Poet activist, Kelly Grace Thomas runs a monthly workshop series in Los Angeles called the Poetry of Social Justice, where poets of diverse ages and backgrounds come together to raise their voices through writing. Cultural Weekly is proud to premiere these poems by Kelly Grace, her workshop partner, Tresha Haefner-Rubinstein, and four workshop members; Angela M. Franklin, Julayne Elle, …
This week on ScreenDance Diaries I’m excited to be the first to drop a new short film by the incredibly talented director Casey Brooks. Filmed at the beautiful Hotel Plaza Athenee in New York, with its unpronounceable name: ASJDFL;DJS;KJ depicts the lovely and powerful dancer Maria Volpe, currently a soloist with Shen Wei, awaking the morning …
What if I told you that in the near future, millions of us would be looking to an app for healthcare, instead of “insurance.” From Jared Kushner’s brother. No, really. Jared Kushner’s younger brother Joshua founded several companies. One of them is Oscar. At one time in its history, Jared and Joshua had been the …
Theatergoers may feel as if they are back in high school when they enter Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse venue for Pipeline, Dominique Morisseau’s searing close-up of the public school system and its failure to serve minority youth. Set designer Matt Saunders has transformed the back wall of the intimate space into a blank white cement …
New choreography in Irvine and downtown, Italian ballet in Costa Mesa, international ballet stars downtown, tap dance in Hollywood, a venue closes in Lincoln Park, National Dance Day live downtown and virtual, and more SoCal dance. 5. Trending tap dance The sextet of tappers known as Syncopated Ladies take the stage with music ranging from …
Globalization is changing the way we interact with the world. Instead of being limited to the places we live, we have the option of working or attending school from almost anywhere we choose—providing we can get there first, of course! Start saving now and you could be in the mountains of Chile or the beaches …
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When my friend Susan Martin asked me to join her on a trip to New Orleans, in February of 1976, I enthusiastically accepted her offer. She was going for business, to contact photographers for the G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, and for pleasure, to enjoy the Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday is celebrated in Catholic countries as …
In 2001 I interviewed director Mike Nichols about Wit, a TV movie he had directed for HBO, starring Emma Thompson, based on the 1995 play by Margaret Edson that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999. It’s the story of a Professor of English Literature, diagnosed with metastatic stage IV ovarian cancer. Her oncologist …
I caught Spider-Man: Homecoming on its opening week in Queens New York, where I grew up, left when I graduated high school, and returned that July 4th weekend to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday. So as Peter Parker (Tom Holland) navigated through the neighborhoods I grew up in, all sorts of harmonics of emotions resonated, …
As the popular opinion goes, we need more STEM-educated kids in America. We need more people prepared to go into careers related to science, technology, engineering, and math. The success of our country and the success of civilization in general depends on STEM. Other countries know this, and that’s why they’re ahead of us in …
It’s shark week. Did you know that sharks are picky eaters? Did you also know that some people (apparently including these tiger sharks) have an odd theory about Shark Week? Whatever you think about it, these cartilaginous creatures are fascinating and entertaining.
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