The Wolfman Cometh

Monroe Center’s very own Wolfgang Schalk, presently giging in California will be hitting New York in April. Wolf is an innovative and outstanding Jazz guitar virtuoso, whose original compositions have shades of the old masters, especially George Benson.  Each composition though, has that distinctive cutting Wolf bite.
Not many people are aware of this but Wolf […]

A Song For Woody

He who was once terrified of leaving Manhattan,  now he makes films in England. Here is a tribute to filmmaker and jazz man  Woody Allen.
“The curtain rises on a vast primitive wasteland, not unlike certain parts of New Jersey.”

Hey, Mr.Allen, Monroe Center is in New Jersey. Yes, he says things like that. Allen Stewart Knoigsberg. He put a […]

Events for the Whole Self

Imagine spending a day meeting artists in their studios, talking with them about their work. The smell of turpentine and oil, the cans of paint, the works in progress all there for you to experience. It can be sort of transcendental. People who create have these secrets that they keep in their studios. Little indications […]