There was no sign outside of Wheeler Hall, but the Colloquium Room was packed, with standing room only (it seats 150). People had turned out…
Last week I saw a group of middle-aged day laborers standing on the sidewalk. A nearby radio was playing “Only the Good Die Young.” I…
I took a futuristic train out of town and ended up on the steps of Wheeler Hall, built in 1917. Inside, I ran into a…
What does it mean to have an artistic vocation? As I began writing this column, I googled the phrase and found an astonishing 5,330,000 results….
The Odd Fellows Hall is at Market and 7th, near a methadone clinic. It is a six-story structure built in 1909. The Independent Order of…
[00:05:03m]: Play Now This is a random excerpt from Richard Grossinger‘s book The Windy Passage from Nostalgia, published in 1974 by North Atlantic Books and read for the first…
In May of 1968 there were massive protests in France. They are often characterized as “student” protests in an attempt to limit the wider dimensions…
I walked a couple of miles to a gallery downtown to hear some people read from their memoirs. These are writers with an ink-stained past…