Tyko Kihlstedt

I'm really not one for reunion partying, especially as I have not kept up or re-made friendships over the ensuing years; I suspect that I might wander about a bit like a fish out of water, being a first-timer to the reunion. However, that bug of curiosity has me thinking about driving in from NYC on Friday the 19th. and meeting and catching-up with a few folks at the cocktail party before the dinner; then drive back to the city and take my good wife out for a late dinner there.

So, if you all who are planning this event are will allow me this "quickie" and not be offended, I would love to attend. I would even be wiling to come a bit earlier if some setting-up help is needed.

So here is a very brief catch-up on me that you may post if you wish, and do let me know if I won't put too many noses out of joint if I don't attend the main events---->

From Dartmouth to U. Penn for an MA (Art History) to University of Cincinnati (my first teaching position) to Northwestern for my PhD (still Art History, but specializing in the history of architecture). Back to Cincinnati for a few more years and then accepted a position at Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA), from which I retired two years ago. I now am an artist (or an aspiring one) and have had several photographic shows, and am also an oil painter.

Have been married for 41 years and wife Andrea and I still live in Lancaster, PA, but also have a small pied-a-terre in Chelsea in Manhattan. By next year we will own a condo in Mott Haven (South Bronx) and probably will move there permanently--if I can ever find painting studio space that I can afford there.

We have 2 daughters:
Rya is (was) an actress but is now chiefly a mom; lives in LA with her husband, Gil Bellows (also an actor). Rya did a quite a few TV series, such as BBC's The Buccaneers (Edith Wharton), or the Civil War series on one of our networks, North and South. She also was the "bad gal" in Home Alone III. Gil was in things like Ally McBeal (Billy), and Shawshank Redemption, and still is in the business as actor, writer and producer.

Carla is a musician and plays and travels constantly from her home in Oakland, CA. She plays the violin and sings. Among her groups are:
Tin Hat (acoustic jazz; first known as Tin Hat Trio); 2 Foot Yard (art song, in which she sings and plays violin at the same time with a cellist and percussionist); and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (prog rock band out of Oakland). She performs in many other venues as well, but these are her continuing commitments.

So there you have it. Below is a picture, the only one I can find, of me in my painting studio. Feel free to pass it on to whomever is doing the blog entries. Hope to see you in September.