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Lucy Grealy, a Friend Remembered
Portrait of Lucy Grealy, 46 x 37 inches, oil on canvas, 1993 Today is my birthday. It is also the death anniversary of a dear friend, Lucinda Margaret Grealy, Lucy to her friends, who died at the age...
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Oakland Ballet's Nutcracker Brings a Vibrant Community Together
Stephanie Salts as Marie and Robert Dekkers as The Nutcracker in Oakland Ballet Company's production of Graham Lustig's "The Nutcracker." (Photo: David DeSilva) Ballet to the People gatecrashed a...
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Inglewood Open Studios
When most people think about Inglewood, California, they usually don't think about the arts. Unfortunately, it was stigmatized in the 90s by Black gangster rap and hood films which gave it a tainted...
View Article12 Insanely Creative Ads
Some of the most amazing and effective ads ever developed, some of which have become iconic, faced incredible odds before being approved for production, when in production and postproduction, and even...
View ArticleVisual Art: The Life is Beautiful Festival Legacy
Some time has now passed since the Life is Beautiful Festival took over Downtown Las Vegas for one short weekend in late October, but a legacy remains. Organizer Rehan Choudhry and team conceived of...
View ArticleAn Interview With Art Spiegelman
If you're into comic books or art, Art Spiegelman is a name you should know. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for a graphic novel called Maus, which documented his father's survival through the...
View Article20 Things I Learned About Norman Rockwell From American Mirror, The Life and...
His middle name was Perceval. He judged the first Miss America contest in 1922. He saw himself primarily as a storyteller in the Dickensian mode. He claimed to be an illustrator rather than an artist....
View ArticleMy Conversation With Anjelica Huston
Tonight on PBS, I sit down with Academy Award-winning actress and director Anjelica Huston. When she won an Oscar for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, Huston continued her family's...
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Our Girl in Havana: The Artists of Camagüey
Some people are surprised when I talk about the thriving art scene in Cuba. They assume the strictures of the socialist regime suppress any form of expression until only a bland diet of...
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A Musical Theater Startup Telling Bay Area Stories
Many startups are flocking to tech-rich San Francisco, but composer/lyricist Tony Asaro has arrived with a different kind of startup. His nascent theater company, The FOGG Theatre, which stands for...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Five-Actor "Christmas Carol," One-Actor-Singer "Love, Linda,"...
Okay, I admit it, I entered A Christmas Carol at St. Clement's thinking, Oh no, not another one! Which just goes to show how wonderfully creative, not to say attitude-changing, theater can be. I left...
View ArticleThe Dare of Memoir
Why is it a dare to write memoir? It's a dare because it means telling the truth. Not the factual truth of what happened necessarily -- after all everyone who was present at the time will tell it...
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'Hot' and 'Cool' Reasons to Go to Oxnard and Laguna
Generally speaking, I am rather indifferent to cars. And I couldn't care less about people who judge you by the car you drive. So, why was I drooling in front of a bunch of bright and sparkling...
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A Christmas Movie You Must See
White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol. Chances are, you've seen them all, and some of them over and over again. But now comes along a marvelous Christmas...
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6 Questions With Noel Lanzas, Ritz-Carlton South Beach's Official Art Basel...
Art Basel is the time of year where people flock to Miami and observe modern spectacles of art and, of course, parties -- a lot of parties. One who appreciates art and design would only be fit staying...
View ArticleThank You, Library of Congress: 'Roger & Me' to Be Added to National Film...
This morning it was announced by the Library of Congress and the National Film Preservation Board that my first film, 'Roger & Me', has been placed on the National Film Registry -- the official...
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2013 Street Art Images of the Year From BSA
Here's our 2013 wrap-up featuring favorite images of the year by Brooklyn Street Art's Jaime Rojo. When it came to choosing the 112 images for the video that capture the spirit of the street art scene...
View ArticleRemembering Christopher Hitchens: Religious Belief and Hitch's Greatest Hits
On the second anniversary of Christopher Hitchens' death (December 15, 2011), the words of Proust bring a certain consolation: People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura...
View Article7 Grammar Mistakes You're Probably Making
Are you writing the next "Great American Novel?" According to an oft-quoted 2002 article from The New York Times, 81 percent of Americans believe they have a book in them -- and that they should write...
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Sangram Majumdar- 'Peel' at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
The paintings of Sangram Majumdar, now on view simultaneously at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects and around the corner at Projector, are paradoxical by nature. A self-proclaimed perceptual painter,...
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