When did we start celebrating Valentine’s Day? Well I suppose you could say it began with a poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer, who wrote a poem that cemented a pre-existing general belief, at least in medieval England, that February 14 was the day when birds chose their mates. Chaucer, 1343 – 25 October 1400, is known as the Father of…

   The making of a rainbow will light the walls of the Margaret Hudson Gallery with the art of Fred L. Williams this February and March. Fred, a multi-faceted artist, who paints canvases as well as fabric, walls and murals, is also a talented interior designer whose work has graced he homes of many Hollywood celebrities.

   Interested in art since early childhood, Fred became the first African-American to be accepted into the Corcoran School of Art in the 1970’s. He…

I turned down the light

So you can’t see the look in my eyes.

I do not want to share this moment

with you.

Devoid of words,

naked without magic.

Where did it…

Rebel cause:  unknown.

Leather and jean jackets in hand.

I watch the clouds of machine made fog

circle our feet .

Darkness falls across his eyes,

in the wisp of his hair, and over his cheek.

We are young and there isn’t any time

for mercy

or, for  forever.

We are innocent savages.

He walks these halls oblivious to the noise.

The songs play loud,

electronic, and never end.

He wakes up 20 years…