[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] Did you see that recent New York Times article about the Los Angeles Times? The one that spends the first two paragraphs summarizing Colonel Otis and the city’s beginnings and then arrives at the “slow decline” of the …
[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] Black Wax, the new album out from rapper Huey Briss and producer Nikobeats, shows that raw lyricism and laid-back beat production will never go out of style. Briss, from Long Beach, California has been cranking out music from …
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Solitude is defined as the absence of human activity. It is also defined as a remote or uninhabited place. This is the fence between alone and lonely I struggle climbing over. I sit on top, Humpty Dumpty towards the ground. A cracked eggshell people carelessly stepped on. I was broken. Solitude became four white walls …
A dancing tour of an architectural gem in Mid-City, African American migration and art in Northridge, an Odyssey festival ends in West L.A., immigrant stories in West Adams, Canadian visitors on resilience in Santa Monica, a Bessie-award winner returns to downtown and more this busy SoCal dance week. 5. Watching their stepping In 60 colorful …
Two short, explosive new Off-Broadway works depict wars of race and gender with women’s bodies as the battlefield. Both are intense and earnest, challenging theatergoers’ expectations and perceptions. In the Body of the World from Manhattan Theater Club at City Center marks Eve Ensler’s return to the solo performance format after her landmark Vagina Monologues …
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Plato got it wrong. Poets should not be expelled from the Republic. They are essential to its very functioning. They have the qualities needed to be the best of citizens – ticker, desire, acumen; knowing. The hope I have for Australia is that we can become a poet’s republic and a republic of poetry. Why …
Curated by Kathleen Antonia Tarr, “Woman’s Work: Setting the Agenda for Gender Equity” is a new series highlighting proactive efforts by women to benefit the social, political, and economic status of women and girls. Focusing on contributions through the arts, the purpose of this series is to serve as a forum and inspiration for all …
[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] This week Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival gives a shout out to the filmmakers whose exemplary work was identified by the panel of judges for Honorable Mentions. We applaud these films for their beautiful dancing, amazing …
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On January 21, Libération, the French leftist daily, published an open letter from two dozen French artists, art world luminaries, citizens and politicians including Dominique Perrault, architect of the French National Library, and Frédéric Mittérand, former minister of culture, suggesting that the gift of Jeff Koons, Bouquet of Tulips, to the City of Paris be …
On a Motorbike in Saigon An old friend from graduate school came to pick me up on his motorbike. He tossed a helmet at me, revved up the engine, and said, “Let’s go!” I hopped on, both hands gripping the seat, as we swerved with traffic. He was trying to make small talk, then asked …
Bunkong Tuon, And So I was Blessed NYQ Books, http://www.nyq.org The New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc. PO Box 2015, Old Chelsea Station, NY, NY 10113 LCN # 2017948480, 100 pages, 2017, $15.95 *** “Waiting for Your Arrival” Last night a green dragon rose from the ocean’s blue water. Wings spread wide to keep us cool …
[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] Ostensibly, the role of the Oscars is to give awards for great filmmaking to cast and crew. And ostensibly, that’s what the Oscars are doing. This year’s batch of best picture nominees is fantastic, with a groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy …
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Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes has been around a while. She co-wrote the Tony® Award-winning In the Heights with Lin Manuel Miranda. (Do I need to mention he created Hamilton?) Her play, Water By the Spoonful, now at the Mark Taper Forum, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. And her new musical — Miss You like Hell — …
I had the pleasure of interviewing Gina Lollobrigida, the beautiful Italian movie star famous in the 1950s and 60s, when she traveled to Los Angeles to receive a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame (February 1). She acted in Italian, French and American movies by respected directors, opposite famous costars: with Vittorio De Sica in …
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