2006-2007 News and Announcements from Alums Archive
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Gwendolen Gross ’98 Launches Third Novel
Gwendolen Gross '98 is having two launch events for her third novel, The Other Mother, a literary suspense that takes both sides of the mommy wars.Barnes & Noble
17S Paramus, NJ
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 7:30 pmBennett Books
Wyckoff, NJ
Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 2:00 pm (kid friendly)These events will have special features (possibly a mini writing workshop, and treats).
For more information, visit www.gwendolengross.com.
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Susan Holcomb ’77: Nightlight Solo Art Exhibition at Bandini Art
Set in the dramatic moments between sunset and nightfall, Susan Holcomb's paintings are complex meditations on the infinite. Her luminous canvases, on show at Bandini Art from May 26 - June 30, depict not only the limitless skies of the American west but also the means by which we seek to interpret them.
The expanses of land, sea and heavens that fill Holcomb's paintings are overlaid with charts and diagrams, referencing the systems that classify our world. Mapped first in the imagination and then through math and science, the hundred billion stars that become visible at night challenge our understanding of the universe.
From the campfire stories of our ancestors, through astrology and astronomy, to astrophysics and personal readings, the symbols assigned to the stars carry different meanings. In some of Holcomb's paintings, the grid of contemporary Los Angeles stretches to the horizon mirrored by schematics in the sky. In others the ocean, or mountains, provide the subject. The iconography floating above can be profound, or touched with humor, but is always thought provoking.
Poised between the worlds of light and darkness, science and intuition, perception and logic, the paintings pay tribute to the transcendent beauty of the natural world and our attempts, as stargazers, to define the indefinable.
Susan Holcomb has work in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Bandini Art is located in the Culver City Arts District. For artists' statements, biographies and images please contact Alison Rowe at (323) 573-7574.
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Karla DiBenedetto ’02 Screens Documentary Short “On the Grind”
“On the Grind” by Karla DiBenedetto
A social portrait featuring street rapper, Artino Rope who faces the possibility of homelessness and must reconcile the consequences of his quest for fame.
“On the Grind” Screens:
Friday June 15th, 2007
@ 2PM
Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
700 E. Oakwood Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60653http://www.bronzefest.com/films&events.html
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Karla DiBenedetto ’02 Screens Short Film “Running Home”
Karla DiBenedetto ’02 screens Short Film “Running Home”
West Coast Premiere @ Frameline 31 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival June 14-24, 2007.
"Running Home" Screening:
Sunday June 17th, 9:30PM @ Roxie Film Center
3117 16th Street (between Valencia and Guerrero)
San Francisco, CA 94103Advance Ticket Purchase Online:
http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1225&FID=38
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Eireann Corrigan's ’99 Third Book in Stores Now
Ordinary Ghosts, Eireann Corrigan's third book and first novel in prose, launched this past April. The band Odette Magritte has recorded a soundtrack written and recorded to accompany the novel and that record will be released in June.
For more information, please visit Eireann's Web site at http://www.myspace.com/eireanncorrigan
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Clay McLeod Chapman ’00 featured in 6th Floor reading series
Soho Think Tank hosts an evening reading of “Hostages,” written by Clay McLeod Chapman with music and lyrics by Kyle Jarrow. Performers include: Hannah Bos, Clay McLeod Chapman, Hanna Cheek, Abe Goldfarb, and Paul Thureen.
The event will take place at 64 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome and next to the Ohio Theatre) on Monday, May 28; readings begin at 7pm.
RSVP to sixthfloorstt@aol.com
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Karin Gottshall's ’93 Book of Poetry Published by Fordham University
Karin Gotshall’s book of poetry, Crocus, won the Poets Out Loud Prize from Fordham University, and was published by Fordham University Press in April 2007.
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Linda Peterson ’69 Published Russell Lee Photographs: Images from the Russell Lee Photograph Collection
Linda Peterson ’69 served as lead editor, project manager and author for a recent University of Texas Press book, Russell Lee Photographs: Images from the Russell Lee Photograph Collection (University of Texas Press, 2007). For more information visit http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/leerus.html.
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Amanda Melson ’97, to Appear on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham"
Amanda Melson will appear on the season premiere of Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham”. The show will air on Firday, May 18th at midnight and will feature stand-up comedy from host Artie Lange and six comics, including Amanda. The show will then air again the following Tuesday at 10pm.
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Noah Sheldon's ’98 exhibit premiers in Chelsea gallery
Noah Sheldon’s solo exhibition, “Pink and Tan”, appeared at the D’Amelio Terras Gallery in Chelsea in March. The exhibit received favorable reviews from The New York Times. Art critic Roberta Smith wrote in a March 22nd review:
"Mr. Sheldon, who first studied to be a composer, is skilled at separating beauty from the material world while reminding us that it is just about everywhere. He makes his quietly ecstatic art out of almost nothing, or, more accurately, several almost-nothings, carefully juxtaposed."
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Clay McLeod Chapman ’00 Reads at KGB Bar
The KGB Bar is hosting a series of non-fiction readings, with alum Clay McLeod Chapman '00 reading a piece entitled Throwing Golem. The event will be held on Tuesday, May 15 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the KGB Bar on 85 E. 4th street.
Chapman is the creator of The Pumpkin Pie Show, and is the author of two books: a short story collection entitled Rest Area and a novel, Miss Corpus.
More information on this event from the KGB Bar can be found here or from the main KGB Bar site, www.kgbbar.com.
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Jeanine Jones's, ’98, Dora Mae Productions Announces Newest Show, Butterfly Suicide
From the press release for Butterfly Suicide, a new show written by Samantha Lally, Rebecca Lally, and Jeannine Jones and directed by Debbie Jones:
"Award-winning actress and comedian, Samantha Lally comes to SoloNOVA with her 4th solo show, Butterfly Suicide. After years of collaboration with director, Debbie Jones, and the writers of Dora Mae Productions (www.doramae.com), this show takes audiences into spaces and places that exist only in Sam's comedy. Sam is a New Yorker - born and bred. Her characters are eclectic, driven and lost. The females that rise up out of her are looking to be reborn. Whether it's an Upper Eastsider trading wealth for wilderness, or a summer butterfly trading love for life, Sam's comedy is provocative, interactive, and absolutely ridiculous."
Performance Dates: May 18th, 20th, and 22nd. All shows at 8 p.m.
Tickets can be ordered at www.theatermania.com or through www.ps122.org.
Address and Contact Info: Performance Space 122-150 First Ave. at E. 9th St. or visit www.ps122.org.
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Rhonda Eleish ’87 Publishes Book on Swedish Style in America
Rhonda Eleish '87 and Edie van Breems, owners of Eleish van Breems Antiques in Woodbury, CT, have published a book on Swedish styles in American home decorating. The book has been reviewed by The New York Times; the article is accessible on nytimes.com. The book is available for purchase on Amazon.com.
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Sarah Warner ’95 Launches New Literary Agency
Sarah Warner '95 has opened a literary agency, The Warner Literary Group. More information about their offered services can be found on the Web site, www.warnerliterarygroup.com.
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Georgia Lee Hussey ’01 Reads from Latest Project, "Triptych"
Georgia Lee Hussey ’01 will give her first reading since her return to Portland. She will share work from her current project Triptych. Other selections include those from On Reading as well as new work from On Drinking, On Fucking, and the book’s hinge essays, Lust.
Readings are free and are held in the gymnasium of McMenamin’s Kennedy School. A full bar and pub menu are available before and during the reading.
For more information, please contact Georgia at georgialeehussey@gmail.com.
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Karla DiBenedetto ’02 Film Screening "Running Home"
Karla DiBenedetto '02 will be screening her film, "Running Home", at the 9th Annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on Sunday, May 6, 2007. For more information, please visit: www.mglff.com or call the box office at 305.531.2117.
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Adrienne Dawes ’04 Publishes Play in Vintage Books' Anthology
Adrienne Dawes' play Heritage, Her-i-tage and Hair-i-tage is published in the new Vintage Books' release of Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays edited by Nina Shengold and Eric Lane.
For more information, visit the product's Web page on randomhouse.com.
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Porochista Khakpour ’00 Publishes First Novel
Porochista Khakpour's first novel, Sons & Other Flammable Objects, will be released by Grove/Atlantic this fall. The hardcover is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
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David Lindsay-Abaire ’92 Wins Pulitzer Prize in Drama
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire '92 won the Pulitzer Prize in drama for his play "Rabbit Hole," which also received several Tony Award nominations. In her review of last fall's production by the Huntington Theater Company in Boston, Boston Globe critic Louise Kennedy wrote: "What keeps it from being a mere tearjerker is its refusal to ooze sentiment, to force resolution, or to make any of its characters less complicated than they are."
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Agamemnon Otero ’01 Exhibits Portrait Series
Agamemnon Otero '01 will present a series of portraits at the New Arts Gallery in Litchfield, Connecticut. The exhibition will run from April 22 through May 20, 2007. For directions to the New Arts Gallery, please visit their Web site and click on the link 'Contact'.
Otero's work has been featured in over two dozen exhibits both in America and the United Kingdom. His series of paintings, "Mother and Son", which featured prominently in the Generations issue of the Sarah Lawrence alumnae/i magazine, is on a five year loan to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
For more information on Otero's upcoming exhibitions and other facets of his work, visit his Web site at www.agamemnonotero.com.
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Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine ’00 Finalist in Food Network Contest
Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine '00 will be appearing on the Food Network reality series, The Next Food Network Star. Its third season will premiere on Sunday, June 3rd at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The winning chef will then be the star of his or her own Food Network show.
According to the press release, Jacobsen-Derstine is one of eleven finalists who will be "tested in a series of challenges that determine not only their culinary prowess, but also their mental strength and on-air potential." The contestants will be faced with challenges such as creating new stadium food for an NBA team, preparing food in an Army barracks, finding their inner Iron Chef or holding their own with a variety of top media outlets. The winner will be revealed on the series' finale Sunday, July 22nd.
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Katie Daniels ’95 Launches Women's News Web Site
Kate Daniels '95 is the Founder/Executive Editor of The WIP, The Women's International Perspective. The WIP is a comprehensive news Web site of women contributors that reports world news, opinion, and commentary. Her press release states that the mission is to provide quality news from the unique perspectives of women, accessible worldwide and free to her readers. You can visit the site at www.thewip.net.
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Megan Burns ’03 Presents Art in Solo Show
Megan Burns '03 will be presenting a collection of her art at The Proposition Gallery in New York entitled Agents of C.L.O.N.E. The show opens on April 21, 2007 and will run until May 26, 2007. An opening celebration will take place on Saturday, April 21st from 6-8 p.m.
This is Burns' second show at The Proposition Gallery, and her first solo show since her senior year at Sarah Lawrence.
For more on Megan Burns' work, visit her Web site at www.meganburns.com. Find information on The Proposition Gallery at their Web site www.theproposition.com.
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Laura von Holt ’02 Presents First Play
Laura von Holt '02 will present her first play, Giants, in Manhattan for a run from April 9th until the 28th.
Giants is described on Playbill.com as a "mystical, magical and mellifluous masterpiece about the life-or-death sibling rivalry between the last brother and sister standing". The plot focuses on "the knock-down-drag-out reunion of what's left of Button and Giant's family. Button is diminutive and fiery. Giant, her oversized brother, is a militaristic bully determined to rid her from their war-ravaged island home."
Playbill.com has a full article on von Holt's career to this point accessible on their Web site. Tickets can be ordered online at www.here.org or by calling the HERE Arts Center at (212) 352-3101.
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Clay McLeod Chapman ’00 Contributes Play for Theatre Benefit
Clay McLeod Chapman '00, founder and member of the performance group The Pumpkin Pie Show, will join six other writers in a production entitled Five Story Walkup, presented by The Thirteenth Street Repertory Company and directed by Daniel Gallant.
"Five Story Walkup is a collection of brand-new short plays and monologues by seven top-notch dramatists. Follow the travails of mismatched lovers, a webcam provocateur, small-town philosophers and urban pioneers as they strive to maintain or escape from their domestic situations. These works cover wide narrative territory, exploring cityscapes and rural settings, but are tied together by an intimate focus on the bond between identity and home. This is a benefit production to save the Thirteenth Street Repertory Theatre."
For tickets, visit theatermania.com or call (212) 352-3101.
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New Exhibition by Gina Gilmour ’71
A new collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture by Gina Gilmour '71 opened on March 17 at Art Sites in Riverhead, New York. For more information on the exhibit, please e-mail artsites@optonline.net or call the gallery directly at 631-591-2401.
Art Sites
651 West Main St.
Riverhead, NY, 11901The exhibit will run until April 22, 2007.
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Angela von der Lippe ’72 Publishes First Novel
Angela von der Lippe '72 has published her first novel, The Truth about Lou (Counterpoint Press, 2007). From the press release for The Truth about Lou:
"In this boldly evocative novel famed literary muse Lou Andreas-Salome emerges from the shadows of the biographies and correspondences to tell her remarkable life story, from its beginnings in Imperial Russia to its menacing end in Nazi Germany. Her story unfolds through the three major loves of her life: at age twenty-one she meets the smitten and ultimately spurned philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; at thirty-six she takes the fledgling poet Rainer Maria Rilke as her first lover; and at fifty she wins the deep affection of Sigmund Freud. She depicts a world including the Wagners, Tolstoy, Rodin, the Freud circle, Marlene Dietrich and Hitler, to name a few.
Deftly weaving in the present-day character Anna Kane, a writer swept up in unraveling the link between her own grandmother and Salome, von der Lippe layers what is known about Salome with what can only be imagined. Blending themes of memory, religious faith, and human redemption, this novel transports us to a lost world and renders a multi-dimensional flesh and blood portrait of the elusive Lou Salome, as unforgettable as the woman who inspired it."Angela von der Lippe is a senior editor at W.W. Norton. Her previous work includes translating and editing You Alone Are Real to Me (BOA Editions, 2003), a memoir by Lou Andreas-Salomé on her former lover, the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
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Vera Wang ’72 Featured in Newsweek
A Newsweek special featuring women in leadership and how they got there profiles Vera Wang, ’72. She shares her experience breaking into the fashion world: Starting as a salesgirl at Yves Saint Laurent, becoming one of the youngest editors in the history of Vogue, to her current life as a designer. Read the entire profile on the msNBC website.
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Jenna Esposito ’00 Presents "Smooch" at Metropolitan Room
From the event's press release:
"After a successful run at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Jenna Esposito is bringing her show to the Metropolitan Room for one performance only! Join Jenna in this celebration of romance as she sings songs from such varied composers as Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Christine Lavin, Bonnie Raitt, Rodgers and Hart, Lennon & McCartney and more! She is joined by musical director Fortune Esposito on guitar, Richard Schacher on piano, Saadi Zain on bass, Tom Venable on drums, and Kelly Esposito-Broelmann and Sue Matsuki on backup vocals. SMOOCH! is directed by Erv Raible.
With her charming personality and endearingly cheery stage presence, she exudes joy and all things positive, so one may not be surprised to see that she delivers up-tempo and big numbers with verve and assurance. What one might not expect, though, are the tenderness and sensitivity she brings to ballads-what a lovely revelation!"
Roy Sander, columnist and criticMore on Jenna Esposito and her upcoming performances can be found at her Web site, www.jennaesposito.com, while information on attending this performance of SMOOCH! is posted at the Metropolitan Room's Web site.
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Dufflyn Lammers ’95 Appears on "Criminal Minds" and Poetry Slam
Actress Dufflyn Lammers '95 made an appearance on the February 28th episode of Criminal Minds, CBS's primetime drama about FBI profilers and their efforts to stop the most complex criminal minds from striking again. She played the character of "Alice".
After this appearance, Lammers will perform at Green Every Monday, held at The Palmer Room in Culver City, CA on March 26th. She will present a poetry feature and also participate in Green's slam night. More information on Dufflyn's recent and upcoming activities is available at her Web site, www.dufflyn.com.
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Valerie Beller ’87 Presents New Paintings
Valerie Beller '87 will present her new series of paintings at the Jean Albano Gallery in Chicago (one of which, Cycle, is pictured on the right).
The show will run from March 9th to April 28th, 2007.
More examples of Beller's work and news on future exhibits are available on her Web site www.valeriebeller.com.
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Wendy Haynes and Sophe Lux Add East Coast Tour Dates
From the Zarathustra Records press release on Sophe Lux:
"Alumna Wendy Haynes, little sister of filmaker Todd Haynes will be performing in NYC with her band at Joe's Pub in NYC on April 5, 2007. Haynes' band Sophe Lux was recently honored with an Artist of the Year nomination by SPIN magazine. The band just released their album "Waking The Mystics" on February 13, 2007. The album has been featured on BOING BOING and was named Amplifier Magazine's album of the week. Other East Coast tour dates include: April 6th at The Fire in Philadelphia, and April 7th at Carnegie Mellon University."
Haynes' band, Sophe Lux, was also featured in SPIN Magazine as Artist of the Day for February 7th, 2007. The full feature can be accessed on the SPIN.com Web site. The band's official Web site can be accessed at www.sophelux.com.
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Karla DiBenedetto ’02 Film Screening "Running Home"
Q* Queer Film Prize and Festival
March 7th, 2007, 7PM @ Film Row Cinema
1104 So. Wabash, 8th Floor
Chicago, IL 60605*Free and Open to the Public
For More Information, call (312) 344-6709
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Dr. Nan Bauer-Maglin ’63 Participates in Panel Discussions
Dr. Nan Bauer-Maglin '63, editor of Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women Talk About the End of (Mostly) Long-Term Relationships and Women Confronting Retirement: A Nontraditional Guide, will join contributors from these books in four panel events this spring.
The book Cut Loose was published in July 2006 and profiled in the Sarah Lawrence Alumnae/i Magazine this past fall. Nan's Web site, nanbauer-maglin.com, provides information on the subject of Cut Loose, its creation, and more about the author.March 1, 2007
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Westbeth Cut Loose Panel
Free to the public; visit the Westbeth Gallery.
April 12, 2007
6:00-8:00 p.m.
The Transition Network Cut Loose Panel
More information at thetransitionnetwork.com.
May 1, 2007
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Westbeth Retirement Panel
Also held in the Westbeth Community Room.
May 31, 2007
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Retirement Panel at Jewish Community Center
There is a cost for admission.
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Laurie Blauner ’74 Publishes Second Novel
Laurie Blauner '74 has published her second novel entitled Infinite Kindness with the publishing house Black Heron Books. Here follows a synposis of the novel:
"In 1867 London, England, Ann Russell, a nurse and a veteran of the Crimean War, deals with issues of euthanasia, medicine, war, sexual identity, and spirituality. In the Crimea, Ann worked with Florence Nightingale; back in England, she still consults her for advice and support. Ann struggles with the transition to civilian life while working at a charity hospital. She also commits acts of euthanasia, a practice she adopted when desperately wounded English soldiers begged her to kill them. Lyrical and questioning, this historical novel explores the timeless concerns of life, death, compassion, and personal growth as viewed through the prism of Victorian England."
For more information on Laurie's latest novel and her other work, visit her Web site at laurieblauner.com.
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Benjamin Blackburn ’86 Joins Artists in Baseball Exhibit
Alumnus Benjamin Blackburn '86 will join more than twenty other artists in a special spring exhibition dedicated to baseball at the George Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco. The exhibition is entitled "Spring Training: The Art of Baseball" and will run from March 15th to April 27th.
More samples of Blackburn's work can be found at his Web site, Wonderboy Studios, including several pieces in the baseball series and the history behind the project. If you are in the San Francisco area, the George Krevsky Gallery's Web site provides more information on how to contact and visit the gallery.
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Clay McLeod Chapman ’00 Performs on WBAI Radio
Clay McLeod Chapman '00, creator of The Pumpkin Pie Show and author of two books, will participate in a special President's Day Broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM (New York), during a program entitled THAW (Theaters Against War). He will be reading stories from his new book, Junta High.
Junta High is a collection of monologues performed by Chapman's performance group, The Pumpkin Pie Show. It will premiere on March 16 and run until the 26th at Performance Space 122, with a special post-show panel discussion on March 23rd. If you are interested in attending a performance, visit the show's page on the Performance Space 122 Web site: Junta High.
For more information on the President's Day broadcast, please visit wbai.org's page on the event. To find out about The Pumpkin Pie Show and its work, visit the group's Web site at www.pumpkinpieshow.com.
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Susan James ’85 and Damani Baker ’96 Complete Documentary
Sarah Lawrence alums Dr. Susan James '85 and Damani Baker '96 have completed a documentary entitled Return, which will premiere at the Pan African Film and Arts Festival in Los Angeles next month. According to the film's Web site, "Return propels us into the unseen world of indigenous African medicine through native ritual, spiritual connections and sacrifice. Through exclusive visits with traditional healers across the African continent, we experience their ancient practices first hand."
Dr. James, the film's executive producer, also stars in it with Kamau Kokayi, Medical Director of the Kokayi Holistic Medical Center in Manhattan. Damani Baker, a prolific director for the past thirteen years, directed Return; in addition, he is a guest professor in the Visual Arts department of Sarah Lawrence.
For more information on the film Return and its release, please visit the film's Web site at www.returnthefilm.com.
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Film by Sarah Elder ’69 Added to National Film Registry
Sarah Elder '69 co-directed and co-produced "Drums of Winter: Uksuum Cauyai," a 1988 documentary about Alaska's Yup'ik Eskimos, that has been added to the National Film Registry. The full article can be accessed at the University of Buffalo Reporter's Web site.
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Estha Weiner ’72 Published Poem in Katrina Anthology
A poem by Estha Weiner '72, "New Orleans Has Collapsed", was anthologized in a new collection relating to the destruction caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The collection is entitled Hurricane Blues: Poems about Katrina and Rita (Southeast Missouri State University 2006). All proceeds from this anthology go towards hurricane relief funds.
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Jenna Esposito ’00 Makes List of Top Cabaret Acts for 2006
Theatrescene.net has compiled a list of top 12 cabaret acts for the past year, with alumna Jenna Esposito '00 recognized for her show I Hate Men: Songs For the Scorned at the The Laurie Beechman Theater in New York. The full commentary on her show reads:
"Relatively new to the cabaret arena, but rapidly making waves with her diverse talents, Esposito's terrific homage to Rosemary Clooney last year and this latest eclectic foray displays a solid performer with a future. From a show-biz family, she's got her act together enough to deserve the attention she's bound to garner as her cabaret profile builds." --John Hoglund of Theatrescene.net
The full listing can be found on the Theatrescene.net Web site. For information on when and where Jenna will be performing, visit her Web site at JennaEsposito.com.
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Elaine Edelman ’59 and Liz Albrecht ’72 to Host Alumnae/i Writing Workshops
The Sarah Lawrence College Alumnae/i Association has started monthly Creative Writing Workshops for short works of poetry and prose to be led by members and friends of the Sarah Lawrence community. If you are a writer who misses perceptive feedback from your SLC peers or an avid reader and would like to be involved in critiquing the work of alumnae/i in a supportive workshop, are interested in facilitating or hosting a workshop please contact the program at slcnycreativewriting@yahoo.com. Please provide your name and contact information and we will e-mail you the workshop guidelines and location. The workshops will be held on the last Sunday of the month.
Elaine Edelman '59 will be hosting the prose workshop, while Liz Albrecht '72 will be hosting the poetry workshop.
This month's workshop will be held on Sunday, January 28, 2007 from 6:00 - 8:30. For information on the location, please e-mail slcnycreativewriting@yahoo.com.
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Mari Rosa ’02 Performs in New York to Celebrate Brazilian Artist
Mari Rosa '02, winner of a 2005 Billboard Award, participates in a birthday celebration for Tom Jobim, the prolific Brazillian composer and performer who best remembered for creating and popularizing the bossa nova style of music in 1958.
The event will be held on January 25 at the following venue:
The Greenwich Village Bistro
13 Carmine Street (Bleeker and 6th Ave)
New York, NY 10014There is a $5 entrance charge. For more information on Mari Rosa's work, visit her website at www.marirosa.com.
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Meredith Monk ’64 Receives U.S. Artists Grant, Creates Meredith Monk Archive at NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
Meredith Monk '64 was selected as one of 54 American artists working in a wide variety of disciplines and at various career stages to receive a $50,000 grant from the newly-created United States Artists (USA). The grants have "no strings attached." The winners, who were announced at a press conference in New York City on December 4, were selected by panels of artists, critics, scholars and other arts professionals from an initial pool of 300 artists who had been nominated by 150 anonymous arts leaders around the country. Monk is one of seven performing artists to be named a USA Fellow this year.
After years of thinking and discussion, Monk, renowned as a pioneer of multi-disciplinary art, announced her decision to donate her archives to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The 64-year-old artist, who has challenged audiences' and critics' categorical thinking with her multi-media creations for over 40 years, now takes on the Library's traditional cataloguing systems. Where to house the materials of this multi-award-winning composer, choreographer, director and filmmaker? The solution: Centralize the materials in the Music Division, while having them all available for call up through the computers in each of the Library's divisions. The Monk archive marks the Library's first cross-disciplinary collection. The donation includes one-of-a-kind books, scores, recordings, films, performance audio and video, tapes of works in progress, photographs and slides, personal notebooks, correspondence, reviews and program books.
Overall, 2006 was a stellar year for Monk, who was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on October 7, and whose most recent work, "impermanence," received its New York City premiere as part of BAM's 2006 Next Wave Festival in November. Her upcoming recording of "impermanence" will mark her eighth CD on the ECM New Series label. Monk will also release a new DVD with remastered versions of her films "Book of Days" (1998) and "Ellis Island" (1981), as well as an interview of the artist by John Killacky.
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Gina Gilmour ’71 to Exhibit Paintings in Southampton, NY
An exibition of paintings by Gina Gilmour will be at Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY, 11068, from February 6 through February 22, 2007.
An opening reception will be held on February 10, 2007, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
For more information, call (631) 209-0138 or e-mail gmarquand@yahoo.com.
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Short Story by Emma Bolden ’02 Named 2007 Georgetown Review Winner
Emma Bolden's short story, "Sympathy," was chosen as the winner of the 2007 Georgetown Review Contest. In addition to publication in the Georgetown Review, Emma will receive $1,000. Her poetry has recently appeared or is forthcoming in VERSE, Margie, Spoon River Poetry Review, Poet Lore, Southern Humanities Review, Hiram Poetry Review, Cranky, So to Speak, Broken Bridge Review, and the Briar Cliff Review. Emma is currently working as an instructor of English at Auburn University.
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Eisa Ulen Richardson ’90 Publishes Debut Novel
Eisa Ulen Richardson has published her debut novel, Crystelle Mourning. This profound and intense debut novel is the story of a young African American woman from West Philadelphia who finds her path to a bright future in gentrified Brooklyn, New York, blocked when she can't let go of the love she lost. With its deeply resonant depictions of urban African American life and the cultural forces that challenge and sustain their communities, Crystelle Mourning is a triumphant, lyrical beginning to a bright new talent in fiction.
Some quotes about Crystelle Mourning:
"A novel that affirms faith in the enduring power of young love. Welcome Eisa Ulen." -- Elizabeth Nunez, author of Prospero's Daughter and Bruised Hibiscus
“With a rhythmic flow of words and descriptive detail, Ulen powerfully captures Crystelle’s struggle with both the past and the present.” --Uptown magazine
“Ulen wisely takes her time revealing Crystelle’s pain, creating an authentic quality to her story. You feel for Crystelle as she tries to make sense of her life, even as you’re urging her to move forward and leave the past behind.” --Essence
“With its languid pacing and rhythmic voice, Eisa Nefertari Ulen’s novel at times feels like and elongated spoken-word poem… Ulen manages to pull it off with her nuanced depictions of Black life and her obvious love for her characters as they strive to create new realities out of the heartbreaking events of the past.” --The Washington Post
The book is available in stores and online now.
To learn more about Eisa and her novel, visit www.eisaulen.com.
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Jeffrey Paul Bobrick to perform at Makor in NYC
Billboard Award winning singer-songwriter Jeffrey Paul Bobrick will perform at Makor in New York City on Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 7:00 p.m.
The Makor Cafe is located in the Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th Street, NYC.
Tickets are $12
For more information, visit the event Web site.
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Meg Lindsay MFA ’98 to Exhibit at Raushenbush Library
Painter and poet Meg Lindsay MFA ‘98 returns to the Esther Raushenbush Library exhibit gallery at Sarah Lawrence College to present her second show Language of Abstraction, an exhibition of paintings and prints that capture the layering of what looks real, into the abstract.
The exhibit runs from Monday, January 15 through Saturday, March 31, 2007 and is open to the public during regular library hours. There will be a reception on Saturday January 13 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (snow date January 14).
For more information, please call 914-395-2470.
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Marie Holmes MFA ’05 Wins 2006 Gival Press Short Story Award
Marie Holmes MFA '05 has won the 2006 Gival Press Short Story Award for her story entitled Harvest Cycle, which was chosen anonymously by last year's winner Tim Mullaney.
In addition to collecting the prize of $1,000, Ms. Holmes' story will be published on the Gival Press Web site.
Marie Holmes, who was raised in various places, but mostly in Portland, Oregon, has been living in New York for a while now. She earned an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College. Her stories have appeared in the Coe Review and Blithe House Quarterly, and her work is forthcoming in the Teacher's Voice. She earns a living teaching Spanish to New York City high school students.
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Erin Ness ’05 Announces the Remounting of If There's Jack-in-the-Box, Get Out!
Erin Ness '05 announces the remounting of If There's Jack-in-the-Box, Get Out!
Monday Dec. 18-Wednesday Dec. 20 at 8pm
Wednesday Dec. 20 at 2pmOpening Reception on Monday evening, 50/50 raffle on Wednesday evening
Gene Frankel Underground Theater
24 Bond Street
New York CityE-mail thelist@mirproductions.org for reservations
Tickets will be $15 at the door (CASH ONLY! SORRY!)
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Margaret Lewis ’91 Wins Theatre Award
Class of 1991 alum Margaret Lewis's play Fellow Travellers won a Joseph Jefferson award for Best New Work. The Joseph Jefferson awards honor outstanding work in Chicago theatre. Margaret has also been commissioned to write new plays for New World Rep Theatre and Next Theatre, and has productions coming up at Infamous Commonwealth, Infusion and New Tuners Theatres.
For more information, visit www.jeffawards.org.
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Jeffrey Paul Bobrick Releases First EP
Jeffrey Paul Bobrick will release his first EP, "When You Are Free (demo)".
To celebrate, there will be a special performance on January 9th, 2007 in New York City. He will be joined by two singer-songwriters, Ann Klein and Gretchen Witt, as well as a full band and special guests.
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David Michael Wolach ’99 and Eden Schulz ’96 Launch New Magazine
David Michael Wolach '99, published writer and poet, and Eden Schulz '96, union organizer and art director for UAW Local 2110, have launched the debut issue of their progressive arts and politics magazine, Wheelhouse. The print version of Wheelhouse Magazine, Vol 1, Issue 1, is set to be released this summer, in time for Wheelhouse Magazine's weekly reading series at Evergreen State College, Washington.
Please visit www.wheelhousemagazine.com for more information on submtting work or attaining copies of Wheelhouse Magazine, or contact David Michael Wolach directly, managing editor, at dwuaw@yahoo.com.
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi ’96 Wins Poetry Prize
Gabrielle Calvocoressi '96 won the prize for poetry at the 2006 Connecticut Book Awards on December 3. In an interview in the Hartford Courant she talks about becoming a poet. You can read the interview on the Hartford Courant's web site.
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Erinina Marie Ness ’05 Presents Production Company's First Show
Erinina Marie Ness '05 presents an extended run of her new production company's first show, If There’s Jack-in-the-Box, Get Out! A summary of the show reads, "The battle of the sexes takes a conversational turn, using movement and spoken word to duke it out and come to a fresh understanding.This piece conceived by Erinina Marie Ness, co-created and performed with Evan Shafran and directed by Genevieve Gearhart addresses and tackles the confines of that gender box we all get put into."
The show's extra performances will be presented from Monday, December 18th through Wednesday, December 20th at 8:00pm, with a special “Service Industry” matinee on Wednesday, December 20th at 2:00pm. Tickets are $15.00; please email thelist@mirproductions.org for reservations.
The venue where the show will be held is:
The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street
New York, NY 10012
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Jennifer Monson ’83 Receives "Bessie"
Jennifer Monson '83 received a 2006 "Bessie" for her choreographic work.
The Bessies, considered the "Oscars" of the dance world, are named in honor of the late Bessie Schonberg, a long-time Sarah Lawrence dance professor. Monson was honored for "her commitment to long-term process; for her artist-activist approach to nature stewards; for her wit and delight in linking the worlds of science and art and creating among artists, conservationists, educators, students, and the public with 'BIRD Dance Project.'"
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Josie Merck ’69 Show at Atlantic Gallery
Alumna Josie Merck '69 will have an exhibition of her art work at the Atlantic Gallery in New York from December 5th through the 30th.
A reception will be held on Tuesday, December 5th from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M.
10% of the proceeds from her show will benefit Seeds of Peace. There will also be a special reception for Seeds of Peace on Tuesday, December 12th from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.
More information on Ms.Merck's art and shows can be found at her website, josiemerck.com.
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Caroline Smith ’04 Performs with Comedy Group
Caroline Smith '04 will be performing with her sketch comedy group, Sketch This, on December 20th at Stand Up NY on 78th and Broadway in Manhattan. This is a unique show for the group as they will be competing against another sketch group for the first time. The show is at 9 PM.
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Elizabeth Welt Trahan ’51 Publishes Book
Elizabeth Welt Trahan '51 published a new book last month with Peter Lang Publishing. It is entitled, "Ten Dollars in my Pocket: The American Education of a Holocaust Survivor: a Memoir in Documents."
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Release Date for Porochista Khakpour's ’00 First Novel
Porochista Khakpour's ('00) first novel, "Sons and Other Flammable Objects", will be published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc., with an anticipated release date in the fall of 2007.
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Jenna Esposito ’00 Celebrates Birthday with All Star Cabaret
Jenna Esposito '00 is putting on a cabaret with a talented lineup of guests including: Michael Blanco, Fortune Esposito, Kelly Esposito-Broelmann, Sue Matsuki, and Maureen Taylor, as well as a performance by Ms. Esposito herself.
The show will be on December 2nd at 7 P.M., and will be held at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe (407 West 42nd Street). Call 212-695-6909 for reservations. Visit www.jennaesposito.com for more information.
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Book Signing with Claire Korn Yaffa ’57
A book of photography by Claire Korn Yaffa '57, entitled "Life's Dream", will be released this Christmas.
The author will be holding a book signing on November 25th from 4-5:30 P.M. at the following location:
Rizzoli Bookstore
31 West 57th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
New York, NY
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Andrea Fono ’86 Featured in SF Chronicle
Alumna Andrea Fono and her store, Fono on Sutter: Artist Rendez-Vous, made the front page of the Home section in the San Francisco Chronicle. You can read the article here.
Andrea has also launched her own website focusing on her store and her art. You can visit her website at www.fonoart.com.
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Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard ’00 Publishes Play
Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard '00 has just had her ten minute play entitled "Lunch Date" published by Heuer Publishing, LLC.
To view and purchase her play, please visit www.hitplays.com.
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Claire Satin ’56 Presents Work in Grolier Club Exhibition
Class of '56 alumna Claire Satin will have her work presented in a nationally curated show at the Grolier Club of New York as part of the Guild of Book Workers Centenary Exhibition. Her work is entitled "PENTIMENTO: The Gregg Book" and is influenced by the ideas of John Cage and his concept of indeterminacy.
The exhibit will run until November 25th, 2006. It is open to the public and there is no charge for admission. For more information visit the Grolier Club's webpage about the exhibit.
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Film Screening: "Running Home": A Short Narrative Film by Karla DiBenedetto ’02
Class of 2002 alumna Karla DiBenedetto's short narrative film, Running Home, will premiere at The Reeling: The 25th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival on November 9th, 2006.
For more information or for tickets to this event, please visit www.reelingfilmfestival.org.
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Mary Cornish MFA ’01 Wins Poetry Prize
Mary Cornish MFA '01 has been awarded the FIELD Poetry Prize for her first book of poetry, "Red Studio", due to be published next spring.
She has been profiled in The Bellingham Herald's website on the subject of her poetry, winning the FIELD award and her teaching career at Western Washington University. You can read the article here. No registration is required.
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Tatiana Ginsberg ’94 Presents Lecture
Tatiana Ginsberg '94 presented a lecture at the Wells College Book Arts Center entitled, "Forbidden Colors: Secrets of Japanese Naturally Dyed Papers" on October 19th, 2006.
Tatiana was able to research this subject after winning a Fulbright grant to research naturally dyed papers in Japan. For more information on the lecture and on Ms. Ginsberg's work, please visit the event page at the Wells College Book Arts Center website.
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Natasha Mayers ’67 Solo Exhibition, "Signs of the Times"
"Signs of the Times" is a new exhibiton by alumna Natasha Mayers '67.
The exhibit will run from November 8 through December 15, 2006 in the Atrium Gallery at the University of Southern Maine / Lewiston-Auburn. For more information, please visit the exhibit's page or contact Robyn Holman at holman@usm.maine.edu.
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Film Screening: Jumping off Bridges, Featuring Costumes by Alumna Adrienne Dawes ’04
The independent film jumping off bridges will screen on November 3rd and 4th at 7PM in New York City at the following address:
Pioneer Theater
155 East 3rd Street (between Avenues A & B)
New York, NY 10009The film has earned much critical acclaim and the screenings will be followed with Q&A sessions. The film was written and directed by Kat Candler of Storie Productions and features the costume designing of Sarah Lawrence alumna Adrienne Dawes '04.
For more information about the film, please visit its official website.
Contact: Storie Productions
512.771.5863
info@storieproductions.com
www.storieproductions.com
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Lisa Anderson ’72 profiled in The New York Times
Class of '72 alumna Lisa Anderson, dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was profiled in the New York Times New York Region on October 13, 2006.
The article can be found here.
An account with nytimes.com is necessary to read the article. Registration is free.
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Carisa Worden ’99 presents prize-winning paper
Carisa Worden '99 will present her paper, "Violence of the Body and Reform of the Soul: Prisons as the Emblem of America" at the 2006 American Studies Association Annual Conference on October 13, 2006, in Oakland, CA. Her paper was awarded the Gene Wise-Warren Susman Prize for best graduate student paper at the Conference.
This event is not open to the public.
For more information, please visit the American Studies Association website.
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Joan Waite ’55 in concert to benefit the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 3:00 P.M
The event will take place at the following address, with a reception afterwards including light refreshments. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door on the day of the concert at the Princeton Unitarian Universalist Congregation.
Princeton Unitarian Universalist Congregation
50 Cherry Hill Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
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Stephen Book ’67 publishes "The Actor Takes a Meeting"
Stephen Book '67 is celebrating the publication of "The Actor Takes a Meeting: How to Interview Successfully with Agents, Managers, Producers, and Casting Directors" with a reception and book signing on October 10, 2006.
The event will begin with an introduction by a special guest, followed by a presentation by Stephen and then a reception.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
6:00-8:00 p.m.The Drama Book Shop, Inc.
250 West 40th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues)
New York, New York(212) 944-0595
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Jenna Esposito ’00 brings "I Hate Men" back to New York
"I Hate Men: Songs for the Scorned"
By Jenna Esposito '00Friday, October 6, 2006 at 9:00 p.m.
Friday, October 13, 2006 at 9:00 p.m.The Laurie Beechman Theater at the West Bank Cafe
407 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036$16 plus two drink minimum
For reservations, call (212) 695-6909
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Emily Franklin ’94 publishes new book
Emily Franklin '94's latest novel, The Girls' Almanac, will be published by HarperCollins this fall. She will be reading at Borders (Park and 57th in New York City) on October 26th, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
For more information: emilyfranklin.com or info@emilyfranklin.com
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Christina Saj ’89 brings "Visions & Imaginings" to Artspace 129
Visions & Imaginings
Drawings, paintings and mixed media works by Christina Saj '89Artspace 129
Montclair, NJArtist's reception on Saturday, September 30, 2006 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
For more information: www.christinasaj.com
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Judy Klass ’88 performs country rock in MEANY Fest
Judy Klass '88 will be one of the "full-band" acts featured in the M.E.A.N.Y. fest Saturday, September 23rd at CB Gallery at 7:00 p.m., performing songs from her Brooklyn Cowgirl CD, and others.
For more information: www.meanyfest.com
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Jackie Audrey O'Neal ’94 offers playwrights a venue to produce their plays on live Internet radio
Studio Frederick O'Neal Memorial Live Radio Theatre
Playwrights! Get your message heard by an international audience on Internet Voices Radio's newest program
Atlantic City, NJ- You are a playwright in search of an international audience. We are an internet radio station currently in 48 countries worldwide with over 22,000 listeners downloading our podcasts.
Studio Frederick O'Neal Memorial Live Radio Theatre, originally founded in hommage to the great actor, director, producer, Frederick O'Neal in 2000, quickly launched its productions in honor of Frederick O'Neal, Founder of The American Negro Theatre in Harlem, NY[1930].
The company produced numerous plays which were featured at New York City venues such as: The American Theatre of Actors, Abron Arts Center, Musical Theatre Works, Judson Memorial Church among others.
Jackie O'Neal studied playwrighting at The New Federal Theatre in NYC with the renowned playwright, Ed Bullins. She is also the recipient of the 2001 Through Her Eyes playwright's award and the 2004, Paul Aiken Encore Award for her work as resident producing playwright and her dedication to continue the vision of Frederick O'Neal, founder of The American Negro Theatre.
Mason O'Neal, Exec. Producer has been involved in producing New York Theatre since 2001. An outstanding figure in the sports world, he holds a world record in Master's track and field events.He is also a retired NYC investigator for Emergency Children's Services and an M.S.W. graduate of Adelphi University.
In 1945, The American Negro Theatre became the first black theatre company to produce a weekly radio series. Now, Jackie and Mason O'Neal, Executive Producers revive that ideal by offering playwrights a venue to produce their plays on live internet radio.
Frederick O'Neal continues to be one of the most outstanding figures in the O'Neal's genealogical history- as the O'Neal's great-uncle.
For rates and more information, visit: www.internetvoicesradio.com and click on "Media Kit", or call (609) 334-8621.
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Charise M. Hoge ’80 releases new book
Charise M. Hoge, MSW, is the co-author of a new book entitled, A Portable Identity: A Woman's Guide to Maintaining a Sense of Self While Moving Overseas.
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Elizabeth Enschede ’96 named 2006 Pisacano Scholar
The Board of Directors of the Pisacano Leadership Foundation, Inc. has selected the recipients of the 2006 scholarships. Elizabeth Enschede '96, a fourth-year medical student at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, is one of five scholars selected as a 2006 Pisacano Scholar.
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Kristin Malko ’05 to appear in Fox's "Prison Break"
Kristin Malko '05 will appear in the Fox television series "Prison Break" in a role that continues over at least four episodes—August 28, September 11 and 18, and October 2.
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Caitlin McDonald ’05 Participates in Art Show
Caitlin McDonald is participating in an art show entitled "Wilful Encounters (at a bus stop)". Partly funded by the Pinellas County Arts Council of Florida, Caitlin and Maria Saraceno, a local sculptor and activist artist, went to a bus stop near a major hotel twice a week for four months, where, she says, "We in terviewed and catered to people we met there, providing snacks and hand massages. This particularly focused on workers dependent on the bus for transportation, including guest workers from Jamaica, Haiti, and Brazil. We videoed and photographed our experiences. These were then presented in a local art gallery on a screen constructed from stacked bedsheets and pillows. We also crocheted long strips of fabric representing the roads traveled by the workers, as well as the transmission of information and cultures.
The show runs from August 18-26; for more information visit www.thestudioat620.com or call (727) 895-6620 (Gallery phone). Listen to an interview with Caitlin and Maria on local public radio station WMNF at http://www.wmnf.org/programming/archives.php. The show, called Art in Your Ear, took place on Friday August 18, 2006 with host JoEllen Schilke.
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Jason Pugatch ’96 gets first book published with Allworth Press
Allworth Press just published Jason Pugatch's '96 first book, Acting Is a Job: Real Life Lessons about the Acting Business. Part practical guide, part expose, it's an inside look at the acting profession. More information can be found at www.actingisajob.com, www.amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or at your local bookseller's.
