Stories From My Life
Stories From My Life is a visual storytelling workshop for senior citizens that I’ll be teaching this fall at the Mamaroneck Public Library. Beginning on September 18th, we’ll meet on Tuesdays from 2-4...
View ArticleStories From My Life: An Illustrated Book Workshop
I’m delighted to introduce guest blogger Holly Posner, who is assisting me with the Stories workshop. Holly has taught writing at NYU, Hunter College and the New School, and holds an MFA in Poetry from...
View ArticleStories From My Life: Week 2
Our writing table this week was crammed with photographs: tiny sepia photos released from crumbling albums, formal studio portraits, modern-day digital shots in glossy color—all with stories to tell....
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Artist Erica Stoller, director of ESTO Photographics and daughter of photographer Ezra Stoller, visited my Stories From My Life class at the Mamaroneck Public Library and shared an amazing collection...
View ArticleStories Publication Party!
I am so proud of my Stories’ writers! Over the course of four months, they wrote, illustrated, edited and published eight books, which represent the accumulated wisdom of more than 600 years! Stories...
View ArticleLights, Camera God: Religion in the Movies
Love the movies? Love debating all things God? Sign up for the online class I’m teaching this summer. June 10-28. Open to all! For more info, visit SUNY Purchase.
View ArticleESB’s Halloween Lights
Wow! The Empire State Building’s new LED lights debuted on Halloween night. Marc Brickman, the ESB’s lighting designer, says the show was created using 15,000 channels of LED lighting. Spanning from...
View ArticleLike Having Your Own
Probably my favorite comment about Skyscrapers is this—”It’s like having my own skyscraper!” It’s true, prop that baby up on a table and you’ve got your own mini Burj Khalifa. (See photo for easy...
View ArticleSkyscrapers Book Give-away!
Win a copy! To celebrate the new edition of Skyscrapers, we are giving away 4 signed copies of the book! A winner will be picked every Monday for the next month. To enter, follow me on Twitter...
View ArticleVisionary Cities
Architects have long envisioned the ideal world. In an effort to combat dysfunctional cities, they have proposed numerous remedies over the years. The unbuilt dreams of these visionary architects have...
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