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DOUG'S CAKES - TASTY TEMPTATIONS FOR YOUR TASTE BUDS

DOUG’S CAKES – TASTY TEMPTATIONS FOR YOUR TASTE BUDS

BY INGRID WEIDMAN | PHOTOS BY WENDY MCCARDLE AND COURTESY OF DOUG REASONER What defines art varies within the eye of the beholder. Some take technique and skill into consideration. Others believe that creativity and beauty is a must. For Doug Reasoner, he believes his work falls into all of...
MUSTAFA LAMAJ - FROM TURMOIL AN ARTIST EMERGES

MUSTAFA LAMAJ – FROM TURMOIL AN ARTIST EMERGES

BY JUSTIN ELSON | PHOTOS COURTESY OF MUSTAFA LAMAJ As East-Coasters, we often view our surroundings through the cynical and sardonic glasses we wear with civic pride. But sometimes it takes an outsider’s eye to remind us of the inherent beauty of the cities, towns and communities we call home....
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JARED COSTA – ART AND LABOR, WORK AND PLAY

BY JACK FIRNENO | PHOTOS COURTESY OF JARED COSTA It’s a funny thing about singers who adopt an everyman persona. By the time an artist like Bruce Springsteen or John Mellencamp puts out their first album, their few – if any – years of trudging through a forty-hour work- week...
MYLES CAVANAUGH - CAPTURING A SIMPLE BEAUTY

MYLES CAVANAUGH – CAPTURING A SIMPLE BEAUTY

By Rochelle Craig | Photos Courtesy of Myles Cavanaugh and Christian Gianelli Myles Cavanaugh has lived in the Bucks County area nearly his entire life, passing the same bucolic farmhouses, fields and bridges on his daily bike rides. And through the years, he’s learned a little bit about inspiration. It...
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE LOCAL KIND - LIGHTS IN AREA SKIES

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE LOCAL KIND – LIGHTS IN AREA SKIES

By R.P. Webster | Photos Courtesy of John Ventre UFO. The now-famous acronym dates back to the early 1950s, when a United States Air Force (USAF) captain, Edward Ruppelt, coined the phrase “Unidentified Flying Object” to describe unexplained sightings in the sky. Also dubbed flying saucers and foo fighters by...
THE CHAIRMAN DANCES: LIT-POP FOR THE MASSES

THE CHAIRMAN DANCES: LIT-POP FOR THE MASSES

By Jack Firneno | Photos Courtesy of Eric Krewson Dear readers, indulge me for a moment: The song Darkest Days from the Chairman Dances’ debut album, Sings Long Lost and a History of Iniquity, presents the listener with an interesting form. It’s written in two parts, the second being a...
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