H. J. Scheiber, PhD

My blogs

About me

Gender Male
Location Glen Ridge, NJ
Introduction I am a long-time communication consultant, staff development and training specialist, and (former) organizational learning officer. I have also been a university professor of English and English department chair.
Interests Food, wine, dance, film, art, museum exhibits, theater, novels, the short story & poetry!
Favorite Movies Streetcar Named Desire, They Died with Their Boots On, Casablanca, Dark Passage, Jules et Jim, Tom Jones, Oklahoma, Hamlet (Richard Burton version), The Bicycle Thief, Rocco and His Brothers, Grand Illusion, Catch-22, La Strada ...
Favorite Music Respighi, Berlioz, Barber, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett, Holly Cole, Blossom Dearie ... among numerous other jazz and classical composers and interpreters (including Steve Elmer and his trio).
Favorite Books Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry); The Waves, Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf); Stoner (John Williams); recent - The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver); fiction by the French-Belgian writer, Jean-Philippe Toussaint; About Schmidt (Louis Begley) ... and mystery novels by James Crumley and Jo Nesbo.

My blog-inspired question: Where can I eat great food for less $$$ and attend a concert, cultural event, ballet, or visit a museum - well, for less, too? All on a shoestring!