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Hunt Slonem's 'Bunnies' -- Another Slant on 'Hip-Hop' Culture
Hunt Slonem is arguably one of the most fascinating artists of our time. His celebrated career continues to perpetually move forward in leaps and bounds, with a remarkable schedule of museum and...
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Awol Erizku's Eight-Track
Mixtapes, mustaches, and muses. This is just one of the possible alliterations that comes to mind after I walk through The Only Way Is Up with artist Awol Erizku. Erizku is a photographer and a...
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Classics in HD -- Film School 101 at Symphony Space
Under the expert curatorial guidance of Ed Budz, the Thalia theater at Symphony Space is offering a remarkable cinematic series this summer. Appropriately if prosaically titled Classics in HD, it...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: 'Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story' Works Piecemeal
Among the ground-shifting 1960s music and music-biz developments was the emergence of the singer-songwriter. One of the related negative ramifications was the movement's eclipsing the songwriter who...
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The 'Yes, We Can!' Project
It regularly comes as a surprise when I say I've been sculpting for more than 15 years. It sometimes comes as a surprise when I say I've been offered places at Cambridge University as well as in a...
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#ArtIsEverywhere: Taking on L.A. with Mat Gleason
Downtown Los Angeles is growing into a mega-art mecca destination point for art enthusiasts and collectors--and not just for the monthly Downtown LA Walk held on the second Thursdays of the month,...
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The Piano Lesson
Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane, photo by Carol Rosegg On a Friday afternoon in Vienna in 1938, fourteen-year-old piano prodigy Lisa arrives on the trolley for her lesson to discover...
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My Art Affair With Portugal
Until a couple of months ago, I never heard of the Portuguese cities, Estoril and Cascais, but wouldn't you agree that these names sound like music to your ears? Then, out of the blue, comes an...
View ArticleWhy Memorizing Lines From Shakespeare Is Worthwhile
Having thought about Shakespeare for most of my life, I have concluded that the best way to learn about his plays, his language, his themes and his stories with any real depth and integrity is to...
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How Glenn Casale Helped The Little Mermaid Find Her Feet After This Disney...
It took the stage version of Disney's The Little Mermaid quite a while to finally find its sea legs. When the original Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater back in January of 2008,...
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Exploring Lisbon As A Street Art Tourist
"Street Art Tourism" Is Capturing More Attention Eco-tourism is so popular for vacation travelers right now. You know, treading light and your carbon footprint and all that. Then there is Plastic...
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CultureZohn: Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild: Dancing as Fast as They Can
Sitting in a directors chair in (Studio 6) at Westside Ballet in Los Angeles it's hard to believe Tiler Peck: --has just gotten married; --returned from a honeymoon in Bora Bora where according to her...
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Six Films That Could Save the World
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." -- Mahatma Gandhi I've learned all I know about faraway cultures and long-standing conflicts from art -- more specifically films. My...
View ArticleThe Camera's Secrets: Ricardo Valverde's Visionary Images
Seeing a Ricardo Valverde photograph can easily lead one to consider what photography really is and what it means. We usually think photography captures the truth of a moment or a scene. Not true. It...
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Street Art: It's Not Meant to be Permanent
I did a huge mural in downtown LA last year and felt very blessed to get a chance to do such a big space. Recently the building buffed over it, and people have asked me how I feel about it. But I...
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The Chicago Band Who Disappeared for 30 Years Only to Return Weirder and Louder
After a 30-year hiatus, the Chicago rock band ONO is back. Lead singer Travis, who goes by one name, commandeered the stage late last month at the rock club Shea Stadium in Brooklyn, New York and...
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ANDY: A Popera Is Born
The Bearded Ladies cabaret has an carved out an avid theater following in Philadelphia in just a couple of years. The nine-member troupe explores the many traditions and forms the art of cabaret can...
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Sketching at 30,000 Feet
When I travel, I always have a sketchbook with me and I like doing small studies like this one in gouache. Sketchbooks are a great way to reclaim your time when you are waiting. Here's the plane I was...
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Image Is Everything: This Artweek.LA (July 21, 2014)
Murray Garrett: Hollywood Redux | This not to be missed exhibition features a selection of black and white photographs that include never before seen vintage silver gelatin prints from the artist's...
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5 Books That Will Rip Your Heart Out (In A Good Way)
When it comes to reading, I'm a bit of a masochist. What I mean is that I love books that break my heart just a little. I'm talking about the stories that simultaneously crush your soul and renew your...
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