The Last Thousand: One School’s Promise in a Nation at War
“If even a single student wants to come to school tomorrow, the school should be open.” It’s a thing many of us take for granted, the [...]
Reading Around
What a Time It Was! Leonard Lyons and the Golden Age of New York Nightlife
Kicking off the 2016 midday series at the 92Y, author/reporter/critic Jeffrey Lyons regaled an enthusiastic audience with a sampling from [...]
Geek Rock – Smart Music for Smart People
To the misinformed, geek rock may seem an oxymoron. In the past, geeks were seen as anything but cool, while rock continues to be viewed as [...]
Tess Gerritsen’s Playing with Fire
Tess Gerritsen was a tourist in Venice when she happened upon memorial plaques in one of the city’s squares, Campo Ghetto Nuovo, that [...]
Poet’s Corner: “In the Small Hours of the Morning” – Brittany DiGiacomo
grass rises from under the earth, leaves bloom at the base of flowers, trees burst greenly beneath a blue powder fog at dawn where people [...]
Poet’s Corner: “If You Love Me” – Brittany DiGiacomo
When I look beyond the dusty brush and see a red branch shining through a meadow of green, or stumble upon a path of tulips bending through [...]
Poet’s Corner: “Equinox” – Brittany DiGiacomo
Equinox Night hawks and listless hours, the flush of warmth to flesh of petals turns stale and crumble. This year is no different than [...]
Poet’s Corner: “Broken Places” – Brittany DiGiacomo
Broken Places I I wake mid sleep from the soft slap of your hand. Draped beads clack against the closet door as the waves from the sound [...]
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