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Sonos: 'Ring di Alarm'!
It's been just over a year since I -- amongst many other insiders, fans and lovers of music in L.A., have been witness to some of the most magnificent, intimate live shows by a variety of musical acts...
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Taryn Simon's "Bird's of the West Indies" at Gagosian Gallery (PHOTOS)
On Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, held a pre-Oscar exhibition of Taryn Simon's Birds of the West Indies (2013-14). I was only able to capture the first hour of the...
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Dancing With Light: Eryc Taylor Dance Leaps Into Projection Technology
The ethereal-looking dancer gracefully stretches her arm toward the sky. A beam of bright light shoots from her fingertips like a thunderbolt. Her partner crouches in a fetal-like position. When he...
View ArticleLessons Learned From Kissing a Straight Boy
A version of this post originally appeared on MarkSKing.com in October in 2011. Last night, I kissed a straight guy full on the lips. Then he tenderly put his arms around me and kissed me back....
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Out of Darkness, a Light Breaks
It was November 2012. The day will be forever burned into his memory. As happens all too often in life, the tragic news caught Ben Lashey totally unprepared: Heidi, his close friend from high school,...
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The Miracle of Salvo: Can You Still Believe?
I adore fairy tales and have never really grown up from that joy I felt as a child, listening to my grandfather read me stories by the Brothers Grimm or watching the Disney videos that my parents put...
View Article11 Things You Learn When Your Book Is Turned Into A TV Show
1. There's nothing more terrifying than a dream come true. I mean this quite literally. It's one thing to empty the contents of your twisted mind into a word document. You're never going to watch...
View ArticleAt Risk: Egypt's Heritage -- and Our Own
There is a crisis unfolding in Egypt: some of the world's most precious archaeological sites and artifacts are being senselessly looted. Like most Americans, I wish Egyptians the best as they navigate...
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Soul Portraits: The Art of Combining Meditation With Photography
'Lie down and close your eyes. Relax. Just breathe. Listen...' There is a space between stillness and movement where the dance lives. I try to photograph it. The flow of this dance is the life of your...
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Tirtzah Bassel Transforms Duct Tape
The mixing of low-end, industrial materials, like duct and packing tape, and the high-end art market is familiar. Artists like Thomas Hirshhorn and Maurizio Cattelan utilize it in their works. In...
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Award-winning Short Films by NYU Grads to Screen in Fort Lauderdale
Liliana Greenfield-Sanders' award-winning short Adelaide won Grand Jury Prizes and Audience Awards at Gen Art, Austin, Woodstock, New Orleans, Indie Memphis and more. The film, which will be screened...
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Over the Rainbow: Your Life's Purpose
(This illustration graced notecards I did as a gift for Maria Shriver's 50th birthday.) "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain...
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On the Town: Hobnobbing With High Society at the Mothers and Sons Opening
Bobby Steggert, left, and Fred Weller in Mothers and Sons. (Photo by Joan Marcus) The Sardi's caricature came to life on Monday night when New York's cultural elite gathered at the celebrated theater...
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Exotic Silhouette Photos to Inspire Your Travels
Scenes in silhouette are shrouded in drama and mystery, and more than a drop or two of romance. I love them for what I don't see as much as for what I do. ( A golden sunset falls on the ancient temples...
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Get a Sniff of This Street Art From Plastic Jesus
Is that a huge pile of cocaine, a rolled up 20 dollar bill and an American "Excess" card? It's not hard to understand why people are bowing down to LA street artist Plastic Jesus and his wonderfully...
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Piano Ombre Plays Perfectly
It's been over a week since Frànçois and the Atlas Mountain released Piano Ombre, and I've taken my time in forming an opinion. You could say I wanted to be sure I loved it as much as I thought. The...
View ArticleA Russian-American Love Story
First, there's The Look. Not just any look, but The Look: a thousand stars exploding in silver threads at the bottom of your heart, weaving from across the room the very first stitches in a sparkling...
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Pop Goes Persepolis: Interview With Manou Marzban
I visited Iranian-American artist, Manu Marzban at his home/studio, in the hills above Cannes and was delighted to see the interesting turns his art has taken since I first reviewed his work. I like...
View ArticleTop 10 Venues for Live Theater
Live theater is an ancient and global tradition. Often one of the stars of the show is the theater itself. So, in honor of World Theater Day, Cheapflights.com brings you its picks for the best venues...
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7 Secrets For Breaking in to the Film and TV Business (That They Don't Want...
I have been successfully making movies and television shows for over twenty years now, and this is the first time that there is such a huge disconnect between what is real, and what everyone thinks is...
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