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SHARING AIR: Post pandemic thoughts on art, LACMA, and The Green New Deal

Spring is here—resurrection, liberation, vaccination. We re-emerge from the rubble of quarantine into fresh air—a little tentative and rattled. The breeze feels good against our unmasked faces. Landscapes have been leveled and reshuffled. There is lots more empty space, between people, on streets, in buildings, in communities. We are beamed photos from Mars and they …

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What caught my eye of two street characters

“Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your generous donation …” — your friendly sidewalk sweeper P. by name is an old acquaintance through frequent sidewalk encounters exchanging banter for a donation, and now posing for a portrait, seated in front of a well-trafficked book store entrance. At Christmas, he will bring his own seat, placing it …

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Watching the “hollow” … notes on the life of a street bend

From backyard to street fronting My recent move took me from a backyard fronting apartment to a street fronting one; from a green space shared by half a dozen apartment building and looked upon by more than a dozen or more balconies, to a rectangular crescent whose shape produced a sense of gathering “hollow” at …

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Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival Round Two – 2017 – is HERE!

Attention Dancers, Choreographers, & Filmmakers! Due to overwhelming requests we have extended the submission deadline for Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival to NOVEMBER 27th! Cultural Weekly and ScreenDance Diaries are very excited to announce the launch of Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival 2017! Following the success of our first year in …

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