Barbara Rosenthal/A Crack in the Sidewalk

Barbara Rosenthal/A Crack in the Sidewalk

  A Crack in the Sidewalk Barbara Rosenthal   — NYC, Sept 1, 2017. My monthly column A Crack in the Sidewalk is by this first sentence here now, back upon the Earth. Greetings, dear readers! The column logo is what it looked like when it first launched, in...

Dzvinia Orlowsky/3 Poems

Invisible Departures                            —internally displaced persons, Crimea, 2015   How long before choosing to kiss an angel’s hand, to reach for heaven’s fruit-bearing boughs— the bee not disturbed too drunk— How swollen the seeds of heavy-headed...

Help Hawk Paint

An Open Letter from Mia Hanson My name is Mia, and this May 18th I will be celebrating my seventeenth wedding anniversary to an artist of considerable integrity who not only delights me as a person, but inspires me daily with his uniquely visionary works of art. I met...

Greg Stewart’s NYC

Nowadays sets up for the outdoor screening of the documentary, “What Lies Upstream?”   Screening: “What Lies Upstream”    Upon entering Nowadays, I am greeted by the familiar sight of young women in high-waist shorts and tattooed...
Music & Peace: On the Road in South Korea

Music & Peace: On the Road in South Korea

Listen to the Music:  On the road in South Korea with David Gittens David Gittens is as close to a Renaissance man as one can get these days, when you include the facts that he’s an artist, musician, designer, inventor, and for many years an ambassador for peace...