• by Ben Bartenstein · ST. PAUL, Minn   When Ken Mahler grew up in the 1960s, big band, jazz, and ragtime were giving way to a new age of American rock and roll with electric guitars, double basses and drums. But Mahler, 59, found inspiration in a figure of his parent’s generation: the television impresario […]

  • Today, an old friend, I haven’t seen in 25 years stopped by the store. I almost didn’t recognize him. You see, he was one of my very first students. When I asked where he had been all these years, he said “got married, raised a family, built a career, helped parents transition to better living. […]