Monthly Archives: March 2010
Poetry Fridays: Gerald Stern
March 19, 2010Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry The second poem Gerald Stern reads in this video clip from the 2008 Dodge Poetry Festival ends with the phrase, “the way my brain works.” Yet it is exactly how his brain works that pulls … Continue reading
When I Put On These Shoes…
March 17, 2010By Wendy Liscow, Program Officer When I put on these shoes this morning I knew they were going to be painful, and that I was in for a tough day. The end of the day delivered. I was at my … Continue reading
The Patron Saints of Dancers
March 15, 2010Laura Aden Packer, Program Director, Arts Saint Vitus may be the acknowledged patron saint of dancers, but New Jersey dance companies and artists know that the true patron saint of dancers is Randy James. Saint Randy, currently an assistant professor … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Taslima Nasreen
March 12, 2010Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry For poet, novelist, essayist and newspaper columnist Taslima Nasreen, the nature of the relationship between poetry and politics is not an academic question but, quite literally, a matter of life and death. Her outspoken poems … Continue reading
A Social Recipe for Food that Matters
March 10, 2010Michelle Knapik, Environment Program Director Once inside the unassuming entrance of Roberta’s, if you can cast your gaze past the wood fired stove and pizza gurus, let your olfactory senses take in something beyond the sweet aroma of ricotta pancakes … Continue reading
