www.ahnatesslerphotography.com I’m a mother who was living in New York City for the past 23 years. Now I’m a Jersey Girl! My first experience as a photographer began on the other side of the camera when my father would take photos of my sisters and me.  Although he is...

Alison Miller is a native of Leonia, New Jersey. Ali has been an artist for most of her life. She is a producer, dancer, singer, actress, choreographer, writer and yogi! Ali inspires health and wellness throughout Bergen County and NYC. She offers yoga, aqua aerobics, and fitness classes to all...

Rabbi of Congregation Adas Emuno in Leonia Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Publication Society in Philadelphia Author of seven books for adults, teens and children Author page:  amazon.com/Barry-L.-Schwartz  

Doris Friedensohn writes about ethnic foodways, innovative teaching, world travel and multicultural encounters in Metro NY/NJ. A retired Professor of Women’s Studies, she has co-curated several traveling exhibits on women’s lives, most notably “Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women” with Barbara Rubin. She and her late husband, the...

 Elias Diakolios holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University where he served as Poetry Editor for Columbia Journal 59 and taught an introductory poetry course as part of a fellowship. His interests in poetry include French Symbolism, Modernism, English Enlightenment, and outsider art (especially that which is rooted in...

I am sometimes electrified to write, mainly by events, external or internal, many in Brooklyn, some 60 years ago, others at the very present moment. Much has been codified in a book of poetry published by Linear Arts, called Carmina Gaiana; much also in a book of stories from Linear...

Kathleen Clark’s plays, Southern Comforts and Secrets of a Soccer Mom, were produced off-Broadway and are presented widely throughout the US and Canada. Prior to the New York production at Primary Stages, Southern Comforts was produced at the Coconut Grove Playhouse with Hal Holbrook and Dixie Carter.  Her new play, The Seeing Place, will have readings...

The New York Times described flutist Lisa Hansen as “irresistibly lyrical” and praised her “considerable coloristic variety.” She is a graduate of The Juilliard School and a winner of the New York Flute Club Competition. Ms. Hansen was featured in the Emmy award winning CBS documentary: “Juilliard & Beyond –...

Trained as a dancer and actor but shifted to writing in the 1990’s. Have produced numerous shorts,  two documentaries, and two features films. Currently working on a time travel romcom screenplay. Grew up in Bergen county, went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC. An active board member...

I am a failed artist Enjoying every bit of it Delighted to live in my home town of Leonia NJ As a kid I studied oil painting with Charles Chapman Jewelry with Charles Cole Love this town MarciaSandmeyerWilsonArt.com