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 ...
John SullivanSan Francisco,
Farewell, my sister, fare thee well.
The elements be kind to thee, and make
Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.
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Celebrating this Austin-based streaming video site and social network
Andrew OsborneTX,
By Andrew Osborne
Sure, lots of people have podcasts, and some of those podcasts even have fans...but DoubleToasted.com has a congregation (and that’s just for the Sunday Service, one of five R-rated, live-streaming weekly video broadcasts covering movies, video ...
Anne SheridanNew York,
On May 18th in New York City, the National Jazz Museum will open its doors to present over 250+ personal belongings of the late, legendary Duke Ellington, which will be up for auction worldwide in celebration of his influence on ...
