It was such an honor (not to mention such a source of healing) to speak with One Detroit's own Christy McDonald , sending my uncondition...

My previous post about [the Real] Rabbi Syme generated a wonderful internet "moment—" one of those lightning-in-a-bottle experien...

    As many of you out there are reading After Anatevka , you might be surprised to know that one of the leading questions I get is whether ...

(7 weeks on) A week or so after the incident with the cat Grey headed home for Thanksgiving, slated to return to his creative den as soo...

- Participating so meaningfully in my constitutional right to protest. I've joined marches with and for women, science, the arts, alon...

Allow me to tell you about the one singular attended performance that I will never forget.                             . . . ready . . ....

(4-and-a-half weeks on) It was the night before big trash day —you know: the day you put out your “big trash” on the curb for it to be ca...

LIVE TODAY at 3 pm EST (GMT-5) on www.dso.org/live :  I am so excited to return to the Motor City to create the role of The Narrator i...

In Metro Detroit, there is an annual autumnal tradition that begins with gusto after Labor Day-- Franklin Village--also known as "The T...

Everyone needs a place like Greek Islands Coney Restaurant. You know—a local “joint” that’s the just-right balance of casual and quality, ...

She took me upstairs to talk. I now realize Edna merely wanted to calmly express her hurt: I didn’t mention anyone from his original nucle...

Birmingham Palladium Cinema [ In which Lilly drove up five hours in a minivan from Oberlin only to be instantaneously whisked away ] *...

Downtown Birmingham is a treasure: shopping that caters to everyone tastes—everything from locally made crafts, antiques, Mom & Pop re...

land of the stately pines [de-dah-de-dah] I remember, probably more vividly than any other call, the moment Lilly heard the news. Kent a...