It’s 2020. Welcome to the new year. So far, America arrived in the crosshairs of war after assassinating Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani. Fortunately, the Ayatolla Khamenei contained his response, acting rational and with foresight. Would that it were that the blustery man constantly campaigning to be America’s “supreme leader” could behave with intelligence, calm and concern. …
Happy New Year! 2020 is here! And Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 3 (D2D) ended with a bang! Once again, this year D2D received entries from all over the world with winning films representing Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. In addition, we gathered together an exceptionally stellar panel of judges, we were invited …
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Last week we announced the winners of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Round 3 and today we are thrilled to announce this year’s list of Honorable Mentions! Once again, this year D2D received worthwhile films from all over the world. Amongst them these films stood out for their inventiveness with dance and the camera, interactions …
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Great Wall of LA Centuries past, We forget our history is so vast So much heritage has been amassed Written in stone, We were never alone, Our history has been sown Who could have known We were never alone Our history is not a mystery We are connected by our life history Our damages Our …
This documentary is titled Filmmaking Resume as a reference to short bits of architectural footage shot over the course of several years. Although, in the past, I have also created short films on art, politics, and cultural events, my focus here is on architecture-as-space. In the future, I will create movies on topics such as housing, sustainability, …
A festival in West L.A. opens with a giant harp, a throng of choreographers vie in Hollywood, a dance film festival continues downtown and an Orange County contemporary troupe troops to Palm Desert, in SoCal dance this week. 4. Praise-winning triptych Choreography by Complexions Contemporary Ballet artistic director Dwight Rhoden is one of three works …
Pacific Grove, California Ladies Sketch Club on the Beach, 1890 To order light, dear sister to wield a vest pocket clock and boss around the day is not considered women’s work. Yet, truly, I live on scrapes of Prussian blue and Gamboge crimson go through tubes and tubes of bright lead white, the cruelest …
Surrender Translated by Julie O. from Chinese into English Surrender, cockroaches! When facing the brutal policemen Cast your gas masks Kneel down as undead insects Raise your claws still dripping gasoline So that the wrongdoers can relish their work For even if teargas canisters didn’t destroy your lungs You have to learn to inhale …
TRUE HUMAN DOGON (for Ras G.) Same colors different skin Heart pumps humans in Same colors different skin Heart pumps humans end Mother Ocean flow us our destination Father Stars guide us beyond Warriors lead to the fertility of purity She is itutu as he is high in glow Come from the ether Call …
Derek Menchan, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, doctoral candidate, visual artist, philosopher, and Humanities professor, always has something cooking on the stove, metaphorically speaking. CW’s Eileen Murphy talks with Derek to find out what he’s been up to. Eileen Murphy (EM): You’re taking a semester off to pursue recording of your second album. I can appreciate …
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