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A New Lens on Infertility (and the Art of Healing)
The camera focuses on a man and woman seated side-by-side, a portrait in warm light at the couple's home in Michigan. It's in this simple set up, just David and Alicia Petrucci with their cat,...
View ArticleWhat Isaiah Berlin Taught Me
My girlfriend didn't want to go. I had received an invitation for a lecture on "Oxford in the '30s" to be given by Sir Isaiah Berlin in the spring of 1974 at Balliol College's Holywell Manor. Sir...
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Shortage of Spotlights for Actors
When I moved to New York in 2003 I had big dreams; acting in Broadway plays, scoring a breakthrough role in a small film, and generally becoming the next Meryl Streep. But after a few humbling...
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Astronauts, Art, and Slideluck: A Conversation With Casey Kelbaugh
(Photo courtesy of Casey Kelbaugh) A spoonful of homemade soup or a slice of cake can possess within the savor of each bite an array of stories, all held within its combined ingredients. The slow...
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ICI Honors Dimitris Daskalopoulos: A Conversation on Collecting and the...
Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Renaud Proch, Executive Director ICI and Agnes Gund Photo: David Prutting / BFAnyc.com Independent Curators International (ICI) honored Mr. Dimitris Daskalopoulos, a Greek...
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Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis
Since 1976, there has not been a retrospective of the art of Peter Blume, until now. Vegetable Dinner, 1927. Oil on canvas; 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Art ©...
View ArticleThe Imitation Game: World War II Like You Never Knew
The Imitation Game is a well crafted, beautifully shot and acted World War II film that tells the behind the scenes story of how we won the war: a story that remained secret for 50 years. It is the...
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Art that Stares, Spits and Screams at You
One of the most amazing and original landmarks that we Angelenos are rightfully proud of is the Watts Towers, built by Italian immigrant construction worker Simon Rodia. Rodia spent decades using...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Sharyn Rothstein's "By the Water" Makes Strong Waves
Not that this'll ease those still suffering the devastating Hurricane Sandy effects, but it turns out the monstrously ill 2012 wind has blown a bit of good. By the Water, Sharyn Rothstein's drama at...
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Theater Review: Little Dancer Enchants at the Kennedy Center
How many Broadway musicals can you name that concern themselves with the agony and ecstasy of creating art? I remember one: Sunday in the Park with George by Sondheim. And now there's a second, the...
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Renzo Piano's "Light Machine:" The Harvard Art Museums Reopen
The Harvard Art Museums (October 30, 2014). Photo: Peter Vanderwarker. On Nov. 16th, the Harvard Art Museums opened once again. With a combined collection of over 250,000 objects -- the Fogg Museum,...
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Confessions of a Serial Songwriter: Slumdog Millionaires
When you've be writing songs as long as I have sometimes it's nice to have a change of scenery... Get out from inside the same studio or the familiar surroundings of Santa Monica and Sherman Oaks....
View ArticleExploring Letters From Himmler
I recently had the chance to Co-Host an exclusive screening of the new documentary "The Decent One" with the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival in association with my Cinema Series "Kat Kramer's Films...
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Youth Designs: Designed With the Future in Mind
On Thursday, November 13, 2014, Youth Designs, a non-profit Boston based organization that seeks to prepare and empower a diverse cadre of creative urban youth to become the next generation of...
View ArticleTheater: Not So 'Delicate Balance;' Lovely 'Allegro'
A DELICATE BALANCE ** out of **** ALLEGRO *** 1/2 out of **** A DELICATE BALANCE ** out of **** GOLDEN THEATRE I'm not sure what I think of Edward Albee's play A Delicate Balance or even what I think...
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How Poetry Gave Me a Voice
Why would teens go to the library to read poetry when they can easily be on Facebook, clicking away at their notifications? Why would teens read, or even write poetry, when they could be liking photos...
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Shigeru Ban's Aspen Art Museum
Photographer Nic Lehoux estimates he's shot about 1,000 buildings in his career. His newest is the Aspen Art Museum, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban Architects. Aspen Art Museum, Shegeru...
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Baron Wolman: Unseen Woodstock
Baron Wolman was Rolling Stone magazine's first photographer, working with stars such as Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and all the greats of the day. In...
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Trespass - Exploring Centralia, PA
When I found out I would be taking a trip up to Pennsylvania to shoot a few locations, one of them that immediately popped into my mind was Centralia (not spelled Centrailia, the sign above is...
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Mark Handforth: Rough Dark Diamond
Mark Handforth's Rough Dark Diamond at Kayne Griffin Corcoran. Photo by EMS. I recently had the opportunity to interview gallery director, Ben Parsons, for a film I did on the current exhibition at...
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