Author: Cheryl

  • Guest Blogger Michael Brewer on writing and hip hop

    Listen to this post:  I had a conversation with Michael recently about his writing. I stopped by to look at some stories and essays he’s written, but he couldn’t get to them because of computer problems. So he introduced me to his other love: writing hip hop lyrics. He has at least three songs talking…

  • Guest Blogger Brandon Michael Scarth

    Listen to this post:  A brief introduction to one of our featured artists, Brandon Michael Scarth. “So I’m Brandon Michael Scarth, as you know. And I got into an accident about five years and seven months ago? Or maybe it was five years and nine months ago. I don’t really remember. I remember it was…

  • Bring disability access to websites

    Listen to this post:  When you think of disability access, you might think of those two parking spaces nearest a building’s entrance and an entry into the building that doesn’t have stairs. Look at Jason DaSilva’s short film, “The Long Wait.” “The Long Wait” video And look at this new subway station.  [A $32 million…

  • Guest Blogger Cynthia Lopez on not being the one to stop it

    Listen to this post read by Cynthia Lopez of Eleusis Films:  “Have you ever had someone diss your art? You know that it’s actually an invitation to keep creating, right? After the premiere of my second movie, a null-budget, feature-length narrative fiction film, a person that I knew told me that I should not be…

  • National Museum of Health and Medicine TBI arts exhibit sparks some controversy, but maybe just for me

    Listen to this post:  I’ll start saying I have not heard one lick of controversy about artist and TBI survivor Eliette Markhbein or about her arts exhibit at the National Museum of Health and Medicine called “WHACK’ed … and then everything was different.” Her art is really pretty, and her unique process is very intriguing.…