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Filmmaking in Action
Although I never went to film school, this all-in-one resource for independent filmmakers and students became my capstone project.
Day: November 4, 2015
The Broad Architecturally Speaking | Part Two
The Broad might appear to be an architectural anomaly because it does not conform in appearance to most buildings with which we are familiar, As Elizabeth Diller, lead architect of Diller, Scofido and Renfro, designers of the building, said: “You take the most visible site on Grand Avenue that wants to be about public engagement, …
Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival Has Launched!
It’s here… ScreenDance Diaries and Cultural Weekly’s first international Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival launches today! Please read below: Have you ever walked down a city street and happened upon random and seemingly unplanned movement that is, or looks like dance? It could be accidental, it might be intentional, but whatever it is, it …
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Save the Date! Dec. 13 is Cultural Weekly Live
Isn’t it about time you met your favorite Cultural Weekly writers and hung out with Cultural Weekly readers? Isn’t it about time for Cultural Weekly Live? On Sunday, December 13, from 3:00 pm-9:00 pm, at Osso, one of the best new restaurants in the DTLA Arts District, we will be putting together a program of …
Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate for the Masses
Juan Felipe Herrera was appointed the new Poet Laureate of the United States this past June, and he gave his inaugural reading on September 15th of this year. Herrera is unique in that he brings the English and the Spanish languages, both, to the position, along with elements of storytelling, street theatre, and music. He …
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Scare Tactics: Thérèse Raquin and Humans Frighten for Different Reasons
Two productions from Roundabout Theatre Company explore scary demons just in time for the Halloween season. The big star vehicle, Thérèse Raquin, is full of fake emotion while the Off-Broadway intimate drama, The Humans, is truly terrifying in its portrayal of the bumps and creaks in the night we all hear and fear. The first act …
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Art Takes Control
Call them “switch boxes,” or, as I discovered, “control cabinets” (their real name). I call them Art. These inventive paintings are a source of color and whimsy along our busy streets. I’ve been photographing them since I moved downtown, in May of 2013, because, like much street art, they are ephemeral. I feel compelled to document …
InHouse Theater presents The Weir
Last week, I lucked into a site specific showing of Conor McPherson’s Olivier Award winning play, The Weir, and took my seat at a table in Hutchinson Cocktails and Grill, an Irish bar in West Hollywood, and waited for the play to unfold around me. Yes. I said, “Bar.” InHouse Theater Company uses site specific …
A Baker’s Vanya After Chekhov’s Heart
One of the most impressive things about the production of Uncle Vanya at Antaeus Theatre Company is the script. Not just the Chekhov, but the lively Annie Baker adaptation created from a literal translation by Margarita Shalina. It’s notable on several levels. Baker’s English idiom feels more spontaneous than most translations; it seems to sharpen …
