Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

A critic told me that when her husband starts quaking at alarming predictions of global warming’s ravagement she now asks him point blank–what is he doing about it?  Her tolerance of passive panic has come to an end.   I feel … Continue reading →

I’m looking forward to Nancy Buirski’s upcoming documentary on Le Clercq.  Last fall Buirski got in touch with me and we talked about her.  At that time, the director wasn’t sure whether the documentary, which is now in post-production, would … Continue reading →

Like movie stars, ballerinas always used to get dressed up when they went out. That point is driven home in an amazing montage of still photos of Tanaquil Le Clercq posted at youtube by a human who calls him/herself “Tamara … Continue reading →

Sensational freshly-made guacamole is available nearly every day at the moment at the Integral Yoga Institute health food store on West 13th Street.  “Wendy,” who makes it, is to be congratulated.  That’s her creative identity, but her name really is … Continue reading →

La Fenice has a tribute to Resnik on its home page.  Go to my blogroll.

Even though she was 90, her death is slightly disconcerting because the last time I saw her, when she spoke at the Town Hall memorial tribute to Sutherland two years ago, she was so vigorous–so much the powerful personality she’d … Continue reading →

The superintendant in the coop next to me said that they’ve installed a compost drum on the roof, where residents of the building can bring their biodegradable waste. The building is flagship in a pilot program sponsored by the city. … Continue reading →

From a NYCB dancer in the early, early days: Balanchine “had a way of demanding, of asking you to do just a little bit more than you thought you could, of keeping you on edge, keeping that carrot in front … Continue reading →

From the Miami Herald: “Two of the dead teenager’s friends, including one who says he was his ‘lookout’ while Hernández-Llach applied paint, said the officers exchanged high-fives and congratulations after Tasering him.”

The police in this country are taking extreme, unreasonable, unacceptable liberties, killing a 17-year-old graffiti artist in Miami, Israel Hernandez-Llach. Image via instagram Essential, sobering reading at Commondreams.org, by Jon Queally. His sister “said her brother wanted to make art … Continue reading →