Writing
Here is a collection of some published articles on a variety of topics.
Art Deco India: A Personal View
Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine
Fall 2010
Following a tour of spectacular (and ordinary) Art Deco architecture in India, Joseph Loundy, president of the Chicago Art Deco Society, invited me to contribute an article for their quarterly magazine.
Witches, Wolves & Wizards
Carnegie Magazine
November–December 1990
Ballet companies pretty much own December with productions of The Nutcracker, so Dance Alloy, Pittsburgh's modern dance company, created a performance at Carnegie Music Hall geared to families gathered together for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Music-making for the Dance
Carnegie Magazine
July–August 1991
Pittsburgh's modern dance company, Dance Alloy, in residence at the Carnegie, welcomes a new artistic director. Mark Taylor arrives with a passion for working with local artists to create vibrant new dance works, building on a rich history of collaboration between composers and choreographers.
Dance Alloy and the Compagnie Hervé-Gil
Carnegie Magazine
May–June 1993
Pittsburgh's New Europe Arts Festival provides an opportunity to European-based artists to present their work in Pittsburgh theaters. The city's modern dance company, Dance Alloy, partnered with the inventive French choreographer Miriam Hervé-Gil | Compagnie Hervé-Gil for works that bridge the Atlantic.
Irasshaimase!
Dance Alloy Sightlines
October 1988
Dance Alloy, Pittsburgh's modern dance company, began an ongoing newsletter to subscribers and supporters. This article for the inaugural issue was inspired by my recent travels in Japan.
Notes from the Road
Dance Alloy Sightlines
January 1989
Small and mid-sized dance companies used to do a lot of touring to survive (and sadly, many of those companies haven't survived.) This article takes a look at life on the road.
Out of the Mouth of Babes
Dance Alloy Sightlines
April 1989
Children are remarkably perceptive, and approach art with an open heart and mind. This idea served as inspiration for an article about finding "meaning" in art.
Conservatory Preparing Children and Adults for the Stage
Oakland
September 1993
The Pittsburgh Playhouse, operated by Point Park University, provides not only professional-level theater training, but also an active program for children and teens.
Peter Leo Columns
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1987–89
Peter Leo is my favorite newspaper columnist of all time! In his career at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he wrote lovingly about the foibles and oddities of Pittsburgh until his retirement in 2007.
K's Burgers Outlasted Chains
Troy Daily News
22 December 1977
K's Hamburger Shop is an institution in downtown Troy, Ohio, serving delicious diner food since the mid-1930's. As a teenager, I convinced the editor of the Troy Daily News to let me write a feature on K's.