Arts producer and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven has been thinking lately about how the arts scene in Vermont has been transformed through the leadership of Flynn Theater director Andrea Rogers, who officially retires later today.
As a filmmaker and Marlboro College professor, commentator Jay Craven was recently startled to hear that Vermont legislators will soon eliminate non-profit arts presenters’ exemption from paying sales tax on tickets.
Filmmaker and commentator Jay Craven recently saw an unusual dance performance choreographed by MacArthur fellow Bill T. Jones and inspired by the turbulent presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
Recently, filmmaker and commentator Jay Craven had a chance to see Emmy winning actor Ed Asner playing President Franklin Roosevelt. And it got him thinking about Roosevelt, his era and politics today.
Commentator and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven has been thinking about the recent Supreme Court decision that will allow unlimited amounts of corporate money to influence our elections.
The news that historian Howard Zinn had suffered a heart attack and died, came as a surprise to commentator Jay Craven – who remembers his former teacher and friend’s dynamic activism.
As a filmmaker and Marlboro College professor, commentator Jay Craven is usually pretty busy, but he was glad to find time over the holidays to spend with his sons – and to reflect on the complex worlds young men inhabit.
Commentator Jay Craven thinks that a much discussed event taking place this weekend in Lake Placid may actually be more about the present – and the future – than the past.