The Criteria for a Good Sex Scene
I know exactly what I want to achieve when writing a sex scene. We want sex in novels just how we dream of it in real life. Toe curling. Mind blowing. Unforgettable. It's a sad fact that real life...
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Sardonic Tales: an Interview With Video Artist Laura Parnes
"We all live in a prison. Most of us don't know we live in a prison." Janey, from Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker, 1978 Twenty years ago when Marcia Tucker, founder and (then) director or...
View ArticleIt Takes Two: A Short Interview With Murder for Two's Joe Kinosian
The people behind Murder for Two don't want you to take the show too seriously. Not only is it light-hearted in nature, the actors roam (and prance) around the stage with a persistent wink and nod to...
View ArticleCourt Decision to Invalidate Net Neutrality Rules Will Impact Artists
A couple of weeks ago, a federal appeals court invalidated the Federal Communications Commission network neutrality or open internet rules. The rules prevented internet service providers from...
View ArticlePussy Riot No Longer Exists
Nadia and Maria visit Singapore, where Pussy Riot was nominated for a music award "The Money Is Right in Front of Them" Pussy Riot no longer exists! As more than seven billion inhabitants of the earth...
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Vincent Desiderio: Painter and Theorist
Vincent Desiderio, whose work is on view at Marlborough Gallery through February 8th, is a painter and critic whose works balance a cerebral, theoretical sensibility with powerful emotional cues. In...
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Punk Rock?! Hardly: Erroneous Attributions and Cultural Hubris Behind 'The...
*Co-authored by Karina Eileraas It's not that Martin Scorsese's most recent opus, The Wolf of Wall Street needs yet another review; it's the attempt by the film's star, perennial Scorsese muse...
View ArticleArtmaking as Irreverent Research
There is much interest in "innovation" these days, so much so that the word has almost lost its meaning. Still, in November of this year, I accepted an invitation to participate in a symposium on that...
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A Guide to Pretending to Read Literary Classics
A version of this article also appeared on the Page Views page at the New York Daily News: Let's be honest: There are far too many classics for anyone to realistically read them all. Many of them are...
View ArticleSpectral Ballerinas: On a Pedestal, Written Out of History
In classical ballet, though the ballerina is often the center of attention -- partnered, catered to, alone in the spotlight -- once off stage her authority is diminished in ways that limit the next...
View ArticleRediscovering the Power of Story: One Actor, Making Magic
Underneath all the tech wizardry of Broadway, the glitter and glitz and high kicks and special effects, there is just story. And sometimes, story is what we really crave. Children first learn to love...
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Ask the Art Professor: What Is the Best Way to Practice My Drawing Skills?
"What is the best way to practice my drawing skills in traditional media? I draw with colored pencils and I also paint with acrylic paints and I am sort of okay at it, but I really want to become...
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Highlights From the 2014 L.A. Art Show
The 2014 L.A. Art Show came and went without a hitch. It was great to see so many people interested and appreciating art as Los Angeles sits on the cusp of becoming a world-class cosmopolitan...
View ArticleFlow State: How to Cultivate a State of Bliss and Seamless Productivity
Most of us have had a heightened and radical experience where time slows down, specific details are enhanced, and self vanishes. This is what some top athletes describe as being "in the zone." In these...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Rude Mechs Live Down to Their Name With Stop Hitting Yourself
Before I get to an outright pan of the immoderately irritating Stop Hitting Yourself -- created by Austin's Rude Mechs and now squatting in the Lincoln Center Theater at the Claire Tow -- I'll offer...
View ArticleTurning Life Into Art in Detroit
The city of Detroit is one of the most talked-about cities in the country. There are more stories in the news about how Detroit is a wasteland than any other American city. But at the same time, there...
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Those Damned Exasperating Women!
Prior to Louis Armstrong releasing his hit recording of a troubled new musical's big song, the working title for Hello, Dolly! was a bit longer. During a period when musicals were experimenting with...
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8 Couples Who Remind Us of Elizabeth and Darcy
In vain they struggled, but it wouldn’t do. Their feelings would not be repressed, and as readers, we eagerly read on as their love overcame them and finally culminated in a moment of passion and...
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Tears for Horror, Tears for Joy: The Arts and Human Renewal
1. 2. A pairing of photographs of emotionally captivated women charts a course of events 50 years ago which can tell us something, today, about the power of the arts and the humanities to affect the...
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Filmgate Miami to Present Interactive Film Festival in January and February
The Founders of Filmgate Miami. Executive Director, Diliana Alexander, pictured lower right. Many would say that one of the largest differences between film and theater is the way that audiences...
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