Theatre Review: Don't Miss I Remember Mama by the Transport Group Theatre...
Traveling to New York from suburban Philadelphia is a trek. I like to drive. No bus or train for me. On Sunday April 6, my girlfriend, Janet and I set out at about 11AM for the Big Apple to see my dear...
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A Tune From the Middle East, a Bridge to America
We had a lyricist from Lebanon and an arranger from Iraq. We had a melody composed by Quincy Jones. A Libyan, Egyptian, Palestinian, Syrian, Saudi and Emirati were among 26 artists joining recording...
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The Big Picture: Perspective Is Everything
The Big Picture "I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture." - Author Steven Saylor My sister Ann passed away,...
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The Authentic Perspective
It was surprising that there was no strong opposition to Nerdrum's Kitsch philosophy or toward Scruton's ideas of beauty at TRAC2014. Could it be that all are in basic agreement of the cultural...
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Graffiti Artist RISK Promotes Aerosmith Show at Whiskey a Go Go (PHOTOS)
On Tuesday April 8, 2014, the rock and roll band Aerosmith performed an intimate set with Slash at the Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood to announce their 2014 tour dates. The artist RISK made a banner for...
View ArticleAisle View: Laughter in the Heir
Playgoers who left David Ives' 2011 School for Lies blissfully entranced need only be told that Ives -- working once more at the Classic Stage Company -- has done it again with The Heir Apparent. Those...
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All in the Family
According to a piece Business Section of the Times ("Techology's Man Problem," 4/5/14) Pax Dickinson of Business Insider tweeted, "it's not misogyny to tell a sexist joke, or to fail to take a woman...
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Wouldn't It Be Lovely?, San Pedro Rep
For all its insistence on the proper use of words, Wouldn't It Be Lovely?, conceived and directed by Aaron Ganz for San Pedro Rep and adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and the musical My...
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Germany's Art Festival Quadriennale Envisions the World Beyond Tomorrow
Known for its Kunstakademie (Academy of the arts), the city of Dusseldorf in the North-West of Germany has a long-standing tradition for artistic avant-garde. Currently the beautiful city on the river...
View Article8 Perfect Nirvana Songs to Add to the Soundtrack of Your Life
I first added Nirvana's music onto the private soundtrack of my life when I entered middle school in 1995 (just months after Kurt had died). Kurt Cobain's voice quickly became my companion during...
View ArticleYahya Hassan: Poems of Rage
Meet the 18-year-old sensation Yahya Hassan, who has written literary history in Denmark with his powerful, personal poems criticizing his family and Muslims in the Danish welfare system. Everyone...
View ArticleFrom Pork Chop Hill to the Front Line: Peace As a Korean Human Right
In the 1959 Korean War movie Pork Chop Hill, directed by Lewis Milestone, a multicultural American infantry company led by Lieutenant Joe Clemons (Gregory Peck), is engaged in a long, tense,...
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10 Absolutely Incredible Women in Historical Fiction
Too often, even in the twenty-first century, history's all about the men. That's just one reason why I love to read and write historical fiction: It provides the opportunity to explore or create or...
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Theater: Heir Ball; (Sur)Realistic Joneses
THE HEIR APPARENT *** 1/2 out of **** THE REALISTIC JONESES *** out of **** THE HEIR APPARENT *** 1/2 out of **** CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY Shall I compare the new David Ives comedy to his last adaptation...
View ArticleTop 10 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Performance Moments
For the past 29 years the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been honoring rock and roll music's greats with an induction ceremony and a permanent place at the Rock and Hall of Fame and Museum in...
View ArticleBob Dylan in the 1980s: A Never Ending Tour of a Cantankerous Canon
If you remember the pointing finger songs of Saved (1980) and Shot of Love (1981), the din and drone of Dylan and the Dead anesthetizing half-filled stadiums or the inconsistencies of Knocked Out...
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How Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram Are Revolutionizing Modern Art
If you would like a succinct peek at the present online art scene, sit down for a chat with California-based comic artist and animator Andrew Stewart. Stewart (also known as @Viruul), like so many of...
View ArticleSo, You Want to Publish Your Book?
Apparently, my last article, about writing a book, reminded quite a few people that yes, they have important stories to tell, and encouraged them to stop waiting and start writing. I'm truly thrilled....
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Willy Porter and Music Heard the Slow-Cooked Way
The listening room is to music what the slow-food movement is to foodie culture. Both are about a kind of intimacy and focused attention designed to immerse you in the experience of the craft. Did I...
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Chris Beas on the ImageBlog
Chris Beas "MP 4/4 1988" 2010 Die cast metal, acrylic on canvas on panel 21 1/4 x 35 3/4 x 7 inches Image courtesy of Martha Otero Gallery
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