Samantha Fein '08 will be showing a new experimental art piece at the Hillyer Art Space in Washington DC. The exhibition runs from August 3rd through August 31st, with the opening reception taking place on August 3rd. For directions or more information on the show please visit the artist's website at
www.samfein.com
Posted: May 25, 2012
Dania Beach Artist Claire Jeanine Satin '56 was honored with an exhibition on May 17 in Venice, Italy at Galleria 3Din Mestre. The title of the well-attended exhibit was “Indeterminacy”. The Post-Modern artist is completing a 2nd Emily Harvey Foundation Artist Residency in Venice. The Emily Harvey Foundation offers residencies in Venice, Italy, for innovative artists, writers, musicians videographers, dancers and other creative thinkers in mid to late career. They may come from anywhere in the world. The organization awarded Satin a first residency in 2009.
Posted: May 25, 2012
Kay Chernush '66 announces the outdoor exhibition of her photographic series "Bought & Sold: Voices of Human Trafficking," with new images relating to the situation in Singapore and SE Asia. Patron is Amb. Tommy Koh. Opening reception on July 13, with Guest of Honor Halimah Yacob. Exhibit is located at Orchard Road/Mandarin Gallery, Singapore and will run to Aug 30 and then move to the National University of Singapore.
Kay also invites you to celebrate freedom and help end modern slavery. Kay will participate at F.E.T.E - Face It. Expose It. Tackle It. End It. Gala fundraising dinner, with speaker Somaly Mam and Artworks for Freedom contributing artist Dawn Akemi Saito. There will be a display of Survivor's Quilts. Proceeds will go to raise awareness about the global crime against humanity. Please see more information about this event here.
Posted: May 16, 2012
Bob Lamm '68 was interviewed about a month ago by a terrific Sarah Lawrence senior, Melinda Quick, about being one of the first six men at SLC in spring 1968 as the school began its "experiment" in coeducation. Read the piece that Melinda wrote here.
Posted: May 16, 2012
Sarah Sarai's (MFA 1997) poems "White People Are on My Mind These Days" and "Our Pointillist Galaxy" are featured as the Lambda Literary Poetry Spotlight, this week.
Posted: May 16, 2012
The New York Times recently profiled John Jasperse '85, calling him "quite possibly the most important American contemporary dance choreographer of his generation". John Jasperse is currently working on an expanded and revised version of his 200 "Fort Blossom". Read the full article on The New York Times web site.
Posted: May 16, 2012
Robert Sampson '10 received the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals Fellowship. The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals is a full-year work-study scholarship program with a strong focus on cultural exchange. CBYX annually provides 75 young Americans with an understanding of everyday life, education, and professional training in Germany. The program begins in July and includes two months of intensive German language training in Germany (no prior German language knowledge required), four months of classroom instruction at a German university or college of applied sciences, and a five-month internship in a participant's career field.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Adriana Baer '04 was named Artistic Director of Profile Theatre in Portland, OR. Profile Theatre was founded in 1997 with the mission of celebrating the playwright’s contribution to live theater. To that end, Profile produces a full season of plays by or about a single playwright each season.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Winston Aarons MFA 1995 recently published Jasmine, a well-crafted tale that traces the curved line between love and obsession. Jasmine is the story of Sor Avraham, a university professor and married man of unswerving principles. That is until a chance encounter with the mysterious and sensual Marguerite, a free-spirited artist and professor. They fall into a torrid love affair that eventually threatens both their marriages and their careers. Aarons has written a well-crafted tale of passion, loss and the dangers of obsession, with vivid characterizations and a tightly paced narrative.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Bernardo Ruiz '95 announced the launch of his new web site, reporteroproject.com which continues the storytelling of his acclaimed documentary, REPORTERO. The inaugural blog post features journalist Sergio Haro's gripping account of the assassination of the Mexican presidential candidate in 1994.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Dylan Levers '10 directs a production of Tina Howe's ('59) absurdist comedy Museum at Unity Stage Company in Long Island City, Queens with performances May 12th - 20th at PaintCan Studios (10-10 44th Avenue, Studio 302. Court Square/23rd Street Stop (E / G / 7) or Vernon/Jackson Stop (7)). The play chronicles the events that unfold on the last day of an exhibition entitled "The Broken Silence." A seasoned cast of 18 actors plays 44 roles in this wacky and wonderful comedy -- including alums Aaron Matteson '08 and Rachel Troy '11. Kevin Brouder '10 sound designs. Tickets are $14 for May 12th and 13th and $18 for all other performances. They are available for purchase at www.unitystage.org or at the PaintCan Studios 3 hours before the night's performance.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Michele Brody '89 and dance performance artist Sabine Heubusch are teaming up to present Dance of the Garden Sentinels on Governor's Island for Figment 2012 on June 9th and 10th.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Joy Ladin's ('82) memoir, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, was published in March by U. of Wisconsin Press; excerpts have appeared in Huffington Post, Zeek, The Jerusalem Post and other publications, and a chapter is forthcoming in the next Feminist Studies. Her sixth poetry collection, The Definition of Joy, will be out this summer.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Sarah Sarai's (MFA 1997) short story, "Lillia," is in the Spring issue of Devil's Lake, at
http://english.wisc.edu/devilslake/issues/spring2012/Sarai.html.
Posted: May 8, 2012
Sarah Sarai, poet, MFA in Fiction, 1997, joins a Q&A with Elaine Stonborough, poet, and Mary Meriam, editor of Lavender Review, in "A Woman, A Lesbian, A Poet" on the Ms. Magazine Blog.
Sarah also has three poems, "Stop" "Drink, Child" and "Palace of the Blessed," in Folly Magazine.
Posted: April 26, 2012
Marc Kaufman's (MFA 2001) essay, "Is it Okay to be Okay Again: Tokyo One Year Later" about life in Tokyo after last years earthquake was published as Narrative Magazine's "Story of the Week" on April 23rd. Read it on the Narrative Magazine's web site.
Posted: April 26, 2012
The work of Meg Lindsay MFA '98 will be exhibited at the Irvington Library in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY from May 2-June 2, 2012. You are invited to join her for an opening reception on Saturday, May 5th from 2-5 pm. For more information on the exhibit and the artist, please visit her website.
Posted: April 25, 2012
Chris Brandt MFA 1972 invites you you to a rare chance to see John Gay's satirical romp, The Beggar's Opera, done in its original spirit, as a folk opera that lampoons "high" art, operatic pretensions, and society's hypocrisies - a real beggar's opera, done in the tradition of poor theatre from Gay to Grotowski - but unlike the latter, hilariously funny. Medicine Show is one of New York City's oldest experimental theatre companies, which has done everything from Shakespeare to Havel and Fo, Aristophanes to their own collaboratively created pieces (which have won several international prizes.)
The show runs from April 27 through May 19. Tickets are $18. For more information, see the Medicine Show web site.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Mark Kaplan '87 announces his new play, "The Great American Trailer Park Musical", which he's directing. The play opens on May 11 and runs through June 16 at the Repertory East Playhouse in Santa Clarita, CA. For tickets, call (661)288-0000 or see repeastplayhouse.org for more information.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Emily Tremaine '06 starred in the movie Firelight with Cuba Gooding, Jr. this past Sunday, April 22nd on ABC. The movie will also be re-running on the Hallmark Hall of Fame.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Mira Spektor '50 announces two performances of Villa Diodati, a chamber opera. The opera is presented by Bank Street Films at the York Theatre at St. Peter's Church. Mira is responsible for both the music and the libretto.
The performances are Saturday, May 5th and 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 6th at 2 p.m. at the York Theatre in St. Peter's Church at 619 Lexington Avenue Corner at 54th Street, New York City. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased over the phone at (212)935-5820. For more information, email Mira at mirajspektor@earthlink.net.
Posted: April 24, 2012
TIME magazine named Ann Patchett '85 to the 2012 TIME 100 list of most influential people in the world. This list aims to honor people who inspire, entertain, and create notable change. Ann was chosen this year for both the acclaim she received for her novel, State of Wonder, and her bold decision to open a bookstore in her native Nashville, when she realized her town no longer had one. See the article on Time here.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Gary Ploski MFA 2008 announces that the feature film in which he is both the lead actor and one of the co-producers, Rising Star, will have its world premiere in Seattle next month at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival. The film is about an overworked 20-something who must decide between his job and his passion after he accidentally meets his online love interest in the insurance capitol of the world.
View the trailer on Youtube. See more about the movie on the Rising Star web site. Then, you can buy tickets for this event on Event Brite.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Sarah Warner '95 announced that her agency, Warner Literary Group, has successfully sold alum Derek B. Miller's ('92) debut novel, NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT, in nine different territories... and counting. NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT is the story of the last adventure of a man coming to terms with the tragedy of his life as he tries to save the life of another.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Gayle O'Brien '96 announced the publication of her novel, Underground. Her first novel, Underground won the 2011 Hookline Novel Competition and was published in April.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Bill Ochs MFA 1970 has been teaching been teaching Irish music on the pennywhistle, flute, and uilleann pipes in Manhattan for almost forty years now. For the past four years, he has been teaching in places places like Beijing, Singapore and Cracow via Skype. See a recent Hell's Kitchen-to-Cracow pennywhistle lesson of his featured on ZDF, German Public TV.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Liz Magnes '65, solo Jazz pianist, celebrates her birthday with the show tunes she loves at this "Bargemix" series concert in New York on Friday, May 25, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at Bargemusic. Bargemusic presents chamber music in an unlikely and startlingly beautiful venue—a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Click here for ticket information.
Posted: April 24, 2012
Eleanor Paynter's (MFA 2009) chapbook which was one of the winners of the Toadlily Press chapbook contest. The founding editors of Toadlily are both SLC alumni.
Posted: April 18, 2012
New York Times featured an article on the creation of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space in the East Village. Laurie Mittelmann '11 is actively involved in this effort to preserve and share the story of how activists took over abandoned properties and transformed them into permanent housing or community gardens. Laurie came up with this idea for the museum with Bill DiPaola, executive director of an environmental group, Time's Up, whose members participated in demonstrations to preserve community gardens and squats.
Posted: April 18, 2012
Winner of the Walt Whitman Award 2011, Elana Bell '99 MFA '08, invites you to the launch of her collection of poems entitled “Eyes, Stones” about the Palestine/Israel conflict. The launch will take place at Green Building in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012. Doors open at 6:30pm, and the performance begins at 8pm. The evening will feature ten local artists who have created original pieces of art in response to the poems from the manuscript. A silent auction will be held for the art and all proceeds will be donated to Just Vision, an organization that provides in-depth media coverage of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and civilians working for a just peace in the region. The event will also debut a theatrical version of the text from the book, featuring live music by Katie Down and choreography by Deborah Goffe of Scapegoat Garden, which will be performed subsequently at Jewish and Muslim community centers in Brooklyn (funded by The Brooklyn Arts Council).
Posted: April 13, 2012
Composer Joelle Wallach ’67 will be giving Dallas Symphony Performance Preludes pre-concert lectures in Horchow Hall, on the lower level of Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora Street in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 PM, Friday, April 13 at 6:30 PM, Saturday, April 14 at 7:00 PM and Sunday, April 15 at 1:30 PM.
The subject of these lectures will be Grieg and Sibelius, Depression, Isolation, Addiction and Creativity. They will precede performances of Grieg's Lyric Suite and Piano Concerto, with soloist Andre Watts and Sibelius' Rakastava and Symphony No. 7. The performances will be conducted by James Gaffigan. For tickets and more information, call The Dallas Symphony at 214-692-0203 or visit the Dallas Symphony’s website.
Posted: April 11, 2012
Young alum Gordon Landenberger ’11 designed the set for David Neumann’s most recent dance, Restless Eye, performed at New York Live Arts in Chelseain March. Check out the New York Times’s review on the show.
Posted: April 11, 2012
We are pleased to announce that Chris Wiley ’05 will be having his first solo photography show at the Nicelle Beauchene Gallery this spring. The opening reception is on Saturday, April 14th from 6-8pm. Through June 3, 2012.
Posted: April 11, 2012
Up-and-coming playwright Ross Wade ‘08 has been chosen to showcase his musical, Scheme of the Super Bullies in the first annual New York Children's Theater Festival. Along with Wade's Scheme of the Super Bullies," Joan Ross Sorkin's Go Green and Andrew M. Frodahl's adapted version of The Velveteen Rabbit will be showcased at the festival in the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater from April 20 to May 5.
Posted: April 11, 2012
Forty-five works by artists Mitchell Goldberg ’82 and Cecily Spitzer ’58, MA ’78 are currently on display at the Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry until April 22. For more information on the artists and a preview of the show, check out this article on the show.
Posted: April 11, 2012
Nancy Lelewer Sonnabend ’57 is excited to announce that her book, Something’s Not Right: One Family Struggles with Learning Disabilities will be the first audio book produced by Lessac Technologies. The award winning book was originally published by VanderWyk & Burnham in 1994. For more information, visit the Lessac Technologies website.
Posted: April 11, 2012
Mama’s Boys, a new comedy by Bill Holland is directed by Laurie Eliscu MFA ’75 and will be running at The Payan Theatre (300 W 43rd Street, 5th Floor) this spring as part of the Roy Arias Theatre Festival. Performances run on April 12th at 9 PM, April 14th and 15th at 5 PM. Tickets are $20 at the door.
Posted: April 10, 2012
Join SLC alum and director of Writers Nights, Estha Weiner, and other featured poets (and a musician) for a Reading to Benefit TIGER BARK PRESS on April 11th at Poets' House, 10 River Terrace, NY, NY 10282. Reception will follow. $15 per person, additional donations gratefully accepted. For more information, please see:
http://www.poetshouse.org/content/tiger-bark-press-benefit
Posted: April 5, 2012
Beverly Falk '70 announced the publication of a new book, Defending Childhood: Keeping the Promise of Early Education. This book brings together a group of extraordinary educators and scholars who offer important insights about what we can do to defend childhood from societal challenges. Beverly Falk is professor and director of the Graduate Programs in Early Childhood Education at the School of Education, The City College of New York, and author of Teaching the Way Children Learn.
Posted: April 3, 2012
Rosalind Brenner '09 announced the opening reception for her art show, "Possibilities/Energy Paintings." She presents her intriguing art and her poetry. Rosalind's first book of art and poems was praised by SLC's own Kate Knapp Johnson and Pulitzer prize winner Stephen Dunn. "Possibilities/Energy Paintings" will be shown at the Esther Raushenbush Library at Sarah Lawrence through May 20. For more information, see: www.rosalindbrenner.com
Posted: April 3, 2012
Ross Wade '08 announced his musical for young audiences, "Scheme of the Super Bullies", will be presented as part of The New York Children's Theater Festival. Performances are on April 27th at 5:30 p.m. and April 28th at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Learn more about "Scheme of the Super Bullies" and support the production by visiting its IndieGoGo campaign.
Posted: April 3, 2012
Michele Brody '89 announces that five new pieces from the Drawing Roots series will be part of an exhibit on Sustainability at the Manhattanville College Arthur M. Berger Gallery through April 20th. The gallery is located at 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase NY 10577.
Posted: April 3, 2012
Dania Beach resident Claire Jeanine Satin '56, distinguished sculptor, book artist and public artist, has been awarded a 2nd Emily Harvey Foundation Artist Residency in Venice, Italy. The Emily Harvey Foundation offers residencies in Venice, Italy, for innovative artists, writers, musicians, videographers, dancers and other creative thinkers in mid to late career. They may come from anywhere in the world. The organization awarded Satin a first residency in 2009.
Posted: April 3, 2012
Colin Winnette '07 signed a contract to release two novellas with Atticus Books in 2013. This will be Mr. Winnette's third book. His first novel, Revelation, was released in 2011 on Mutable Sound Press. His collection of short prose, Animal Collection, will be released in August 2012. For more information, see
http://atticusbooksonline.com/
Posted: March 12, 2012
Ann Lainhart '77 announces a Civil War Love Story Blog. This is the 150 year old love story between her great-great-grandparents, Winston and Octavia (Bryant) Stephens, set against the backdrop of the St. Johns River in Florida and the Civil War. It is a love story told purely in their own words through their letters and diaries and those of eight other family members. Each day she will post those letters and/or diary entries with that date 150 years ago. Ann anticipates that this project will take four years! Check it out at:
winstonoctavia.blogspot.com
Posted: February 21, 2012
Claire Satin ‘56 invites you to the gallery show, Left to Chance: In Search of the Accidental Book Art, which she’s participating in. The show commemorates the birth of John Cage, inventor, composer, and printmaker. The show runs through May 12th at the San Francisco Center for the Book at 300 De Haro, San Francisco 94103.
Posted: February 21, 2012
Jeffrey Paul Bobrick '98 has a new music video up on Youtube.
Posted: February 21, 2012
Always Something New To Discover: Menahem Pressler and the Beaux Arts Trio is a biography on German-born pianist Menahem Pressler, who was forced to flee Nazi terror to Israel. Pressler quickly attained international fame in 1946 by winning the Debussy Competition in San Francisco. As founding member of the renowned Beaux Arts Trio, he alone outlived its changes in membership during an unprecedented 53 year history.
The biography by Cynthia Wilson ’75 is now available as both print and e-book.
Posted: February 21, 2012
What do SLC Alum Soma Mei Sheng Frazier ‘00, the author of Lemony Snicket, Oprah's "living treasure" Nikki Giovanni, Pulitzer winner Robert Olen Butler, and Sister Spit poet Michelle Tea have in common? In addition to being stellar writers, they are all judging the Enizagam literary contest and blurbing the winning writers’ work! Send them your new poetry or fiction at the Enizagam website.
Join us for the reception for “Possibilities/Energy Paintings,” images and poetry by Rosalind Brenner MFA ’09. It will be held at the Esther Raushenbush Library Gallery at Sarah Lawrence College on March 24th from 3-5 pm. For more information, please call 914-395-2474.
Posted: February 21, 2012
Keen Company is excited to announce the production of the first New York revival of critically acclaimed Painting Churches by Tina Howe ’59. Directed by Carl Forsman and starring Kathleen Chalfant, John Cunningham, and Kate Turnbull, the show runs at The Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row (410 W 42nd Street between 9th and 10th) through April 7th. For show times, visit Keen Company’s website.
Student and regular discount tickets are available at the BroadwayOffers website or by calling 212-947-8844.
Student Discount Code: TRSTUD
Regular Discount Code: TRKEEN
Discount tickets are subject to availability and must be purchased in advance. This offer expires on April 7th.
Posted: February 21, 2012
The Westchester Review, a literary journal publishing the prose and poetry of writers living, working or studying in New York's Westchester County, is holding its first "Writers Under 30" contest. See more information at:
http://westchesterreview.com/
Posted: February 21, 2012
Chicago Mag named Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel '81 as the most powerful Chicagoan. Read the full list at:
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2012/100-Most-Powerful-Chicagoans/
Posted: February 21, 2012
Philadelphia's Serena Reed ‘99 was selected to represented her city as a Game Changer Filmmaker Fellows for 2012 (aka GCP Fellows). The fellows will produce short films that reveal a higher narrative about being Black and male in America. Learn more at: www.thegrio.com/specials/game-changers/
Posted: February 21, 2012
Robert Leleux '03 published a piece in the New York Times, titled, Finding Joy in Alzheimers. Read it online at:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/finding-joy-in-alzheimers/
Posted: February 21, 2012
Lee Hall MFA 2007 published a beautiful new story, Because, in the current issue of The Cortland Review. Read it online at:
www.cortlandreview.com/issue/53/hall_f.php
Posted: February 21, 2012
An evening of poetry on Wednesday, February 22nd, at the Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street, NYC), will feature Maya Pindyck MFA 2006, SLC faculty member Martha Rhodes, as well as Hansa Bergwall, and Peter Schneider!
Posted: February 21, 2012
DICE Theatre Company houses seven SLC young alumni: Rachael Solomon, Matt Nicholson, Owen Scott, Rachel Troy, Calder Jameson Shilling, Sarah Ferris and Will Forber. Learn more about DICE and support this group of emerging artists by visiting their Kickstarter page!
Posted: February 20, 2012
Jennifer Wallace MFA 1998 announces the upcoming publication of her book of poems, It Can Be Solved By Walking. Critic David Sterritt said of the book, "Jennifer Wallace’s poems explore a unique landscape where finely tuned observation and visionary imagination come together in endlessly surprising ways." Jennifer teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. She is a poetry editor at The Cortland Review and a founding editor of Toadlily Press.
Posted: February 20, 2012
Kate Cawvey '08, now studying at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, was selected as one of two finalists for the Presidential Management Fellowship, which gives advanced degree candidates the opportunity to work in positions within agencies of the federal government.
Posted: February 20, 2012
Lucinda Childs ‘62 is touring to international acclaim and will be stopping at the Perth International Arts Festival, bringing her company to Australia for the first time. Weekend Australian profiled Childs for the full story.
Posted: February 20, 2012
The Oakland Tribune profiled Dana Frasz '06 and her organization, Food Shift, which aims to save wasted food and feed the hungry by collecting unwanted, good quality food from stores, bakeries and other establishments and delivering the products to agencies that feed low-income people.
Posted: February 20, 2012
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) profiled V. Gray Henry Blakemore ’65 for her work, through her publishing foundation Fons Vitae, producing translations of a 40-volume work by a medieval Islamic scholar, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. Henry feels strongly that Ghazali and his work, "The Revival of the Religious Sciences," holds powerful relevance to the modern Muslim world.
Posted: February 20, 2012
Ellen Kaye '82 performs Ice Wine: Songs for Dark Winter Nights at the Metropolitan Room on Wednesday, February 29th, at 7 p.m. The Metropolitan Room is located at 34 West 22nd Street, between 5th and 6th avenues in New York City. See more about Ellen Kay’s performances on Youtube.
Posted: February 20, 2012
SLC alumni are producing play in NYC called Spark. Mythology and city life collide to explore issues of love and sex in this futuristic love story set on February 14, 2112. Spark is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas,a non-profit arts service organization. This work features writer Angela Santillo MFA 2010. Director Elizabeth Miller, as well as actors Alexandra Delare ‘10, Malcolm Pepin ‘09, Winston Shaw ‘10, and Calder Shilling ‘11.
Posted: February 20, 2012
Dan Hurlin ‘79 performed in a new collaboration with Performance artist Dan Froot and composer Amy Denio called Who’s Hungry/Santa Monica, at Highways in Santa Monica, California in late January and early February. Who’s Hungry - Santa Monica is part of an ongoing series of experimental tabletop puppet plays that give a voice and face to hunger.
Posted: February 20, 2012
Judy Jablon '76 recently co-authored an exciting new book for teachers called Powerful Interactions: How To Connect With Children To Extend Their Learning. Published by NAEYC, the world’s largest association of early childhood educators, Powerful Interactions is a book designed to help early childhood teachers make a positive difference in the lives of children and families. You can learn more about Judy, her many contributions to the early childhood education field, and the book by visiting the Powerful Interactions website.
Posted: February 17, 2012
"Goosebumps," a music video created by Kinetic Media for the vocalist Tali, features Sarah Lawrence alum Eric Engleman MFA '03. Watch the video here.
Posted: February 17, 2012
Join Jed Distler '78 tonight, February 17th for "The Complete Works of Thelonious Monk." He will be performing two sets, at 9:00 pm and 10:30 pm at the Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street between 6th and 7th Avenues). Doors open at 8:30pm.
Also check out Jed's unique CD release Meditate with the Masters, available on Amazon now.
Posted: February 17, 2012
Christina Justiz '08 announces solo exhibition, "Cut a Tree, Start a Fire, Melt the Ice, Start a Flood". The opening reception takes place on February 10, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at The Paul Mellon Arts Center at 333 Christian Street, Wallingford, CT. Her first solo exhibition will run through March 2. The Arts Center is located on the campus of Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut. The gallery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and is free of charge.
Translating and transposing her love of life to great visual effect, Justiz paints in an aura of calm intensity, as one who might be composing music. The results are remarkable constructions, which include figuration, as well as abstract patterns of fractal unity and complexity, that reflect her sensitivity to nature and science, as well as to the metaphysical/ archetypal aspects of our surroundings and existence. To learn more about the artist, see:
www.ChristinaJustiz.com
Posted: February 10, 2012
Lisa Bakewell '78 has a new book out, Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun, that W.W. Norton published in hardcover in 2011. The paperback is due out this February, 2012. The book is literary non-fiction and is an investigation into the world of language and culture. It takes place much of the time in Mexico, but focuses on all Spanishes. For more information, please see:
http://www.lizabakewell.com
Posted: February 10, 2012
English readers have long been at a disadvantage in studying the political philosophy of Confucius. Chinese readers have always had access to an extensive commentary concerning its meaning and import, both by reading his own original source documents and by having available the writings of the major and minor commentators who followed Confucius. In order to provide English readers with similar access, David R. Schiller ‘66 has completed an exhaustive, 1,650 page translation, commentary and interpretation of Discussions/Conversations, or The Analects [Lun-yu] entitled, CONFUCIUS: Discussions/Conversations. In addition to the translation, the two volumes contain a short review of early Chinese history, a life of Confucius, chronologies of major events in both the early history and in his life, and a concordance of key Chinese characters which have been transliterated into English. The books can be found on Amazon.
Posted: February 10, 2012
Erica Ryan '98 just began a tenure track position as Assistant Professor of U.S. and Women's History at Rider University.
Posted: February 10, 2012
Claire Satin ‘56 announced that her work is featured in the current issue of The Guild of Book Workers Newsletter with an essay by Laura Kruger, Curator of the Hebrew Union College Museum, NYC, affiliated with New York University.
Posted: February 10, 2012
Michele Brody's ('89) Tea House is now open for Tea Time. Starting now until June of 2012, come and share a tea and your stories and memories about Tea with Resident Artist Michele Brody as part of her project "Reflections in Tea." Please come and stop by the studio in the Fulton Center’s Arts and Crafts room at 119 Ninth Avenue, NY, NY during the following days and times for a refreshing break from the day: Mondays from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. and Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Posted: February 10, 2012
Veera Hiranandani MFA 1996 has just published her debut novel for young readers. Her book, THE WHOLE STORY OF HALF A GIRL, was released by Random House in January and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus.
Posted: February 6, 2012
Christina Justiz '08 announces Solo Exhibition, "Cut a Tree, Start a Fire, Melt the Ice, Start a Flood". The opening reception takes place on February 10, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at The Paul Mellon Arts Center at 333 Christian Street, Wallingford, CT. Her first solo exhibition will run through March 2. The Arts Center is located on the campus of Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut. The gallery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and is free of charge.
Translating and transposing her love of life to great visual effect, Justiz paints in an aura of calm intensity, as one who might be composing music. The results are remarkable constructions, which include figuration, as well as abstract patterns of fractal unity and complexity, that reflect her sensitivity to nature and science, as well as to the metaphysical/ archetypal aspects of our surroundings and existence. To learn more about the artist, see: www.ChristinaJustiz.com
Posted: February 6, 2012
Traci Brimhall MFA 2008 has been selected as the 2012 Summer Poet in Residence at the University of Mississippi. See more information here.
Posted: February 6, 2012
Andi Mudd '06 edited Diane Williams' new book of short stories, VICKY SWANKY IS A BEAUTY (out now from McSweeney's Books). Ms. Mudd also serves as the managing editor for The Believer, a McSweeney's publication.
Posted: February 6, 2012
Robert Leleux '03, author of the comedic and heartbreaking coming-of-age book The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy, presents his newest work, The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving, a tribute to his spirited grandmother. He will read at Barnes and Noble in New York City at 82nd & Broadway on Thursday, February 16, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
Posted: February 6, 2012
Emily Ridder-Beardsley '08 has launched an internet-based travel website and blog dealing with New York City. Check it out at http://www.EmpireGuides.com.
Posted: February 6, 2012
Leslie Wacker '04 is touring cross-country in The World/Inferno Friendship Society this January and February, come out and dance! Leslie will be on tour playing saxophone in The World/Inferno Friendship Society, a band she joined in the fall of 2010. There will be four shows in California, one in Phoenix, four in Texas, one in New Orleans, five in Florida, and four back up the East coast on the way to their Brooklyn show. Look them up and please come! It's like Weimar Cabaret with stage diving to songs about anarchy and the circus. You can also read about Leslie's travel adventures at endleslie.wordpress.com.
Posted: January 26, 2012
Jessamyn Hope MFA 2003 has a chapter from her novel in progress in the current issue of "Green Mountains Review".
Posted: January 26, 2012
Eugenie Dalland '09 announced the launch of a new magazine! Riot of Perfume Magazine is a new arts/culture publication based out of NYC, covering arts/criticism/fashion/photography/music/creative writing.
Posted: January 26, 2012
Writing alum Leah Umansky MFA 2004 is this week’s guest blogger on The Best American Poetry Blog.
Posted: January 20, 2012
The latest issue The Boiler Literary Journal includes works by Writing alum Aditi Rao MFA 2011.
Posted: January 20, 2012
Cara Phillips '07 has started a fascinating photo book project on plastic surgery called Singular Beauty: Inside the World of Cosmetic Surgery. For information and to see some of the haunting images, please see:
http://cara-phillips.com
Posted: January 20, 2012
Cristina Jasen '06, Director of SAWTOOTH Dancers, invites you to "An Evening of Dance at Joyce SoHo" on Saturday, February 4, 2012. Featuring performances by Ephrat Asherie, Trainor Dance, Sydnie Mosley, SAWTOOTH dancers, and Shandoah Goldman. The evening is a part of the Bootstrap Arts Festival, a vibrant new cornerstone of the NYC arts scene presented by Artspire and New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).
For more information on the performance and SAWTOOTH Dancers, please visit the event page on Facebook.
Posted: January 18, 2012
Dr. Joseph Shrand '80 has published his first book, Manage Your Stress: Overcoming Stress in the Modern World. Dr. Shrand is Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. For more information, see his web site:
www.drshrand.com
Posted: January 18, 2012
Chattanooga Times Free Press profiled actress Katherine Forbes '85 and her husband, as they balance Chattanooga life and careers after family's move from New York City. Forbes appeared last fall in an acclaimed production of "The Crucible" at the Hartford Stage in Hartford, Conn. Since moving to Chattanooga, Dallimore has had parts in the film "Joyful Noise", "American Reunion", and an episode of the Lifetime network's "Drop Dead Diva".
Posted: January 17, 2012
Judith Clark '65, MA 1992, MFA 2003 was recently awarded an honorable mention by the Nimrod Literary Awards: The Katherine Ann Porter Prize in Fiction. Read the full story here.
Posted: January 17, 2012
Simon Levenson '94 announced that the first half of his Commission by The State of New York, Arts For Transit Program has been installed in The Beach 60th Street Subway Station in New York City. On Friday December 9th, 2011, a crew of talented installers completed the first of two walls of artwork he created. See the beautiful artwork below! Learn more about Simon and view more of his work at:
www.simonlevenson.com
Posted: January 12, 2012
Dana Williams '10, vocalist/guitarist/composer/performer (and daughter of the late David Williams, Michael Jackson's long time guitarist), performs original songs. Dana will perform at the venue/restaurant Genghis Cohen, 323.653.0640, at 8pm on January 24th. Each month GC has a calendar of notable up and coming artists featured at their venue. Dana was invited to perform.
Posted: January 12, 2012
Regina Garcia '93 received a 2011 Special Projects Grant from the Princess Grace Foundation USA to serve as production designer for Stephen Andrew Taylor’s opera Paradises Lost. The production will premiere at the Krannert Center in the spring of 2012 under the direction of Ricardo Herrera and Artistic Direction of Maestro Eduardo Diazmuñoz. Regina has also completed designs for the premiere of The Homosexuals by Philip Dawkins for About Face Theatre; and Momma’s Boyz by Candido Tirado for Teatro Vista; both recently listed in the top ten Chicago plays of 2011 by chicagotheaterbeat.com.
Posted: January 12, 2012
Bob Lamm '68, who was one of the first six male students at Sarah Lawrence in 1968, will be teaching this spring at SLC's Center for Continuing Education. Bob is offering THE JOY OF IMPROV, an improv comedy class for beginners and nonperformers. Here's the link:
http://nts.slc.edu:8443/QuickAdmit/listSections.action?offeringid=1491
Bob will also be offering this class at NYU and will be teaching PLAYS WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE at NYU. For more information, contact Bob at blamma86@gmail.com
Posted: January 12, 2012
Donald Schwartz '72 announces his workshop, Use What You Have and (Still) Produce Great Video to Increase Sales on the Web & Beyond. This workshop is for small businesses, artists, consultants, musicians, and anyone who wants to put their business, product, service or craft on the web, with emphasis on video production and its tools and processes.
Posted: January 12, 2012
Cara Phillips '07 announced that her first monograph, Singular Beauty (Summer 2012) is being published by Fw:, an independent Dutch project.
Posted: January 12, 2011
Current SLC students in Professor Susan Kart’s Non-Western Art History class curated a solo show for Liberia-born artist Doughba H. Caranda-Martin III. The show, “Mend: A Collection of Recent Works” is on view at the Art Gallery at Yonkers Riverfront Library (1 Larkin Center, Yonkers NY 10701) until February 20, 2012. View the official invitation to the exhibit here.
Posted: January 12, 2012
2011 was a fruitful year for alum Joelle Wallach, and she looks forward to another busy year ahead. Enjoy this clip of "Runes and Ritual" for piano quartet, included in the Faculty Recital at University of North Texas's College of Music in Denton last October.
This year, Joelle's work will be performed at various events in Alaska, DC, Texas, and New York. Please visit her website for more details!
Posted: January 12, 2012
Press Play named Big Tree's debut as one of its top 10 albums of 2011. Their self-titled album was the first full-length CD from an erstwhile East Coast indie pop band fronted by singer-songwriter Kaila McIntyre-Bader '09. She met the other members of Big Tree (Colin Fahrner '10, Luke Bace '10) in a jazz class at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, "which explains the intelligent lyrics and jazzy quality of the 11 original songs she wrote for this promising debut."
Posted: January 9, 2012
The Courier Post profiled Desi P. Shelton MFA 2004, the new director of the Walt Whitman Arts Center in Camden, NJ. Determination and hometown pride guide Shelton in her daunting job of rebuilding the in-debt arts center. Read the full profile here.
Posted: January 4, 2012
Jed Distler's ('78) organization, the Composers Collaborative, will open The Parallel World of Celia Cooke on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 (from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.) upstairs at the Cornelia Street Cafe. View Composers Collaborative Events Page for more information.
Posted: January 4, 2012
Three illustrious SLC alumnae made The Hollywood Reporter's 2011 Power 100 ((Women in Entertainment): Katherine Pope '94, President of Television, Chernin Entertainment, Blair Kohan '89, Partner, Motion Picture Agent, UTA, and Donna Giglotti '76, President of Production, the Weinstein Co. Read the full article online here.
Posted: January 3, 2012
Lucian Kahn '06 and his all-transgender, all-Jewish, punk-klez comedy band, Schmekel, was just written up in the New York Times. Read the full article here or check out their web site for more information.
Posted: January 3, 2012
Meghan Klien '09 edited a film, Kelly that got into the Slamdance Film Festival. For more information, see the film's web site at:
http://www.kellymovie.com
Posted: December 15, 2011
Dr. Halima Taha '82 was recently profiled by the Bloomfield Patch. Dr. Taha is author of the best-selling book, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas, a popular how-to for collecting, protecting and appraising African American art. Taha is currently President of halima ink. Halima ink specializes in art engagements, collection management and appraisal services.
Posted: December 15, 2011
Victoria Reed '96 was profiled by the Boston Globe for her work as the MFA's curator of provenance. Her job, which is almost as rare in the museum world as is the medallion, is to research works with questionable histories both in the collection and on the MFA's shopping list. Read the full article here.
Posted: December 15, 2011
Dana Frasz '06 announced that she is the 201 Grand Prize Winner of the Ecover 30 Under 30 Contest. Dana is an entrepreneur who has developed some novel ways to reduce food waste. Read the full announcement here.
Posted: December 15, 2011
Cara Phillips '07 announced that she has launched the Kickstarter campaign for her first book. Singular Beauty is being designed and published by Hans Gremmen, co-founder of Fw, a platform for Dutch Contemporary Photography.
Posted: December 15, 2011
Kudos to Stephanie Long '07 who was the driving force behind the 1.29 million dollar grant for the Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer, NY to create a green roof on one of the school’s buildings. See this web site for more information.
Posted: December 13, 2011
Ellen Kaye '82 announced that her cd release party, for her new album, Ice Wine: Songs for Christmas and Dark Winter Nights, will take place on Tuesday, December 20th at 8:00 p.m. at Iridium (1650 Broadway, 51st street, NYC).
Posted: December 9, 2011
Nancy O'Neil '70 invites you to stop by at the dedication of her public art piece at the Miami Dade County Dept. of Health, at 1350 NW 14th Street. It's Friday, Dec. 16th, from noon until 2 PM. View the piece online at her web site, www.nancyoneil.com. It's the first project listed under public art.
Posted: December 9, 2011
Victoria Sollecito MA 2011 has been named the new managing director of the Bergen County based Skyline Theatre Company.
Posted: December 9, 2011
Annually the life of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, a 13th century Sufi theologian, mystic and poet, is celebrated in Konya, Turkey on the anniversary of his death or Sheb-i arus -- the wedding night of Mevlana with the Beloved. This year, Francis L. and Edwin L. Cummings Professor of English and the Humanities Joanne Braxton '72 will participate in this December 12 – 23 celebration as a writer-in-residence.
Posted: December 9, 2011
Jewish Women International (JWI) celebrated its 14th class of Women to Watch on Monday, December 5, 2011, at our annual event recognizing exceptional Jewish women leaders. Each year JWI selects 10 women whose professional gains have changed the face of so many disciplines, and whose achievements and values exemplify successful leadership. Cincinnati leader Kim Morris Heiman received JWI’s Annual Leadership Award.
Posted: December 9, 2011
Kathryn R. Barush '03 has earned the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from the University of Oxford. She accepted a position as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. where she had been a member as of September, 2011.
Posted: December 6, 2011
Nancy Boas '55 announced that her biography, David Park: A Painter's Life, is being published by the University of California Press in February. David Park was the originator and leader of Bay Area figurative art, which came to prominence in the 1950s. Nancy always loved Park's work and the fact that he influenced so many artists in his time and continues to do so today inspired her to undertake the story of his life. Also, on the cover of the University of California Press spring 2012 catalogue is a beautiful Park painting belonging to Jane Bolles Grimm '65, that is illustrated in the book.
Posted: December 6, 2011
Michele Brody '89 announces her Tea Mountain Quilt is on view in the group show, Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber. This show can be seen at the Courtyard Gallery of the World Financial Center. The opening is this Thursday, December 8th, from 6 - 8:00 p.m.
Posted: December 6, 2011
Sara Starr Wolff '52 has been on a local book tour promoting her book, Vital Aging: Seven Year of building Community and Enhancing Health (www.vitalagingbook.com). Based on a therapy/support group she led when she was a psychologist at a medical center, the book describes in the members’ own words how they found each other their best resource when it came to information about aging. The members felt a responsibility to share what they had learned from each other. The book, based on their meetings, is a valuable resource for raising the level of awareness of health-care providers, gerontologists, and anyone else who spends time with elders.
Posted: November 30, 2011
Porochista Khakpour '00 was one of 40 prose writers awarded a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature this year, out of nearly 1200 applicants. This award is given on the grounds of artistic excellence and merit only.
Posted: November 29, 2011
Jamieson Webster's ('00) first book, The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis: On Unconscious Desire and its Interpretation, is out with Karnac Books.
Posted: November 29, 2011
Rosalind Brenner MFA 2009 announced the success of Poetry Against Hunger. Rosalind shared, "This was an amazing poetry reading for the benefit of our local food pantry. It featured Mark Doty and George Wallace as well as other poets, including myself, whose poems are in the anthology, 'Broken Circles,' published by Cave Moon Press for the sole purpose of raising funds and food for hungry people. It was hugely successful. We collected pounds of food and about $700. I was so joyous to have had the opportunity to produce the reading."
Rosalind also announced Possibilities/Energy Paintings. This is an art show of paintings and collage that will run for the entire spring semester at the Esther Raushenbush Library Gallery. Opening reception in March to be announced. Included will be the painting featured at the graduation of the class of 2009 program, invitations and tickets.
Posted: November 29, 2011
James Melillo '72 of Executive Conversation, the global leader in developing business and financial acumen sales skills, today announced the Know it Now online learning framework has won Bersin & Associates 2010 Learning Leaders Award for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management. Joining Accenture, Booz Allen, and Nielsen as other consultancies recognized as 2010 winners, the award represents the latest accolade for this innovative online training that develops executive selling skills from a buyer's perspective
Posted: November 29, 2011
Nashville became nearly barren of bookstores after a beloved local book store closed and the city lost another due to the Borders Bankruptcy, so acclaimed author Ann Patchett '85 decided to open Parnassus Books. Parnassus books is an independent bookstore that is the product of its owner's intense planning and financial aid. Read the full New York Times article here.
Posted: November 16, 2011
Deborah Hanson-Murphy '53 announces a new exhibit of her artwork, taking place in France.
Posted: November 16, 2011
Michael Bachrach '96 reported another major win in Federal Court. This time, Assemblyman Boylan was acquitted of bribery. Read a New York Times article about the case.
Posted: November 16, 2011
Kay Chernush '66 announces her new non-profit organization, ArtWorks for Freedom. ArtWorks for Freedom is a unique organization that draws upon international artists who want to use their art in the fight against human trafficking and modern day slavery. The principal activity is the creation of traveling art installations that tell the story of human trafficking through my large-scale abstract photographs and linked “audio portraits” of victims. The imagery created dignifies exploited individuals and seeks to transform public perceptions about this global criminal enterprise. For more information, please see www.artworksforfreedom.org.
Posted: November 16, 2011
Kevin Sweet MS 1994 announced the publication of his book, The Busy Physician's Guide to Genetics, Genomics, and Personalized Medicine. This book aims to give doctors a background in genomic science that could get them thinking about ways to incorporate genomics into their practices. . "We truly believe that we have entered the age of genomics and personalized medicine, and ... these revolutionary advances will ultimately improve health care in all fields of medicine," Sweet and co-author Michaelis write in their preface.
Posted: November 16, 2011
Hiromi Konno (Leilani) '98 has been a successful multi-lingual Japanese Narrator, Voice Artist,and Interpreter in Japan, US and Asia since 2001. Most of her narrating is for Japan's educational materials of Monbu Kagakusho, and Asia Music Industry. Her voice is heard all over Japan and Asia in classrooms from kindergarden thru college,and for EIKEN- Japanese Educational Testings. In 2006, she became a Multi-lingual Japanese Consultant for executives and management for JP Morgan and other companies. Currently, she is back in US to upgrade her skills.
Posted: November 11, 2011
Alex Dimitrov MFA 2009 was featured in the New York Times for the wonderful salon he started in New York. Read the full article here.
Posted: November 9, 2011
Melissa Febos and Rebeccca Keith MFA 2007 host Mixer Reading and Music Series at Cakeshop (152 Ludlow Street) on Wednesday, November 9, at 7:00 pm.
Posted: November 9, 2011
Rosalind Brenner MFA 2009 is a reader at the Poetry Against Hunger fundraiser, taking place at the Springs Presbyterian Church in East Hampton, NY, on Sunday, November 13, at 1:30 pm.
Posted: November 9, 2011
Libby Emmons '97 Announces Sticky: Deserted Islands/Deserted Cities*. Sticky takes place at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery between Houston & Bleecker on Friday 11/11 at 7:00 p.m. Musical guest is D.B. Rielly and admission is $10 at the door.
Posted: November 8, 2011
City preservationist Simeon Bankoff '91 was profiled by the New York Times recently. You can read the profile here.
Posted: November 8, 2011
Janne Irvine '71 recently published her autobiography, Making Friends with Other Trees and Flowers: A Story of Low Vision and High Expectations. Check it out on Amazon.
Posted: November 8, 2011
Benette Gilbert '80 announced that her story, The Mighty Mites, will be the first animated feature film (with a budget of 25 million dollars) from the partnership between the producers of Springtree Studios and The Build-A-Bear Workshop and Frima Studios. For more information, see the Mighty Mites web site.
Posted: November 8, 2011
The American Evaluation Association will honor Robin Lin Miller '83 with its 2011 Robert Ingle Service Award. Miller, a psychology professor at Michigan State University, has served in a multitude of roles and prestigious posts and broke new ground on two substantial fronts – transforming AEA’s annual conference from a small intimate gathering of professionals and colleagues to an international gathering that today attracts more than 2,500 attendees worldwide and also overseeing the conversion of its print-only journal (American Journal of Evaluation) into an electronic version that has made impressive gains in subscribership.
Posted: November 8, 2011
Award-winning poet and author Margo Stever MFA 1988 announced the upcoming publication of her her chapbook, The Hudson Line (Main Street Rag, 2012). Sleepy Hollow resident Margo Stever is the founder of Hudson Valley Writers Center and the author of several books.
Posted: November 7, 2011
Jewish Women International (JWI) has selected Kim Morris Heiman '78 of Cincinnati, OH, president of SK Textile and managing director at Standard Textile Company, as a 2011 Women to Watch honoree for her business leadership and role in reaching out to develop business in Israel.
Posted: November 7, 2011
Emily Einhorn '11 will perform at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Bruno Walter Auditorium, at 40 Lincoln Center) on Saturday, November 5, 2011. See the NYPL web site for more information.
Posted: November 4, 2011
Photographer Kay Chernush '66, choreographer Christopher K. Morgan and musician/composer Ignacio Alcover announce a multimedia piece called "In Plain Sight," to address the issue of human trafficking in a new and compelling way. It takes its inspiration from Kay's "Bought and Sold" series of images and then integrates these images with dance, movement and original music.
Four performances are scheduled for November 18, 19 and 20, part of a dance program called "Reveal," to inaugurate the newly renovated Black Box Theater at Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Maryland Tickets can be purchased online at this web site.
Posted: November 4, 2011
Sara Bruya '97 is the Managing Editor of Transition, a journal of fresh perspectives on global issues, literature and art, cultures and people, with an emphasis on Africa and the Diaspora. In 2011, we celebrate 50 years since the journal was founded by Rajat Neogy in Uganda, with a special issue (106) and an event at the New Museum in NYC on December 8th. For more information, visit http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/transition-106
Posted: November 4, 2011
Hal Leonard has published The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music, edited by Peter Kirn '00, under its Backbeat imprint, as featured in Wax Poetics Magazine. Drawing on original research and culled articles from the pages of Keyboard and Remix, the book traces the interplay of machine and musician through three decades of music. Peter is the editor of the site createdigitalmusic.com and a contributor to Keyboard, Macworld, Popular Science and others.
Posted: November 4, 2011
Carol Stein's ('74) film about the history of women in rock and roll, Women Who Rock, will be broadcast nationally on PBS on Nov 18, 2011 at 9:00 pm.
Watch a preview here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e55gPn4sWP0
Posted: November 4, 2011
Chloe Honum '03 has two poems published in the Autumn issue of The Southern Review. She also has three poems published in the current issue of the online journal Memorious . For more information about Chloe's work, visit www.chloehonum.com
Posted: November 4, 2011
Jewish Women International has selected Kim Morris Heiman ’78 as a 2011 Women to Watch honoree for her business leadership and role in reaching out to develop business in Israel. President of SK Textile and managing director at Standard Textile Company, Kim is also actively involved in philanthropic and communal activities. To learn more about Kim and the other Women to Watch honorees, visit this link. Congratulations, Kim!
Posted: November 3, 2011
Alum Ellen Kaye ’82 will be performing “Ice Wine: Songs For Dark Winter Nights” at The Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd Street between 5th & 6th Avenues) on Thursday, November 17th at 9:30 pm. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy renditions of hits by Sting, Annie Lennox, and more! Light bites, desserts and drinks will be served. $25 cover; all proceeds will benefit The New York Women’s Foundation.
Posted: November 3, 2011
"Margo Stever’s poems are brutal and tender, the natural world enmeshed with the mythic. She is a storyteller at heart, a poet of place and purpose. The Hudson Line is a vibrant and valiant telling, embracing both darkness and desire." -poet Denise Duhamel
We are proud to announce the upcoming publication of The Hudson Line, a chapbook by Award Winning poet Margo Stever MFA '88 to be released in January 2012. A resident of Sleepy Hollow, Margo is the founder of Hudson Valley Writers Center and has published several books. For more updates and information, please visit Margo's website.
Posted: November 1, 2011
Aaron Mattocks '02 is spending a very busy fall touring and performing with the cast of John Kelly's Find My Way Home, (at NYLA Oct. 21-23, 25-29); Phantom Limb's new show 69°S. (at BAM Nov. 2-5); and Big Dance Theatre's Supernatural Wife (at BAM Nov. 29-Dec. 3). In addition, he will be presenting his own work at the Chocolate Factory, Nov. 8. For more information, see Aaron's web site.
Posted: October 25, 2011
Lucy Callard '06 received Master of Arts in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University in Washington DC.
Posted: October 25, 2011
Jane Trigere '70 announces Women of the Balcony Art Exhibit, which runs from October 30th through February 5th. At the opening, Jane will talk about her four pieces that memorialize the women of a closed synagogue in upper Manhattan. All that was left in the women's balcony were rows of individually hand-made cushions. The remnants of German Jewry used fabric remnants to mark their place... in life and in death. That fabric becomes symbolic of the feminine as the artist explores their upstairs world and their relation to the men downstairs. For hours, see the Derfner Museum web site.
Posted: October 25, 2011
Claire Satin '56 designed a very unique outfit, created out of 35mm film and camera parts, for the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. See below.
Posted: October 25, 2011
Miles Coon MFA '02 invites alums to the 8th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, a six-day series of workshops, craft lectures, and reading events with some of the most extraordinary & engaging poets in America. It will be held in Delray Beach, FL on January 16-21, 2012. The line up of poets includes: Thomas Lux, Charles Wright, Kim Addonizio, Cornelius Eady, and more.
For complete workshop descriptions, faculty bios, and further details, please visit the Festival's website. Applications must be completed online by November 6, 2011. For any inquiries, contact Miles, Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival at palmbeachpoefest@aol.com.
Posted: October 25, 2011
Alums are invited to join Thomas Solomon for a special curator's walk-through of the art exhibit "ANNOUNCE" at the Thomas Solomon Gallery at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 12th.
"ANNOUNCE" consists of printed announcements for performances, events, and exhibitions that have taken place in Los Angeles from 1948-1982. Friends of SLC alums welcome! RSVP by November 8th.
To confirm attendance or request more information, call 323-275-1687 or visit the gallery's website.
Posted: October 25, 2011
Meredith Trede MFA 1995 invites you to join her at the launch of her new book of poems, Field Theory, published by Stephen F. Austin University Press. Book launch will take place on Sunday, October 23rd from 2:00 to 4:00 at the JCC on the Hudson, at 371 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591.
Meredith will also do a reading, book signing and reception, at "The Best of Toadlily Press" book launch at Poets House in New York City. Poets House is located at 10 River Terrace, Battery Park City. You can find more information at theToadlily Press web site.
Posted: October 20, 2011
Jennifer Weisel '91 is a contributor to the November edition of the magazine Elle.
Posted: October 20, 2011
Several important performances of alum Joelle Wallach's music are coming this month.
On Friday, October 21 at 7:30 PM, Toward a Time of Renewal will be performed at The National Conference of the College Music Society at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 815 East Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia.
On Wednesday, October 26th at 8:00 PM, her music will be performed at a Faculty Recital at the Recital Hall,
On Saturday, October 29th at 8:00 PM, The Door Standing Open: Faculty Recital: Vocal Music of Joelle Wallach runs at Voertman Concert Hall, College of Music, University of North Texas. Free admission.
For more details on Joelle and her performances, visit her website.
Posted: October 17, 2011
Rachael Solomon's ('09) original play, Underdeveloped, which she also directed, just premiered at Manhattan Repertory Theatre. It involved two other Sarah Lawrence alumni: cast member Antony Yaeger '99 and dramaturge Matthew Nicohlson '10.
Posted: October 11, 2011
Sarah Hopkins '10 completed a Masters in English and American literature at Oxford University. The degree was awarded with Distinction.
Posted: October 11, 2011
Elizabeth Schwartz's ('81) radio drama (co-written with Yale Strom & Ellen Kushner), "the Witches of Lublin" is now available at www.thewitchesoflublin.com. The show stars fellow alumna Tovah Feldshuh and a host of folks from the Broadway and Audio worlds (even author Neil Gaiman). Its companion CD of music, "The Devil's Brides" by Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi is now out on the ARC UK label.
Posted: October 11, 2011
Janet Kaplan MFA 1995 announces her third book, Dreamlife of a Philanthropist, a collection of prose poems and sonnets. The book is the 2011 winner of the Ernest Sandeen prize in poetry. She is the author of two previous prize-winning poetry collections, The Groundnote and The Glazier’s Country, and her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Janet teaches at Hofstra University and Fordham University, where she is currently Poet in Residence.
Posted: October 11, 2011
As we head into Fall, Jenna Esposito '00 is busier than ever! She wrapped up "Italian Season" by singing a 3-hour concert at Manhattan's famed Feast of San Gennaro on Sunday, September 25th. For a clip of Jenna singing Ernie Rossi's "Fa L'Amore Con Te" that evening, click here. She has continued her celebration of Italian-American culture this month, with shows recently performed in New York City, Bowling Green, and Middletown, NY.
On Friday, October 14 and Friday, October 28, she will be hosting and performing at open mic session MetroJam at The Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd Street between 5th & 6th Avenues). For more information on Jenna and her shows, please visit her website.
Posted: October 9, 2011
Frederic Richter '10 announced that he just won first place in the Slamdance Film Festival for Best Feature Screenplay. Slamdance is a year-round organization fostering the development of unique and innovative filmmakers.
Posted: October 7, 2011
Boston Mayor Menino presented the Family Legacy Award to Carolyn Newberger '63 on October 6th at the Family Legacy Gala.
Posted: October 7, 2011
Bob Lamm '68 announced his latest published piece: "George Pataki: Please Go Away". It's about New York's former governor and also about Yale in the 1960s. You can read it on the ACT NOW web site.
Posted: October 7, 2011
Don't miss the chance to see two of SLC alum Mira Spektor's musicals in NYC this month:
"The Housewives Cantata" is an empowering cabaret-style revue that The New York Times called "a sprightly songfest" when it opened Off-Broadway 1981. Running at The York Theater (619 Lexington Ave & 54th Street) on October 21, 22 & 23. Music by Mira Spektor. For tickets, call the box office at 212-935-5820.
"Giovanni the Fearless" is a musical loosely based on an old Italian folk tale. Running at the Abigndon Theater (312 West 36th Street) on Sunday, October 30th. Music by Mira Spektor. For tickets, call the box office at 212-868-2005.
For more details, please visit Mira's website.
Renee Russo '07 announced a new exhibition: "New Faces", which runs from October 1st through the 30th at DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI. For more information, see the DeBlois Gallery web site.
Posted: October 5, 2011
Beverly Mintz '78, Executive Director of Round Rock Symphony, announces two upcoming concerts. The first, celebrating 100th birthday of Williamson County Courthouse in Georgetown, TX, on November 5, 2011,features Copland, Stravinsky and a delightful "Variations on Happy Birthday". The second will take place on November 13, 2011 and will feature chamber music performed by Steinway artist Toby Blumenthal and principal musicians of Round Rock Symphony. This program will feature Beethoven, Milhaud and Brahms for winds, strings and piano. For more information, please see Round Rock Symphony's web site.
Posted: October 5, 2011
Julia Hill '06, a PhD graduate student at UT Houston, won third place in the Society for Neuroscience's Brain Awareness video competition. View and vote for the People's Choice Award.
Posted: October 4, 2011
Bree Coven Brown '97 published an article on child stars in Parent Map magazine.
Posted: October 4, 2011
Anneke Hansen ('02) Dance Company presents youandyouandyou, a performance that explores a movement vocabulary of effort and delicacy. Premiering at University Settlement's gymnasium on November 16-19, youandyouandyou features performances by Anneke Hansen '02. Seating is extremely limited, so buy your tickets in advance here.
Posted: September 27, 2011
There will be a book launch party for the newly published work of Ann Cefola '81 on October 15th at Trinity St. Paul's Episcopal Church in New Rochelle. To purchase a copy of St. Agnes, Pink-Slipped (cover pictured), click here. To learn more about the poet, visit her website at http://anncefola.com.
Posted: September 27, 2011
Danielle Conover '06 and husband Dan Griffiths founded CLOWNZERO, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving life for children and communities worldwide through humanitarian clowning and therapeutic performing arts. CLOWNZERO is currently in residence at UCSF Children's Hospital with their HEALING THROUGH HUMOR Program.
In January 2012, CLOWNZERO will be teaming up with THE PANYA PROJECT: A Permaculture Education Center in Chiang Mai Thailand for a 1-week workshop in therapeutic clowning culminating in a visit to local schools, orphanages and hospitals.
Performers, non-performers, circus nerds, dancers, jugglers musicians and anyone interested in sharing light, levity and play with children and families are invited to join CLOWNZERO for this special workshop. For more info, click here or visit CLOWNZERO's website.
Posted: September 27, 2011
Gabriel Barbaro '99 wrote and directed the music video "Greatest Disaster" for the band Cherry S/T, which will be premiering at the Coney Island Film Festival this Sunday, September 25th at 5pm. The $6 tickets benefit Coney Island USA, an non-profit arts organization in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Follow this link for more information. If you are unable to attend, check out Gabriel's work here.
Posted: September 27, 2011
Mare Hieronimus MFA '05 invites you to 2011 DUMBO Dance Festival, a 3-day dance extravaganza happening next weekend! All performances are free to the public ($10 suggested donation). See more details on the event here.
Posted: September 27, 2011
Gary Ploski MFA 2008 just won best acting honors for the short film, Objects of Time. The film was part of the 48 Hour Film Project, in which the filmmakers have exactly that much time to create a movie from start to finish. Objects of Time also won for Best Film, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and, of course, it also received the Audience Award.
Posted: September 23, 2011
Artistic Director Lizzie Czerner '92 announced that BANG COMEDY INSTITUTE AND THEATER will celebrate its GRAND OPENING with a weekend of parties and shows. BANG COMEDY INSTITUTE AND THEATER, formerly BANG Improv Studio, is re-opening its doors as an expanded comedy program to include a wide range of classes, including: sketch comedy, stand-up, improv, web series development, sitcom acting and writing, screenwriting, musical improv and more. The celebration starts on Friday, October 28, at 7:30 p.m. Following the grand opening weekend festival, BANG COMEDY INSTITUTE will hold a round of OPEN AUDITIONS to enroll in BANG’s comedy program. Auditions will be held from November 1 through 4, from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm.
Posted: September 19, 2011
Amanda Foreman '91, a British-American historian whose latest work explores U.S.-British relations during the Civil War will open the 2011-12 Institute for the Humanities Distinguished Lecture Series at Mississippi State. Foreman's address will be based around A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided, her 1,040-page work released last year by Random House. For more information, see http://www.amanda-foreman.com.
Posted: September 15, 2011
The Picador Chair for Literature at the University of Leipzig will be held by Porochista Khakpour '00 during the Winter Term of 2011-2012.
Posted: September 15, 2011
Ross Wade '08 placed first in the 2011 Jackie White Memorial National Children's Play Writing Contest for his musical for young audiences, "Scheme of the Super Bullies".
Posted: September 15, 2011
Rachel Grob MA 1992 announced her new book, “Testing Baby: The Transformation of Newborn Screening, Parenting, and Policymaking,” is being released by Rutgers University Press in the next couple of weeks. Please see this web site for more information.
Posted: September 14, 2011
Catrina Cramer '75 announces that the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA is commissioning a major musical work: the Missa Charles Darwin -- a secular Mass setting based on Darwin's "On The Origin Of Species" composed by Gregory Brown for New York Polyphony. Please see this web site for more information.
Posted: September 12, 2011
Porochista Khakpour '00 was one of four New York Times Op Ed writers (as well as Tom Brokaw, Joseph S. Nye, Daniel Libeskind) asked to be a part of their 9/11 "Op-Ed Moment" video series on the NYT website (about the making of her 2010 NYT op ed and general 9/11 reflections). Please view here.
Posted: September 12, 2011
Joshua Mehigan MFA 1994 is the recipient of a 2011–2012 creative writing fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, Poetry magazine awarded him the 2011 Editors Prize for best feature article published in the past year. The article, “I Thought You Were a Poet,” takes up the subject of poets and madness. It is available online at the Poetry Foundation Web site.
Posted: September 12, 2011
After Happily Ever After is Emmy winning filmmaker Kate Schermerhorn's '89 quirky, funny and moving personal quest for the secret to a happy marriage and for answers to some timely questions about an institution which might just be due for some review. After Happily Ever will be released on November 1, and after will be available on Video on Demand through major cable and online providers nationwide, and DVD. It will also be broadcast on PBS stations nationwide next year.
For more information, see:
http://www.afterhappilyeverafter.net/
Posted: September 9, 2011
Tonight, Friday Sept. 9th at 6 p.m., Poet Pamela Kallimanis MFA 2005 reads from The Zero Elegies, poems from Ground Zero, on Main Street in Sag Harbor, NY. The Zero Elegies locks the camera on the downtown skyline on 9/11 ten years ago in which the buildings come into view in an unblinking reflection of the physical, psychological and spiritual landscape. Then, this book pushes the language to the breaking open of atoms and to the far reaches of the known universe. For more information, see:
http://www.caniosbooks.com/events.asp
Posted: September 9, 2011
Audrey Jackie O'Neal (nee de la Rosa) MFA 1994, author of Woman Priest just released new book, Born in the Land of the Tango: A Memoir About Identity, Family, and Healing,a memoir about identity politics. The Basque Witch trials. Family conflict. A vicious war that wiped out the African presence. Persecuted tribal groups and secrets of indigenous spirituality. A modern day shaman who through soul energy therapy, effects healing. Author Audrey Jackie O'Neal is a descendant of these groups and she sought to integrate her multi-cultural past to experience re-birth as a whole person.
Posted: September 9, 2011
Jon Grinspan '06 is currently a PhD Candidate studying American History at the University of Virginia. He has two publications coming out. The first is an academic study of popular comedy during the Civil War, which relies on both literary humorists and the comedy of average Americans. "Sorrowfully Amusing": The Popular Comedy of the Civil War appears in the Journal of the Civil War Era. The second, Miscellaneous Food in a Feverish Haste, is a short piece in the food history journal Gastronomica, which looks into the changing role of lunch and eating houses in late 19th century American cities.
Posted: September 9, 2011
Claire Yaffa '62 announced "I Dream a Dream", an exhibition running from September 30th - November 12th. Opening is September 29th. The upcoming show will run at the Leica Gallery Saltzberg in Austria. For more information, please see Claire's web site.
Posted: August 30, 2011
Brian Morton '78 has an op-ed in today's New York Times. Read the op-ed here. Brian is the director of the graduate Writing Program at Sarah Lawrence College.
Posted: August 30, 2011
The new Steven Soderbergh thriller “Contagion” tracks the global spread of a lethal flulike virus, stressing the chilling plausibility of its nightmare situation. In matters of scientific accuracy, the closest collaborator was Dr. Ian Lipkin '74, who directs the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Read an article about the film in the New York Times.
Posted: August 29, 2011
Laura von Holt '02 is nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award (IT Awards) for Outstanding Ensemble for her work in (oh my god I am so) THIRST(y). The IT Awards are given annually to honor individuals and organizations who have achieved artistic excellence in Off-Off-Broadway theatre.
Posted: August 25, 2011
Composer Joelle Wallach's '67 Loveletter, (postmark San Jose), a concerto for euphonium and strings, has been published by Just for Brass, LLC, and is available for performances. Read more about Joelle at http://www.joellewallach.com
Posted: August 25, 2011
Leah Umansky '04 has a poem featured in the 35.1 issue of Cream City Review and two poems forthcoming from Barrow Street. See more info at Leah's web site.
Posted: August 25, 2011
Sculptor Adam Distenfeld '85 was profiled by the New York Times on Friday. American University recently awarded him with a commission to create a piece out of rocks it dug out of the foundation of a new building. Read the full profile here.
Posted: August 23, 2011
Cris Villonco '06 plays Maria Clara in a musical adaption of Noli Me Tangere, renowned novel of Jose Rizal, historical figure and national hero of the Philippines. The play is being staged by theatre company Tanghalang Filipino at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in Manila throughout August. This BusinessWorld article reviews the performance, lauding Ms. Villonco as “the star performer.”
Posted: August 17, 2011
Jenna Esposito ’00 will be performing a special show called “Italian Undercover” on Tuesday, August 30th at Loews Regency at Park Avenue! Jenna revisits the music of some of the most popular and influential pop singers of the 20th century...who all happened to be Italians, Undercover! For ticket reservations, call (212) 339-4095 or visit Jenna’s website .
Posted: August 17, 2011
Jewish Women International has selected Kim Morris Heiman '78 of Cincinnati, OH, president of SK Textile and managing director at Standard Textile Company, as a 2011 Women to Watch honoree for her business leadership and role in reaching out to develop business in Israel.
Posted: August 17, 2011
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel '81 was profiled by the Washington Post in an article entitled, "Mayor and dance lover Rahm Emanuel wants to put a new spin on Chicago". Read the full article here.
Posted: August 15, 2011
Laurie Nadel, Ph.D. ('69) announces the opening of her new office. She offers Sarah Lawrence students and alumnae/i a discount for psychotherapy and hypnotherapy to overcome fears, unblock creativity. www.laurienadel.com
Posted: August 12, 2011
Chloe Honum '03 has a poem published in the July/August issue of Orion magazine. For more information about Chloe's poetry, visit her website at www.chloehonum.com
Posted: August 12, 2011
Adrienne Dawes '04 announced the finale episode of web series Completely Normal Activity. Since its online release in June 2011, the independently produced series has seen remarkable audience support; views exceeding 5,000 across platforms within just 2 months of the series launch. The finale episode, titled "My Anaconda Yo" will be released Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 on the official Completely Normal Activity website: www.completelynormalactivity.com.
Posted: August 11, 2011
Joanna Kraus '59 announced the publication of her new play, Christabel and the Amazing Pedal Power Challenge. Joanna Kraus is an award-winning playwright of 17 produced and published plays.
Posted: August 11, 2011
What do Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, Sister Spit founder Michelle Tea, celebrity author Lemony Snicket and Sarah Lawrence College graduate Writing program alum Soma Mei Sheng Frazier MFA 2000 have in common? All of them support Enizagam, a hot new literary journal written by and for adults - but published by the hardworking urban students at Oakland School for the Arts. Readers: check it out. Writers: consider submitting work.
http://enizagam.org
Posted: August 11, 2011
Bloomberg Business Week has an extensive profile covering the reinvention of Rahm Emanuel '81. Read the full article here.
Posted: August 11, 2011
Heidi Hart MFA 2000 is beginning doctoral work in German Studies at Duke University-UNC Chapel Hill. She continues to write and sing and will be exploring intersections of music, literature, and philosophy.
Posted: August 10, 2011
Jessamyn Hope MFA 2003 has a narrative essay in the summer issue of "Five Points".
Posted: August 10, 2011
Elizabeth Czerner '92 announces THE BOOBY PRIZE: A one-woman, a two-booby comedy to be performed at the NY INT'L FRINGE FESTIVAL. Show runs from August 13 through August 21st. More information can also be found at www.lizzieboobyprize.com.
Posted: August 10, 2011
Ann Cefola's ('81, MFA 1997) second chapbook, St. Agnes, Pink-Slipped, has been published by Kattywompus Press. Ann read the title poem at the Alumnae/i Citation Awards Luncheon at the SLC Reunion in June. John Ashbery calls "Express," one poem in the collection, "magically, memorably calibrated." Find out why by ordering the chapbook at www.kattywompuspress.com.
Posted: August 10, 2011
Bob Lamm '68 will be teaching two classes this Fall at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. "The Joy of Improv," an improv comedy class for beginners and nonperformers, will begin its third semester at NYU. Enjoy creating improvisational comedy in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. "Novels With a Social Conscience" will begin its fourth semester. We will examine eight novels that illuminate the injustices evident in cultures and communities. For more information, go to http://www.scps.nyu.edu or contact Bob Lamm at blamm86@gmail.com
Posted: August 10, 2011
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies welcomes Laila Mohib '01 as the organization's new Program Director. APAICS is a national non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Asian Pacific American participation and representation at all levels of the political process, from community service to elected office.
Posted: August 5, 2011
Sarah Friedland '03 is producing a film called JEEPNEY, a fun and colorful documentary that visualizes the rich cultural heritage of the Philippines, by following the journey of the jeepney—a military relic turned hot-rod mass-transit vehicle—and its drivers and passengers as they head towards an uncertain future. To see the trailer & to find out how to support the production of this film, visit their Kickstarter website.
Posted: July 27, 2011
Sarah Sarai MFA 1997 announced that she had two poems published in July/August Boston Review.
Posted: July 26, 2011
Richard Hoch '77 announced three more shows of Good Bad But Beautiful, an absolutely glamorous musical revue celebrating the songs of Shirley Bassey, Vikki Carr, Eydie Gorme, and Peggy Lee. There will be new gowns, new songs -- but the same wigs! Sundays August 14th, 21st, and 28th at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.) at The Comedy Store, 8433 West Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Tickets are available at 877-920-4343; half-price tickets are available on goldstar.com.
Posted: July 26, 2011
Sam Lipschultz '09 has been working on starting a new national initiative, called Live Real, that provides a platform for young people across the nation to shape the policies and practices that run our food system. Its mission is to make real food the norm, not the exception. Live Real is launching its first of two Food & Freedom Rides. The first ride, from August 7 - 18, will have Live Real staff and Real Food Fellows travel in a van from Birmingham, Alabama to Detroit, Michigan, to investigate how people on the front lines of the food system are surviving and thriving with some alternative choices. The second ride, from August 26 - September 2nd, will traverse America's "salad bowl", California.
For more information, see the Live Real's web site, or find out more on Facebook or Twitter.
Posted: July 26, 2011
Marty McConnell MFA 2001 will present, on Monday, June 25th, the first-ever staged reading of her new one-woman show, "Vicebox (it isn't easy to love the world)." After the show, the audience can participate in a talk-back session with Mary and the show's director. The event is free. For more information, see http://martyoutloud.com/
Click here for directions. (Performance will take place at New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ.)
Posted: July 21, 2011
Ellen Kaye '82 and business partner Seth Goldman '82 announced the opening of Moscow 57 Catering. For more information, see the Moscow 57 web site.
Posted: July 21, 2011
Mira Ptacin MFA '09 hosts FREERANGE NONFICTION, a New York City reading series & storytelling collective. Click on the following link for event details.
Posted: July 21, 2011
In 1963, Hope Cooke '62 married the last Chogyal of Sikkim and became the Queen of Sikkim during the final years of the kingdom. Cooke's friend, Alice Kandell '60 became a frequent visitor to the kingdom and, at the Chogyal's request, embarked on a project to document the way of life in Sikkim. Photos of Sikkim from 1965-1971 by Kandell are now online at the Library of Congress.
Posted: July 21, 2011
The Elea Gorana Dance Collective presents "Echoes from Home," a performance on a woman's journey from the daily routine of the Bulgarian village to the life of an immigrant. Choreography and text by Elissaveta Iordanova MFA '00. Opens on August 14th at 4th Street Theater. For performance details and ticket information, visit the following link.
Posted: July 21, 2011
The U.S. Embassy of Cairo selected Mark Bain's ('90) band, the Ayme Loren Band, from 600 bands through ShareTheMic.com program to perform with two other well known Egyptian bands in performances in Cairo and Alexandria, and to conduct cultural exchange workshops with Egyptian children. See the announcement by ShareTheMic, the organization who presented Mark's band to the Embassy. Also, the U.S. Embassy of Cairo's Facebook page has lots of posted media -- both pictures and concert footage, from the Ayme Loren Band's tour.
Posted: July 19, 2011
"Legendary" Maine film editor Mary Lampson '67 will be "special guest" at this year's Maine International Film Festival. Lampson and director Anne Makepeace will present their 2010 documentary film, "We Still Live Here (As Nutayunean)", about the cultural revival by the Wampanoag of southeastern Massachusetts. Read the recent profile of Mary in the Morning Sentinel.
Posted: July 19, 2011
Chiara Merino '95 just published a poetry book called "Criaturas Gelatinosas", published by Colección Maravilla in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Posted: July 19, 2011
Charlie Fink's '81 new musical satire, Who's Your Baghdaddy? or How I Started the Iraq War has been getting rave reviews. Read one such review here. There are remaining performances through July 24th. For more information, see Who's Your Baghdaddy web site.
Posted: July 18, 2011
Benjamin Blackburn '86 of Wonder Boy Studios announced the results of the art competition he juried, the National Negor League Baseball Art Competition. See the winners here. Winners exhibited at the National Art Museum of Sport in Indianapolis, in conjunction with the Indianapolis Indians minor league baseball team and Baseball Art from the Permanent NAMOS Collection, through October 5th, 2011.
Posted: July 13, 2011
Those in the New York area looking for a night of fun & music will be pleased to know Jenna Esposito '00 will once again be touring the state throughout the summer. She is scheduled to perform on the following dates this month:
July 10, 17, 24, 31 - at Grappa Ristorante in Warwick, NY
July 15 - at Festival Square in Middletown, NY
July 22 & 29 - at The Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd St) in New York, NY
For more information and updates, please visit http://jennaesposito.com
Posted: July 5, 2011
Alexis Silver '04 is looking for dancers for a 9/11 tribute performance! The dance will be a sequence of movements performed in extreme slow motion that will take place in several locations throughout lower Manhattan on Sunday, September 11th. For more details, follow this link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131175670296560
Posted: July 5, 2011
SLC alum Josh Mann stars in The Dolphin, which will premiere at the LA Shorts Fest on July 26th. This is a one-night event only! Tickets are available for $12.00 each on this website: http://www.lashortsfest.com/
Posted: July 5, 2011
Matt Matros MFA 2004 took home $303,501 and his second gold bracelet from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) after winning the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) event in Las Vegas on Saturday. Matros, a 34-year-old pro poker player, had previously won the $1,500 Limit Hold’em event last year.
Posted: July 5, 2011
Jessica Halem '94 will be bringing her full-length one-woman show “Bad Feminist” to Dixon Place for their 20th Anniversary HOT! Festival, the NYC Celebration of Queer Culture. For two nights, Wednesday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 19 at 9:30 pm in The Lounge at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002), Jessica Halem will be performing one hour of original stand-up comedy. The price is $5 cash only at the door. Jessica Halem's one-woman show at Dixon Place July 13 and July 19 uses personal narrative and bawdy humor to reveal a year in the life of this radical feminist, queer Jewish stand-up comic. See more information about Jessica on her web site.
Posted: June 30, 2011
Singer Ellen Kaye '82 and Ethan Fein will perform at Henry's (2745 Broadway @ 105th Street) on Tuesday, July 5th. Food starts at 4 p.m. and music will take place from 5 - 7 p.m. For more information and to make reservations, please see Henry's web site.
Posted: June 30, 2011
Mira Spektor announces two upcoming programs at THE MONTAUK LIBRARY (871 Montauk Highway Montauk NY):
SATURDAY JULY 9 @ 7:30 PM THE AVIVA PLAYERS (36th Season) Mira J. Spektor, Producing Artistic Director - Dr Dorothy Indenbaum, Associate Director, Judith Kellock, soprano, Madeleine Shapiro, cello, Kathleen Tagg, piano - Songs & Chamber Music by Karen Tanaka, Christopher Hopkins, Mira J. Spektor, Judith Weir, Brahms & Gershwin. (Free Admission)
SATURDAY AUGUST 20 @ 7:30 PM A Semi Staged Reading of the new Commedia delArte (Free Admission) *GIOVANNI THE FEARLESS* - Book & Lyrics by Carolyn Balducci & Music by Mira J Spektor, Music Director Barbara Ames - Stage Director: Gary Swanson. Cast includes: Lilah Gossman, Dominique Grelsamer, Dory Schultz, Bill Krakauer others TBA next week!!
For more information, see Mira Spektor's web site and the Aviva Players' web site.
Posted: June 27, 2011
Jeffrey Paul Bobrick announced that he recently won the Nokia "best singer" contest. He won a free recording session, a Nokia Astound phone and is featured in the new Nokia Astound phone ad. You can watch it on Facebook by clicking here:
http://www.facebook.com/NokiaUS?sk=app_199305766769779
Posted: June 22, 2011
Director of The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project Kyes Stevens MA '99 and MFA '00 announces an exhibit opening at Salt Space in NYC on Friday June 24th. The exhibit features work from art classes from 2004 to the present from prisons in Alabama ranging from minimum to maximum security. For location details and more information on the exhibit please visit:
http://saltspacenyc.com/_webapp_3917701/Art_on_the_Inside
Posted: June 17, 2011
Echoing Green, a leading network for next-generation social innovators, announced its selection of Adrienne Wheeler '01 of Cooperative Advocacy for the People as 2011 Echoing Green Fellow. Cooperative Advocacy for the People tackles systemic criminal justice deficiencies in Louisiana by providing access to relevant legal files and bringing together the recently incarcerated, attorneys, and prisoner rights advocates to develop strategies for accountability and reform.
Posted: June 17, 2011
Elissaveta Iordanova MFA 2000 announces "LANDSCAPES OF HOME", a dance gala which is part of both "CELEBRATE BULGARIA" and the New York Art Festival. It comments on stories of migration and settlement; image of belonging and attachment.
Posted: June 17, 2011
'Under the Cross' by I.D. Berkovich in an English translation/adaptation by Ellen Perecman '75 at the June Havoc Theatre, Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex. A tale of personal demons, familial discord and religious intolerance set in a Russian village in 1923. Remaining performances: 8PM June 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 2PM June 19. Tickets $18. www.smarttix.com or 212.868.4444
Posted: June 17, 2011
Sarah Gray '93 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D) with a Health Psychology Concentration on June 5, 2011.
Posted: June 17, 2011
Ariane Dewey '59 announced the publication of her book, 22 Aspects of Bodhi Mind, by Xlibris. For more information, see the accompanying web site.
Posted: June 17, 2011
CCRC (continuing care retirement community) is for you, your parents, or grandparents Judith Strand Chirgwin '53 has discovered. What environmental, intellectual, medical offerings are available and where. Please share your experiences with her at jsc100000@yahoo.com. Only extensive transparency helps everyone.
Posted: June 17, 2011
After completing an MSc with Distinction in Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education at the University of Edinburgh, Christy McGillivray '04 was offered a PhD position with the faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research concerns leadership practices and equity in Australian Higher Education Policy.
Posted: June 17, 2011
Joelle Wallach '67 continues to be a popular and in-demand speaker about the world of classical music for the New York Philharmonic, Dallas Opera and Dallas Symphony. Upcoming engagements include: "The Cunning Little Vixen," Janacek's "Manifesto of Love and Redemption", as part of the New York Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lectures at Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center from June 22 - 25. Information and tickets available through the New York Philharmonic - 212-875-5656 or www.nyphil.org
Posted: June 17, 2011
Tamara Studniski '95 announced that she was accepted to Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland: Master in Education (Drama in Education).
Posted: June 17, 2011
Adrienne Dawes '04 invites you to check out the very first episodes of our improvised paranormal comedy web series, Completely Normal Activity, now available online at www.completelynormalactivity.com
For press inquiries please feel free to visit the Press page on our official website or contact us via email at privateportions@gmail.com
Posted: June 17, 2011
Watch out for Lily Fischer '04 of Philadelphia-based bakery A Cupcake Wonderland on Food Network's "Cupcake Wars" next Tuesday, June 21st! Check out the audition video that got them onto the show.
Posted: June 15, 2011
Lynn Gilbert's '59 photography is part of the show "A Portrait Apart" at the Porter Contemporary Gallery at 548 West 28th Street. The opening was Thursday, June 9th.
Posted: June 13, 2011
Jannie Wolff, '87, a Community Educator with Cornell University Cooperative Extension of NYC, will discuss label reading for healthy choices on the TBN show Doctor to Doctor, Tuesday, June 14 at 12:30pm EST. The eight minute broadcast will highlight key nutrients to look for on nutrition facts labels on foods and beverages.
Posted: June 13, 2011
Jake Szczypek '07 stars in Jody Oberfelder's adaption of Igor Stravinsky's "Histoire du Soldat" (The Soldier's Tale) at Pace University. Read the New York Times's piece on the performance here.
Posted: June 13, 2011
Barbara Sprung '55 received alumni award from Bank Street College of Education. Barbara Sprung was honored for her outstanding career in education. Ms. Sprung, a long-term Westport resident, is Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Educational Equity Center at AED in New York. With many years of experience as a teacher and innovator, Ms. Sprung has developed programs and materials to promote equal opportunity for children, regardless of of gender, race/ethnicity, disability or level of family income.
Posted: June 13, 2011
Leora Skolkin-Smith's '75 essay on Grace Paley, "The Legacy of Grace Paley" came out in The Quarterly Conversation, a literary journal which has earned much attention. Read the essay here.
Posted: June 13, 2011