Hi everyone, When I saw last year that Elvis Costello was on a book tour in support his new memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing I...

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Mini feels mini on this sparkly night.... (Illustration Friday: April 1, 2016)

When The Mother Kitty speaks, everybody listens. (Illustration Friday: March 25, 2016)

Long before she came to live with us, The Mother Kitty had a pet. (Illustration Friday: March 11, 2016)

Gordon didn't worry about much when he was a kid. (Illustration Friday: March 4, 2015)

Some people think that The Kitties live together at my parents' house. The truth is that only four have lived there (and not all at the ...

Tyrone has an apartment in my parents' basement. He has everything he needs down there. Where's the Kitty? (Illustration Fri...

On really cold days, The Mother Kitty knows what to do. (Illustration Friday: February 12, 2016)

When I was growing up, PBS's Mystery!  opened their shows with title sequences by artist Edward Gorey . I don't remember the mysteri...

Hi everyone, As 2015 rolled on, I found plenty of live music to entertain me around town. Here's the rundown. Roy Ayers, Vibes, Blue...

Hi everyone, Jason Moran Last March, the Kennedy Center celebrated Thelonious Monk with two events, a listening party and an hom...

Savion Glover's STePz, Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland (February 6, 2015) On the STePz... ©  Andrea Mohin/New York Times Savion Glov...

Hi everyone, I saw some wonderful shows last year, which I meant to recap in December, but life got in the way. Better late than never and...