After a couple of decades as a success in the IT business, owning his own company, Rob Sharp decided to form a new company – a music production company. It wasn’t as much of a stretch as it sounds; he had been producing music on the side for a long time. Now aspiring artists in [...]

If you like science fiction and fantasy novels across the spectrum of those genres, Michael Swanwick should be on your reading list, and probably already is. He’s won a Nebula Award, several Hugo Awards, and several others, but he’s not big on talking about those. He’s too busy creating the next world, the next adventure. [...]

In the quiet farm country of Delaware a veteran musician and songwriter is engaging in yet another creative shift, producing a work of moody new-age meditation music in an impressive home studio. He’s still rocking out with other prominent local artists at a regular reunion rock show. Glenn Palmer Howard has been a part of [...]

I arrived at a show of Victor Grasso’s paintings a few days into the month-long show, but half of the works already had red stickers beside them indicating they were sold. It’s clear why the Soma NewArt Gallery of Cape May, New Jersey, would want to hold an exhibit of Victor’s latest works. Victor is [...]

In an alternate future, Rebecca Blake would have gone to medical school and followed a path of science and research. Instead, she jumped off of that path and has excelled as a graphic designer for clients large and small, at a woman-owned firm in New York City called Optimum Design + Consulting. Rebecca did what [...]

While many of us Americans were packing up for one last beach run or buying hot dogs for one last barbeque blowout around Labor Day of 2001, Surya Iacono was having tapas with United Airlines colleagues in London. A few days later, some of her colleagues would be the first killed by terrorists in the [...]

I had the good fortune of meeting film director and screenwriter Eileen Boarman in Providence, Rhode Island, on a day in which she was directing a shoot. It was a PSA on drunk driving, but with a twist, as you’ll see in our video; I was given permission to film some of the filming. Eileen [...]

Don’t look for sentimental vampires and werewolves in a Brenna Lyons novel. The fantastic characters that drive her books are true to their raw natures, and the worlds she creates are both enticing and dangerous. I visited Brenna in her hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts, at the local library, where she spends a fair amount of [...]

There’s real value in hiring a photographer with diverse interests and life experiences. Brian Fitzgerald brings that to his clients, along with a creative eye and a passion for the use of light. I had the pleasure of interviewing him in his Portland studio in the artsy waterfront district. As you’ll see in my interview [...]

It was soon clear that Ernest Whaley is a modest man, but I managed to get him to talk about himself during a delightful afternoon interview in Newmarket, New Hampshire. An accomplished musician and songwriter, Ernest has put a lot of effort into creating performances for local singer/songwriters, to demonstrate their talents. He is quite [...]