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 at least five years since […]
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. She knew how to make
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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 get the book, read it,
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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 wonderful exhibit, American Sublime, open until
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I was lucky to experience Alicia Keyes’ Hell’s Kitchen this week on Broadway while visiting my friend Jane in Brooklyn. Semi-autobiographical, it tells the story of a young girl, Ally, who as a teenager has to deal with a lot of heartache and struggle. “Do something with that anger,” her piano teacher tells her. “Sit.
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COMING SOON !!!! BOOK RELEASE DATE- MAY 1ST ( PRINT VERSION TOO!) MORE PURCHASING OPTIONS AVAILABLE SOON From Chapter 32- Coming up Cubist Cubism, according to Merriam Webster, is a style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements especially by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously
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I was excited to see “Audrey’s Children” this past weekend. I’m not going to lie. Part of it was filmed on my block, so I was curious! A few years ago, my street was lined with classic 60’s cars. It was pretty cool! I didn’t know much about the story of Dr, Audrey Evans (
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It was a chilly April night when I ventured out to the Free Library for a warm, intimate experience with Maria Shriver & Friends We were greeted to some live soothing guitar music and a stage full of candles to set a meditative mood. Bob Roth, Maria’s teacher and friend, invited us to participate in a
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From Chapter 52 “Caution! Bus is turning. Caution! Bus is turning.” I hear this over and over as I receive a much-needed massage from my dear friend, Jen. I am trying everything I can to deal with my stress. Her office sits a block from the busy thoroughfare of Germantown Avenue and the nearby #23
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I’ve wanted to see world music vocalist and five-time Grammy winner, Angélique Kidjo, ever since I heard her album Eve in 2014 and started using her music in my Global Rhythms Dance programs. I danced joyously with hundreds of families to rousing “M’Baamba” (Kenyan Song). We rested with her lullaby “Blewu.” Saturday night I got
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