Is visualization bullshit? I couldn't tell you because I've never given it a chance. Let's ask Nick Cave! I’m home for a week after...

I grew up in a household very aware of television comedy and we watched it every night. At the age of eight or nine, I was even allowed...

I had a lovely blog prepared about directing tips from an American director of my generation. Then I found out he was in a leadership...

Bobby Briggs: Norma, I'll see you in my dreams. Norma Jennings: Not if I see you first. I remember watching the Mod Squad as a very young...

In no special order. 4. The publishing of Playwriting, Structure, Character, How and What to Write by Stephen Jeffreys 'What Stephen...

Over the next week, I will share my top ten cultural hits of April 2019 in no particular order. 1. NYT T-Mag April 14, 2019 “A microphone...

In what film or television show do we find this tea set? Scroll down through the photos and try to guess. The answers are at the bottom....

“Didn’t even notice the thorns were real?” --- Jessica Fletcher Have you seen Velvet Buzzsaw on Netflix? It is a campy horror film that...

wuth·er·ing /ˈwəT͟HəriNG/ adjective NORTHERN ENGLISH (of weather) characterized by strong winds. "it's a wuthering day on the moors...

“I never thought of him, when we were working, as my husband. Judy Garland came backstage one time, and she said, oh, your husband's done...

A Tale of Two Women Actor Heidi Schreck, Dramaturg Sarah Lunni working on the Broadway hit What the Constitution Means to Me. At the end...

Scholastic Books for the 21st Century I just got home after both seeing and hearing Kazu Kibuishi speak at Chimacum High School about his...

(In no particular order.) 1. Agnès Varda. Read my blog post about her here: My Public Library from 5 to 7 2. Sally Rooney’s novel,...

In no particular order, I will be blogging about my top 10 cultural hits of March 2019 over the next week. NOTE: I had hoped this would...

This is a Happening. PBS Digital Studios' program The Art Assignment presents THE CASE FOR PERFORMANCE ART. This short video is a quick...

"People want voices for the voiceless so they don't have to hear the voiceless." Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer is a New York...

"Micro changes in air density, my ass." -- Ripley The classic auteur horror film Alien turns 40 next month and with this birthday comes a...

“Days were ages. Love bloomed and died in a day.” ― Heidi Julavits, The Folded Clock: A Diary Why, as I’ve gotten older, do the years go...

“Have some questions; make some decisions and be ready to change them.” English actor, director, National Campaign for the Arts chair,...

Is it okay for a white person to comment on a cultural trend initiated by the black community? In this case, I think it is alright...