A Creative Life

Returning to Tap

When  I threw myself into an  tap class at Steps on Broadway in NYC, I was  nervous. I hadn’t danced in a while and the classes are challenging. That afternoon I was meeting with an old friend, and figured this was a good time take the plunge.  It had been...

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Jill Sobule- Songbird, Gone Too Soon

I’m having a hard time with this loss. Jill Sobule, a singer songwriter who I’ve followed for over 20 years died last week in a house fire at age 66. It’s devastating. When a person dies, their spirit remains and hers was one of the sweetest and most generous ones....

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Book Update and New Watercolors!!

Hello, Friends, By the time you are reading this it will soon be May 1st, my book release date! This book has taken six years to finish and I’m feeling good about it. I had to write it and I feel lighter because of it. Now is the time to...

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Amy Sherald at the Whitney- Persistence for the Creative Life

When I moved out of Manhattan in 2008, the Whitney Museum was still uptown and walkable from my Yorkville apartment. I finally got to the “new” version ( opened in 2015) down in the Meatpacking District, with its sleek shiny glass structure and stunning views of  the Hudson and a...

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Roberta Halpern, artist and writer, is a former English teacher and healer. A native New Yorker, she currently resides in Philadelphia.