Issue One 2011

WNY Book Arts Center by Richard Kegler

“The urge to create is a basic human drive.” more »

IN Design: The Fashion Art of Theodora Dellas

 

Dr. J. by Sue Epstein

“I had worked in hospitals across the country for over a decade but had never experienced anything like this physician–a brilliant thinker and true patient advocate.” more »

What it’s like to ride the distance of a RAY by K.W. Frome

“My theme is the spiritual dimension of sports...” more »

NOA Bursie: Going Deep by Chris Krtanik

“Noa Bursie has the ability to bite into a phrase–an experience–and make you re-live it... ” more »

Architecture: “The New Face of DAEMEN” by Kevin Connors

“The building form is a simple trapezoid, wider on the south to collect more light and warmth... ” more »

Blue Hill Farm by Patrick Lango

 

“Everything that is” paintings by Craig LaRotonda

 

Dusty Pages “The Fan Who Would be King” by Thad Weitz

“I cannot remember ever having been so blindsided by a writer...” more »

In Troubled Times: The Case for the ARTS by JoAnn Falletta

"I am a musician. I have known that simple fact since my seventh birthday, when I wrapped my arms around the little guitar that had been a gift from my father..." more »

Songs from the Middle of life: CHRIS TRAPPER by James Verrico

"Trapper stands atop his amplifier, commanding a room of a few hundred slightly to seriously inebriated revelers in a sing-a-long..." more »

Edreys by Mary Jayne Zemer

“Billy Drease clarifies right off the bat that he isn’t a rapper, he’s a Hip Hop artist.” more »

NEW: Special Book: OLMSTED–Volume One

Special Edition of Traffic East: "Olmsted" photographs by Mark Dellas $25 more »

TALK

Letter form the editor more »

Team Trauma by Phil Nyhuis

“...ECMC cared for more than 55,000 emergency patients in 2008 and is also the designated emergency preparedness site for Erie County.” more »

Darwin’s Larger Legacy by Tom Yorty

“Not only did Darwin leap over these theorists, he also arrived at his discovery of natural selection without any reference to or dependence upon the dominant philosophical orientation of the past three hundred years.” more »

FILM: “Blue Roses and Immortal Princesses: Symbolism and Death in Pan’s Labyrinth” by Theodora Dellas

“By using symbolism and the idea of death, del Toro portrays the world of humans and logic as a place for cowards to die without legacy...” more »