Contrary to popular belief, our forefathers (and mothers thankyouverymuch) did know a thing or five. There is increasing evidence to suppo...

- Super spicy food - Rap music - “Bra-lettes” - Anything described as “cringe-TV” - Facebook - Romance novels - Black licorice - TikTok. [Co...

Nabokov wrote the following: “ Listen: I am ideally happy. My happiness is a kind of challenge. As I wander along the streets and the squa...

Journaling is not just a little thing you do to pass the time, to write down your memories—though it can be—it’s a strategy that has helpe...

Book tour! 1. In addition to grieving and overcoming pain, the book really seems to explore keeping up appearances in a lot of ways. Wha...

And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to Blossom. ©Nick Bantock

I realized recently that so many of my "Ask Al" questions come either from curious laymen, or artists who are either in training o...

About Broadway Backwards: "Broadway Backwards is the annual celebration where men sing songs originally written for women and...

“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the...

playing Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream hosting the Chicago edition of The Hanukkah Hoedown! feeling more lonely than I eve...

Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches. The ship out on the sea and the horse on the mountain. With the shade around he...

- Facebook - expectations - super late nights - Gluten - Most grains - Letting myself go down that deep, dark spiral… - Negative self-talk -...