I write every Monday about different topics that I think will provide some food for thought.  This week I want to brag.  My two Assistant Director’s, Mollie and Agnes, have helped me make One River a huge success in our first year and I thought I would devote today’s note to sharing…

First of all, I am agnostic to which is better.  If it is good, it is good.  I’m not such a purist to rule out digitally created art or music because “it’s not the same.”  Nor am I all about listening to albums “because they sound warmer.”  Inevitably it comes…

To me it is all the same…somehow my brain processes art just like it processes music.  When a song or a painting are composed right, they both beg you to engage whether you’re listening or looking for rhythm. Last week we pushed our art limits by running our first music…

One of the great things about our business is we really get to know our customers.  During the recurring process of helping people learn to create things, we tap into what makes them tick and we get to spend time with them that helps to build real relationships.  This summer…

July 1st is the 182nd day of the year and there are 183 days remaining until the end of 2013.  Why is this important?  Well, in some sense it isn’t because every day is just another day.  However, most people need to bake some significance into the mundane calendar to create…

What can I say that hasn’t been said?  The character James Gandolfini played, Tony Soprano, has become an icon of pop culture as the result of David Chase’s brilliant imagination and the one of a kind artistry of James Gandolfini.  A small town boy from Westwood, NJ, right here in…

One of our adult students came up to me last week and said that One River was a “game changer.”  We work hard to keep our ego in check, but we are very proud to receive the praise and thought we needed to check in on what that exactly meant.Webster…