Author: DJ McDonald
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Five Questions for Sarah Kilby
Five Questions for Sarah Kilby Name: Sarah Kilby Title/Occupation: poet URL: http://sarahkilby.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Well, I grew up in western North Carolina, in a town called Mt. Airy, and it is at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are…
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Counting Cards at Grandma’s: Nan Swid and Donald Kaufman Recent Work at Gallery 9E
I leaned down to speak to a charming young girl in a maroon dress staring candidly up at Nan Swid’s Combination Wall 2 (2009) at Gallery 9E 508 West 26th St. in Chelsea, Thursday evening. “What do you see?” I asked confidentially, hoping for a pithy, surprising, funny or illuminating quote. The light of the…
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Five Questions for Deborah Black
Name: Deborah Black Title/Occupation: performer URL: www.deborahblack.net 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in rural, western Pennsylvania, about 1.5 hours southeast of Pittsburgh in the Appalachian Mountains. My grandfather had a fairly large dairy farm and my mom, dad, sister, and I…
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Five Questions for Shireen Dickson
I grew up in Maryland. Then I got into grad school @ NYU so it all worked out. This is what I did Friday: I’m lucky. It’s working out OK so far.
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A Midwinter’s Night Wet Dream: Fullstop’s “Foreplays” in the Galapagos, Feb. 8 – 23
“They be scared and lonely. “ So says Michael Micalizzi as the thug wannabe Mikey in Patrick Shaw’s “Mad Twitterpated,” directed by Alexandra Bassett. He pleads this in reference to the orphaned bear cubs he has been cluster adopting over Facebook on behalf of Cliff Campbell’s character Clifford. But his observation goes far beyond its…
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Three places in the Art world – “Denim” at 80WSE
Context is king.
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Five Questions for Theo Stockman
For 2 ½ hours, I wear faded, patched jeans and a maroon Sgt Pepper’s/Hendrix jacket and jump around, sing rock and roll protest songs, and get naked…. What more can you ask for?
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Five questions for Taylor Gordon
“but oh, that stage…. To this day when I see or hear Nutcracker music playing it has a huge influence on me…”
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Five Questions for Tia Walker
Name: Tia Walker Title: Celebrity Lifestyle Blogger & Publisher of The Quest for “it” URL: www.thequestforit.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I’m from Virginia. I’m a Southerner. My mom hails from Virginia; my dad from Florida. Having a father in the military was always a…
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Studies in Whimsy and Flesh: dear peter, love nora @ 100 Grand, August 28
Peter Chamberlin and Nora Petroliunas share a sense of rigor in their separate dances. The concert they shared also displayed a sense of creative whimsy.