Herb & Dorothy- An Artsy Pair

Herbert Vogel (a postal worker) and his wife Dorothy (a librarian) managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections all on a very modest budget. From the early 60′s, the… Read More →

Doing GOOD in the neighborhood

Many of you know about my non-monetary paying but oh so rewarding other job, founder/editor/word slinger of http://takeittothestreetpoetry.com/ . A few months ago we celebrated our 1st year anniversary and it shows no signs… Read More →

Art Abandonment= Great Idea

Many of you may know of the Poetry/Art gig that I run, “take-it-to-the-street-poetry”. I collect, edit & publish poetry zines that are printed off by people around the globe to be given away… Read More →

My hobby is….

  Many of us have hobbies. Some paint, sew, fix cars, gardening, run, build model trains, the list is endless. My hobby is publishing poetry & art zines (a zine is a little… Read More →

Two Posts in One

Lazy Sunday here in Little Bombay (it was a balmy 94 yesterday, humidity raging at 100%). That being said, I do think my brain cells need to recharge in the cool AC today… Read More →

Jean-Michel Basquiat- Artist Extraordinaire

A few years ago I was introduced to the artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat. I became an immediate fan for many reasons, but namely the honesty with which he created art. Basquiat’s art career… Read More →

Read all about it at “News from the edge & beyond”

This is a short post to introduce an online newspaper to which I am the founder/editor, “News from the edge & beyond”. Scoop.it is a new online network where (for free I will add)… Read More →

Raffaelle Monti-Sculptor Divine

Every so often I come across things that make me sit back on my heels, shake my head and leave me at a loss for words. While tending to poetry business on The… Read More →

El Artista-Elizabeth Soroka

Elizabeth Soroka is not your average artist. From her canvas art, art furniture to photography one realizes they have encountered a three dimensional artist. When I first saw one of her paintings, my initial reaction… Read More →

Taking it to the street

The Beginning: A year ago this month I had an idea. What would happen if I put together small booklets of poetry and gave them away to people for free. I saw writing as… Read More →