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Fountain Gallery Raises Funds, Boosts Artists with Mental Illness
New York, N.Y. It was raining. Torrents. But the atmosphere was anything but damp at a recent fundraising wingding where I joined in a high-spirited soiree featuring an extravaganza of original artworks for auction by more than forty artists of Fountain Gallery, the premier venue in New York City representing artists with mental illness. [...]
J. Luce Foundation Welcomes New Executive Staff
New York, N.Y. Please join me in welcoming two new members of the J. Luce Foundation executive staff: Jeremy Hu and Nigel Roberts. Jeremy serves as our foundation’s executive director, and Nigel is the managing editor of The Stewardship Report on Connecting Goodness, the foundation’s communications platform. They join John Lee, our vice president, on [...]
Amen’s Unleash Power of Latest Books at Entrepreneur’s Home
New York, N.Y. Daniel Amen, M.D. and his wife Tana Amen presented their new books,Unleash the Power of the Female Brain and The Omni Diet at the home of business leader and philanthropist, Kevin McGovern who founded several world category leaders including Sobe Beverages, Brita, Pur, Alpha Hydroxy Acids, among others. Elite members from the medical, entrepreneurial and artistic [...]
I Write from Inability to Surrender Thought or Memory to Dust
New York, N.Y. 1960: I write from an inability to surrender a thought or memory to dust. Memoir, poem, story, novel and essay, it is all to reconstitute my world for ingestion by others. The Boro Park of the 40s early 50s. Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Roosevelt Island, C-12, 50s, 60s: Something of the human spirit, [...]
Legacy of Frederick Douglass: Celebrating 175 Years of Abolition
New York, N.Y. When Frederick Douglass arrived in New York City on September 4, 1838, he could hardly have believed that, 175 years later, people from all over the world would know his name. Nor could he have believed that his descendants would be invited to the nation’s capital to celebrate his central role in [...]
Poem: Numbers
These new numbers make me nervous: No nineteen – nothing I know. A two and 3 zeroes. What the hell kinda date is that? I am outside of time beyond the pale of creation. The sun is the same but stars collide and the heavens roar. Only I am fixed in space and lost in [...]
Communist Comedy of Manners in Upper East Side Art Salon
New York, N.Y. I have several token conservative friends and acquaintances just to prove to myself that I am indeed liberal. One of them is a former New York Post writer named Doug Dechert. Doug inherited his views – and his wit – from his father William John Dechert, an industrialist I understand helped build [...]
New Indian Wines Add to New York’s Diverse Cuisine Scene
New York, N.Y. One of the things I love most about New York City—why I moved here 30 years ago — is its dynamic multicultural scene. European immigrants long ago contributed to this diverse milieu, and today new groups are contributing to our increasingly diverse melting pot. In recent years, I have been a voracious [...]
First Person: A Japanese Dinner with Raul Castro’s Daughter
New York, N.Y. Taking my shoes off in the private alcove of the exclusive Japanese dining room, I open the shoji screen to reveal a beautiful 12-tatami mat room complete with alcove, ikebana, foot-tall table with sunken floor – complete with emergency lighting and modern ventilation. An auspicious opening to a dinner with Mariela Castro [...]
