“Tell the sound guy to raise her mic,” bellowed the director of the production of Fiddler on the Roof I was touring with. At the time, nothing about this encounter struck me as unusual, until an interview a few months ago, when the audio woman I was interviewing told...
At this time, 658 people have been killed in L.A. County over the past 12 months alone. And that number is only growing. When homicide stories are staples of the 24 hour news cycle, and even more left out from news coverage, reactions to violence are increasingly...
Michael Parker promises he isn’t a history buff, but his site specific artwork reflects a clear understanding of Western history and its impact on the modern world. He derives much of his inspiration from the most essential element of life: water. In his Current: LA...
With enterprise deadlines rapidly approaching and other projects on their minds, there was hardly an idle moment for the interns this week. Interns Rebecca Castillo, Simone Chu and Michael Meeks headed to the South Los Angeles Wetlands Park to snap photos of the...
Phajah Dawn Lett remembers a time when she could hear music echoing from Leimert Park every night. The beats in the park were loud enough to draw her attention as an 8-year-old girl. By the time she was 12, Lett convinced her mother to enroll her in West African...
When I moved into South Gate in 2006, I thought the old Allen Theater was nothing but a hunk of junk that took up space, like those pre-installed apps on your iPhone. It resembled a black sheep in the midst of the beauty salons, barber shops, outlet stores and other...
It’s a sizzling Saturday afternoon in July, but it’s cool inside Monterey Park’s Langley Community Center. Dancers of all ages spin and crouch and kick to the rhythm of the recorded drum beat and buzz of the hne, a Burmese wind instrument. A few parents chat at a...
In YAWN’s Long Beach apartment, nine of the twelve members of electronic music collective emptyset! are scattered around the living room and kitchen, rapidly pressing buttons on handheld game...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0iH4GciiUY Interpreting Credits: Rachel Bird and Mikaella Taylor Joshua Castille developed his deep passion for performing as a middle school student in Louisiana. However, opportunities to perform were limited until high school,...
Rising up from the South Los Angeles Wetlands Park, Mast looks a little bit like something from a dream. The ship’s mast, a replica of the main mast of the first Spanish explorer ship San Salvador, is firmly planted in solid ground, but the way that the breeze fills...
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