inside traffic east
patrick lee: an american story
I begin with Emerson’s insight into the American character to provide a lens through which to see and appreciate Patrick Lee’s life and work…
camp good days
Say the words “summer camp” to someone who attended one as a kid and watch a smile spread across their face…
parallels: dr. emese zsiros and dr. gyorgy paragh
This is what is so captivating about Dr. Zsiros and Dr. Paragh’s story–that they built a life together while building two entirely unique careers…
brad hafner: stories
Over the course of my conversation with him, Brad Hafner spills dozens of these small narratives, vignettes from a life truly, fully lived…
grace and hope
The old adage is true, a parent is only as happy as her least happy child. And so it has been in many of our worlds…
a space where it all connects
At Artpark, everything is permitted, much will be created, displaced, disbanded, forgotten, transformed–but nothing is ever really lost…
on secrets & silences: an interview with joyce carol oates
Our correspondence unfolded over email during the second winter of the coronavirus pandemic, against the backdrop of a world reeling in collective grief…
let there be light
Tomorrow, a month from now, next year, and beyond, Let There Be Light International will continue the work of improving lives through solar light…
of mice & medicine: dr. renier brentjens
Dr. Renier Brentjens’ career and life changed completely with a phone call having something to do with mice in the lab…
dakhabrakha
Tonight the Ukrainian quartet DakhaBrakha will perform their original live accompaniment to Alexander Dovzhenko’s Earth…
fight oar die
Chad will have the occasional company of his family’s voices and the very real, very near presence of dolphins and sharks…
all the ways we kill and die
The ghosts in the wood behind my home are not of the wood, they are of me, and I am the one who takes them there…
the alliance at 30
The miracles Anne Gioia and those who rallied around a cause bigger than any one of them would not have been possible with anything less than the singular commitment she made…
john maggio: documentary artist
John Maggio has an extraordinary ability to confront the chaos of the often-unsettling world we live in…
a better outcome: dr. andrew hyland and dr. danielle smith
Over 30 million Americans still smoke cigarettes today and smoking remains the leading cause of lung cancer…