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How I Became a Production Coordinator for REM’s Latest Tour (read the article)

nataliedrillings_150I work as a touring production coordinator for large-scale concerts. When I started out, I had no idea where I was heading in my career. I literally just walked down my own path. Ideas, actions, and big leaps of faith led me to the success I have today. 

My father used to take me to concerts in New York City when I was a kid. His friend was a concert producer so we would watch the show from the sidelines and hang out backstage. (read more)

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Eve Ensler Finds Freedom in Vulnerability in Her Book “Insecure at Last”

eveensler_180Playwright, performer, and activist, Eve Ensler, best known as the award-winning author of  “The Vagina Monologues,” recently published her first book, “Insecure at Last: Losing It in A Security Obsessed World.” Having survived physical and sexual abuse at the hands of…

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Joan Blades Helps Mothers Find Their Voice at MomsRising.org

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Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, recently founded www.MomsRising.org with the goal of  “…mobilizing mothers and all who have mothers across America as a cohesive force for change.” In just under one year, MomsRising has grown to a membership of 120,000…

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Julia Alvarez Writes About Two Women and Salvation in “Saving the World”

alvarezsaving150_166photo © Bill Eichner In her new novel, "Saving the World," just out in paperback, Julia Alvarez weaves a fictionalized tale of the real 19th-century orphanage director who joined a Spanish expedition to save the world from smallpox with a modern-day novelist and…

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Julie Ardery Spreads Flower Power Around the World

julieardery_150Throughout human history, flowers have not only inspired and comforted us; they have also symbolized the strength inherent in gentle acts of kindness. Julie Ardery recently started The Human Flower Project, an international newsgroup, photo album, and discussion…

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