Seeing better

You can improve your memory and see better at any age by reading Book 3 of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “My Struggle.” The book is an immersion in Knausgaard’s childhood on an island in southern Norway. As with the other books in this series, he...

Community Arts at Work Across the U.S.

Here’s a link to an article I wrote in 2010 for Animating Democracy, a project of Americans for the Arts. It offers snapshots of selected projects that help capture the range of community arts projects and programs happening today. They are led by veteran and...

Leaving Los Angeles

I’m get ready to return to L.A. for the 25th anniversary celebration of the 18th Street Arts Center, October 25, 2014. I was one of the founders of that multi-faceted organization and I am thrilled that it has survived and is running a magnificent arts residency...

New Links to Past Stories

Lately I have been posting stories about the adventures in the art world, particularly the virgin birth of High Performance magazine and the emergence of Highways Performance Space. You can find them by clicking on “Writings” in the tool bar.

Getting on the Highways

Here’s a link to a 1990 essay I wrote about the birth of Highways Performance Space for the University of Kansas Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. Highways is a performance art space in Santa Monica, Calif., that I founded with artist Tim Miller in 1989....