 Rives. Welcome back to Part II of our conversation with Rives--poet, storyteller, author, speaker, event host, paper engineer, night owl activist, and since 2013 has been curator of the Museum of Four O'Clock in the Morning. He is a frequent speaker at the TED conference (in fact he is one of a rare few presenters who have six talks on TED.com) and he has been a regular host of TEDActive and TEDYouth. Rives appeared on Seasons 3–6 of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and was a member of Team Hollywood, which won the 2004 National Poetry Slam. As a poet, Rives' way with words has been called a “demonstration of what the English language is capable of.” He is known for humorously layered and heartwarming pieces such as “Kite” and “Mockingbird," as well as for his use of multimedia in his performances, seamlessly intertwining images, video, and often the audience members themselves with his poems. Rives has written and paper engineered several pop-up books for children and adults. Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. Early in his career, Rives worked at Intervisual Books, under the leadership of Waldo Hunt. Two pop-up books, with paper engineering by Rives--The Consummate Cigar Book and If I Were A Polar Bear--were finalists for the Movable Book Society Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineering. On today's episode, Rives talks about his latest pop-up book, Last Book Ever, which we can't wait to hold in our hot little hands. Recently, with our Cathleen, Rives began hosting Nighthawks Hangouts, invitation-only online gatherings for night owls, nighthawks, dawn-treaders, night shifters, midnight ramblers, lifelong and situational insomniacs, apprentice vampires, and those who are more likely to stay up until than to wake up at dawn, and who often find themselves awake when much of the rest of the world is asleep. Rives' website: ShopliftWindchimes.com The Museum of Four in the Morning website: fourinthemorning.com The Museum of Four in the Morning on Twitter: @mofitm The Museum of Four in the Morning on Instagram: @mofitm Nighthawks Hangout on Twitter: @nighthawkshang Nighthawks Hangout on Instagram: @nighthawkshang Rives on TED.com Listen to Part I of our conversation with Rives HERE. Rives' new pop-up book, Last Book EverLAST BOOK EVER from Rives on Vimeo. To see the full book, click HERE.
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Kaitlyn Barrett and Cathleen Falsani are co-hosts of the Artist Care and Feeding Podcast.
ACAF Twitter: @ArtistCareNFeed ACAF Insta: @ArtistCareFeed Kaitlyn Insta: @kaitlynfaebarrett Kaitlyn LinkedIn: Kaitlyn Barrett Cathleen Twitter: @godgrrl Cathleen Insta: @godgrrl Cathleen LinkTree: @GodGrrl Cathleen Latest: Look for the Light Mark Insta:@markrivet |
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 Rives. | RIVES is a poet, storyteller, author, speaker, event host, paper engineer, night owl activist, and since 2013 has been curator of the Museum of Four O'Clock in the Morning. He is a frequent speaker at the TED conference (in fact he is one of a rare few presenters who have six talks on TED.com) and he has been a regular host of TEDActive and TEDYouth. Rives appeared on Seasons 3–6 of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and was a member of Team Hollywood, which won the 2004 National Poetry Slam. He also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a “roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture.” Rives also appeared as the “first 2.0 poet” in a series of ads for telecom company Orange S.A., and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and appeared on NPR's All Things Considered. As a poet, Rives' way with words has been called a “demonstration of what the English language is capable of.” He is known for humorously layered and heartwarming pieces such as “Kite” and “Mockingbird," as well as for his use of multimedia in his performances, seamlessly intertwining images, video, and often the audience members themselves with his poems. Rives has written and paper engineered several pop-up books for children and adults. Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. Early in his career, Rives worked at Intervisual Books, under the leadership of Waldo Hunt. Two pop-up books, with paper engineering by Rives--The Consummate Cigar Book and If I Were A Polar Bear--were finalists for the Movable Book Society Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineering. Recently, with our Cathleen, Rives began hosting Nighthawks Hangouts, invitation-only online gatherings for night owls, nighthawks, dawn-treaders, night shifters, midnight ramblers, lifelong and situational insomniacs, apprentice vampires, and those who are more likely to stay up until than to wake up at dawn, and who often find themselves awake when much of the rest of the world is asleep. Rives' website: ShopliftWindchimes.com The Museum of Four in the Morning website: fourinthemorning.com The Museum of Four in the Morning on Twitter: @mofitm The Museum of Four in the Morning on Instagram: @mofitm Nighthawks Hangout on Twitter: @nighthawkshang Nighthawks Hangout on Instagram: @nighthawkshang Rives on TED.com |
| Kaitlyn Barrett (L) and Cathleen Falsani (R).  Ben Davis.  Mark Rivet and friend. | Kaitlyn Barrett and Cathleen Falsani are co-hosts of the Artist Care and Feeding Podcast. Our special minisode guest Ben Davis is a singer/actor originally from Indianapolis. He has lived in New York City for the last 19 years. Ben enjoys an international concert career and has been seen on TV and in films around the world. Ben's father, Howard, passed away in 2014 after a battle with esophageal cancer. Every year since on his birthday, today, February 4 (which is also World Cancer Day), Ben has held a #PizzaForHoward #PizzaForHowie fundraiser—eat pizza; take a picture; post it on socials and tag dear Howie (who loved pizza); and donate $1 to the American Cancer Society. We'd be grateful, if you are able, to join us in remembering a remarkable man and helping those at the forefront of the battle to eradicate cancer. CLICK HERE to donate. Instagram: @thisBenDavis Twitter: @BJDavis Website: Benjamin Jay Davis Soundcloud: BJ Davis Kaitlyn Insta: @kaitlynfaebarrett Kaitlyn LinkedIn: Kaitlyn Barrett Cathleen Twitter: @godgrrl Cathleen Insta: @godgrrl Cathleen's LinkTree: @GodGrrl Cathleen's Latest: Look for the Light Mark's Insta:@markrivet Mark's Twitter:@rivetmark Instagram: @thisBenDavis Twitter: @BJDavis Website: Benjamin Jay Davis Soundcloud: BJ Davis ACAF Twitter: @ArtistCareNFeed ACAF Insta: @ArtistCareFeed |
 Cherie B. Tay | Cherie B Tay (she/they) is a queer, BIPOC, gender non-conforming voice actor and multimedia creative artist. Cherie's working voice over genres include animation, commercial, e-learning, IVR, narration, podcasts, and trailers. In addition to being a voiceover artist, they are also a Broadway stage manager, professional photographer, videographer, and ukulele teacher. Broadway and tour credits include: Hadestown, Amélie, Gettin' The Band Back Together, War Horse, In the Heights. Cherie's photography work has been featured in The New York Times, Vulture, Time Out, Forbes, and numerous other publications. Cherie's TikTok: @cherieb.tay Cherie's Insta: @cheriebtay Cherie's Twitter: @CheriBTay Cherie's Website: cheriebtay.com Cherie's YouTube channel: CherieBTay Tip the Artist |
| Cherie's Ukulele'ing | Cherie's videography |
Cherie's Puppetry
 Cherie's first puppet, Muriel. |  Muriel delighting the ACAF crew. |
 JJ: "You're doin' great!" |  JJ, who started life as a Christmas stocking. |
 "We're at places." Mx. Green: stage manager as puppet. |  Octy the Octopus, Enneagram 4. |
| Cherie making impossibly tiny origami | Cherie making impossibly even tinier origami |
From left to right: Kaitlyn Barrett, Cathleen Falsani, and Kelley Weber.
Kaitlyn Barrett and Cathleen Falsani are co-hosts of the Artist Care and Feeding Podcast. Our special minisode guest Kelley Weber is an award-winning actor, teacher, spiritual director, and knitter.
Kaitlyn Insta: @kaitlynfaebarrett Kaitlyn LinkedIn: Kaitlyn Barrett Cathleen Twitter: @godgrrl Cathleen Insta: @godgrrl Cathleen's LinkTree: @GodGrrl Cathleen's Latest: Look for the Light Mark's Insta:@markrivet Mark's Twitter:@rivetmark Kelley's Insta: @kells_shwell and @a_spiral_space Kelley's website: www.aspiral.space Kelley's Substack: A Spiral Space ACAF Twitter: @ArtistCareNFeed ACAF Insta: @ArtistCareFeed |
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ACAF producer, Mark Rivet.
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 Leah Lax. Photo courtesy of the artist.  From The Mikvah Project | Leah Lax is: A word person. A people person. One of those creative sorts who has to try to walk around as an ostensibly rational person. (The pandemic has eased that problem.) A secret cellist. And a collaborator, perhaps because she thinks in terms of music she isn’t very good at making herself. Leah is also a refugee from extreme religion, who has seven grown kids. Leah’s memoir Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home is the only gay memoir ever to come out of the Hasidic world. It was on many “best of” lists, Susan Stamberg read it on NPR, and it is soon to be an opera by Grammy-nominated American composer Lori Laitman. Leah’s next book project is Not From Here, about how she rediscovered America through stories told her by immigrants and refugees, and why that matters. Leah has written four major projects based on interviews with interesting people: a touring photo exhibit, a large scale opera (Houston Grand Opera), a spoken word performance piece (the Houston Symphony), and her forthcoming book. Twitter: @LeahLax Facebook: LeahLaxAuthor Leah's Website: LeahLaxAuthor.com Leah's Amazon Author Page: Leah Lax Tip the Artist |
Kaitlyn Barrett (L) and Cathleen Falsani (R).
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Kaitlyn Barrett and Cathleen Falsani are co-hosts of the Artist Care and Feeding Podcast. Mark Rivet is ACAF's producer.
ACAF Twitter: @ArtistCareNFeed ACAF Insta: @ArtistCareFeed Kaitlyn Insta: @kaitlynfaebarrett Kaitlyn LinkedIn: Kaitlyn Barrett Cathleen Twitter: @godgrrl Cathleen Insta: @godgrrl Cathleen's LinkTree: @GodGrrl Cathleen's Latest: Look for the Light Mark's Insta: @MarkRivet Mark's Twitter: @RivetMark |
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The Vogue cover that appeared on newsstands (R); and the cover the Harris team said it believed would run (L). Vogue has since announced it will run a "limited edition" of copies of the famed fashion magazine with the blue pantsuit cover. Click to read the latest update.
Gaelynn Lea.
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Gaelynn Lea is an American folk singer, violinist, public speaker, and disability activist from Duluth, Minnesota. In 2016, she won NPR's influential Tiny Desk Contest when her song and performance for "Someday We'll Linger in the Sun" was selected more than 6,000 other submissions. Since then, with her husband, Paul, who is her tour manager, Gaelynn has been on the road practically nonstop, performing in 45 states and nine countries, before the COVID-19 pandemic made concerts and live performances all but impossible. Gaelynn has performed at numerous festivals including SXSW, the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Canada, and the Reykjavik Arts Festival in Iceland. She also has opened for and collaborated with bands including Wilco, The Decemberists, LOW, The Jay Hawks, and the industrial rock supergroup Pigface. On Sundays, she performs live on her YouTube channel where she is joined by a variety of musical guests, most recently Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.
In addition to performing and recording, Gaelynn, who has brittle bone disease, also does speaking engagements about Disability Rights, finding inner freedom, and accessibility in the arts. She uses her music as a platform to advocate for people with disabilities and to promote positive social change. So far she's been able to share her perspective on PBS NewsHour, The Moth Radio Hour, The Science of Happiness Podcast, and through two popular TEDx Talks. Gaelynn's website: Violin Scratches Gaelynn's Patreon: GaelynnLea Gaelynn's Bandcamp: GaelynnLea Gaelynn's YouTube Channel: GaelynnLea Twitter: @GaelynnLea Gaelynn's Newsletter: SUBSCRIBE Tip the Artist
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