The Duplex is the nearest thing to a Montreal “vernacular” building type: a two units, two stories plus basement and/or garage building, found in just about every district of the city since the late 19th century till today; it has the specific particularity of each unit having its own street civic number, its own street …
After moving to the U.S. in late December 1971, I always returned to Italy to visit my family at Christmas time. I did that every year in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975. Then in June 1976 an important election was taking place in my country, and I wanted to go there to check out the political …
While China, Germany, and California are flirting with the idea of their vehicles going totally electric and banning the sales of any new gasoline-powered vehicles equipped with traditional internal combustion engines, most American consumers have been slow to warm up to hydrogen-powered and plug-in electric cars. Part of the problem is a lack of infrastructure; …
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Ballet breaking boundaries in Westwood, a contemporary troupe’s homecoming in E.L.A., a tap troupe in Beverly Hills, site specific dance in a West Hollywood library; mixing ballet and Andy Warhol in East Hollywood, two early Halloween entries downtown and in La Cañada Flintridge, a festival dancing everywhere except LAX and much more SoCal dance. 5. …
How can Wright’s ideas and principles help a young generation to create better livable cities and human settlements? This is the central question that motivated me to start the production of a feature documentary, The Wright Way, as a transformational film that may benefit people of all cultures around the world. I know that when young people …
Beirut-born, Southern California-raised Armine Iknadossian is the author of United States of Love & Other Poems (2016). She has been published in Margie, Pearl, Rhino, Split This Rock, Alabama Literary Review, The Nervous Breakdown and elsewhere. [alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] ***** Kid Napping I have 30 minutes …
Murals in the Market and the Detroit Design Festival Reign Again Another late September passes in Detroit, and thus another season of eye-dropping and informative creativity flourishes. Detroit? Yes. Often brushed off as a lost cause over the years, say what you want about my home town, but one thing that cannot be argued is …
It’s time to discuss the American dream. Why? Because the American dream is a paradox and we’re coming up against it. When you come up against a paradox, you can’t go any further. It’s like you’re in a dark room and there’s a black hole in the middle. To see the black hole, you have …
When I heard Rudy Francisco say “my heart still searches for you without my permission” he was speaking for me. Times like this, I don’t know how to speak for myself. As far as my heart goes, it searches for you in the desolate quiet corners sitting still, and folded over it still lingers, in …
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The single mother unfolds her sofa bed, gets undressed, and settles in to check over a huge binder containing medication levels for her seriously ill child. This simple scene is performed in a seemingly offhand manner by the magnificently subtle Carrie Coon as the title character in Amy Herzog’s shattering play Mary Jane, yet it …
Jean-Luc Berlot, president of adline Productions, has announced that multinational electric utility company Engie will sponsor the upcoming feature documentary Ahimsa: Gandhi, The Power of His Message, written and directed by Emmy-nominated director Ramesh Sharma. The announcement was made during a ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters on Monday October 2, 2017, in conjunction with …
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