Opinion: Music’s power in your brain
Watching the Southern Adventist University Symphony orchestra assemble in the Jewish Federation's auditorium, I didn't realize that I was standing next to a music prodigy.
Opinion: Can we feel safe and secure?
The room was packed at the Chattanooga Jewish Federation's panel discussion on safety and security.
Opinion: Tapping into the power of arts and culture
When Marsha Roberts invited me to the launch of her long-awaited art project, "The Doll for All," I knew I had to join the celebration. I had never heard of the venue, ClearStory Arts, located on Holtzclaw Avenue.
Opinion: The changing world order
I'm often asked how I'm doing since Hamas' barbaric massacre in Israel on Oct. 7.
Opinion: Time for dialogue is not now
It was 20 years ago in Jerusalem when sirens went off and TV news ordered us to get our gas masks and head for safe rooms.
Opinion: Time to celebrate Coolidge Park
There's nothing quite like sitting in Coolidge Park on a beautiful day for the Kickoff Market, held last Sunday. The field was full of tented booths with art vendors. Youngsters chased each other through the water fountain.
Opinion: Mark your calendar for sacred times
Calendars marking sacred days, weeks, months and years have been part of cultures around the world for thousands of years.
Opinion: Art and history a powerful mix at Bluff View District’s Houston Museum
Current debates about preserving history can be contentious, but our Bluff View Art District illustrates an important dimension to that debate: art.
Opinion: Reclaiming and reviving our world and ourselves with ‘fun-icity’
When people ask what I do for fun, I just shrug and hope they go away. Ever since the pandemic, my sense of fun has been in hiding, tucked away far beneath my observable traits. So when I did a book signing this past weekend, I was amazed how my "fun-icity" resurfaced and kept me smiling for hours.
Opinion: A local vision for arts, culture and economics
Creating community is a mission that takes passion, persistence and personal commitment.
