Hymn For My father with Tammy Wynette Song I notice how easy it is to sing the word lord || No matter what you believe || My father’s name is Jerry || In Hebrew Jerry means may Jehovah exult || Jerry sings Tammy Wynette to himself in his truck || This is the same truck …
Lo sé, estás ahí, ya te vi y sé que tienes miedo. Tienes miedo porque no sabes dónde estás, Tienes miedo porque no entiendes por qué te encierran Tienes miedo porque otras llevan años y no han salido; Te pasará a ti? Tienes miedo porque ayer puede ser la última vez que viste a tus …
Liliana Romero: “Lo sé, Tienes miedo” (“I Know You Are Afraid”) Read More »
I moved back to South Korea in 2004 on a one-way ticket to live and work for an indefinite period of time. At that time in my adoption journey, I believed that if an overseas adopted Korean (OAK) returned to Korea whether for a short visit, to study, or to live and work, it meant having …
I hope Jesus doesn’t look like the white man on the wall. That flowy-locked iteration of the Messiah they wanted Black people to believe in would find his alabaster skin colored with surprise as Ms. Aretha Franklin entered the gates and demanded payment—her heavenly reward—upfront. Her blessings must be plentiful, as she packed her 76 …
The audacity of Aretha Franklin—a voice for Black liberation Read More »
José Olivarez Citizen Illegal Haymarket Books September 4, 2018 $16 ($33 hard cover) 80 pages ISBN: 978-1608469543 Purchase * There appears to be a uniform opinion running through the veins of our modern global populace that poetry has lost its lustre and intrinsic capabilities to produce positive effects upon society at large. Well, any party or …
I first encountered the Greeks like everyone else. This was not as a text that was written, a book that I sat down and read without any idea of what they meant. Rather, I came to it through popular culture, through reference, through the shared imagination of the world itself. They seemed familiar when I …
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The magic of storytelling and theater is celebrated in various forms at the Shaw Festival in picturesque Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The captivating spell of a fascinating tale is the essence of stage adaptations of classic yarns by Arthur Conan Doyle and C.S. Lewis while contemporary playwright Sarah Ruhl examines the contrast between the fantasy of the …
The Magic of Theater at the Shaw Festival with Sherlock Holmes, Narnia Read More »
With Trump’s attack on free speech growing to a nationwide media protest from over three hundred newspapers after his assertion that the press is the “enemy of the people,” America stands at a crossroads in its historic First Amendment protections as a democracy. This month, Shahidul Alam, an award winning photojournalist was criminalized, jailed and …
Why is Paris such a great city? What does Berlin tell about a city’s evolution? Why does Rome appeal to our senses? How is Israel transforming? I asked those questions before and after a recent trip of exploration on some aspects of these places’ architecture, urbanity, and lifestyle. For a subjective visual answer, you may take a …
Hello! I know… it’s been a minute. I’ve been busy presenting my own work – the live work that is – on the East Coast for the past month and change, at two festivals, INSITU and Jacob’s Pillow. Immense thanks to anyone who has donated (and even those who are still considering making a donation)! …
Collaborating on solutions in downtown arts district, emerging choreographers in Santa Monica, a ballet 50 years in the making in Bel Air, al fresco Sinatra ballet in San Marino, a dance drenched weekend in Hollywood, and more SoCal dance this week. 5. They’re simply forever The popular, long-running, mostly monthly Forever Flamenco returns. This installment features dancer Briseyda …
About Dad and the Full Moon–A Dance Doubleheader Read More »
The Stratford Festival in Ontario includes musicals along with Shakespeare, classic and contemporary plays. Their current tuner offerings ran the gamut from traditional family fare (The Music Man) to outrageous sexual campiness (The Rocky Horror Show). Yet both exude a joyous love of the form and celebration of individuality. Perhaps because both are directed and …
Stratford Music Man, Rocky Horror Celebrate Freedom Read More »
Deconstructing the Red What I mean is that the color red has two basic dimensions: the physiological one consisting of a perceptual effect of forward movement toward the perceiver and the socio-cultural one consisting of the uses and meaning that accrue given the physiological dimension, such as the use of red on fire trucks, military …
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