Brandon Jordan Brown was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in the South. He moved to California to pursue his MA in theology and currently lives in Los Angeles. Brandon is a 2014 PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow, and his work has been published or is forthcoming in The Bakery, Day One, decomP, Winter Tangerine and The Rufous City Review. …
Professor Leon Katz is America’s greatest dramaturg. His revelatory and comprehensive understanding of theatre has inspired thousands of theatre artists, and now, for the first time, he has made his lectures available to everyone. In these 44 one-hour lectures, Professor Katz shares the origins of western drama from Aeschylus to the Theatre of the Absurd, …
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The city of Los Angeles conjures up a lot of images for folks, and I’d imagine that, for most people, none of those pictures are connected to the literary arts. Los Angeles is able to boast being home to some of the wealthiest entertainers in the nation world while holding the title “homeless capital of …
Preliminary considerations The intersection referred to in the title is of streets crossing in urban context. The denser that context the more visible the intersection will be when approached, as shown on the feature image. Given the different building alignments, setback, style, functions, etc., the building masses orient one to the intersection at roof line …
[UPDATE: 3/9/17] I recently received word that my petition to be recognized as an Alien of Extraordinary Ability has been granted!! Q: Does this mean I have a green card? A: No, not yet. This means that I have been given permission to apply for a green card as a self-employed artist/writer. Getting to this …
Alien of Extraordinary Ability: Help Neil Aitken Get His Green Card Read More »
Legendary Cartoonist and Indie Filmmaker Picks His Faves I’ve been on the road hosting screenings of my current feature film, Cheatin’ – shaking hands, answering questions and always being amazed and honored by the support given by the fans that I meet. At the same time, I’ve been trying to do as much as possible to get my …
Bill Plympton’s Top 6 Animated Films of All Time Read More »
On May 1, the new Whitney Museum of American Art opened its doors to the public, making a profound statement not so much about its architecture, which is exceptional, nor about the state and role of art museums in our contemporary society, but emphatically that “American art matters!” Since the beginning of the 20th century, the …
The New Whitney: From Bohemian Neighborhood Museum to Global Art Icon Read More »
Sometimes, point of view is everything. It can determine how much we see, how much we understand and how much we believe to be true. It often shapes our entire experience. And film is particularly powerful as a medium for shaping perception. It can be masterful in disguising the truth of a moment simply by …
Ah, families. We love’em, we hate’em, they give us joy, they give us pain. And there are no real options. Put up with them we must, good, bad or indifferent. But there’s one Immediate Family now on the Mark Taper stage at the Music Center that is bursting with exuberance, guaranteed to give you plenty …
The 2014-15 Broadway season has come to an end with a flurry of new musicals which opened just before the cut-off date for Tony Award eligibility. They all know what they want. Doctor Zhivago wants to be Les Miz and The Visit wants to be a Brecht-Weill punch to the gut. Finding Neverland just wants …
Chita Rivera Stuns; Zhivago and Neverland Are Duds Read More »
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