8/31/14
“How long have pilgrims been traveling around Kailash, the holy mountain which serves as the religious center of the universe for billions of people? The answer is lost in antiquity, before the dawn of Hinduism, Jainism or Buddhism.
From Jersey Shore to the short-lived All American Muslim to the much glitzier Shahs of Sunset, there seems to be no ethnic community left untouched by the national carny show known as “Reality TV.”
Always dissed or ignored by the mass media—and thus hungry for more attention--the multi-ethnic enclave of organized labor might have been our last hold-out against letting it all hang-out in this shamelessly exhibitionist genre.
But that modest stance is about to change, quite possibly for the worse, on union turf that’s very familiar.
My friend Deborah Strod, a photographer and writer, has her first one-woman show at the Pierce Gallery, at the Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420. I hadn’t seen Deborah for years so I welcomed the chance to view what turned out to be highly impressive photographs.
