Sofia I was hustling about Sofia in my first full day. We started with a briefing from CEGA, Creating Effective Grassroots Alternatives, where my associate, Liuba Batembergska, and Emil Metodiev, who was directing the professional fellows program for Bulgaria, was also a key staff member. The organization has been around a while and works closely …
A Simple Letter is a Strange Welcome to Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia New Orleans to Newark, Newark to Munich, Munich to Sofia, and I was there on a gray, chilly, but snowless day dressed dutifully as if for a short hop to the Arctic. Our delegation assembled and jumped on the Metro at the airport station for a trip downtown, but Lyuba Batembergska and I jumped …
Meow Wolf Somewhere Between a Purr and a Growl
Munich In the spirit of Mardi Gras, we’ll walk a different path today as we pass through the Munich, Germany airport and share a behind the scenes impression of something very different called Meow Wolf. The backstory involves several artists who began forming an art collective in 2008 to try something special. They enlisted the …