AboutEnnis grew up in Cincinnati, the sixth of ten children. In his first life he was an actor and singer; embarking on his second, he completed his BA at Empire State College, where he was a Richard Porter Leach Fellow.
Read more“Bath?” exclaimed the bulbous figure behind the glass at Paddington Station. “Why would you want to go to Bath?” There was no mistaking his tone: we were about to embark on a pointless day trip. Suppressing my mounting embarrassment, I pursued his innuendo in an attempt to gauge the extent of our folly. He blew me…
Continue readingIn recent years, Get Martha Stewart has become one of our nation’s favorite pastimes. From the feds to hamstrung kitchenistas, all have lined up for a piece of this nouveau icon and is it really a surprise? The backlash had been building for some time—weary were the legions of housewives and gay men unable to…
Continue readingI want to be alone. Not surprisingly, in Manhattan I crave occasional solitude now as I did growing up a middle child in a midwestern family of twelve; back then my refuge was our backyard where, under an Ohio sky, I’d read in the shade of my mother’s rosebushes or unearth insects from the moist soil. It was the…
Continue readingPierre et Gilles Robert Miller Gallery 524 West 26th Street, Chelsea May 14 through June 28, 2003 Pierre et Gilles are back in town to challenge our provincial attitudes, charm us with their showmanship, and provide an illicit frisson for good measure. Fans will recognize the glossily suffocating kitsch these artists traffic in, though not necessarily from their…
Continue readingLisa Moore, Joe’s Pub My first crush was on a pianist. Mildred Adams was a walking china doll whose pigtail braids draped her shoulders like a shawl. At various elementary school assemblies, sporting her delicate demeanor and rhinestone-studded princess glasses, her piano skills inspired jealousy and awe in her peers. Later in life, I realized that my “crush”…
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