Kronos Quartet at NYUAD and NYC

  Bryan and I had the good fortune last week to be able to hear the visionary Kronos Quartet twice each during their week-long residence at NYU Abu Dhabi where we’re presently teaching. The ensemble played at NYUAD Arts Center’s Black Box...
Jonathan Lethem Goes to Queens

Jonathan Lethem Goes to Queens

Two years ago, we ran a virtual book club  devoted to reading Jonathan Lethem’s novel Chronic City. This fall, Lethem published a new novel, Dissident Gardens, which takes us not to Brooklyn but to Queens, inspired by in part by the apartment that...

The Final Pursuit

Last week, I had the privilege of participating in “The Final Pursuit,” a panel discussion at Plymouth University celebrating the “Moby-Dick Big Read” project. My co-panelists were Peninsula Arts director Sarah Chapman; “Big Read”...