They have a lot in common. Judith Sloan (above) is an actress, audio artist, writer, radio producer, educator and poet whose work combines humor, pathos and a love of the absurd. Warren Lehrer is a writer and designer who reunites storytelling with the printed word. This married couple from Sunnyside cofounded EarSay, an arts organization that documents and portrays the lives of the uncelebrated. Their book Crossing the BLVD is part of a multimedia project that began with storytelling workshops in libraries, community centers and schools throughout Queens, and includes public radio documentaries, a traveling exhibition of photographs and sound stations, a performance and an interactive website. This Friday, Sloan will perform excerpts from her work-in-progress Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, which mixes theatre, radio and poetry, at the Queens Council on the Arts as part of its 3rd Space program. During the same event, Lehrer will offer a performance/reading of A Life In Books: The… Read More
