Archive for October, 2012
The Bus Station Sonata
In Newcastle, England's Haymarket Bus Station, a man in formal attire sat at a grand piano and asked commuters to play a note, just one note, for a Beethoven sonata. Many had not touched a piano before. You'll be touched by this video of what happened.
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Subterranean / Polaroid
by Alexis Rhone Fancher
Subterranean Lovesick Clues
1.
I remember listening
to Bob Dylan in Donna Melville’s attic
bedroom, 3 a.m. We were
drinking her daddy’s bourbon, playing
Subterranean Homesick Blues over and over,
memorizing it word by mumbled word.
Johnny’s in the basement,
mixing up the medicine, I’m on the pavement, thinkin’ ‘bout
th More...
Fashion Less Ordinary
VōTLO Couture (an acronym for Vessel of Things Less Ordinary) is the passion project of fashion designer, art dealer and curator Kathy Imlay, who seeks to empower girls and women around the globe through inspiring imagery and stories they can wear and share.
Kathy's launched a Kickstarter drive to premiere a new line of scarves, wraps and garme More...
‘The Most Dangerous Short Film in America’
by Bob Pondillo
I’m a college professor -- that’s my day job -- and I’m also a filmmaker. I’ve been writing and directing short narrative movies since 2005, and have had considerable success on the national and international film festival circuit -- in fact, two of my earlier short films were chosen as “Official Selections” at Cannes. So, moviemaking More...
Emotional Baggage
Copyright © 2012 by Carol Green. All rights reserved.
Carol Green, the creator of Cultural Weekly's original comic series, Life After Birth, is a coach, writer, illustrator, veteran film publicist and wry observer living in Los Angeles.
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Trying to Measure Success
by Chiwan Choi
Today I have these two things in my mind:
• Saturday night’s Writ Large Press book release event was a huge success.
• So what?
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On Saturday night, the event we’ve been planning for since even before the summer began finally happened. It was the night we released our fifth title, History of Butoh, the debut poetry collection from More...
Imogen Heap, ‘You Know Where to Find Me’
English singer Imogen Heap began her Heapsongs project in March, 2011, with plans to release a new song and video every two months. The schedule may have slipped a little, but it's worth it. Here is heapsong7. Thanks to Cultural Weekly subscriber Joe Harrell for tipping us to this video. More...Happy Birthday, Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, the Spanish painter who was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, was born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga, Spain (he died April 8, 1973). This short clip from Visit to Picasso, a 1949 documentary made by Belgian architect, illustrator and filmmaker Paul Haesaerts, features Picasso painting on glass plates wi More...Our Critical Juncture
by Sylvie Drake
In 2007, theatre critic, writer and blogger Les Spindle wrote an article for Back Stage West that defended an unpopular position: that it takes a certain level of verve, intellect, knowledge and discipline to be a responsible and readable critic.
Fast forward to 2012. On October 7, The New York Times online under its “Room for Debate” rubri More...
The Book Launch
by Chiwan Choi
It is Monday morning, a little past 7AM. It’s dark in here and even the dog is still sleeping. There’s only one thing on my mind right now (no, not whiskey…yet): to sit down at the computer and check the status on the shipment of our books for this Saturday’s book release. And the book releases for us, and to other small presses I’m sure, More...
