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News and Announcements from Alums

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Chloe Honum ’03 in Best New Poets 2008

Chloe Honum's work was chosen by guest editor Mark Strand for inclusion in Best New Poets 2008, an annual anthology of 50 poems from emerging writers. The anthology, published by University of Virginia Press, is now available in bookstores and online.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Janice L. Moore ’86 Paintings Featured in Vogue Magazine
Janice L. Moore's paintings are featured, along with her husband Joe Coleman's collages in a story by Bruce Weber in Italian Vogue's special Casa Vogue edition 10/08.
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Laurie Calahan MFA ’75 Announces Comedy, “Season's Greetings”

From Laurie Calahan: I'm excited to let you know that I am directing (and co-producing) Alan Ayckbourn's edgy comedy, Season's Greetings, at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre in NYC beginning November 20th and running until December 7th.

You don't want to miss this holiday treat by England's most popular comic playwright! Laugh your troubles away! Gain a little insight, hopefully, and - jolly good - it's the best bargain in town - only $18 - featuring a full professional NY cast! P.S. It's free to those who have made or will soon make a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more. Contact HudsonRiverRep@aol.com

Tickets are available at this link: http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/148684
or by calling 212-352-3101. Additional information below. I look forward to seeing you there!

Note: No performance on Nov 27 (Thanksgiving) but Special performance on Monday, Dec.1 at 8PM

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Ellen Perecman ’75, Producing Artistic Director, Presents Dammerung by Peretz Hirshbein

New Worlds Theatre Project, Ellen Perecman, Producing Artistic Director, will present an English adaptation of Dammerung by Peretz Hirshbein at the Lion Theatre @ Theatre Row (410 West 42nd St, just west of 9th Avenue) in NYC from Thursday January 8 -Sunday January 25. Marc Geller directs. Translation from Yiddish by Ellen Perecman and Mark Altman. Adaptation by Ellen Perecman and Clay McLeod Chapman.

In a time beyond time.... In a world without hope.... Who will be a savior? A frightened old man? A courageous little girl? A mysterious stranger? What happens in the final moments between daylight and darkness ... Dammerung.

Tickets $18. For tickets call Ticket Central: 212.279.4700 or go to www.newworldsproject.org.

Posted: Monday, November 17, 2008
Alice Walker ’65 Writes An Open Letter to Obama

Alice Walker's open letter to Barack Obama was published on the root.com

You can read it here:
http://www.theroot.com/id/48726

Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Michele Brody ’89 Exhibit Reviewed in Philadelphia Inquirer

Michele Brody received a very favorable review from the Philadelphia Inquirer, for her exhibit, "Entering from the Inside: The Art of Memory".

Please read the full review here:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/bucks/nabes/20081003_A_fresh_view_of_remembering.html

The show closes this coming friday the 14th. It you haven't stopped by yet and happen to be in the Philadelphia area, please do, to catch a glimpse of this unique installation before the walls start to come down. The exhibit takes place at Temple Judea Museum at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Old York & Township Line Rds., Elkins Park.

Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Julia Barry ’04 Launches Consulting/Media Production Efforts for Social Change

From Julia Barry '04:

Hi everyone!

While at SLC, I created a media literacy/women's advocacy initiative called, "In Her Image: Producing Womanhood in America" (with cinematography and tech help from SLC alums Jay Sterrenberg and Eric Phillips-Horst, now of Meerkat Media.

Since graduating, this program has continued to grow, and with the addition of an MA in Interactive Media from Goldsmiths College, London, I am officially freelancing for social change. My main principle is change through cooperation and collaboration, so please get in touch to let me know about what you're working on! I would love to work together. (And I'm of course also available for the traditional contract hire, whether it be for a body image workshop, speaking engagement, social web project, or consultation on women's issues.)

I'm looking forward to being in touch (julia@juliabarry.com).
-Julia
p.s. I'm also continuing my music career in the NY area and would love to meet up at an upcoming show! Please shoot me an email to find out show details, jam, or do anything otherwise musical. :)

Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
Announcing the sale of AlcheraBio LLC founded by Linda Rhodes ’78
From Linda Rhodes: Seven and a half years ago, I, along with my business partner, Katherine Moldave, founded AlcheraBio, a consulting and contract research company dedicated to helping research, develop and commercialize new medical treatments and pharmaceuticals for animals. In spite of being a scientist and veterinarian by training and not a business woman, I managed, with Katherine's help, to grow the company, and as of October, we have been acquired by Argenta, a New Zealand animal health manufacturing company. Growing a business and selling it was never something I expected to do, but it is hugely satisfying.
Posted: Friday, November 7, 2008
Poets House Presents a Tribute to Jane Cooper

Tuesday, November 11, 7:00 p.m., with Kazim Ali, Jill Bialosky, Celia Bland, Martha Collins, Eva Kollisch, Beatrix Gates, Marie Howe, Jan Heller Levi, Thomas Lux & Jean Valentine.

Poets and colleagues honor the late Jane Cooper (1924-2007), an award-winning poet and beloved mentor. Her poetry's "great deep patience for the whole truth," as Grace Paley put it, has earned the admiration of countless poets. The author of five books of poetry, Cooper received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Shelley Memorial Award, and fellowships from the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was the official New York State Poet from 1995 to 1997, and she taught at Sarah Lawrence College for nearly 40 years.

Posted: Friday, November 7, 2008
Shqipe Malushi ’85 Announces Lift Up the Veil and Make it Happen

Shqipe Malushi '85, a recent winner of Paul Harris Fellowship Award and a medal for appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among the peoples of the world, is returning home for Christmas after three years of working in Afghanistan empowering women and men.

She will be available as a Life Coach and for empowerment workshops and speaking engagements in New York.

You can contact her at: shqipemalushi@gmail.com

Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Karen Kelley ’62 Announces Painting Exhibition

Exhibition of paintings: BLENDIANS. Mixed media on paper and wood by Aiki (Karen Gibson Kelley), giclee`prints by Jesi (Jessica Gibson Kelley), Karen's daughter. Navajo jewlery, sand paintings also exhibited.

Exhibition will take place at the Tribal Spears Gallery, at 2167 Frederick Douglas Blvd, at 117th Street, from November 7 - November 29.

Opening Reception will take place Friday, November 7, 4 - 8 p.m.

Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Andrea Reese ’84 Brings Her One-Woman Play to Manhattan

"Andrea Reese channels Jackie O. in this one-woman show. The upshot is a character of both charm and substance." - The New Yorker

CIRQUE JACQUELINE is one-woman dramatic play about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, written and performed by Andrea Reese and directed by Charles Messina. Performances will be on Thursday, December 18 and Friday, December 19, 2008, at 7:30pm both nights, in Greenwich Village at The Players Loft. Here’s a link to the main website for the show, which includes details about the theater and tickets, plus photos, reviews and articles: http://www.jackieoshow.com

It’s a small theater, just 50 seats, so it’s recommended that tickets be ordered well in advance online. All tickets are $20.

Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Lisa Thaler's ’84 Book, “Look Up”, Reviewed Online

Please see the latest review of Lisa Thaler's artist biography, Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin, "Reviving Sacha Kolin" by Menachem Wecker, The Jewish Press, 21 October 2008 at:

http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/36897/Reviving_Sacha_Kolin.html

Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Simon Levenson ’94 Artwork Selected as Finalist for MTA Arts for Transit Program

From Simon Levenson: My oil paintings, seen at www.simonlevenson.com, have been selected as one of nine finalists for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Arts for Transit program for The Far Rockaway station in New York City.

Final decisions will be made in February 2009.

Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Zoe Keating ’93 Announces Premier of the Ballet “Llebieg” at the Teatro Principal de Valencia
On November 20th, the Ballet de Teatres de la Generalitat of Valencia, Spain will premier the ballet "Llebeig" at the Teatro Principal de Valencia. Choreographed by Asun Noales and set to a live musical score composed and performed by alum Zoe Keating.
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Merlin Homer ’65 Announces New Gallery Exhibit

Merlin Homer has a new gallery exhibit, "New and Selected Watercolours and Drawings". The show runs from November 12 - 30 at the RedEye Studio Gallery in Toronto. Opening Reception takes place at Saturday, November 15, 12 - 4, by invitation only.

For more information, please see www.redeyestudio.com

RedEye Studio Gallery is located at 102 Case Goods Building, in the Historic Distillery District, 55 Mill Street, Toronto.

Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Stephen Fife ’77 Announces “The Arab-American Handbook”
Stephen Fife has two essays in the forthcoming anthology, "The Arab-American Handbook".
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Deryn Warren ’67 Announces Her New Book, “How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love With You”

Please come to a reading, mini-acting class and signing given by author, film director and teacher, Deryn Warren of her new book, "How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love With You".

Come and watch and participate!

When: November 13, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Barnes and Noble at the Grove, Los Angeles

Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Irena's Vow with Tovah Feldshuh Has Extended Its Run

IRENA'S VOW has extended their off-Broadway run with 20 more performances because of overwhelming demand:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122821.html
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14402

Performance dates are Nov 8-25th.
Tickets are now on sale
call 212 352 3101 or visit www.theatermania.com

For more information, please see: http://www.irenasvow.com or http://www.tovahfeldshuh.com

Posted: Monday, November 3, 2008
William Klein ’78 Writes, “Don't Do It, Rahm!” on Huffington Post

Excerpt: We were both students at Sarah Lawrence College in the mid 1970s, where we each took political science courses and dabbled in the arts. I'm also proud to say that we both launched our political careers there on the Student Senate....

For full article, please see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-klein/dont-do-it-rahm_b_139636.html

Posted: Monday, November 3, 2008
Article About Miles Coon MFA 2002 Appears in Eldercountry.com
An article about Miles Coon, MFA 2002 appears in the current (Nov. 2008) issue of Eldercountry.com, a free e-magazine. The article profiles Miles and tells about his annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, in Delray Beach, Florida.

Check out the article at http://www.eldercountry.com/spotlight.shtml . After November, it will remain accessible indefinitely in the Archives section.
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2008
Michele Brody ’89 Announces Opening at FLATFILEgalleries

FLATFILEgalleries in November/December! On Thursday, October 30, FLATFILEgalleries will open its new shows, APPARENT HORIZON, BEYOND THE CURVE, ESPACE VERT, SEEMINGLY WEIGHTLESS, and MAN/WOMAN/CAT/DOG with a reception from 5-9pm. This will mark the first Thursday opening in the gallery’s eight and a half year history. The show will run until December 19.

Espace Vert will fill the lower gallery with an installation by guest artist Michele Brody entitled Garden Sentinels.

FLATFILEgalleries is open from 11-6, Tuesday through Saturday, or by appointment, and is a member of The Art Dealers Association of Chicago.

FLATFILEgalleries
217 N Carpenter
Chicago IL 60607
312.491.1190
info@flatfilegalleries.com

Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Lewis Feibelman ’99 Announces New Web Site
Lewis Feibelman launched new web site, http://lewisfeibelman.com/ Feibelman’s work has been shown in numerous group, juried and solo exhibitions in the Boston area and in Memphis.
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Katherine Moos ’06 to Present at the APHA Annual Meeting

Katherine Moos '06 will present a poster at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego on the subject of food insecurity among indigenous Mexican migrants in California. The presentation is based on research she did while in California as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow.

Posted: Monday, October 27, 2008
Kai Jackson ’89 Announces Publication of Her Children's Book

From Kai Jackson: I just wanted to let you and the SLC community know that my children's picture book, Howard Thurman’s Great Hope was published by Lee and Low Books this month. It is illustrated by Arthur L. Dawson. The book tells the story of theologian Howard Thurman-who was an instrumental figure in the civil rights movement—and his struggle to get an education in the segregated south. So far, it’s gotten good reviews. As you can imagine, I’m very excited!

For more information, please see:
http://www.leeandlow.com/books/178/hc/howard_thurman_s_great_hope

Posted: Monday, October 27, 2008
Joelle Wallach ’67 Announces Fall 2008 Lectures

Joelle Wallach' s acclaimed Havdalah lecture series, "Bridging the Sacred and the Secular through Music -The American Songbook as Melting Pot Mosaic," continues this Fall at New York’s 92nd St. Y:

Jerome Kern on Saturday, November 22 - Rodgers & Hart on Saturday, December 13 both from 4:00 to 6:00 PM
For information and reservations, call 212-415-5500 to register or visit www.92Y.org

In December, Joelle Wallach will give five lectures on Händel’s Messiah:

The NY Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lectures at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

Wednesday, December 17 - 6:30 PM
Thursday, December 18 - 6:30 PM
Friday, December 19 - 7:00 PM
Saturday, December 20 - 7:00 PM

Information and tickets available through the New York Philharmonic - 212-875-5656 or www.nyphil.org

Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008
Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard ’00 Announces Next Playwrights Workshop
The next playwrights workshop will be Sunday, November 9th at 6 p.m. If you're a playwright, actor, director, producer, or just a theatre enthusiast, please join the SLC NY Metro Alumnae/i Playwrights Workshop. Please RSVP To slcnymetro@yahoo.com for details and location.
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
SLC Announces Its First Homecoming

Dear Alumnae and Alumni,

Sarah Lawrence’s SSSF Committee would like to welcome you back for our first Homecoming. This November 14th, at 7:30 p.m., we invite you to return to campus for the Men’s Basketball team’s first home game against Pratt Institute. This is a new event this year and is part of SSSF’s traditional Fall Fest programming. There will be student made baked goods, student performances at half-time, fundraising efforts for student scholarships, and plenty of school spirit. We certainly hope you will be able to attend this event and support student scholarships on campus,

Sincerely,

The Students for Student Scholarships Fund Committee

Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Nicolette Owen ’00 Profiled in Bizbash

Raised by a family of gardeners in upstate New York, Nicolette Owen has always been surrounded by flora. "I was brought up in the garden," she says. "I learned about flowers from a very young age." After studying fine arts at Sarah Lawrence College, she embarked on a career in photography before deciding to pursue floral design.

To read the full profile on this successful florist, please see:
http://www.bizbash.com/newyork/content/editorial/e12937.php

Please see Nicolette Owen's portfolio on her web site at:
http://nicolettecamille.com/index.html

Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Claire Noelle Frost ’06 and Jose Pablo Negroni ’03 Have their Wedding Profiled
Claire Noelle Frost & Jose Pablo Negroni were married on August 2nd, 2008 at Sarah Lawrence College, in Bronxville, NY. They met as students here and when they decided to get married, they decided to make it a green affair. For the full profile on this environmentally-friendly wedding, please see: http://realgreenweddings.blogspot.com/2008/10/something-turquoise.html
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Brooke Ciardelli's ’87 Theatre Company Profiled
Brooke Ciardelli, a New York native who grew up in southern Vermont, founded Northern Stage in 1997 after working with the Andrew Lloyd Webber organization and the Williamstown Theatre Festival and making two feature films. Northern Stage is profiled here: http://www.messagefortheweek.com/MSG/Story/081011-TheHistory-Boys
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Darlene Katz ’77 Profiled and Featured in Art, for Heaven's Sake Show
The Redlands United Church of Christ will host its 29th annual Art, for Heaven's Sake! show Oct. 17-19, featuring the work of alum Darlene Katz. Darlene was also profiled in an article found here: http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_N_nheaven12.47f1df5.html
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Nicolaus Mills Writes article on Huffington Post
Please check out Nicolaus Mills' recent article, "Columbus Day at Columbus Circle" in Huffington Post. You can read the full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolaus-mills/columbus-day-at-columbus_b_134085.html

Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Emma Bolden ’02 Writes Essay on Sarah Lawrence Education
Emma Bolden recently wrote on her blog about the benefits of the educational environment at Sarah Lawrence. Read the whole essay at http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/she-sweeps-with-many-colored-brooms/
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Susan Barash ’75 Gives interview on “Women, Lying, and the 2008 Election”

Susan Shapiro Barash teaches at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. The author of ten non-fiction books, she explores the ways in which women lead their lives and how the culture affects their behaviors and attitudes. Her most recent book, Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets: The Truth About Why Women Lie, came out in March 2008.

Recently, Susan gave an interview on "Women, Lysing, and the 2008 Election". Please read the interview at:
http://womensissues.about.com/od/commentaryon2008race/a/womenlying2008.htm

Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Katharine Daniels Kurz ’95 Announces “Women as Social, Political, and Economic Agents of Change”

Women as Social, Political, and Economic Agents of Change is free and open to the public and will be held on November 6, 2008 at 7:30pm. The event is in sponsorship with Teachers College, Columbia University and will be held at Milbank Chapel, located at 525 W. 120th Street, New York, NY.

Among the speakers are Monisha Bajaj, Ed.D, Assistant Professor of Educatino in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, Leymah Roberta Gbowee is the Executive Director of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa, Gloriana Guillen is the Communications and Marketing Manager for Pro Mujer, an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of Latin American women entrepreneurs, and Nomi Prins, a journalist and Senior Fellow at Demos, a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization.

For more information about the event, please see: http://thewip.net/talk/2008/10/join_us_in_new_york_for_our_2n.html

Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Ciara Gilmartin ’03 and Leslie Rosa-Stumpf ’03 Announce New Exhibition Space, Parlour

Parlour is a new nomadic exhibition space hosted each month in a different home in New York City. Its impetus is to showcase the work of contemporary artists in a unique and dynamic setting. Historically, the word "parlour" referred to a sitting room containing a family's most prized artwork, used only on weekends and special occasions. In today's parlour equivalent, the living room, artwork will be both enlivened and challenged by its surroundings.

Artists and hosts will be matched together depending on their needs and parameters. The work presented will range from pre-existing to site-specific artwork, and alternative modes of installation will be encouraged. Parlour will inhabit spaces ranging from studio apartments to houses located throughout the five boroughs. Each exhibition will be launched with an opening reception and will remain on display for one weekend by appointment only.

The first Parlour will take place from October 25-26, 2008 in the home of Bijoux Altamirano. Participating artists include Jiyoung Park and Bijoux Altamirano. An opening reception will take place on Saturday, October 25th from 6-9 PM in Brooklyn. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to parlourinfo@gmail.com. More details to follow.

Parlour was conceived by Ciara Gilmartin and Leslie Rosa-Stumpf. Both are graduates of Sarah Lawrence College. Ms. Gilmartin currently works for an NGO at the United Nations and Mrs. Rosa-Stumpf works at a contemporary art gallery in Soho, and as a freelance curator.

www.parlourdoor.com coming soon!

Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Eleanor Cory ’65 Announces CD Release

"Chasing Time," Music by Eleanor Cory featuring The New York New Music Ensemble and The Atlantic String Quartet, Albany Records, Troy 1031.

"Chasing Time" for Clarinet and Piano
"Conversation" for Violin, Cello, and Piano Three Songs for Soprano and Piano (texts by James Merrill, Robert Creeley, and Marvin Bell) "Mirrors" for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano String Quartet No. 2

CD is available at http://www.albanyrecords.com and http://www.amazon.com

For more information on Eleanor Cory, please sese http://www.eleanorcory.com

Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Michele Brody ’89 Announces the Exhibition Celebration for Her New One Person Show

From Michele: Just a little email reminder to let you know that if you happen to be in the Philadelphia area next Sunday or would like to make a day's trip out there (hopefully the weather will be as nice as this weekend) the Exhibition Celebration for my new one person show at The Temple Judea Museum in Elkins Park will be taking place from 2 to 4 pm.

We will be screening the new video about the making of my project entitled "Entering from the Inside: The Art of Memory", serving free food from the local community in the form of Knishes, Cornbread and Kim Bab, as well as running a paper making workshop for all ages.

Looking forward to seeing you there. Please find more information attached below.

Entering from the Inside: The Art of Memory (An installation by Michele Brody)
September 19 - November 14, 2008

Celebratory Program
Sunday, October 19th
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
The Temple Judea Museum
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
8339 Old York Road
(SE corner Old York and Township Line Roads, Elkins Park, PA 19027)

Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Jesse Bernstein ’04 Announces He's a New Sarajevo Resident
From Jesse Bernstein: Hi to all -- just moved to Sarajevo, after finishing my degree at the London School of Economics (LSE) in Human Rights. I now work for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Sarajevo, and so far so good, if anyone is ever in Bosnia feel free to drop me a line! x Jesse
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Susan Yankowitz ’63 Announces Staged Reading of Play, Night Sky

From Susan Yankowitz: I'm writing to invite you to what promises to be a very exciting event -- a one-time staged reading of my play, NIGHT SKY, in anticipation of an Off-Broadway run. I have a talented young director, a terrific cast (starring Laila Robins), a newly revised script and a producer (now represented off-B'way by "Irena's Vow") who is seriously interested in taking the play into a full production.

Please see http://www.susanyankowitz.com for details. Reservations -- (800) 922-4622 -- will assure you a seat but involve no obligations, although contributions to benefit the National Aphasia Association will be gratefully accepted.

NIGHT SKY, by Susan Yankowitz, directed by Daniella Topol and featuring Laila Robins, Lucy DeVito, Lia Aprile, Manu Narayan, Gerardo Rodriguez and Lee Wilkof, on October 21 at 8 P.M., Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, entrance on 25th St.

NIGHT SKY is the drama of Anna, a brilliant astronomer who is struck by a car and rendered aphasic. Her speech becomes a hodgepodge of disconnected words alternately poetic, funny, confusing and profound. She and her family must fight through the black holes of her mind and journey into an unfamiliar world and a new language. This is a work about the resiliency of the human spirit and the universal need to find words for our deepest thoughts and feelings.

Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Jay Sterrenberg ’05 Documentary Premieres on HBO

From Jay Sterrenberg '05: As many of you probably know, I spent about six months last year as an editor on a film for HBO called Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery. It chronicles four passing months in the section of Arlington where many soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried. The film is a patient tribute to the families and loved ones left behind by the war and it is finally set to premiere on HBO next Monday, Oct. 13 at 9pm. If you or a friend has HBO please check it out and encourage friends and family to as well.

You can read an article about the film in today's New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/arts/television/11sect.html

And watch a trailer on the HBO website:
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/section60/index.html

My role as an editor was to watch through each of the more than 200 tapes shot in the cemetery and it wasn't easy spending so much time watching these families deal with their grief on screen over and over again. The final film is of course just a fraction of what I saw in all the raw footage, but it is enough to give a strong sense of what these families (and anyone who has lost loved ones and children) are going through.

As part of the filmmaking team, it was my job to bear the burden of all these stories. As millions of people watch next Monday and the grief is shared around the country and beyond, I hope it will do wonders for the families who opened their hearts for the film as well as for the national consciousness of the cost of war.

Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Erica Abeel ’58 Reads from and Signs New Novel Conscience Point

This is Erica's fifth book, coming on the heels of Women Like Us and Only When I Laugh. Erica has a couple of events coming up to support the publication of her book. The information follows.

November 12th, 8 p.m. reading and signing
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, New York 10003
Contact: Johanna Garfield
Phone: 212-475-3424
Email: jogarfield@aol.com

October 29th, at 7:30 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village
396 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10011
Contact: Donna Rauch
Phone: 212-674-4679
Email: crm2017@bn.com

Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Libby Emmons ’97 Announces Sticky!, A Night for Young Playwrights, Actors, and Directors

Plays by New York's top young playwrights, actors and directors,
featured in 2 nights of theater's hottest party

Blue Box Productions presents

Sticky

10-minute bar plays & music

Bowery Poetry Club,
308 Bowery between Houston & Bleecker
Friday, Halloween, 10/31 @ 7 pm
Saturday, All Saints Day, 11/01 @ 8 pm
$8 at the door

www.blueboxproductions.net
www.bowerypoetry.com

Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Kathy Westwater MFA 2001 Announces Premiere of Play, Macho
"Westwater reminds us that we are irrevocably connected, not merely biologically but also psychologically, to that original ooze and the blunt impulses that lay within it."
--Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice

In "Macho", four isolated characters, Happy, Strange, Big Freak, and Anybody each simultaneously navigate what author Elaine Scarry describes as the "unmaking" of the individual's world through pain and the "remaking" of it through acts of creativity. "Macho" is the fourth and final part of the serial melodrama "Dark Matter." It confronts the darkest matter yet -- the inescapability of the dual states of pleasure and pain. Choreographer Kathy Westwater; composer Peter Kirn; art director Seung Jae Lee; dramaturg Dan Hurlin; text consultant Rebecca Johnson; performers Abby Block, Ursula Eagly, Megan Flynn, and Aaron Mattocks .

Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 3:00pm
at 92 Y Harkness Center for Dance
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
$10.00

Seating is limited. To buy tickets in advance go to:
http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?category=Programs+%2D+Dance+Performances888Sundays+At+Three%85%2E+Dance+Previews888&productid=T%2DDP5ST01
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008
Elana Bell ’99, MFA ’08 Performs at louderARTS: The Reading Series

A long-time contributor to the louderARTS project, Elana’s poems have appeared in Words and Images Magazine, Houston Poetry Festival Journal, Parse, Clamor, and Poetz.com. She has published two chapbooks: Dreaming of Doorways and Name Carvings. Elana was selected as the winner of the 2004 Stephen Dunn Poetry Award. She has been a featured poet at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Hunter College, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Wow Cafe Theater, Cornelia Street Cafe, and the Bronx Council on the Arts First Wednesday Series. Elana serves as the writer-in-residence for the Bronx Academy of Letters.

Open Slam is a weekly poetry slam/open mic @ Bar 13/Lounge, 35 E. 13th Street (corner of 13th and University, 2nd floor), Mondays at 7 p.m.
For more information at http://www.louderarts.com

Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Lisa Anderson ’72 Joins the American University in Cairo as Provost
Lisa Anderson, a renowned specialist on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa and the former dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), will be responsible for shaping and implementing AUC's academic vision and continuing to build the size and quality of its faculty. She does so as Egypt faces increasing competition from the Gulf states for the title of the Arab world's clear education leader. The majority of Anderson's academic research has been focused on state formation and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa. She has written and edited a number of critically acclaimed books including The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, The Origins of Arab Nationalism, and Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and Public Policy in the Twenty-first Century.
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Judith Roitman ’66 Featured in the Ad Astra Poetry Project
Judith is a poet, a mathematics professor at the University of Kansas, the Guiding Teacher at the Kansas Zen Center and an active member of the Jewish community in Lawrence. These multiple roles inform her writing, which includes various journals, including First Intensity, Black Spring, Locus Point (on the web), Bird Dog, and Wakarusa Wetlands in Word & Image. The Ad Astra Poetry Project is part of the commitment to the state of Kansas by its current poet laureate, Denise Low. It is meant to share an enthusiasm for historic and contemporary poets who reside or have resided in Kansas for a substantial part of their lives. Judith’s poem, As A Leaf, was featured in the September 29th column.
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Photographer Lorena Endara ’06 showcases The Pan-American Dream
Lorena's passion for photography is directly linked to her love for travel and commitment to social justice. With The Pan-American Dream, she has turned her camera on her country of origin, Panama, and in the process dissected its complex identity to reveal the tensions between past and present, old and new through juxtapositions of different types of architecture and the fragile relationship between urban jungles and natural havens. Lorena's artwork has been featured in a number of solo and group shows, the latest one being at the Barbara Walters Gallery in Bronxville, New York. In addition, Lorena is the founder and director of a non-profit organization, Fundacion Imaginer, dedicated to promoting contemporary art from Latin America.
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Yukiji Fujimoto ’03 Publishes First Author Paper in Protein Science
"Computational models explain the oligosaccharide specificity of cyanovirin-N" appeared as an advance online article on September 22, 2008. Advance online articles have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet appeared in the paper journal. They are citable and establish publication priority. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence, Yukiji worked as a research technician at the Hospital for Special Surgery. During this time she contributed to several articles and spoke at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society and the 8th International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues. She is currently a doctoral student in chemistry at SUNY Stony Brook.
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Molly Caldwell ’95 Made the Final Table at the 4th Annual MS WPT NL Texas Hold'em Charity Event

From Molly Caldwell: The 4th Annnual No Limit Texas Hold'em Charity Tournament to Benefit MS present by World Poker Tour Events held in NYC September 17th, 2008. Hosted by MS Hope for a Cure. I made the final table and came in 7th out of 175 players!

Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Adam Tenner ’90 Fights for Quality Sex Ed in Washington, DC

Adam Tenner, executive director of Metro TeenAIDS in Washington, DC announced that his organization released a groundbreaking poll on DC parents' attitudes about HIV and comprehensive sex education in DC schools.

Washington, DC has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS of any American city. Tenner and Metro TeenAIDS previously led the effort to ensure passage of new "Health Learning Standards" which include a seeping improvement of HIV education.

The report can be found at www.metroteenaids.org

Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Denise Hart MFA ’99 Announces Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Campaign

Hiding abuse hurts everyone. Let your voice be heard.

Created by MFA 1999 grad Denise Hart, founder of Words to Live By Tees (www.wordstolivebytees.com), The B. The Revolution End Abuse campaign hosts events and fundraisers on college campuses to help advocacy partners increase awareness and to end Domestic Violence. Their 2008 advocacy partner is the non-profit organization, My Sisters Place Inc. DC, (www.mysistersplacedc.org) , which is the only shelter in the DC area that exclusively focuses on the needs of battered women and their chilren. Oct. 23rd, My Sisters will break ground on a new 300 bed facility in DC. All donations will go towards helping in this effort. Join Denise in becoming a financial volunteer, by donating $15 to the campaign. All donations are made directly to My Sisters Place DC. Visit www.btherevolution.com to support today. You can also support the campaign by purchasing an advocacy tee shirt at www.wordstolivebytees.com. 3% of WTLB's annual profits are donated to My Sisters Place. No matter how big or small each of us has the power to do something that helps us all.

B. The Revolution End Abuse

Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Amanda D'Amico ’04 Announces Hybrid Book Conference

The University of the Arts will be hosting The Hybrid Book: Intersection + Intermedia, and international Artists' Books conference and Fair exploring the multi-faceted nature of the artist's book as a medium in which design, fine arts, craft, language, and new technologies combine, compete, and intersect. Organized by SLC alum Amanda D'Amico ('04), the conference will be accompanied by a fair, free and open to the public, showcasing traditional and experimental bookworks by established and emerging artists. For more information about speakers, or to register, visit www.hybridbook.org.

The Hybrid Book Conference will take place June 4-6, 2009 at 320 Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Lauren Gonzalez ’06 Announces Book Launch Party/Reading for Submerged: Tales from the Basin
Join the Park Slope Community Bookstore (at 143 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215) in celebrating the recent launch of Lauren Gonzalez's book, Submerged: Tales From the Basin, a collection of essays, stories, poems, and art created by 30 women to benefit survivors of hurricane Katrina. The event will include readings from the book (which features more than a dozen Sarah Lawrence MFA writing alumnae), music, and New Orleans style food and drink! Join us on October 28th, at 7 p.m. No RSVP required and the event is FREE. For more on Submerged: http://www.stepsisterpress.com/Submerged_presskit_about.html
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Jane Meryll ’96 Announces StageFright Solutions
StageFright Solutions(TM) invites you to experience transformation in a single day-long workshop. Don't be paralyzed by your own analysis. Let our gentle program teach you to let go of your fears in six (6) simple steps. Stay in the powerful solutions we provide to maximize your clarity, craft, and passion in performance excellence.

WHERE: Studio Ripley-Grier, 520 8th Avenue, (35/36 St)
212.643.9985
www.newyorkspaces.com
WHEN: Saturday, October 11, 2008
TIME: 10 am - 5 pm (1 hr lunch)
PREP: Bring 3-5 minute version of your skill/craft

Prepare a 3-5 minute performance of what you do - sell, sing, dance, teach, act, market, or give speeches. As long as you come ready to perform, we will do the rest.

TO REGISTER:
1. Go To www.stagefrightsolutions.com
2. Method of payment - Check/Cash, PayPal
3. Email us at info@stagefrightsolutions.com for forms and instructions.

For more information, please see http://www.stagefrightsolutions.com
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Charles Fink ’81 Appointed Board Member at BSA Satellink
Charles has been an executive and producer of entertainment and new media since 1985, creating and launching new brands for Disney, AOL, and American Greetings. He started his career in the Animation Division of Walt Disney Pictures, where he rose to the position of Vice-President, Creative Affairs. During this time he was responsible for the development of live-action and animated motion pictures, including "Beauty and The Beast", "Aladdin", and "The Lion King", which was based on his original idea.
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Stephen Fife ’77 Announces Premiere of His Play

Stealfire Productions announces the world premiere of Savage World, a play by Stephen Fife ’77, at The Met Theatre in Los Angeles

In 1975, Sol Eisner was a young journalist determined to prove the innocence of the African-American boxer Calvin "Savage" James, convicted of killing a Jewish couple during the riots in Newark. The outcome of his quest was so life-shattering that 30 years later Sol and his family are still reeling from the effects.

The Met Theatre
1089 North Oxford
Hollywood, 90029
October 17 - November 23
Sundays at 3
Reservations 323-960-7788

Opening Night Friday, October 17, at 8pm. Runs Fridays, Saturdays, at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm.

Tickets: $15, Previews: $20. Discounts for Students and Seniors. For reservations, call 323.960.7788.

For more information, please see http://www.plays411.com/savageworld

(The "Savage World" graphic was created especially for this production by Shane Guffogg, husband of Martha Gehman, SLC '77, and founder of the Pharmaka Artists Group.)

Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Adam Distenfeld ’85 Announces Gallery Show, “Water and Rock”
Adam Distenfeld announces his new show, "Water and Rock". This exhibit will take place at the Union Gallery, located at 62 Walker Street, New York City, NY 10013. For more information, please see: http://www.theuniongallery.com
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2008
Rebecca Keeling ’04 Appointed Prisoners' Rights Paralegal at the Austin Office of the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP)
Rebecca will be the only paralegal on a team with two TCRP attorneys working full-time on prisoner rights in county jails, state prisons, and private facilities in the entire state of Texas. Prior to new position she was involved with the Texas death penalty abolition movement and with Books Through Bars, a program for people in jail. She founded $pread Magazine and spent the last five years as Editor-in-Chief.
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008
Abena Koomson ’96 in “Fela!”
Fela! showcases the world of human rights activist, political maverick and pioneering Afrobeat musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Abena Koomson '96 plays Fela’s mother, Funmilayo, an internationally recognized feminist leader, who died tragically in 1977 as the result of injuries sustained during a government-sanctioned attack on her home. Ben Brantley calls Abena’s performance “heavenly voiced”. More information at http://www.felaoffbroadway.com
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008
Ann Barnet Seeks Literary Agent / Publisher for Her Memoir, “Border Crossings: A Spiritual Journey in Medicine”

Ann Barnet is looking for an agent or publisher for her memoir, "Border Crossings: A Spiritual Journey in Medicine". Please see an excerpt from the book that will appear in the Fall, 2008 Sarah Lawrence Magazine, "The Cosmic Spark". She has also shared an article drawn from the book that was in last winter's Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin
Read both of these articles here.
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008
Karen Bell MFA 1980 Named Associate Vice President for Arts Outreach at The Ohio State University's College of the Arts
Karen joined the faculty in 1980 and served as dean of the College of the Arts from 2002-2008. A well-known choreographer and performer, she was instrumental to the creation of the OSU Urban Arts Space, a gallery and alternative performance venue in downtown Columbus. The Urban Arts Space is among Ohio State's most visible university-community connections and has become a statewide center for artistic activity and launching pad for OSU students. As Associate Vice President, Karen will be responsible for further expanding Ohio State's community arts presence and broadening the university's national visibility as a leader in arts outreach.
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Aaron Lindenbaum ’08 Appointed Account Coordinator at Rasky Baerlein
Aaron will conduct research and develop and execute strategic communications plans for the energy and environment practice group at Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, one of New England’s largest independent full-service communications companies. While a student at Sarah Lawrence, Aaron served as a special assistant in the Yonkers City Council President’s Office, collaborating with grassroots activists and elected officials to transform environmental initiatives into legislation. “Aaron’s experience at the intersection of energy, environment, and government relations make him a valuable addition to our firm,” said Joe Baerlein, President of Rasky Baerlein.
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Kay Chernush ’66 Shares Her Hand-Made Artist's Book

Kay Chernush is one of six artists in "Uncommon Beauty," an exhibition that peels away taboos and biases to tackle the underpinnings of desire and self-worth. Her series of self-portraits grew out of the need to transform, rather than document, illness and disfigurement -- to re-imagine beauty. Her work reveals the tension between the loss of physical adornment, or beauty, and the desire for existential beauty, which is life.

Kay's hand-made artist's book, Self Examination, adds words to her images. The book has metal covers and comes in a brushed aluminum box, in an edition of 20. It is available on her website: www.kaychernush.com

The exhibition runs from Oct 3 - Dec 13, 2008 at the Ellipse Arts Center, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22203. Kay will be speaking with performance artist Mary Coble on October 16, 7-9 PM, on the subject of "Personal Identity and the Disjunction of Public Perception."

You can download the book here.

Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Rob Decina ’94 of Guiding Light Now Directing Episodes
Rob, who holds a MFA in directing from Sarah Lawrence College, is now directing episodes of the long running daytime series. He also just scheduled some new dates for his popular intensive here at TVI New York.
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008
Stacey Kent ’88 Invites You to An Evening for Breast Cancer Awareness

Dear Friends,

In Spring 2007, while in the studio recording my last album, Breakfast On The Morning Tram, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thanks to early diagnosis and the care and support of the doctors and nurses of the Barnet Breast Unit, I am now healthy and cancer free and have been able to continue with what I love doing most, making music.

Breast cancer affects 1 in 7 women and touches the lives of many, many more. To raise awareness of this disease and to raise money for breast cancer charities, including the Barnet Breast Unit Fund, Breast Cancer Care and Breakthrough Breast Cancer,* I am giving a concert at IndigO2 in Greenwich, London on October 13th 2008.* All of the profits from this concert will go to these charities.

I hope that you can support these charities by joining me and my band for this special concert as part of 'Breast Cancer Awareness Month'.

I appreciate that many of you live too far away to get to London for this concert but if you could help spread the word, I would be grateful.

*"...she has charm to burn, a smile that could give you hope in February and sings like nobody's business."* --* WALL STREET JOURNAL*

Stacey Kent Live @ Indigo2 13th October 2008 Millenium Way Greenwich SE10 0AX t 0844 844 0002

www.theindigo2.com
tickets from £10 - £40
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
www.staceykent.com

With Love,
Stacey

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Judith Steinberg ’62 Invites You to a Studio Tour

Judith Steinberg is participating in a studio tour sponsored by the Silvermine Guild Arts Center the weekend of September 27th and 28th. Her studio will be open on Sunday, the 28th and she hopes you can stop by.

For more information on the studio tour and participating artists, or to purchase advance tickets, call the Silvermine Gallery at 203-966-9700 ext. 20 or visit their website at http://www.silvermineart.org

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard ’00 Announces Next Playwrights Workshop
The next playwrights workshop will be Sunday, October 5th at 6 p.m. If you're a playwright, actor, director, producer, or just a theatre enthusiast, please join the SLC NY Metro Alumnae/i Playwrights Workshop. Please RSVP To slcnymetro@yahoo.com for details and location.
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Scott Lehrer ’77 Received a Tony Award
Scott Lehrer '77 received a Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical for the current Lincoln Center revival of South Pacific. He also won a Drama Desk award for Outstanding Sound Design for South Pacific. For more information on Scott’s work and studio, please visit www.scottlehrersound.com
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Joe Cervelin ’02 Featured in Litquake
Joe Cervelin featured in Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival. For more information on Litquake, please see: http://www.litquake.org/authors/cervelin-joe/
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Erica Kennedy ’92 Profiled on What Women Want Blog

Alum Erica Kennedy was recently profiled on the blog, What Women Want. What Women Want is a "one-stop-shop for women looking to be everything that they dream to be... cool ladies, cool posts, cool events".

To read the full profile, please see: http://ilovewhatwomenwant.blogspot.com/2008/09/erica-kennedy-woman-with-story.html

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Libby Emmons ’97 Announces Sticky!, A Night for Young Playwrights, Actors, and Directors

Plays by New York's top young playwrights, actors and directors,
featured in 2 nights of theater's hottest party

Blue Box Productions presents

Sticky

10-minute bar plays & music

Bowery Poetry Club,
308 Bowery between Houston & Bleecker
Saturday 09/13 @ 8 pm
Friday 09/19 @ 7 pm
$8 at the door

www.blueboxproductions.net
www.bowerypoetry.com

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Join Other SLC Alums to See Tovah Feldshuh ’70 in Irena's Vow

Join other SLC alumnae/i to see Tovah Feldshuh '70 in Irena's Vow on Friday, October 17th at 8 PM at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (Engleman Recital Hall & Nagelberg Theatre) 55 Lexington Avenue. For information and tickets go to http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/145334. Ticket purchase is on an individual basis and availability is limited.

Please let Tiffany Dugan '92 know if you'll be coming so we can let Tovah know fellow alumnae/i are in the house! If you're interested in gathering for a pre-theatre nosh, contact Tiffany at TLDLTD@aol.com.

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Mira J. Spektor ’50 Announces Chamber Opera Performances

Mira J. Spektor's chamber opera, VILLA DIODATI, will get 6 performances Sept. 22 through October 6.

VILLA DIODATI -
A time trip to the Swiss lakeside Villa where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein...
A Chamber Opera about summer rentals, death, love & premonitions in 1998 & 1816!

Contact: mirajspektor@earthlink.net - Tel 212-362-2277
Mira J. Spektor 262 Central Park West NYC 10024

VILLA DIODATI, an official selection of the NEW YORK MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL 2008,
is the only Chamber Opera included in this year's Festival!

45th STREET THEATER - 354 WEST 45TH STREET (Between 8th & 9th Ave)
Reservations: 212-352-3101 - Tickets $20
Monday September 22 at 8pm, Tuesday September 23 at 1pm, Saturday September 27 at 4:30pm
Wednesday October 1 at 8pm, Friday October 3 at 4:30, Saturday October 4 at 8pm

VILLA DIODATI
Music by MIRA J. SPEKTOR & Lyrics by COLETTE INEZ
Book by Colette Inez & Mira J.Spektor
Additional lyrics by Byron, Shelley, Spektor & Wordsworth
Music Director: THOMAS CARLO BO
Stage Director: ROB URBINATI -
Production Consultant: JUDY GORDON
With: SARAH ARIKIAN, MARK CAMPBELL, ELIZABETH CHERRY,
LAUREN HAUSER, NALINA MANN, SAL SABELLA, BRIAN WILSON

Underwritten in part by BookHampton - Booksellers

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Upcoming Film Based on Amanda Foreman's ’91 Novel

The upcoming film "The Duchess" with Keira Knightly is based on a book from SLC alum Amanda Foreman.

You can check out more information on the book at amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/Duchess-Amanda-Foreman/dp/0812979699

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Unimac Financial Names Rob Sternau ’79 Sales and Marketing VP

Unimac Financial, Inc., the high-quality financial and commercial printer in northern New Jersey, today proudly announced that seasoned industry veteran Rob Sternau has joined their management team in the newly created position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

For a full profile on Mr. Sternau, please see: http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6592008.html?industryid=47572&

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Madeline Silber ’83 Announces Painting in Recent Acquisitions 2004-2008 Exhibition

From Madeline Silber: My painting Whisper is included in the exhibition Recent Acquisitions 2004-2008 at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute Museum of Art. Exhibition dates: August 23, 2008- January 4, 2009.

For more information on the museum please visit http://mwpai.org/museum/

If you're in Utica this fall I hope you'll get a chance to see the show.

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Maiysha Kai Simpson ’97 Announces New Music Video

Maiysha Kai Simpson, who just released her first album, "This Much is True" on August 26th, has announced a new music video for her single "Wanna Be". (She actually shot this video at the Sarah Lawrence sound stage this past July.)

You can see the video by visiting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjZllZlV1LA

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Jacqueline Schlossman ’00 Announces Exhibit at Stripeman Gallery

Jacqueline Schlossman '00 is a photographer whose work focuses on landscape and its relevance to art history, architecture, politics and the environment. She teaches at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and co-directs MICA's intensive photography workshop in Paris. Jacqueline has exhibited her work internationally and has an article and new portfolio that will appear in Monu Urban Magazine this fall.

Works from her ongoing golf course landscape series and comparative studies of New Orleans sites along Tchoutitoulas Street will be shown at Stripeman Gallery, 97 North 3rd Street in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood. The exhibit opens September 19 from 5 - 7 PM and will run to October 5, 2008. There will be a special "After Hours" Fall Kick Off on September 12th when the gallery will be open until 11 PM.

More information on the exhibit may be found at http://www.stripemangallery.com/Home.html

Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Sharon Hom ’74 announces Release of Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change
The paperback edition of Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change, edited by Sharon Hom '74 and Stacy Mosher has just been . Whatever our memories of the Beijing Olympics, they will be placed in perspective by this fascinating and complex insiders' portrait of contemporary life inside China. Publisher's Weekly says the book, written by dissidents, activists, and journalists, is a "forceful and timely corrective". Often fascinating and eloquent, it "paints a vivid portrait of the challenges facing China and the world as its nearly 1.4 billion citizens increasingly lay claim to basic human rights." Sharon Hom is the Executive Director of Human Rights in China (HRIC), an international nongovernmental organization founded by Chinese scientists and scholars to promote universally recognized human rights in the People’s Republic of China. Further information can be found at http://www.hrichina.org/public/index
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Shqipe Malushi ’85 Receives Paul Harris Fellow Award

Shqipe Malushi '85 was recently awarded a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of the Bronx for her courageous work in Afghanistan. For the past two years Malushi has run a leadership training program in Kabul. When she arrived, she found that women had no rights, people had no concept of democracy, were afraid of the western world, but hungered for knowledge. She met people who had forgotten how to laugh and who had no hope or dreams. Her work has given them the ability to change their lives and have hope, but her greatest pleasure is the smiles on the "after" photos of her graduates. Shqipe says that the hardship conditions and great personal risk have all been worth it because Afghanistan is at the center of South Asia and needs stabilization

Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Filmmaker Rene Alberta ’95 Presents Screenplay Reading

Filmmaker Rene Alberta’s company, A Mental Picture, will be staging a one night only screenplay reading of the Sundance Film Festival, award-winning, politically charged thriller, This Land.

Andre Royo of HBO’s seminal drama The Wire, produces in association with American Film Institute and American Motion Picture Society award-winning producer Daniel Sollinger (The Alphabet Killer, Day Zero, Rhyme & Reason). The cast includes Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield). Casting services provided by Sig De Miguel (The Good Shepherd, United 93, The Cooler, and Premium) and Stephen Vincent (The Insider, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor) of Palm Star Entertainment.

Wednesday August 27th at 8:00 P.M
Cherry Lane Theater
38 Commerce Street
Reception sponsored by RAYMOND HILL VINEYARDS and ILE de BASQUE Specialty Cheese purveyors

Reservations can be made via phone at (212) 340-1325 or by emailing kmfellows@socal.rr.com.

Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
“Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head” (’57) Exhibition Featured at Kunsthalle Bielefeld

Inside the Kunsthalle, visitors will experience three floors of sculptures, paintings, drawings, photographs, films, and sound installations. An interview with the artist, filmed in Bielefeld, will accompany the exhibition. One of the earliest works is Cough Piece, first written down in 1961; and Keep Coughing a Year, a sound installation featuring the artist’s cough and other sounds, will be heard in dark rooms. Laughing and coughing were important anchors in Ono’s work at the time she began creating conceptual art: they considerably expand the sense of time during a performance. In the entrance to the Kunsthalle is Play It by Trust, a chess game that has been set up several times in various places since 1966. Morning Beams, consisting of one hundred nylon threads running throughout all of the floors of the Kunsthalle, illuminates the twelve-meter-high staircase. Since the mid-1990s, Ono has been working with ink on paper, and the show will feature a drawing called Franklin Summer. Other pieces in the exhibition include a labyrinth made of Plexiglas, titled Amaze; the famous film Fly, showing a fly on a woman’s body in a six-part installation; and a participatory piece, My Mommy is Beautiful, in which visitors are invited to put photographs and other thoughts of their mothers onto the bare canvas of the work, or other feelings that they themselves write.

Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head will be accompanied by an exhibition catalogue. To celebrate the re-opening of the sculpture park on September 27, 2008, at 6 p.m., the work Golden Ladder, made in Bielefeld at Ono’s behest, will be installed on a temporary basis.

Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head will run until 16 November, 2008, and is sponsored by the Kulturstiftung Pro Bielefeld.
For a full profile in ArtDaily, please see: http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_new=25698&int_sec=2
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
Maiysha Kai ’97 Profiled in Kimpods.com

Maiysha Kai (Born April 16, 1978) is a Progressive/ Soul/ R & B/ recording artists. Her first album “This Much is True” will be released August 26, 2008. Produced by Scott Jacoby, her first album features 12 all new tracks and a cover of Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer”. The album also features a duet with Martin Luther who starred in 2007’s Across The Universe.

Originally from the mid-west, Maiysha went to Sarah Lawrence College where she studied vocal performance as well as creative writing and race and gender studies After graduating, Maisyha moved to New York City to teach a a private school in Manhattan. She also was signed to Ford Models.

“This Much is True” is the first release on the UFO/ Ryko-distributed Eusonia label. Maiysha’s first single off the album, “Wannabe,” was released to iTunes on June 24. The upcoming album is highly anticipated, and Maiysha has already been featured in USA Today, Newsweek, and TV Guide.

For the full profile, please see: http://kimpods.com/2008/08/25/maiysha-this-much-is-true/

Download Maiyasha's "This Much is True" at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CQRZ8S9H

For more on Maiysha, please see: http://www.maiysha.com/

Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
Shirley Chesney ’52 Invites You to Participate in World Peace Day and the Obama Campaign

Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and nations to create practical acts of peace. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982. In 2002, the UN General Assembly declared September 21 as the permanent date. Any alumnae/i interested in finding out more about Peace Day -- or presenting a creative event -- should contact Shirley Chesney, at chesneyshirley@yahoo.com

Shirley would also like to hear from alumnae/i interested in getting involved in the Obama Campaign by doing arts projects and/or entertaining in areas where people need to be reached by creative means, such as hosting parties for head start, single mothers, and people devastated by environmental and economics catastrophes. Shirley writes, “We need funds to equip mobile units near voting sites with entertainers and children play materials so families can vote. We also need jazz mobiles, country and folk musicians and bluesmen and women to sing the blues for a troubled country while we hope for a new beginning -- to reclaim a just and decent new start for this country and the world.”

Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
Lisa Thaler's ’84 Book, Look Up: The Life and Art of Sacha Kolin, Praised by Chicago Tribune

Lisa Thaler's book just received a glowing review in the Chicago Tribune. To read the full review, please see:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/chi-lisa-thaler-16aug16,0,3433494.story

Look Up is available on Amazon (www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1877675687). Several customer reviews are posted, and your review is welcome there, too!

Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Agamemnon Otero ’01 Announces New Exhibition: ‘Color, Shape and Form’

From Agamemnon Otero: I am holding a solo show in Brunswick, Maine at the Bayview Gallery (58 Maine Street, Brunswick, Maine 04011 at http://www.bayviewgallery.com) from September 12th to October 4th, 2008. All are welcome at the exhibition's opening: 5pm - 8pm, Friday 12th September, which will coincide with Brunswick's Art Walk. Hope you can make it. Please feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone you think may be interested in attending.

STOP PRESS! My website has been rebuilt. Please click on the link to view:
http://www.agamemnonotero.com

Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tovah Feldshuh ’70 Announces New Play, Irena's Vow

From Tovah Feldshuh '70: I hope you can join me at this next wonderful play that I am doing in New York City. IRENA'S VOW by Dan Gordon---traces the true story of Polish Christian Rescuer IRENA GUT OPDYKE during WWII. It is a searing testament to the bravery of the righteous souls who chose to risk their lives to save the Jewish people from certain death under the 3rd Reich. We open Sept 7 at the theatre where Spring Awakening began: the Nagelberg Theatre at Baruch Performing Arts Center,entrance on 24th Street between Lex and 3rd.... Theatermania.com is where you purchase tickets under the Off- Broadway listings.

http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/145334

The new drama will mark Ms. Feldshuh's first New York stage appearance since her triumphant (and Tony Award-nominated) turn in Golda's Balcony (Broadway's longest-running one-woman show). Michael Parva will direct. Irena's Vow, which is being presented by The Directors Company in association with Power Productions & The Polish Cultural Institute, is an Invictus Theatre Company World premiere. Opening night is set for Monday, September 22nd at 7 p.m. (The engagement continues through November 2nd.)

Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Rosellen Scaglione Otrakji ’81 Announces Two River Film Festival
Rosellen Scaglione Otrakji '81 is the CEO and founder of Two River Film Festival, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the best of American and world cinema and film-related programs to Monmouth County residents and students. "It was established to address a crucial need in our community for cultural programming and the funding to support it," says Rosellen. "Funding cuts in the arts and education have made private involvement more important than ever before." TRFF provides a wide range of educational, diversity, and volunteer outreach opportunities through its partnership with Monmouth University. More information can be found at www.tworiverfilmfestival.com
Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Alexandra Avakian ’83 Documents 17 Years of Photographing Muslims Around the Globe

WASHINGTON (Aug. 15, 2008)In a riveting personal memoir illustrated with stunning images that she risked her life to capture, renowned photojournalist Alexandra Avakian shares the challenges, insights and rewards of nearly two decades of photographing the lives of Muslims around the world in a new book from National Geographic, WINDOWS OF THE SOUL: My Journeys in the Muslim World (National Geographic Focal Point; ISBN 978-1-4262-0320-6; Sept. 30, 2008; $40).

The book is the first title in National Geographic Books new Focal Point imprint, which draws on National Geographic's legendary photographic archive of more than 10 million images and the work of distinguished photographers around the world. The imprint will present the finest in documentary photography past and present, and monographs will celebrate individual photographers' unique style, vision and skill.

Avakian's work has taken her to countries torn apart by poverty, repression and conflict, and she has captured some of the most important stories of our time. Brought up by a show business family in Manhattan, N.Y., and Malibu, Calif., she lived for two years in Gaza, often in Islamic dress, shot at by Israeli soldiers and beaten by Hamas. She faced down murderous militias with loaded guns in Somalia, where death can come at any time, over nothing at all. She traveled extensively with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who called her "troublemaker" and "dictator," yet gave her unprecedented access. She spent eight weeks gaining entry to the inner circles of Hezbollah, the highly secretive organization that maintains one of the world's most disciplined guerrilla armies. She pursued her Armenian roots in Iran and documented Muslim culture in the United States, discovering vibrant cultures where Middle Eastern and Middle American qualities blend. She admits feeling fear in some situations, but that paled against her desire to record the human struggle for freedom and the willingness of people to risk their lives to gain it.

Going beyond the brief news reports that most of us see, Avakian shares a richer, wider view of the Muslim world through her extraordinary storytelling and photographs, which will captivate, educate and linger with her readers.

A member of the prestigious Contact Press Images photo agency in New York, Avakian has been a top photojournalist since 1984. Her work has been published in National Geographic, Time, The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. She lives near Washington, D.C.

Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
Denise J. Hart, MFA 1999 Announces New Positive Message Tee Company - Words to Live By Tees

Denise J. Hart, MFA theatre grad class of 1999, has created a unique positive message tee shirt company - Words to Live By "tees with a positive vibe embracing change!" Hart, a 5 year breast cancer survivor founded the company afer her mother lost her life to the same breast cancer Denise had survived. Moved to create something that reflects her mother's zest for life, Words to Live By was born.

The tees are adorned with inspiring messages encouraging women to live life courageously and to always pursue their dreams. Denise welcomes you to join the Words to Live By community at www.wordstolivebytees.com.

The net profits of Words to Live By are contributed to life changing efforts in the prevention of violence. In fall 2008 Denise will launch the "B. the Revolution Project" to help effect change in the world through eliminating Domestic Violence. During Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) Words to Live By also donates its empowering affirmative tees to encourage women and children. In addition, 3% of the company’s annual profits are contributed to Domestic Violence prevention advocacy partners nationwide.

Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
Justine Davies ’06 Featured in the Catholic Review for Participation in Operation TEACH
After graduation from Sarah Lawrence College, Justine Davies spent a year as a Lasallian Volunteer in Oakland, California, tutoring and teaching, while living in a religious community. After her year of volunteer work, she joined Operation TEACH (Teachers Enlisted to Advance Catholic Heritage) in Baltimore, Maryland. As part of this program she lives in a former convent with seven other volunteer teachers and is obtaining her Masters of Teaching at the College of Notre Dame. Operation TEACH covers the cost of tuition and books while teachers pursue their master degrees and teach in the Baltimore Archdiocese. To learn more read the full article in the Catholic Review, page A17: http://www.catholicepaper.net/eeusers/catholicreview/
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008
Leslie Morgenstein ’89 to participate TechCrunch50 Conference Panel

TechCrunch50 Panel will launch 50 new startups and products during its three day conference at the San Francisco Design Center on September 8-10, 2008. This year's event will feature a new panel entitled "Hollywood Goes Silicon Valley." In partnership with Creative Artists Agency, the panel will showcase the efforts of entertainment luminaries who are creating content exclusively for the Web, and embracing new technologies in all aspects of their production, marketing and distribution of commercial entertainment properties. The panel will include Leslie Morgenstein, president of Alloy Entertainment. Leslie Morgenstein has served as president of Alloy Entertainment and its predecessor, 17th Street Productions, Inc., since 1999, overseeing the company’s operations, strategy, and creative mission. He produces or executive produces Alloy Entertainment’s television and feature film projects, including The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants feature films and the CW series Gossip Girl.

Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Phillis Levin ’76 Announces Book Publication
Penguin Press recently published the fourth book of poems, May Day, by Phillis Levin '76. In addition to numerous other volumes of poetry, Phillis is the editor of The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English. She is the recipient of many honors, including a Fulbright Scholarship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2007 she was awarded a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts to work on her next book of poems.
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Joan Barkhausen Grubin '67 Awarded a 2008 Fellowship in Painting by the New York Foundation of the Arts

Joan Barkhausen Grubin '67 has been awarded a 2008 Fellowship in Painting by the New York Foundation of the Arts. Fellows are selected by peer panels, which are assembled according to each artistic discipline. The state wide competition attracted more than 4,500 applicants this year in the fields of architecture, choreography, musical composition, fiction writing, painting, photography, playwriting/screenwriting and video artistry. One of Joan's most recent pieces, "Nine Square: Chicago", was commissioned by the Bluhm Legal Clinic of Northwestern Law School. Her work can be seen on her website www.joangrubin.com

Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Kelly Braffett ’98 Reads from New Anthology of Superhero Stories on August 28th

Hear three of today’s best young writers — Owen King, Kelly Braffet, and David Yoo — read from a new anthology of superhero stories at Riverrun Bookstore on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m.

Also, dress up like your own original superhero for the reading & be eligible to win a fun prize!

Co-editor and contributor Owen King (also Stephen King’s son), and authors Kelly Braffet and David Yoo will be at RiverRun, 20 Congress St., Portsmouth, to read from the new anthology of original superhero stories, "Who Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories."

For a full article on this event, please see: http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080811/ENTERTAIN/80811022&emailAFriend=1

Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sanaa Hamri ’96 Directs The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, directed by Sanaa Hamri '96, premiered in New York City on July 28, 2008 and opened across the nation on Aust 6, 2008. Sanaa was a huge fan of the first movie and loved the book series by Ann Brashares. She knew directing the film would be a perfect fit for her since it has a fresh perspective on friendship between young women, something that Hollywood doesn’t often air, and she always likes being on the cutting edge. Moviegoers seem to agree. Box office returns over opening weekend placed the film solidly in fourth rank.
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Tamara Gayer ’93 Announces Memorial for Michael “Bo” Bowman ’93

Tamara Gayer announces a "celebration of life" in honor of Michael "Bo" Bowman '93.

Saturday, August 23
6:00 p.m. : COCKTAILS
6:30 p.m. : PROGRAM followed by a party in the garden

Tavern on the Green
Central Park at West 67th Street

Bring your partners, husbands, wives, and friends and dress informally formal, just as Bo would want you to.

RSVP
by Friday, August 15
to: andyisfantastic@mac.com

Michael (Bo) Bowman died suddenly on July 9, 2008 at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. The cause of death was necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as “the flesh-eating bacteria”, a virulent form of Group A Strep that produces toxins which destroy the soft tissue, fascia, and vital organs. Because of the deadly rapidity with which this disease moves through the body, because group A strep bacteria are so common, and because they can enter the body through the smallest of openings, such as a paper cut, or through no apparent skin trauma, Bo’s family would like the Sarah Lawrence community to know that more information can be found at www.nnff.org, the website for the National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation.

Bo is survived by his beloved partner, Andy Wilcox; five siblings and his mother, Joan MFA ’05. He will always be remembered for his dazzling smile, wacky sense of humor, unique interpretive dancing, ebullient writing and rampant creativity. His greatest gift was making everyone with whom he came into contact feel special. Bo was the kindest, most adorable, fun-loving, creative, loving man who has ever graced our lives. We have lost our spark.

Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Peter Davenport ’92 Performs in “All's Well That Ends Well”
From Peter Davenport: I'm currently playing Amor Dumaine in Shakespeare and Company's production of "All's Well That Ends Well" thru 31 August 2008. Needless to say that between work and baby and summer house guests, I've been rather tied up! I am also working on my second CD which will be of the music of Cole Porter this time and I'm trying to get a release date for early 2009.
Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Christin Ayers ’02, Award-Winning Journalist, Works for Fox 31 in Colorado

Before joining Fox 31, Christin was an anchor, reporter and executive producer at KECI-13 in Missoula, Montana. She received a number of awards and honors, including two regional Edward R. Murrows and several Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalist awards.

In 2007 she was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Montana Broadcaster’s Association. Christin says her most memorable interview was with Barack Obama before Montana’s 2008 presidential primary.

For a full profile on Christin, please see: http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7059844&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
Joelle Wallach ’67 Currently Visiting Artist in Residence at Sweet Briar College

Joelle Wallach is currently Visiting Artist in Residence at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. While there, Wallach is working on a collaboratively commissioned work for the James Piano Quartet, which is also currently in residence at Sweet Briar.

As part of the same September residency at Sweet Briar College, Wallach will be delivering several lectures on Modernism, Postmodernism and Neo-Romanticism in the Music of Today:

Tuesday, September 16 - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, September 16 - 4:30 PM
Wednesday, September 17 - 1:00 PM

All at Babcock Hall at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. Admission free by prior arrangement: Contact (434) 381-612 or nross@sbc.edu for more information.

Wallach songs are being compiled and mastered for a projected CD. Five new songs were recorded this past December by soprano Janice Hall and pianist Eric Sedgwick.

For more information about composer Joelle Wallach, including bio, performances, list of CDs and much more, visit http://www.joellewallach.com .

Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Dr. Laura Manuelidis ’63 Announces Poetry Reading and Publication

Dr. Laura Manuelidis will give a poetry reading at Wellfleet Library (in Welfleet, Mass) on August 4th, at 8p.m. Those in the area are welcome to attend. Manuelidis's publications include scientific (on dementias and CJD), including NIH grant awards for continuing work. She has also published some new poems in online journals and readings at other venues.

You can find more details in links at: http://info.med.yale.edu/neurosci/faculty/manuelidis_main.html

Dr. Manuelidis is professor and head of neuropathology at the Yale School of Medicine. She is best known for work on "Mad-Cow" and other neurodegenerative diseases. She also teaches undergraduates on the interface of poetry and science. Her work has appeared in the Nation. Her husband, the late Dr. Elias Manuelidis, was also a neurosurgeon.

Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
David Netto ’92 Profiled in Washington Post

To view a video conversation with alum David Netto, please see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/07/07/VI2008070701114.html?referrer=emaillink

David Netto, Founding Partner and Creative Director, Netto Collection, explains the process of making a business idea a reality.

Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
Jenna Esposito ’00 Sings at West Point on July 27th

The West Point Concert Band under the direction of several members of the band will present a free concert on Sunday, July 27th at 7:30 p.m. in the Trophy Point Amphitheater. “The Jenna Esposito Show” will open the concert with a cabaret performance at 6:30 p.m. Performing in the Esposito Show will be West Point Band member Brian Broelmann, as well as several of his family members.

"With her charming personality and endearingly cheery stage presence [Jenna Esposito] 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. Ms. Esposito will be performing with Staff Sergeant Brian Broelmann on tenor saxophone, Sergeant Broelmann’s brother Rob on electric bass and Rob’s wife Kelly Esposito-Broelmann also singing. Ms. Esposito will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The main concert will be conducted by several members of the Concert Band. Lieutenant Colonel Timothy J. Holtan will begin the concert with the music of John Williams. Sergeant First Class Christopher Rettie, usually a saxophonist with the band will conduct John Adams’ thrilling work, Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Principal euphoniumist Sergeant First Class Barry Morrison will conduct Norman Dello Joio’s wonderful work, Scenes from the Louvre. The band’s principal trumpet, Staff Sergeant Derek Lance will conduct the music of Charles Ives, Jack Stamp and Arthur Pryor.

Please allow extra travel time for the 100% vehicle and photo I.D. inspection at Stony Lonesome and Thayer gates. Due to changing security requirements at West Point, call the Academy Band’s hotline at 845-938-2617, or check www.westpoint.edu/special before leaving for the concert.

For concert information, cancellations and updates, call the Academy Band’s 24-hour hotline at (845) 938-2617.

Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
Dave Riggins ’95 (“TRUE”) Launches Vacation Rentals in Brooklyn Brownstone
From Dave Riggins, "TRUE",: I have just launched a new business offering Short-term / Vacation Rentals in my Brooklyn Brownstone. If anyone is visiting the city or has more out-of-town guests than they can fit, they can check me out at http://www.TRUEart.biz/realty .
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
Dr. Laurie Nadel ’69 announces “The Sixth Sense” Radio Show
Dr. Laurie Nadel interviews scientists, consciousness researchers, bestselling authors about intuition, multiple intelligence models of learning, the triune brain, Carl Jung, dreams, and spiritual anthropology on her weekly radio show "The Sixth Sense" on http://www.webtalkradio.net and http://www.unlockyoursixthsense.com.
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Penny Gill ’76 Announces Book Publication
Penny Gill announces just-published textbook, "The Why of the Buy: Consumer Behavior and Fashion Marketing," by Fairchild Books, with Patricia Mink Rath, Stefani Bay, and Richard Petrizzi.
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Ann Cefola MFA 1997 Announces Poetry Reading
Ann Cefola (MFA 1997) will be giving a poetry reading at the Hraefnwood Cafe (23 Canal Street) in Bellows Fall, Vermont, as a member of the awarding-winning women writers group, the Sapphires, on Saturday, July 26 at 7p.m. The free reading will feature novelists Angela Batchelor and Sarah Bracey White as well as poets Terry Dugan and Linda Simone.
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Barbara Kolsun ’71 Announces Exciting New Job
Barbara Kolsun has become General Counsel of Stuart Weitzman, the luxury shoe designer. She is former General Counsel of Kate Spade and Seven For All Mankind and is co-editor of an upcoming Fairchild publication "Fashion Law".
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Jason Irwin MFA 2004 Announces Publication of First Book of Poetry
From Jason Irwin, MFA Poetry 2004: My first book of poetry "Watering the Dead" was just published by PAVEMENT SAW PRESS. It won the 2006/2007 Transcontinental Poetry Award for a first book.
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Columnist Brian J. O'Connor ’82 Wins 2nd Humor Prize

For the second year in a row, one of the funniest columnists in the country hails from The Detroit News.

Detroit News Personal Finance Editor Brian J. O'Connor won third place for humor columns in large newspapers at the annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists Saturday in New Orleans.

O'Connor, whose column runs Saturdays and Tuesdays, was honored for three pieces, including one that somehow related personal finance to a series of events involving his wife's