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Design and Incubation - When Does the Muse Finally Speak?
All may be familiar with the experience of working hard on a challenge, getting stuck and then, while taking a shower, exercising or preparing for bed, the answer suddenly pops up into one's brain....
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'The Man of La Mancha,' San Pedro Theatre Club
When someone's said to be quixotic, it's meant that they're too impractical and idealistic for their own good. Enter "Man of La Mancha, written by Dale Wasserman, with words and music by Joe Darion and...
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Money Can't Buy You Love
Money isn't everything. These days, when people start complaining about their daily misfortunes, a friend or therapist might suggest that they sit down and draw up a "gratitude list" in order to better...
View ArticleThe Mid-Sized Gift
Working with so many arts organizations that are facing financial challenges, I often hear board and staff discussion about the need for a mega-gift. "If only we had an angel" is a common refrain in...
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One of Pop Culture's Coolest Artists Empowers Girls
GLAM4GOOD asked Jon Burgerman, our favorite purveyor of some of the coolest doodles in the world and one of pop-culture's hottest artists, to create a series of fashionable social media heroines that...
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Black Orfeus: Samba at the Thalia
Marcel Camus' 1959 Golden Palme winner Black Orpheus is a study in filmmaking genius. Set against the background of Carnival in Rio in one of the outskirt's poor favelas, it retells the classic tale of...
View ArticleHaiti: Free the Word
PEN Haiti celebrated its 3rd Libérez la Parole festival of literature from July 18 to July 27 in the cities of Gonaives, Petit-Goave, and Thomassin, Haiti. Each year, the festival is dedicated to a...
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The Dalai Lama Film : An Interview with Mickey Lemle
More and more artists, filmmakers and storytellers are turning to crowdfunding campaigns to build communities, find support, and raise funds and awareness. Very special projects find platforms like...
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The Girl in SOHO
Springtime in New York City. I was walking down Broadway off of Houston Street and stopped into one of those deli grocery marts for a bottle of water. It was a tiny store, with two small aisles; every...
View ArticleTop 5 Apps for Design Lovers
App stores are full of nifty tools for travelers, investors, gamers and sports fans. But what about design lovers? We filtered through the goods and narrowed down the choices to five of the best for...
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George Chakiris Remembers Company Co-Star Elaine Stritch
George Chakiris, the actor/singer/dancer who won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for his portrayal of "Bernardo" in the movie, West Side Story, also had a distinguished stage career, which is...
View ArticleSummer's Lingering Pleasures...
Every summer, I look forward to the chance to discover new books. With the month of August still ahead I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite reads as well as a few that I've got piled...
View ArticleThe Mormon Bird Play Opens in New York
While Book of Mormon continues to conquer audiences with its disarming blend of raw heart and blasphemy, another excellent and equally subversive play about the Mormon faith will soon have its East...
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American Elegy
Pericles was born in 495 B.C. Aristotle died in 322. People who were born and died between those years include Praxiteles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Socrates, and Plato. The Parthenon and the...
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Lee Hall Compares Translating 'Shakespeare in Love' From the Screen to the...
Now that Shakespeare in Love has officially opened in the West End and been hailed by the critics as " ... a grand adaptation" and " ... a swooning delight," Lee Hall is ready to talk about how tough...
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And Now for a Bit of Good News: La Guarimba International Film Fest
"I'm asked that a lot: 'James, is there really a continuing spiritual renaissance occurring on this planet? Look at all the conflict, look at the wars.' And I believe, yes, we're still moving toward a...
View ArticleWhy Books Make Us Laugh
Books are amazing things. When we read fiction, we can get strong emotional reactions. It's so common that we need to step back to even realize that it's mysterious. Why would we ever feel real...
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Two Heads Really Are Better Than One. Here's Proof.
The lone genius is never really alone. If you find that hard to believe, I identify. When I set out to understand creative chemistry, I meant to study well-known duos like John Lennon and Paul...
View ArticleAugust 13, 1966. The Beatles. Detroit's Olympia Stadium. I Was There!
Being a Beatles fan was a large part of who you were as an American girl in 1966, at least at our school in Detroit, and really, at everyone's school everywhere. You bought each new 45 the moment it...
View ArticleThe 10 Worst Things That Happened to Mona Lisa
French monarchs hung "her" in their baths and bedrooms. A thief snatched her from the Louvre. Nazi art looters pursued her. Vandals attacked her. Advertisers exploited her. Through five centuries of...
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