I worked three different formal volunteer situations today. In the morning I was a chaperone for the third grade field trip.  In the afternoon I helped set up for the Scholastic Book Fair at my kid’s school.  In the evening I worked the silent auction part of a fundraising dinner for a childhood disease organization. [...]

People can’t usually tell my religion by looking at me.  I don’t wear a hijab, the Muslim head scarf or a wig like certain Jewish women.  But, I identify with these women and feel  self-conscious discomfort on the one day a year I wear a big sign on my forehead that says “I’m Catholic.” I [...]

I spent so much time with clowns and art this week that when the younger single people sitting at the table in the diner after the late night Clown Lab after Downtown Clown Revue  started talking about putting their tapes together to apply for the upcoming Cirque du Soleil auditions I thought I was one [...]

  In the tunnel underneath 14th street I pass a man offering his wares;                                                                         A New York Times      [...]

ClownLab show- Feb 13, 14 (NY) Jef Johnson is a principal clown in the international touring company of Slava’s Snowshow. As Clown, he has also toured with Cirque du Soleil. Jef has more than 20 years of experience working in a wide range of physical styles. His approach is rooted in subjective expression, physical expression of [...]