is seeking new members.
For more information, please see:
www.unifiedforglobalhealing.org
Posted: November 16, 2009
Barbara Kolsun '71 is the editor and writer of the first book on Fashion Law published by Fairchild and called "Fashion Law A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives and Attorneys".
Posted: November 16, 2009
Paul Werner '73 announces two new book publication, Musee et Cie and, a translation of Museum, Inc.: Inside the Global Art World.
Posted: November 16, 2009
After graduating, Drew Snyder opened The Andrews Gallery in San Diego, CA during the fall of 2008 to promote emerging artists from all over the US and Western Europe. One year later, The Andrews Gallery has exhibited many gifted artists working in a variety of mediums, including a handful of Sarah Lawrence alums. To get in touch or to learn more visit www.theandrewsgallery.com
Posted: November 16, 2009
Working with survivors of human trafficking, Kay Chernush, '66, has created a new series of images and presents a different vision in this open-air exhibition, in front of the Dutch parliament. A selection of the work is also on display at the Louis Hartloper Complex in Utrecht.
Posted: November 16, 2009
Pamela Williams '80 announces The Loving Project E-Race interactive dance theatre performance
See it at:
http://www.dancenow.org/erace.html
Posted: November 16, 2009
Page 73 Productions (Executive Directors Liz Jones MFA '02 and Asher Richelli '97), is pleased to present, in collaboration with New Georges, the world premiere of CREATURE by Heidi Schreck, directed by Leigh Silverman. Performances begin Tuesday, October 27tn and run through Saturday, November 21st at the Ohio Theater, 66 Wooster Street in Soho. Page 73 is dedicated to developing and producing the works of early-career playwrights. Be among the first ever to see this exciting premiere play.
Sat, Nov. 21 @ 3 PM)
at the Ohio Theater
(66 Wooster Street, b/w Spring and Broome)
$25 per ticket (general admission)
$35 per ticket (reserved seating)
Buy your tickets here: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/692305
Posted: November 16, 2009
Emerging Voices is a literary mentorship program designed to launch potential professional writers from underserved communities. This year's crop of talented writers include three poets, three fiction writers, and two memoirists. They celebrated in September their completion of a year-long mentorship at the Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The mentorship consisted of Author Evenings, workshops, master classes, courses at UCLA Extension, lectures, public readings, and informal sessions with mentors. The eight recipients of the 2009 Emerging Voices Fellowship are: Erika Ayon, John Boucher, Rachelle Cruz '07, Thi Dao, Parnaz Foroutan, Sylvia Sukop, Marissa Tinloy, and Mehnaz Turner. Since its inception ninety-one writers have completed the Emerging Voices Program. For more info please visit www.penusa.org
Posted: November 16, 2009
Denise J. Hart Graduate Theatre class of 1999 was recently granted promotion to Associate Professor and tenure in the Department of Theatre Arts at Howard University. As well, her production of Day of Absence was selected to present at the Region 2 conference of the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival.
Posted: November 16, 2009
Dr. Susan Engel '80 wrote an impassioned op-ed in The New York Times, calling for greater resources for prospective teachers.
Posted: November 2, 2009
Lynn Gottlieb Gilbert '59 was named photographer of the month on paradepro.com, the site of a website design company. You can see her portfolio through paradepro.com or directly on her own web site. Also, Lynn is the only photographer exhibiting at a decorator showcase, Holiday House 2009, December 2nd through December 6th, for twenty-two decorators doing tabletops, to support the Susan B. Komen Foundation.
Posted: November 2, 2009
Congratulations to David Adjmi '93, one of three recipients of the Steinberg Playwright Award (aka “The Mimi”), an honor recognizing the accomplishments of some of the most gifted up-and-coming American playwrights and the promise they hold for the future of theater.
Posted: November 2, 2009
Elisabeth Rohm '96 joined the case of Heroes on November 2nd. Her character, CIA agent Lauren Gilmore arrives on the show to explore a relationship with HRG.
Posted: November 2, 2009
Matthew Robinson '00 is Co-Writer and Director of The Invention of Lying
Matthew Robinson is the first-time co-writer and director of The Invention of Lying, Ricky Gervais’ newest and most deftly honed shot at American cinematic movie stardom. The film boasts a joyful cast and cameos that include Ed Norton, Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, Christopher Guest, Rob Lowe and even Phillip Seymour Hoffman as well as Gervais himself in the role of a lovable loser who discovers the ability to lie in a world where no one can.
For a full profile on Matthew Robinson, see Writer's Guild's web site.
Posted: October 9, 2009
Oliver Conant '77 Announces 23 Coins
'23 COINS' A WORLD PREMIERE OF A NEW MUSICAL
Written by Mark Abrahams
Direction by S. Barton-Farcas & Michelle Kuchuk
Arrangements & Musical Direction by Michael O'Dell
Play features three SLC alums in the cast: Oliver Conant ’77, Rebecca Lee Lerman ’03 and Amir Levi ’04.
Ginny Walker is not like other girls. Hiding out in the badlands of southern Louisiana, this genius girl-prodigy and her fugitive mother, Sarah, live precariously. But the law is not the only threat. Both of them dangle beneath a giant question mark—a fatal genetic legacy that may (or may not) strike. Laid bare under such catastrophic shoes about to drop, how does one plow through an average day? As you might’ve guessed, Ginny turns to preaching the gospel....
23 COINS performance times, dates & info:
October 7th - 25th, 2009
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 8PM/ Sundays @ 2:30PM
nicu's spoon theatre company
38 west 38th street, 5th floor, NYC
Tickets: general: $18/seniors & students: $15
Please see Nicu Spoon's Theatre for more information.
Posted: October 9, 2009
Jessica Halem '94 Makes Two Big Announcements
1. The much awaited documentary, that so many of you have supported, is now in post-production. "Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival" is almost here! Please take a minute and check out our website:
http://exoticworldthemovie.com/ and sign up for our mailing list.
2. Chicagoans: I'm doing a show with two of my favorite folks, Cameron Esposito and Bill Cruz. Join us at the Center on Halsted on Thur, Nov. 5. Last time this show sold out and I said some things that can't be repeated. Ever again. Join us.
Posted: October 9, 2009
Mira Spektor '50 Announces Downtown Music Productions
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
MIMI STERN-WOLFE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
EAST VILLAGE CONCERT SERIES
ST MARKS ON THE BOWERY 131 TENTH STREET Near 2nd Ave
Presents
Memorable Music - Songs & Duets by <
KURT WEILL * LEONARD BERNSTEIN * MIRA J. SPEKTOR
SUNDAY OCTOBER 18, 2009 @ 3PM
DARCY DUNN - Mezzo Soprano
MARK SINGER - Baritone
MIMI STERN-WOLFE - Piano
DANIEL PEARL COMMEMORATIVE MONTH
Suggested Donation: $10 - Information: dmpmimi@verizon.net
Posted: October 9, 2009
Kim Rosen MFA 2004 Announces Book Publication
Kim Rosen graduated from SLC with an MFA in Poetry in 2004. Her book, Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words was just published by Hay House publishing. SLC tenured professor Marie Howe is featured in the book, and also on the CD that is included.
Can someone really be saved by a poem? In Kim Rosen's book, the answer is a resounding "Yes!" Poetry, our most ancient form of prayer, is a healing medicine, especially needed in these times of global and personal uncertainty. Weaving teaching, story, verse and memoir, Rosen guides you to find a poem that speaks to you, take it into your life, and become a voice for its wisdom in the world.
There are excerpts and other details on my website: www.kimrosen.net.
Posted: October 9, 2009
Clay McLeod Chapman '00 Presents the Pumpkin Pie Show: Commencement
Horse Trade presents
the Pumpkin Pie show: COMMENCEMENT
stories written by Clay McLeod Chapman
performance by Hanna Cheek '00
Thursday through Saturday nights: 8 PM
October 15th -- October 31st
at UNDER St. Marks
94 St. Marks Place (btn 1st Ave and Ave A)
Tickets: $18 (general) $15 (students/seniors)
Thursday nights are PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN (buy at the door)
Smarttix: 212-868-4444 or online at www.horseTRADE.info
Now entering its second decade of critically acclaimed performances, this season's edition of The Pumpkin Pie Show explores the bond formed between three women in the wake of a high school tragedy.
Posted: October 9, 2009
Libby Emmons '98 Announces Sticky!
Plays by New York's top young playwrights, actors and directors,
featured in 1 night of theater's hottest party
Blue Box Productions presents
10-minute bar plays & music
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery between Houston & Bleecker
Friday 10/09 @ 7 pm
$8 at the door
www.blueboxproductions.net
www.bowerypoetry.com
Posted: October 9, 2009
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Marleise Brosnan MA 2009, as the new Project Director for the Alliance, a broad-based coalition of 29 national organizations representing all aspects of the healthcare delivery system including family caregivers, the direct-care workforce, healthcare professionals, and consumers.
Posted: September 21, 2009
Elizabeth "Lisa" Goddard '72 was appointed Newport Art Museum. She's been interim director since January. http://www.newportartmuseum.org/pages/newsletter_home_2009Fall.cfm
Posted: September 21, 2009
Photographer Kay Chernush '66 Awarded Arts Grant
Photographer Kay Chernush '66 has been awarded a grant from the Arlington (VA) Commission on the Arts in support of her new project, "The Us and The They: Prejudice and Empathy in America's Smallest County." Her first study of prejudice was in a SLC freshman course called "Psychological Thinking," with Rudolph Arnheim at SLC. An exhibition is planned for June 2010.
Posted: October 8, 2009
Joan Waite '55 Announces Repeat Benefit Performance of "Travel the World in Song"
Joan Waite, mezzo-soprano, will give a Repeat Performance of "Travel the World in Song" at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton. With 18 songs in 11 languages from 5 continents this concert includes selections from Europe, the Far and Middle East, Africa and South and North America. Joan will be accompanied by Peter de Mets on piano and Bill Trigg on percussion. A freewill offering will benefit the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton.
Performance will take place on Sunday, November 1st, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. at 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ.
Posted: October 8, 2009
Liza Ketchum Publishes New Novel
Viking just published Liza Ketchum's new novel, "Newsgirl." She'll be doing a reading on October 27th (at 7 p.m.), at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA
Weaving in details of authentic 19th century California, Liza Ketchum has written a fascinating story of San Francisco at the height of its rough and tumble days. Amelia's family has arrived in San Francisco in 1851, hoping for a new life in this gold rush town. But they are nearly penniless. Amelia discovers that newsboys can make a fortune selling east coast newspapers. So, she cuts her hair and dresses herself as a boy and experiences a new freedom as she explores the city.
Amelia is a well-rounded character: imperfect, persistent, unsure of herself, and likable. "An educational and entertaining read".--School Library Journal (starred review) Newsgirl is recommended for grades 5 to 8.
Ketchum is the author of many books for young readers, including Where the Great Hawk Flies, winner of the Massachusetts Book Award for Children's Literature. She enjoys writing nonfiction and contemporary novels as well as stories about the past. She teaches in the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Hamline University and divides her time between Massachusetts and Vermont.
Posted: October 8, 2009
Ryan Gates takes CreativeRHINO on the road as true digital nomads
A month-long mobile office campaign to prove that America’s idea of business has drastically changed, giving way to an era of digital nomads.
September 21st, 2009 – Bolton Landing, NY – Bolton Landing-based company CreativeRHINO has packed up and taken to the road for a month-long trip of being completely mobile. The primarily husband and wife team have brought everything they need for the first of two back-to-back month-long trips across America for business, pleasure, and art.
The trip will explore how the company operates entirely from the road with no home base to fallback on while maintaining full functionality. As well, it is a social experiment on a business’s connections to an office space and location; can a business be successful by being a digital nomad and merging business with home life?
Check out blog: www.creativerhino.wordpress.com
Posted: October 1, 2009
Jonathan Montgomery '03 Publishes New Book
Jonathan Montgomery has just released a new book with Monkey Puzzle Press (Boulder, CO) called Taxis and Shit: The MeToo Poems Volume III... it's about shit that has happened to him while driving a taxi...
Posted: October 1, 2009
Moriah Mason '09 is working on a new documentary film.
"Trickle Down, Groundwater Up" [working title] which will explore the challenges of consuming and accessing water in New Delhi, India. These challenges are examples of the social and ecological impacts of globalization, but there's still hope!
It also tells the stories of people who are working from the groundwater up to reclaim access to the most vital natural resource, and, in turn, to regenerate their ecosystems and communities.
The film will be used both to support alternative water systems and water sovereignty movements within New Delhi, and as an educational tool to begin conversations about water conservation in the U.S.
Please visit www.groundwaterup.com for more information.
You can contact Moriah with any questions or feedback at
moriah.g.mason@gmail.com.
Posted: September 28, 2009
Sean (Walter) Kelly '99 Receives Ph.D.
Sean received his Ph.D. in French literature from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. His dissertation title is "Trials by Deviance: Sexual Slander during the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, and the French Revolution"
Posted: September 25, 2009
Robert Levi '75 Announces Best Documentary Emmy
In 2008, Robert Levi became the first filmmaker in history to receive an Emmy for Best Documentary, a Best Documentary Screenplay Award from the Writers Guild of America, and a George Foster Peabody Award, all three prestigious awards awarded in the same year for his critically acclaimed "Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life" biography. In addition, the film was one of three documentaries to make New York Magazine's Top Ten Best Television Events list. Levi also produced the best-selling "Lush Life" soundtrack CD for Blue Note Records.
Posted: September 16, 2009
Dr. Aaron Blackledge '93 Profiled by GameChangers
Dr. Aaron Blackledge and his San Francisco clinic, CarePractice were profiled in GameChangers for leading changes and reform in health care. To read the full article, please see GameChangers' web site.
For more information on the clinic, please see http://carepractice.com/about.html
Posted: September 15, 2009
Bruce Frankel Publishes New Book
Bruce Frankel's What Should I Do with the Rest of My Life? True Stories of Finding Success, Passion and New Meaning in the Second Half of Life is scheduled for publication by Avery/Penguin in March 2010. It profiles activists, artists, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, inventors, writers and others who discovered new callings, success, and purpose in later life after living otherwise mostly modest lives.
Posted: September 15, 2009
Jedd Novatt '80 Sculpture Donated to SCAD
In an effort to raise awareness and literally elevate the arts, a bronze sculpture measuring 14 feet tall by 10 feet wide created by renowned American sculptor Jedd Novatt will find a permanent home on the front lawn of SCAD's Atlanta location Thursday, Oct. 8. The dedication ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. and is by invitation only.
To read the full article and to see Jedd's art work, please see SCAD's web site.
Posted: September 15, 2009
Emma Gaalaas Mullaney '07 Announces First Academy Publication
Emma Gaalaas Mullaney '07 just received notice of her first academic publication: Journal of Latin American Geography, Volume 8, Number 2, 2009
Abstract: Based on a study of the semi-autonomous Carib Territory of Dominica, this article proposes that access to the land be thought of in terms of land security, a concept that bridges productive, cultural, and political dimensions of the land. Interviews revealed an identification with the land deeper than issues of ownership usually address and at odds with proposals for individual and collective land titling. The consideration of land security is offered as a way to expand our disciplinary language to fit indigenous realities, by connecting the adjudication of property rights directly to the heritage and environmental rights of residents.
Posted: September 15, 2009
Margaret Lee Hall MFA 2007 Announces Fun New Blog!
Don't miss a recently inaugurated blog that focuses on Southern Culture: interiors, entertaining and literature. Designed and maintained by 2007 M.F.A. creative writing graduate, Lee Hall, readers can subscribe free and enjoy Lee's frequent posts and musings about Southern living. Check it out at http://sassyliving.wordpress.com/
Posted: September 15, 2009
Toadlily Press Poetry Book Launch Reading Announced
From Pamela Hart Rago '04: Join the poets and editors of Toadlily Press, an independent press in Chappaqua, NY, founded by Sarah Lawrence graduates, for the launch reading of BY WAY OF, the fifth book of its Quartet Series. The reading will be held at the Katonah Museum of Art on Oct. 4, 2009 at 6 PM. There will be a reception and book signing following the reading, which is sponsored in part by Poets & Writers Inc, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Posted: September 15, 2009
Daniel Traub '94 Announces Show, Daniel Traub: Beijing (Photographs 1999-2005)
Daniel Traub: Beijing
August 26 - October 16, 2009
Opening Reception: September 17, 2009
4:30 to 7:30 pm
The Art Institute of Philadelphia
1622 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Posted: September 15, 2009
Sarah Magid '98 Publishes her Organic Baking Book, "Organic and Chic"
Sarah Magid will be signing copies of her organic baking book, "Organic and Chic' at Kinokuniya Bookstores (1073 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY) Wed, September 16th at 6pm. Across from the Bryant Park fashion shows, to celebrate the love of beautiful cakes and sweets.
Posted: September 15, 2009
SLC MFA Poet Alums Read from New Books
Poets Maya Pindyck, Rachel M. Simon, Hila Ratzabi and Lis von Uhl will all read from their newly published poetry books. All have won numerous awards and have been published in top poetry journals. Reading will take place at Slonim House on the SLC campus, on September 30th.
Posted: September 15, 2009
New iPhone App: The DotShow developed by computer scientists at NYU in collaboration with Laban Movement Analyst, Peggy Hackney MFA '71
For the last few years, we have been working to teach the computer to recognize a person's "Movement Signature." This app lets you video yourself and have the computer translate your moving body parts into moving Green Dots. These dots can then be compared and grouped with others of the same "Movement Signature." We have clustered 28 world leaders. You can see the work at www.nyu.edu/GreenDot
Posted: September 15, 2009
Diane Ligon '82 Announces Mother Goose Puppet Show at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD
"Mother Goose and her Fabulous Puppet Friends", performed by Diane Ligon, will be at Imagination Stage's "StoryTheatre Series" for eight shows this November. This version of the show will be ideal for 2 - 5 year old children. Each rhyme is set to a different musical style and group participation abounds with dancing, singing, and guessing games.
Imagination Stage is located at 4908 Auburn Avenue.
Please see Diane Ligon's web site for more information.
Posted: September 15, 2009
Mother Goose CD gets Positive School Library Journal Review
Diane Sacolick Ligon's CD "Mother Goose and her Fabulous Puppet Friends" received a positive review in the School Library Journal in March of this year.
Posted: September 15, 2009
Lisa Zwerling Announces Art Exhibition
Art exhibition, solo show at First Street Gallery, open October 6-31, reception October 8th from 6-8 pm for Lisa Zwerling. First Street Gallery is located at 561 Broadway, New York, NY.
Please see lisazwerling.com for more information.
Posted: September 15, 2009
Margery Cuyler '70 has two new children's books out this fall: The Little Dump Truck and That's Good! That's Bad! On Santa's Journey
Margery Cuyler, author of more than 40 books for children, has two new titles this fall, The Little Dump Truck and That's Good! That's Bad! (both Henry Holt/Macmillan), so if any of my classmates have grandchildren yet, please go out and buy them!
Posted: September 15, 2009
Erica Abeel '58 Blogs for the Huffington Post
Erica Abeel will be blogging from Toronto International Film Festival for the Huffington Post.
Posted: September 3, 2009
Damani Baker '96 of Soulfire Films
In the few years since his graduation, Damani Baker has founded Soulfire Films, his own production company; directed and produced films for PBS, the Sundance Institute, and Danny Glover’s Carrie Productions; and been named one of “25 new faces in independent film” by Filmmaker magazine. Damani recently completed directing Still Bill, a documentary on Bill Withers.
Posted: September 1, 2009
David Friedman '96 Received Promotion
Mr. Friedman was recently promoted to the position of Counsel for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Posted: September 1, 2009
Joan B. Waite '55 Released Her Latest CD
Joan B. Waite '55 released her latest CD, "Travel the World in Song," which recorded her October '08 concert. This concert raised close to $4000.00 for the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton to help provide food and fuel for those in need.
Posted: September 1, 2009