See information regarding Sosua musical performance and documentary coming in June – Lights Camera Read Musician’s Appreciation Month!

You may have heard the recent story about the remote Native American reservation in Oregon called Umatilla that is east of Pendleton. Apparently shrieks in the night are being heard there and the community is split between whether it is just wolves and foxes or if it is Bigfoot himself. The possible Media Space NYC [...]

Do you have a solution? A solution to a problem? In the end entrepreneurs are solving some kind of problem for others. Solving other people’s problems can sometimes seem easier than solving your own. Can you be a solution provider for yourself? There are a lot of problems in the world – this is no [...]

Every December the Platinum PIAs occur. It is the community awards ceremony of education and the beauty arts. December 2012 was one of the best PIAs yet. The mission of the Platinum PIAs and the monthly Lights Camera Read NYC Workshop programs leading up to them is to engage the community, businesses and artists in [...]

If you live in Northern NYC and have a child going into kindergarten next year, chances are you are currently going through or have gone through the seeking of admissions process. Or, if you have a child a year younger than this, there’s no time like the present to start looking for solutions. “Manhattan Kids [...]

There are some who have already given up on their New Year’s Resolutions and others who have forgotten them. Why is it that sometimes keeping a goal in focus and acting on it seems so hard? We live in a society that in many ways worships easy. Is this wrong? Is it actually true that [...]

We are on the threshold of 2013 as we reflect on the 2012 Platinum PIAs Awards and the year leading up to them. 2012 was a big leap in growth for the Lights Camera Read workshop program at the New York Public Library and its Magic Neighbors Theater Company. The 2013 NYC Workshop Series will [...]

The Platinum PIAs awards recognize outstanding achievement in the art and science of building communication in areas including community, beauty, entertainment and education. Each PIA is associated with one of the Media Space NYC’s network of over 70 community and neighborhood oriented blogs and publications. The Lights Camera Read PIA for Best Short Story – [...]

Just in time for the build to Harvest Festival NYC, Librarian Rodger Taylor and myself are proud to present the new Digicomarts site which will provide a showcase for teens and others. Digicomarts features Digital Communication Arts projects that are the result of the Digicomarts workshop series at the New York Public Library. Since many [...]