Gabi Clayton Bill Moyers writes: “For all the words Maxine Hong Kingston has poured onto the page from her own life and mind, for the many years Maxine Hong Kingston has been coaxing words from others. In 1993 she put out a call to veterans to join her in workshops devoted to turning their experiences into poems, …
On Saturday, May 26, 2007 Steve Schalchlin wrote in his blog Although I posted a music video of the Lennon Piano visit to the Clayton’s home in Olympia previously, I hadn’t, until now, edited the actual video diary footage. Finally, today, after giving myself a little distance from it, began putting it together. Here is …
Steve Schalchlin wrote: John Lennon’s IMAGINE piano tour visited the home of Bill Clayton, a teenager who committed suicide after a gaybashing. I was invited to sing and play for the event. This video is my personal reflection of what happened. and: I woke up at 1:30 in the morning, went up to my studio …
John Lennon’s piano stops by an Olympia home to spread peace and magic Magic was captured in Olympia Tuesday in the notes to a song that a Steinway & Sons upright piano drew out of John Lennon, a haunting call to peace and love made more poignant after Lennon’s assassination. and The magic of the …
I promised a friend I would share my pizza recipie and so here it is. Tony is a friend we met long ago in Mississippi, but he was originally from Chicago. He was Bill’s godfather. This is his recipie altered a bit over time into my own concoction. Tony’s Good and Easy Pizza Preheat oven …
This was written by Steve Schalchlin on May 12th. It is re-published here with his permission. (Thank you, Steve!) See it also on his blog with photographs. Thoughts about John Lennon’s Piano. [On May 8th, 2007, I was invited to play and sing on John Lennon’s piano, the one upon which he wrote the song, …