Watch: Going Home With Maya Angelou
Previously published on BillMoyers.com. Over the years and on several occasions, I interviewed Maya Angelou, the legendary author who died in May. In this first of two programs celebrating her...
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My Dance Teacher Thought She Was My Friend -- But She Was Body-Shaming Me
My high school is the only high school in the world where it is cooler to be in the spring musical than to be a cheerleader. But I wanted to do it anyways. At the end of my freshman year of high...
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Chicago Celebrates Women Building Change
Although women have become increasingly visible in the fields of art, architecture and design, they are frequently underrepresented in institutional exhibitions. In the field of architecture, where...
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Hocus-Focus: This Photographer's Magic Touch with Camera Is a Work of Art
I open the door and pause. It's dark and warm. I'm not sure what to expect, but I know something unusual awaits. Maybe a trapdoor on the floor to swallow me up, Alice in Wonderland style. Or the gaping...
View ArticleMatisse in Texas
Sounds like an oxymoron -- Matisse was such a sophisticated man, why would the city of the Alamo, the long-horn cows, and BBQ in all shapes and style be interested in the French painter's work, one...
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The End of Genius and the Rise of the Compassionate Artist
In his recent Times Sunday Review piece "Love People, Not Pleasure" (NYT, 7/18/14), Arthur C. Brooks quotes the Buddhist Dhammapada to the effect that: "The craving of one given to heedless living...
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Taking a Trip Into Korakrit Arunanondchai's World
Image: Josh White Arriving at the newly opened exhibition space in Los Angeles called The Mistake Room for the show Korakrit Arunanondchai (In Collaboration with boychild) "Letters to Chantri #1: The...
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Stay at Home Mom Explains How She Makes a Living on Etsy
Way back in the day, people used to make a living selling arts and crafts and useful objects they handcrafted. They'd create their products and then meet in the local town square or village market to...
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Sorolla in America, Hartley in Germany
How to survive the hot and humid days of August? The obvious answer, of course, would be to escape to the beach. And if you don't mind the two-hour drive down to San Diego, you can experience there...
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The Artists & Animators Behind Disney's Aladdin Pay Tribute to Robin Williams
Robin Williams spent an awful lot of time working at the Mouse House. Few people today remember that Robin's first starring role -- the title character in 1980's Popeye -- was actually a Walt Disney...
View ArticleAn Unforgettable Marathon of Theater
Like most stage plays, All Our Tragic concludes with a final appearance by its cast. Just seeing all of those actors again -- and thinking back on the multiple roles each of them had played on that...
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Punctum. Reflections on Photography (VIDEO)
Punctum. Reflections on Photography at Salzburger Kunstverein is an exhibition about the nature of photography today. Curated by Séamus Kealy, the exhibition takes its cue from the term "punctum,"...
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Female Rockers and EDM Rule Outside Lands 2014 (PHOTOS)
Outside Lands in it's seventh installment has completed it's transformation from a traditional rock and roll festival to a Coachella of Northern California. What used to drive Outside Lands were bands...
View ArticleEdinburgh Art Festival Weighs Commonwealth Notions Before Scottish...
Riding on the high and exhilaration of the Commonwealth Games, the Edinburgh Art Festival presents a novel exhibition centered on the concept of "common wealth." Titled "Where do I end and you begin?,"...
View ArticleThe First Hasidic Rock Band
Last week an all female post-punk band played on the lower east side. No big deal you think? Well they were hasidic women, and as their religion stipulates, no men were allowed to watch them so it was...
View ArticleCreative Identity Series: Half-Brained Leadership & Religiosity True Culprits...
Truth is, most arts organizations and most artists do not need more funding. They need more creativity. When one of the world's most recognizable orchestras is routinely, though quietly, ridiculed as...
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Dark-Humored Drama About Human Trafficking to Open at IRT
Playwright, Saviana Stanescu The kinds of stories we are willing to tell speaks volumes to the value placed on individuals within a society. To this point, IRT Theater presents USELESS, a new...
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Exclusive Interview: J Dilla's Mom Discusses Smithsonian Induction
J Dilla was a musical genius. His contribution both as a producer and rapper pioneered the musical platform that so many current artists have built on. His influence and collaboration with artists...
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Building Plans for Los Angeles County Museum of Art Don't Live Up to Near $1...
Suddenly Angelenos are being asked to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. The monumental bill of goods now up for sale is the take-it-or-leave-it design for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, priced somewhere...
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Goodbye Robin
These are not The Best of Times Club Paradise is lost to some The Survivors are left to mourn And wonder What Dreams May Come He was truly the Man of the Year A Cadillac Man oh so sharp Being Human we...
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