I am hugely enamored of the work of playwright and 2007 MacArthur Fellow, Lynn Nottage. From laughing heartily and feeling the first flush of love with a date at her Fabulation, or the Education of Undine, to obsessing over costuming her beautiful, Pulitzer-nominated, turn-of-the-century play, Intimate Apparel, many wonderful moments of the past few years [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Lynn Nottage’s “Ruined”
March 30, 2009
Talkin’ Shop: Cozbi
March 20, 2009
Upon meeting the alliteratively named Cozbi Cabrera, one is struck by the serenity of her face and the luminous glow of a woman at peace. In a glorious example of following one’s bliss, she left a successful career as an art director at Sony Music twelve years ago to “discover, create and share pockets [...]
A Woman’s Work at Southpaw
March 16, 2009
Come out on Wednesday night, March 18th and get your dance on while supporting the life-changing work of the Women’s Prison Association (WPA), a non-profit service and advocacy organization committed [...]
Off the Hook
March 15, 2009
At the dawn of the new millennium, Atlantan Ladene Lenora Clark began crocheting as a constructive pastime and found her passion. After immersing herself in classes she moved from making hats and scarves for friends to creating wow-worthy garments for herself that would garner interest everywhere she went. Soon the commissions followed. Not [...]
The Incomparable Helga Davis
March 10, 2009
It was many years ago and the venue is now a blur, but the memory of first hearing Helga Davis perform her Feet of Clay is seared into my very soul. I’d known Helga from her day gig at a showroom I frequented in the 1990’s. In her intense gaze was a depth that [...]
Talkin’ Shop: DeniseKerr.com
March 5, 2009
In all the years I’ve known her, I can probably count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen Denise Kerr when she was not fully ensconced in some artistic endeavor. A compulsive creator, her nimble fingers are constantly engaged in the making of something be it a lovingly pieced quilt, hand-knit kimono, fabulous [...]
