October 27, 2016

Gaetano Pesce

Curatorial Malfeasance at MOCA: Gaetano Pesce’s Pacific Design Center Exhibition

  [alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong voices.[/alert] International art luminary Gaetano Pesce’s visually provocative Gelati Misti exhibition demonstrates his ability to confront conventions and traverse boundaries. He could be described as artist, architect and designer with considerable achievements in all three areas. His resin chair …

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Underdone: A Nature Comic

Bat Week

Even though we barely ever see them, bats come in all shapes and sizes. Most of them eat tons of insects every night, pollinate flowers around the world and spread seeds (by pooping them out) to help new plants grow. Bat Appreciation Week comes every year in the last week of October. Below are some …

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Cruisin' with BODYTRAFFIC

[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] This week’s dance events include final shows of two prior picks, South Asian protégés in Northridge, a contemporary company in Pasadena, a dance legend’s one woman show in Beverly Hills, an award winner from Seattle at DTLA, and busy …

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Nathan Lane Knocks It Outta the Park in The Front Page

  [alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] If you think of the new revival of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s The Front Page as an all-star baseball game, then Nathan Lane is the closing relief pitcher, hurling perfect comic strikes with every throw. He …

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Autism Spectrum Walks Into a Classroom: Toward a Method of Understanding

Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) certification and the study of autism is a worthwhile pursuit for current and former educators. Considering how common autism still is, as well as the general understaffed state of special education classrooms, ABA certification is definitely a worthwhile credential to add to one’s teaching portfolio. However, considering how few teachers working …

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Diane Lane Stars in a Hot Cherry Mess

[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] The new production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard (1904) is pretty to look at and listen to. Scott Pask’s spare, evocative set, Michael Krass’s elegant costumes, and Donald Holder’s poetic lighting convey a delicate, ghostly world, while Nico …

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