Toba SingerBerkeley,
On June 23, 2017, Toba Singer had a chance to sit down with actor Lance Gardner at Berkeley Rep. They talked about the three roles he plays in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “An Octoroon,” a modern-day adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s 1859 play ...
Two generations of Flamenco come together in Santa Fe.
Michael Wade SimpsonSanta Fe,
La Emi is the stage name for Emmy Grimm, a Flamenco artist based in Santa Fe who began her dancing career with Maria Benitez, and has made annual trips to Spain, where she was invited to live with Carmela Greco, ...
Emily S. MendelBerkeley,
Since I wanted to learn more about Dorothea Lange, Berkeley resident Elizabeth Partridge, Lange’s goddaughter and the granddaughter of photographer Imogen Cunningham, graciously agreed to meet with me. Since Partridge’s father, Rondal, had been Lange’s assistant, Partridge grew up as ...
Andrew OsborneAustin,
Previously on Culture Vulture, I shared the Top Five Films I saw at Austin's 2017South-by-Southwest Festival.
And now, my picks for additional SXSW hits and misses, coming soon to a theater, festival, streaming service, ...
Andrew OsborneTX,
Joe Biden may have been the most accomplished former vice president to speak at this year's SXSW multi-media festival in Austin, Texas -- but Selina Meyer was easily the funniest (in clips from the upcoming sixth season of ...
New Arts and Culture Agenda Lays Roadmap for Resistance and the Protection of Culture Under Incoming Administration
Michael Wade Simpson
St. Louis, M.O. - At a gathering of artists, activists and policymakers this week, the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) released a 10-point policy and action agenda, Standing for Cultural Democracy: The USDAC’s Policy and Action Platform, to ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
Remy Charlip was a great person, an innovative writer of children’s books, an early member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (for which he designed costumes and sets), a founding member of the Paper Bag ...
Lewis WhittingtonPhiladelphia,
Even though it’s hard to imagine that F.W. Murnau’s 1922 film, "Nosferatu" actually scared audiences, it still remains a classic of the horror genre. Most of the thrills now are in its German expressionist cinema language which ...
Toba SingerBerkeley,
There’s something for everyone in this locally-sourced adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here,” and therein lies its fatal flaw. Berkeley Rep’s artistic director Tony Taccone’s enthusiasm for the Federal Theatre Project, an outgrowth of the Depression-era Works ...
A new exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences
Janos GerebenSan Francisco,
September 30, 2016
Renzo Piano's magnificent "all-glass see-through" California Academy of Sciences ([http://www.calacademy.org) in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park (across from another architectural wonder, Herzog & de Meuron's de Young Museum) had its eighth birthday three days ago. The ...
