Jul
24
Author Rebecca Rotert (my cousins’ cousin, or more simply, my aunt’s other niece) will be reading from her novel Last Night at the Blue Angel at Diesel Bookstore in Brentwood on July 31st at 7:00pm. Listen to Rebecca Rotert describe Last Night at the Blue Angel in her own words at one of her readings and in this video. So proud of and […]
Jul
14
Y.N. RichKids’ Hot Cheetos and Takis… Sunday nights and Monday mornings really don’t get much better than this.
Jun
26
In 2014, I received a Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs grant to travel to Bali. During my arts residency at Yayasan Bali Purnati, I met and interviewed artists and began a series of writing about their work. Please explore this time and process with me in Kate Johnson and Michael Masucci’s video production, From Bali […]
Jun
23
Readers, you’re invited to… Los Angelenos at Yayasan Bali Purnati An afternoon tour of cultural exchange in Bali & Java with Ellen C. Caldwell and Sara Velas Saturday, June 28th, 2014 4-6 pm @ The Velaslavasay Panorama 1122 West 24th Street Los Angeles, California 90007 Reservations are not necessary for this free event. In February […]
Jun
18
So, I’m obsessing with this video Proud To Be. I showed it in my seminar a month ago, after the NFL wouldn’t air it during the Super Bowl and before it aired on TV during the NBA playoffs. In just two minutes, it successfully does what I try to do in at least four weeks of […]
May
29
LeVar Burton launched his Reading Rainbow Kickstarter yesterday, May 28th, hoping to collect $1 million in pledges to go towards relaunching and rebooting Reading Rainbow. In just 11 hours, he reached his goal and the pledges just keep coming. This video update at the million dollar marker is simply tear-worthy: Reading Rainbow Kickstarter reaches $1 million As a […]
May
28
In these days following the killings in Isla Vista, I’ve been in a bit of a fog trying to process the tremendous loss and complex implications of the shooter’s motivations and words. In this wake of bitterness, sorrow, and frustration, I felt an even greater, yet unrelated sadness when I heard that Dr. Maya Angelou […]
May
03
Feeling 22 on the road to Tabanan, Bali. March 2014.
Apr
12
Typographer and illustrator Gemma O’Brien (aka “Mrs. Eaves” on twitter and insty) is talented, funny, and inspirational. This video of her talk at TYPO SF does it for me. I’m obsessed and inspired. She captures so many things I have been thinking about and writing about recently (right, Lauren)?! “Something I started to realize that […]
Feb
21
I’ve been at Yayasan Bali Purnati on an arts writing residency for three weeks and it has been amazing. Below is a photo gallery of some of my favorite memories and moments thus far:
