Finding Myself by Chad Grant “The reason we feel alienated is because the society is infantile, trivial, and stupid. So the cost of sanity in this society is a certain level of alienation.” — Terrence McKenna “A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is …
Music has a great power that can drag out all ranges of your emotions when listening to it. It can evoke your motivation and inspire you in various life circumstances. Why is that? A recent survey found out that music always affects a human being’s brain. Moreover, diverse genres have different types of impacts on …
How does an art museum pay tribute to a musician? In the case of Experience Leonard Cohen, a new exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, the answer is it’s trickier than you might think. Cohen (1934-2016) wasn’t your typical folk-rock star of the 1960s and beyond. Born to a prosperous Orthodox Jewish …
When the pandemic shuttered theaters in March 2020, dance and its audience went online, and began exploring the possibilities of streamed performances, online encores of past performances, and unexplored potential of film as a stage for dance. Even before the pandemic, choreographer Jacob Jonas and his Jacob Jonas The Company had a history working with …
With Piazzolla at the Bowl from Rick Meghiddo on Vimeo. The concert of Astor Piazzolla’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas / The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, at the Hollywood Bowl, on August 26, 2021, was of historic importance. A public of about 15,000 people came to the concert conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, with the performance …
Even over my unstable Zoom connection, Kathryn Valentina is immediately bewitching. She has the frenetic energy of a young, queer anarchist, and a ‘Fuck Ronald Reagan’ poster to match. “I drew a cat on it,” she says, gesturing with one lanky arm. “It’s the cat from the meme.” K.V. calls out to me as a …
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Live dance inspired by a chandelier in Beverly Hills, out-of-town visitors on a downtown outdoor stage, uncertainty considered Santa Monica, site specific dance in Santa Ana, and new architectural steps in Culver City, plus online dance inspired by veterans’ letters, Covid vaccines, the samba, a prior pandemic, and more SoCal dance this week. Unalterable impermanence …
Live dance reconsiders Hansel and Gretel downtown and struts on a Culver City staircase, online anniversary celebrations, notes from a prior pandemic, the best of a dance film fest, spotlighting locavore dance, online encores, where to take online and live dance classes, plus more SoCal dance this week. Live This Week Hunger games One reward …
My short documentary “Spring 2021 & Mumuki” is about plants and planting; it is about growth, renewal, decay, and death; it is about being in touch with the land; it is about Astor Piazzolla’s “Mumuki.” In the early afternoon of June 3, Ruth asked me to accompany her to the site of a yet-to-be-built permaculture …
Live dance with a stroll at an historic Chinatown park, contemporary moves in an Arts District parking lot, a downtown plaza hosts a New York visitor, and ballet with a live orchestra in a Pasadena gazebo, plus online offerings of recent live concerts and considering the era Little Tokyo was Bronzeville, and lessons from a prior plague, plus recent online encores, where to take online dance classes, and more SoCal dance, live and online, this week.
Based on the 1980 Warner Bros film of the same name, starring Clint Eastwood, Bronco Billy – The Musical is a new take on the Wild West story. The show, directed by Hunter Bird, was a hit when it debuted in Hollywood two years ago. The Skylight Theatre Company brought the musical to life with …
Of the seven forms, music seems to be the most closely connected to cannabis. They go together like salted butter and warm bread. While this connection might seem accidental, years of research reveal cannabis’s scientific ability to enhance and relish creativity at the same time. You close your eyes and take a few breaths from …
Many places around the world celebrate this year Astor Piazzolla’s centenary of his birth (1921-1992.) A full-page article published recently in the Los Angeles Times triggered some personal memories about my encounter with Piazzolla when I was seventeen years old. I decided to make a documentary on him, his music, his influence on some contemporary …
Before the Pandemic, I was a regular at karaoke clubs. I don’t consider myself a professional singer, but I was once asked to audition for The Voice by one of their scouting producers. Naturally, I was flattered, that is until I waited for a response and was completely ghosted. But it never dampened my enthusiasm …
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One of the most popular and legendary musicians of all time, it is hard to imagine that it has been 50 years since the death of Jimi Hendrix. He was revolutionary in his style, and seeing him on stage was truly an incredible experience. His unique and innovative style enthralled fans all over the world, …
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