The Crowd’s Tree It is our tree The peoples’ tree All planted it all watered it too. It was weeded by the birds And feed by the cloud It was our tree Small tree that grew so tall Tapping heaven with its leaves Touch hell with its root When it wearied, to wither Heaven offered …
Epitaph For God’s sake don’t inscribe this on my tombstone, Rest in Peaceor Be with Jesus. Inscribe this: He learned to love in spite of Christians, Republicans and rednecks. Inscribe: He knew how it felt to trip over his stupid heart, to fall flat on his face, to lie in quiet contentment all night beside the …
Photographers created a visual revolution in the 19th century by describing the world accurately, almost scientifically. They forced other artists such as painters to move in new directions, to impressionistic views of the world, to slicing it up in Cubism, to the entirely non-pictorial work of Abstract Impressionism. Yet photographers, perhaps insecure about their status …
Combining and repurposing plots, plays, films and songs can provide new insights into old-age cultural themes or they can just be a cheap way drawing in audiences for a comfortable, fun, brainless evening. Moulin Rouge, the new Broadway musical based on Baz Luhrmann’s gorgeous but empty 2001 film, falls into the second category in every …
Mashups on and Off-Broadway: Moulin, Mojada, Coriolanus Read More »
Classical dance from India in Hollywood, final new works for NOW downtown, refugees’ plight pondered in Little Tokyo, Montana dance fest visits Redondo Beach, hula in San Fernando, and more SoCal Dance this week. 5. Salsa at the Plaza The official opening for the renovation isn’t for a few more weeks, but this salsa edition …
Nostalgia Of The Youth Sometimes I love to reminisce the Lovely nostalgia of the youth, The mundane smell of a colorful classroom In elementary school While you dreaded schoolwork and only cared To socialize freely with peers, never knowing When your last moments would be with them. The seconds felt like minutes, The minutes felt …
Has your house recently suffered from water damage? Once you have cleaned up and re-painted the walls, you may think everything is fine – and that’s where you’d be wrong. When a flood, burst pipe, or leaky sink affect your home, you need to get someone in to check the house for the water damage. …
Dance on Film aka: Screen Dance is ALIVE & WELL. This international genre of short films has been holding space across the globe. In only our second year, D2D in Public Film Fest had submissions from 12 countries! So we are thrilled to announce that Round 3 of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival is once …
Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 3 is HERE! Read More »
As a photojournalist, I was intrigued to visit London, in May-June 1977 for Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee, to cover the punk rock scene. As luck would have it, I had booked a room at the Portobello hotel, where Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols were also staying. So one day we had lunch …
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