You’ll find “Brain and Life” in doctors’ offices throughout the country. I’ve been a regular contributor for a few years now and I’ve learned so much. Here are two recent articles. Here’s the nut of the second: A 2015 report…
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Music, from cover bands to Boy George
Some fun stories for the Star Ledger, including a look at Boy George and Culture Club’s new tour and the hot business of tribute bands. The tribute bands story can be found Boy George article: When Boy George and Culture…
A comedy about death and revenge
The new play
Mel Brooks is the best
After an unsatisfactory interview with John Cusack, I asked if I could interview Mel Brooks for
“Small Town Story,” “Songbird” and “The Last Five Years”
Another week, another line up of theater. Enjoy these articles about “Songbird,” a take on Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” set in a modern day Tennessee honky tonk; and
Edna Ferber Fest
Coming up with the lede to this story about festival honoring the work of Edna Ferber was easy because I fell into this category: While Edna Ferber may not be a household name, plays and movies based on he works…
Penn Today story on mass incarceration and its impact on communities and people of color
I spent my Wednesday at the University of Pennsylvania’s Nursing School covering a conference on the impact of mass incarceration on people and communities of color. Here’s the story. Or, if you just want the lede: Kempis “Ghani” Songster spent…
Erma Bombeck’s “At Wit’s End” in Cape May
I love Erma Bombeck and read everything by her growing up. I used to say I wanted to be just like her, something my writing teachers discouraged, saying her writing was shallow. Not literary and didn’t I want to be…
“Shrek The Musical,” summer jazz and a “Small Town Story”
I often have more than one of my Star Ledger entertainment stories run on the same day as editors like them to go out on the weekends. This week is no exception. I have three stories that were posted online…
Raising awareness of POTS
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is more common in the US than MS and yet it’s not a well-known disorder. Hoping this story I wrote for “The Philadelphia Inquirer” changes that. Here’s the top of the story: It’s easy to…