GERRY LENFEST. Philanthropist. Sailor. Businessman. Kind and generous soul.
Chase Lenfest speaking about his father Gerry Lenfest, Academy of Music — October 17, 2018 When a person’s impact on the world feels as big as the world, one takes notice. That happened at the Academy of Music on October 17, 2018 with about 2000 people in the...
read moreWhat’s the Secret Sauce for Successful Marketing? Here’s a Top 12 List You Might Not Expect.
Want to know the secret sauce for successful marketing? It may not be what you think. Marketing is a smorgasbord, a toolbox, a pie chart of ingredients...from a great website, content marketing, and PR, to strategic planning, branding, media outreach, email,...
read moreHave You Heard of MEDIUM.com?
Ok, so clearly I must have been sleeping under a rock for a while, till a great friend of mine clued me in about the super groovy social writing platform called MEDIUM. Yeah yeah, if you weren't under the rock with me, go ahead and tell me about it in the comments,...
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Fig Doylestown – The Holiday Issue
The holiday issue is out! I heart being a freelance writer for a publication like FIG Doylestown, which embraces creativity and lets me infuse whimsy into wordsmithing. In this issue, I write about acclaimed jazz vocalist and pianist Michelle Wiley (page 22), selfless...
read moreFIG BETHLEHEM ARTS ISSUE
Back to the blog. It's been a busy time here at HQ and the latest issue of FIG Bethlehem is out and about. I'm loving writing for this publication. It's great to have the chance to write about such diverse topics for all of my clients, from art to software and lots...
read moreA Teacher and A Life Of Purpose. Some Words on Pete Seeger.
(I met Pete Seeger a few times, and had the chance to see him almost every year for the last 30 years at his beloved Clearwater Festival on the Hudson River. One of my art professors at SUNY Purchase, Antonio Frasconi, created the woodcut of the Sloop Clearwater that...
read moreWhat I’ve Learned From My Zumba Teachers
This article has been on my mind for some time, and I realized that by writing it on New Year’s Day, perhaps it could help others to launch or re-launch their workout in the new year. Heck, that’s what I’m doing! (Above, Rashawn Smith & Suzanne Safran) It isn’t...
read moreNew FIG Film Blog Up – Wolf of Wall Street
In my world of FIG film writing, here's a new post about an interview I did with Visual Effects Supervisor Mark Forker, and his work on THE WOLF OF WALL STREET and beyond. Check it out HERE, and if YOU are working in/on film, let me know and maybe I'll interview you...
read moreA sea of 7000. The 10th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Conference for Women
The Pennsylvania Conference for Women. It was hard to imagine how anything could get done in the world, with so many powerful women (and a few smart men) in one place at one conference on one day in one city. Ok, I jest, but admittedly, that thought crossed my mind...
read moreWill Wonders Never Cease. A postcard from the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
2013. T’was my 30th year attending the Philly Folk Fest. I volunteered for over 20 years, and had the honor of performing there in 1993 and 2008. I first went in 1984, the year I graduated college. I was amazed at everything from the music (seeing the legendary...
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