A “jack of all trades” has a mediocre reputation. The full saying is, “a jack of all trades, master of none, though oftentimes better than a master of one.” When it comes to location management on a film set, the saying quickly loses traction. As I listened to John Maher describe his ...

This is a true story of a concept written on a cocktail napkin in Potsdam, New York late one night at a frat party in 1971. The discussion culminated with an idea for a band name. The napkin is long gone but the band has lasted more than 50 years, and their fans still come to hear them. ...

I recently read a copy of Joan O’Leary’s first novel, “A Killer Wedding,” after we messaged each other via social media. The last time I saw O’Leary was when she was in high school. I watched one of her GBasement Productions at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. She wrote plays and ...

I had three wonderful uncles. There was my Uncle Rad who was a de facto father when I visited my cousins, which I did nearly every summer growing up. There was my Uncle Gus, a creative engineer with several patents to his name and a funny vocabulary to match. He always told us about his latest ...