Are You With Me Now? A.J. Ryder I know this TGIF is late, but I've been waiting 53 years for the Knicks to win a championship so my timing is not so bad. In 1973, I was 22 years old, but my Knicks obsession started long before that. All of that is to say that this week I found myself in Edison, New Jersey—the hometown of Karl-Anthony Towns (KAT). So when a group from BPL, including Mychal, Charlie, Anthonette, Andrew, Brian, and Thalia, met at the Eastern Atlantic States Regi

Are You With Me Now? A.J. Ryder “If I could say it, I wouldn’t have to dance it.” — Isadora Duncan This week, Larry Robertson’s book Great Question was published. A few months ago, Joe Youcha told me that Larry wanted to interview me for the book. I agreed, and when I read what he wrote, I was amazed. He not only captured our conversation but also somehow nailed my personality. The book features interviews with people from a wide range of occupations about the questions they

Are You With Me Now? A.J. Ryder Remembering Sonny Thinking about our students I never stop being in awe of the scholarships and awards that come out of The Met’s Entrepreneurial Center. This year, Met students won both first and second place at the Transform Rhode Island Scholarship (TRIS) awards. First place: Rio Vierra Spears, a 10th grader, received a $25,000 scholarship and an additional $1 million investment to bring his idea to life: connecting teens with senior centers