CLASS NOTES • 27
Marginal Man during a show at The Rat in the late ’80s (from “First Edit,” a photography exhibit by JJ Gonson ’85).
From the series “In Wildness is the Preservation of the World,” by Daniel Wells ’90.
Scott Samenfeld, and by playing with fellow students Charlie McGandy ’83, Rob Garner ’83 and others. CSW was progressive in the arts even back then, and I was able to build a base in jazz theory that was advanced for high school. I’ve recently completed a CD of original compositions, instrumental jazz with many influences: Latin, Funk, Blues. It was at CSW between 1980 and 1983 that I became a musician. I hope you’ll have a listen. Those who have been touched by CSW understand how special a place it is. I hope the many wonderful people I was privileged to know have found their place in the world, where they experience as much happiness as they can handle. Amos Glick ’85 writes: In November of 2017 I returned from Bucharest, Romania where I was on the team that staged the new show for the Metropolitan Circus of Bucharest. I also co-created the clown acts. JJ Gonson ’85 writes: My photography exhibit: “First Edit,” Boston During the Heyday of Grunge, was featured at The Diesel
Café in Somerville in March 2018. The photos are part of a larger collection I took during the ’80s and ’90s while I followed the punk, metal, and alternative music scene of Boston. My photos sum up the music of the time when the grunge movement emerged. A second show was at Springdale in Framingham during May and June.
Erik L. Rosengren ’86 writes: Hallelujah for changing times! I just married Pierpaolo Pericone, the kindest, funniest, big hearted guy in the world. When we met, I asked him, “Where have you been for 48 years?”and he replied “In Italy, waiting for you!” We married here
in Italy and his family threw us an Italian wedding banquet right out of the movies. One foot in the door, his elderly aunt informed me that I had married her favorite: “a nobleman in heart and soul,” then warned me (finger pointing at my face) that if I didn’t love him well for the rest of our lives, that she’ll basically have me knocked off. So in addition to greying hair and arthritis (turns out that 50 is bringing many new gifts), new husband, big Italian family, new country, new language (and Italian classes!), and the beginning of a completely new season. I feel like I won life’s cosmic lottery. Katherine A. Kavanagh-Hickman ’88 writes: I owe so much of who I am as an artist and a teacher to The
Cambridge School of Weston and specifically to Holly Hickler and Robin Wood who were my heroes and my champions.
1990s Daniel Wells ’90 writes: I showed my work “In Wildness is the Preservation of the World images From the Pacific Crest Trail and the American West” at a small artist’s reception in December 2017 in Lincoln, MA. Nicholas Zinner ’91 recently performed with the band Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs at The Governors Ball, June 1–3, 2018 on Randall’s Island Park, New York City. The Governor’s Ball is an annual music festival featuring different styles and genres of music.