Soprano Jane Shivick is equally at home in opera, oratorio, concert, and recital. She has been a soloist for numerous orchestras across New England, including The Boston Pops Orchestra, the New York Metropolitan Orchestra, and the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. She has been broadcast over NPR, WGBH, WICN, WOMR and WCUM radio. A graduate of Assumption University and […]

Linda A. Fletcher has been making art since she was old enough to use a box of Crayola crayons.  She started taking oil painting lessons when she was 8 years old; but in high school she got her hands on clay for the first time and knew this would be her chosen medium. Twelve years […]

CHRISTOPHER C. GORHAM  holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Tufts University and Syracuse University College of Law. After practicing law for over a decade, for the last several years he has taught Modern American History at Westford Academy, outside Boston. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Literary Hub, Paper Brigade Daily, and […]

Julia Glass (born March 23, 1956) is an American novelist. Her debut novel, Three Junes, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2002. Glass followed Three Junes with a second novel, The Whole World Over, in 2006, set in the same Bank Street–Greenwich Village universe, with three interwoven stories featuring several characters from Three Junes. Her third novel, I See You Everywhere, was published in 2008; her […]

Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Ben has performed in every U.S. state except for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with […]

John Robert Cole, a native of Buffalo, New York, retired from the United States Coast Guard in 2020 after 35-years and now calls Dracut home. He is a full-time artist and family history expert who uses his talents to bring joy and healing to the lives of others. He is best known for his dot-painted […]

Author Peter Clenott was born in Portland, Maine and graduated from Bowdoin College. He has been writing for a half-century. After his last college exam in May 1973, he went out into the student lounge with a notebook, several sharpened pencils an eraser and began to write. In 2009 HUNTING THE KING was published by […]

The Boston HarpBeat Duo is the collaborative creation of percussionist Fabio Pirozzolo and harpist Shelley Otis. The Peruvian cajon, the Southern Italian tamburello, and the Middle-Eastern darbuka compliment the soft sounds of the lever harp in an unusual and captivating way. The two performers merge elements of pop covers and world music into a dynamic and entertaining […]

Ari Lurie, a native of San Francisco, moved to Boston in 2010. He started playing piano in childhood. He plays mostly by ear, improvising as the Music progresses. He is the composer and performer of original piano compositions, represented on his CD, “The Awakening”. His music can be used for relaxation, contemplation, and meditation. “My […]

James R. Benn is best known for his Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series. He found writing this mystery series brought him an immense amount of joy, enabling him to meet people from all over the country (and the world), listening to their reactions, feedback, and most importantly, their own stories. Having grown up […]