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A Mother’s Influence, in Art and Song
As a loyal Cultural Weekly reader, you'll remember Weba Garretson's album Such Is Love, which we featured as a Kickstarter of the Week. (Did you know that more than 75% of the crowdfund projects we share with you achieve full funding? You readers are the best!)
Weba has just released this video love letter to her mother, who was a profound influ More...
Game of Clones
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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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Pay a Visit to ‘Night Vet’
Every once in a while, a talented group of creative people get together on an idea that's fun and touching -- and could spin off to a potential web series.
Introducing Night Vet. It's a short film about a woman who brings her dog to an all-night animal hospital never realizing that it is she who will be healed. The creative team (writer/directo More...
Leadership from a Low Angle
by Adam Leipzig
We know the image. The tall man on the horse, holding that symbol of power, a gun. He’s John Wayne. Don’t mess with him, he’s a leader.
At least that’s the way it works in movies. Leadership in the real world is a bit different. We don’t carry rifles and we don’t ride horses. Most of us aren’t big and tall. It’s no trick to lea More...
Standing in My Mother’s House, and in Her Shoes
by Claudia Gold
Entering my mom’s apartment on Rexford Avenue in West LA is a reminder to breathe deeply. It takes me back into my childhood, to the oil painting on the wall of my mother posing in a black dress, ornamented at the top, carrying a clay jug on her shoulder, portraying Rachel at the well.
The white walls are now more like a museum. My eyes scan More...
History of Typography in 5 Minutes
If you're design junkies like we are, you know that choosing the right font can be a make or break decision. That's one reason we love typography, and we especially love this delightful animated video that goes back to the very beginning. More...Dave Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’ Done Proud in Pakistan
There are many versions of late, great jazz composer Dave Brubeck's signature standard, 'Take Five,' but perhaps none so innovative as this one from Pakistan. More...Location, Location, Location!
by Chiwan Choi
This week we have a sad bit of news and a couple of exciting bits of news.
First, the sad. Our friend Conrad Romo, the terrific curator and host of one of our favorite literary venues in the city, Tongue & Groove, will no longer be part of Writ Large Press. However, we hope to continue partnering up and collaborating in projects together in the More...
Noble Animals
by Dave Newman
Bar Dreams
A man who drank Bud drafts at the Irwin Hotel
said
in all sad seriousness
“Kid, I ought to buy me a bar”
then mooched a dollar bill from my pile.
________________________
Pig
-for Neal
Pig, I writ More...
Keep Your Connection to the World
If a free press is essential for a free society, then it is equally essential that the press be sufficiently funded to do its job. Today, that's far from certain.
PRI, Public Radio International, has been reporting about global issues for 30 years. They have launched an indiegogo campaign to support this work, and need to raise $25,000 by May 10 More...
