Linda J. Albertano is a performance artist who’s represented on more than a dozen spoken-word albums including her solo CD, Skin. Since 1980, she’s unleashed her vocabulary at countless language meccas in Europe as well as America including the John Anson Ford Theater, Lollapalooza and South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. She was among those …
As time goes by… Places seem to be ordinarily stable with their setting, occupants, users and activities … and then, for various reasons over time, are modified, abandoned, torn down, replaced, or transformed to accommodate old or new occupants’ needs and activities … As time goes by! The present post, an interlude, intends to be …
The fall Broadway season is in full swing with a trio of star-studded revivals of small-cast plays, each failing their author’s intent by varying degrees. Sam Shepherd’s Fool for Love, Harold Pinter’s Old Times, and D.L. Coburn’s The Gin Game present dark visions of human connections and the clash of memory and personality, but only …
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Attorney Ruth Cusick tells us about Magdalena Aguirre, an immigrant from El Salvador, who transcended her role as childhood caretaker to become a close friend and inspiration for Ruth’s career as a social justice advocate. An irreverent and vibrant storyteller, Magdalena never showed fear or hinted at the hardship she endured escaping Civil War in her native country. …
Leaving aside the material ills of big businesses, the desired undialectical unity of most corporations is problematic. Hence, corporate social responsibility is established as a separate entity lest it undermine the autonomy of the profit logic. What we see in such apparently paradoxical offerings as benefit corporations, which have recently arrived in Australia, is an …
Carrie The Musical is an invigorating revival of a show that succeeds because of its newfound intimacy. Staged in an immersive environment by Brady Schwind – the fabulously rococo Los Angeles Theatre has been transformed into a high school stage within a stage – Carrie brings the audience into the action with a mix of …
I like to inspire laughs when I talk about design. They not only confirm that my listeners are listening to what I am saying, but that they are also getting what I am saying. And that’s especially gratifying because my usual subject, industrial design — that is, the design of useable, though not always useful, …
You have overcome two of the biggest hurdles in independent documentary production: procuring distribution and raising funds. Congratulations! Now you need to attract viewers who will identify with your film’s topic. They need only to be made aware of your film and where to see it. However, if you’re just thinking about promotion now, you …
A few weeks ago, I had never heard of Frantz Fanon. To be honest, even as I type this, I probably couldn’t tell you much more about him. However, I was invited by a client of mine to attend a panel discussion, “Frantz Fanon’s Humanist Legacy,” at the Palms-Rancho Library in Los Angeles this afternoon (October 10, …
Watching the really fine revival of a modern classic is a little like biting into a familiar sandwich that suddenly tastes infinitely better, just because its commonplace ingredients are so fresh, so special, so balanced and well seasoned that they come alive. Seemingly as never before. This is a bit of a far-fetched analogy, but …
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