Historic Cities Restoration Program

Created by my friend Kate Howe: AMYGDALA MACHINE I: Tomorrow Kate Howe 348 St Marks Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238 May 13 – June 19, 2010 Standard procedure saves time and energy in every arena. I once read that when we get out of the shower, we towel ourselves off in the same series of motions, taking the same amount of time, every day. We take the same route to work and wear our heels out in the same lop-sided way. We date the same people in different bodies, respond the the same ad campaign in a different season, repeat the…

Muslim American Artists Strive to Bridge a Chasm – NYTimes.com. When Wajahat Ali, a young Muslim American playwright from Fremont, needed to build an audience for his work, he produced his plays in cramped Pakistani restaurants in the East Bay and used Facebook to get the word out.  His play “The Domestic Crusaders” went on to open at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in 2005, and then moved to Off Broadway.   … Mr. Ali is one of a growing number of Bay Area artists who are reimagining one of the country’s most complicated compound identities: Muslim American.  At a time…