On Tuesday March 23 at 7 in the SVA Amphitheater we’ll have a unique panel of high-achieving SVA grads who have gone on to do innovative things in our field. As a teacher I’m always looking for the new directions for narrative art to move in. Of course the young artists will show us the … Read more
In advance of tomorrow’s health care summit here’s an update on the world of tomorrow. With gratitude to PS Mueller, Oracle. The Astounding World of the Future, Written and Directed by Scott Dikkers
Here’s to the Village Vanguard: the temple of Jazz. Not a museum but a living, breathing space for amazing miracles of music. And most of the greats have played there. Here’s my take on the club, going down recently to catch the JD Allen Trio. That’s Gregg August on bass and the otherworldly Tyshawn Sorey … Read more
Moments in the never ending carnival of crazy with names funny enough to make anyone, especially George Orwell, shake, rattle and roll. 1. The Simon Weisenthal TOLERANCE MUSEUM is being built on a 400 year-old Palestinian gravesite. From the Times of London: “What the UN can do is limited but they can investigate and raise … Read more
Given the new Supreme Court ruling on corporate freedom to now go as wild as they like in political campaign spending a new report shows that this past year it was getting much worse . . . all by itself. Can it be any clearer the reasons the government has stopped working, it seems, altogether: … Read more
