Ron Ehmke is a writer, performer and teacher who was born in the deep south but has somehow lived in the Buffalo area for most of his adult life. Over the last 20 years he has also curated the Performance program at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, written a column about shopping malls for a media arts publication, and co-produced 100 episodes of "Snap Judgements," a cable access series created in collaboration with Richard Wicka. His latest ongoing project is "Suburban Samizdat," a semi-public/semi-private performance and video series staged in the basement of his home.