Zakiem Collier begins his sound bath healing by asking you to think of something that brings you joy, encouraging good intentions before heading into this meditative practice. As you conjure up a happy place, memory, person or thing, Collier motivates you to engage in a simultaneous release of something that may have been weighing on […]
Since high school, Brittany Makinen’s true love has been photography. After ten years spent working as a preschool teacher and doing family portraits after school and on the weekends, Makinen made the leap and committed to full time photography. Makinen continued doing family portraits, adding in newborn and maternity photography to her rotation. When her […]
With 98 submissions, Elmwood Playhouse had their pick of the litter when it came to selecting local plays to feature in their second annual One Act Festival. Seven of those 98 original one acts were selected for 2025, with each one running from eight to eighteen minutes. This restricted time frame was chosen purposefully to […]
In September of 2021, one Rockland eighth grader received a diagnosis no eighth grader should ever receive. Carlos “Coca” Bernard was diagnosed with leukemia. Two years later, Coca and his family received yet another blow when Coca was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). In an interview with the […]
There is one four letter word that strikes more fear into people than any other – love. Most of us are not born with a map to navigate the trenches of identifying, growing, and supporting healthy love, leaving many feeling up a creek. Thankfully, Jones-Arietta’s new book Iron Love is a guidebook to love in […]
With a Peruvian father and an Australian mother, Jasmine Collier naturally grew up with an appreciation for the magic of speech and language. She remembers hearing her parents’ love story of how they overcame their language barriers, and this tale struck a match inside young Collier. For her, it illuminated the importance of language and […]