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Theater: Loneliness Doesn't Go Distance; Machinal Hums Along
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER ** out of **** MACHINAL *** out of **** THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER ** out of **** ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY This play is just 80 minutes in...
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Box Trucks as Rolling Graffiti Marquees
A ubiquitous sight throughout large cities like New York, the graffiti covered box truck has inherited the all-city art mantle from the subway train cars of thirty years ago with eye-popping...
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Live From the Sundance Film Festival: Tuesday, Jan. 21
I had my mind blown by a movie Tuesday, in the middle of another five-movie day at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. And it was blown in 3D. The film, The Girl from Nagasaki, was by photographer Michel...
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THREAD/BARE at Studio Channel Islands Art Center
thread/bare: Nurit Avesar, Michael Clinite, Elana Kundell, Susan Kurland, Janet Neuwalder, Sigrid Orlet In this exhibition at the Studio Channel Islands Blackboard Gallery in Camarillo, threads...
View ArticleKnow Thy Avatar: Good And Evil In The Gaming World
The 2013 Ben Stiller film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a remake of a 1947 Danny Kaye movie of the same name, which was itself based on a popular James Thurber story, first published in The New...
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Say It with a Sonnet: 10 Love Poems for Every Mood
If you've been to the drugstore lately, you're probably aware that Valentine's Day is "just around the corner." Are you worried that you won't have enough time to devise the perfect words to include in...
View ArticleMusic I (Mostly) Hold Dear: Ligeti
I admire Gyorgy Ligeti's stance and music. A survivor of both the Holocaust and Communism, he wasn't about to fall for the totalitarianism of the postwar European avant-garde. His musical offerings are...
View ArticleMusic that Round Trips Between Africa, Cuba and Spanish Harlem
Back in 1992, dancers at Latin clubs found themselves spinning, quick-stepping and swinging their hips to a new song that had easily slipped into the skein of tunes that carried them across the...
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Christopher Plummer at the Ahmanson Theatre
photo by Craig Schwartz Who knew that Christopher Plummer could do brilliant standup comedy? One could be confident that the 84-year old lion of stage and screen could perform dramatic renditions of...
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The Demolition Controversy at New York's MOMA: Drawing Future Lessons
Jacqueline Onassis is widely recognized as a preservation pioneer for her leadership in saving Grand Central Terminal and her involvement in the initiative for the Supreme Court ruling in its behalf...
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How to Choose Your First Orchestral Concert
For listeners who may never have attended a symphony orchestra concert, there are numerous entry points by which you can satisfy your curiosity without feeling intimidated or making a large cash...
View ArticleTemporary Contemporary Lifts the FOG
There was a lot of dough on display at the FOG Design+Art Fair at Fort Mason, and some of it was being hand-cut on a butcher block. Chef Michael Tusk, the Michelin-starred genius of gluten at Quince...
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Mary Nohr is One of a Kind: a Mechanic Turned Artist who Broke Through the...
Artist Mary Nohr, Courtesy of LuxEcoLiving "She's got your back under the hood! "That was my first impression when I met Mary. She's a mechanic. Works only on Mercedes, BMW's, Volvos and Porches....
View ArticleIs There a Literary Lesson to Be Learned From Visiting a Writer's Home?
"Emily Dickinson is an overarching category that includes her writing and her biography," says Jane Wald, executive director of the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst. And you thought she was just a...
View ArticleWhen Art Meets Selfie
I'm in a beehive, and there is a buzz, an actual buzz. There is that palpable feeling that surrounds a brush with greatness. She's there! It's really her. The Mona Lisa! The Mona Lisa. But then,...
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Michael Alan Translates Illness into Ethereal New Works
Stand Still {The Love Of Tanja}, 2013 2013 was what you might call a seam-splitting year for Michael Alan (who traditionally prefers the suffix "Alien"). Artistically, he produced some of his most...
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On the "A" w/Souleo: Meet Tower of Power's New Lead Singer
Ray Greene always knew that he was destined to share his musical gifts with audiences around the world. Now he's finally getting his chance to do just that as the new lead singer of legendary funk/soul...
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Martin Guitars at the Metropolitan
A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York promises to unlock the true history of the American guitar like the sound of an A-440 pitch from the tines of a tuning fork. Early...
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George Balanchine: the Human Cost of an Artistic Legacy
He's not often thought of as an artistic director. George Balanchine co-founded America's first world-class ballet school, choreographed more than 400 works for the stage, launched the careers of a...
View ArticleThe Wizard of Oz and Innocence Lost
This week, NBC Entertainment announced it will air Emerald City, a 10-episode miniseries based on storylines in the original Oz book series written by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919). To fans of the classic...
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