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Judy Chicago Is Connecting The Dots Of Feminist History, One Exhibition At A...
This is the year of Judy Chicago. In honor of her 75th birthday this July, the iconic feminist artist is hosting what she calls a "dispersed retrospective," scattering her life's work -- five decades...
View ArticleWATCH: This Fashion Model Just Shared A Big Secret. Her Story Will Make You...
She's a model and a beauty pageant queen now. But she reveals that her life started out in a very different place. Don't miss Geena Rocero's powerful story about identity, gender and finding the...
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Documentary Jodorowsky's Dune: A Rollicking Ride in Creativity
"I love Jodorowsky," director Frank Pavich told me last spring at Cannes, his eyes shining with admiration. "When he wants to make a comic book, he makes a comic book. When he wants to make a painting,...
View ArticleThe War Against Poets and Adjuncts: Is Obamacare Enough?
"Other than teaching, how does one earn a living as a poet?" I ask. "Right," Yona says and laughs. I'm not posing the question hypothetically, but in earnest. After filming Yona for my documentary...
View ArticleJon Pylypchuk on the ImageBlog
my doctor is an asshole, 2010; Paint can, acrylic paint, expanding foam spray, spray paint, light bulbs, milk crate, 12 x 9 x 7 inches In 2010 I went to the doctor for the first time in 4 years. He...
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Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas: The 25th Annual Juried Show (Video and...
Artists at the opening of the CAC Las Vegas 25th Annual Juried Show It was an honor -- and a huge amount of fun -- to browse through the more than 300 entries that were presented to me as this year's...
View ArticleMet Opera: 'Arabella' Returns With Six Bright New Voices
Only Strauss could pack quite so much Sturm und Drang into a romantic comedy as he did in Arabella. But the Met's lovely period production, which it revived last night with a total of six house debuts,...
View ArticleA Cellist in the Clouds
Exhausted, I plopped into seat 9A on JetBlue's flight from Boston back home to L.A., sick with laryngitis after leading two career seminars. A handsome man placed a large case overhead, slipped into 9B...
View ArticleTheater: Megan Mullally's Triumph; Idina Menzel's Bust
GUYS AND DOLLS *** 1/2 out of **** IF/THEN * 1/2 out of **** GUYS AND DOLLS *** 1/2 out of **** CARNEGIE HALL Frank Loesser must be the most happy fella in musical theater heaven right. His two...
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Civil Rights Protest Song 'We Shall Overcome' Inspires 'We Will Know,' a Hymn...
I recently got the chance to interview award-winning composer Omar Thomas about his latest release, "We Will Know," a musical work of art that breathes new life into the word "movement." Following the...
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Stage Door: Aladdin, If/Then
Disney knows about brand extensions. If it works as a movie, it will probably be revamped as a Broadway musical: Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid and now Aladdin. Currently at the New...
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Philadelphia Mural Arts: The World's Largest Outdoor Art Gallery
In 1984, several overactive graffiti taggers were given the option to either go to jail or take part in a new city beautification initiative. Since then, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has...
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Pilgrimage to Gibran
Photo credit: of Emily O'Dell In the wake of a spate of deadly bombings in and around Beirut, I felt like I needed to get out of the city to clear my mind. Tired of the toxicity of hate, and disturbed...
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Women Empower Through Samba-Reggae Rhythms
You can hear the drums from a mile away. The pulse of the Surdo, heavy beats, the heart of the samba band; the Dobra, carrying the melody; the Repique adding snappy sounds alongside the Snare. The...
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Online Piracy Finally In the Crosshairs
On March 13, the Congressional Subcommittee on copyright reform held hearings on proposed revisions to the DMCA, Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Those invited to testify were evenly split between...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Check Out 'Hellman v. McCarthy,' 'Red Velvet,' 'Heathers'
On January 20, 1980 Mary McCarthy, never known to mince words in print or in person, was asked on Dick Cavett's PBS talk show whom she considered overrated writers. After a moment's thought, Lillian...
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Racing Against Time
It's not exactly a secret. Timing is everything -- and time waits for no man. Whether someone is a handsome young rock star battling an addiction or an angry alte kocker trying to provoke a fellow...
View ArticleShakespeare Rises Again on the Eve of His 450th Birthday
Some believe that Jesus rolled a boulder and then rose to the heavens on Easter Sunday. With Easter approaching, I have been thinking of our own secular god, William Shakespeare, whose life remains...
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The Getty Black Book
Several years ago I watched a program on A&E's Biography program, the 100 Most Influential People of the Millennium. Amongst the countdown were some of my heroes: Vasco de Gama, Simon Bolivar,...
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San Francisco Ballet in the Exhilarating Shostakovich Trilogy
You do not have to be an admirer of Shostakovich or a ballet junkie to be moved and exhilarated by San Francisco Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky's Shostakovich Trilogy. This co-production with American...
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