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cul·ture (kŭl'chər) -noun
1 the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
2 a refined understanding or appreciation of this
3 the customs, institutions, and achievements of
a particular nation, people, or group
All the World's a StageMage
• Robert Machray (LA): Alice In One-Hit-Wonderland 2: Through The Looking Glass, Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), Les Miserables
Singin' In The Rain
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• Jon Sobel (NYC): 7 Stories
• Ethan Stanislawski (NYC/Fringe Festival): Cake and Plays...But Without the Cake and The Grecian Formula
• Natalie Bennett (London): Her Naked Skin, Cosi
• Randall A Byrn (NYC): Hair
Recent Culture Articles
- Aug 28, 2008
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Interview: GianPietro Bordignon, Country Director for the World Food Programme in Egypt— Hunger and poverty have severe implications for poor families and how they choose to use their available resources.
- Aug 27, 2008
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Theatre Review (Stratford-on-Avon): Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company— David Tennant is Hamlet. It was tempting to add ‘Nuff said’ to that first sentence and leave it at that.
Theater Review (LA): Some Kind of Love Story by Arthur Miller— The West Coast premiere of a play by Arthur Miller - an undiscovered gem? If it sounds too good to be true . .
- Aug 26, 2008
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Racism Is For Cretins— We of all races and ethnicities want the same things, and Michelle Obama demonstrated that tonight.
Theater Review (NYC/Fringe Festival): Creena DeFoouie and The Redheaded Man— The NYC Fringe Festival concludes with a taste of the weird and the traumatic.
- Aug 25, 2008
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Theater Review (Santa Cruz, CA): Shakespeare Santa Cruz 2008 at UC Santa Cruz— Marco Barricello begins his stewardship of Shakespeare Santa Cruz with a splash.
Harvest Time in the Guerrilla Urban Garden— Even admitted brown thumbs can reap a harvest from a guerrilla urban garden.
Theater Review (NYC/Fringe Festival): Zombie and The Corn Maiden— Two adaptations of Joyce Carol Oates novellas at the NYC Fringe show two approaches to staging psychology.
- Aug 24, 2008
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Theater Review (NYC): One Nation Under by Andrea Lepcio— Rich folks' conservative views grate against the realities of inner city working-class life in this gripping play.
Miley Cyrus Takes Over Disneyland for her Sweet Sixteen— And YOU can attend her charity birthday bash.
- Aug 23, 2008
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Driving with Teenagers, Flying with Babies and Other Red-Eye Thoughts— Sleep-deprived on a red-eye flight from LA, the mind wanders.
- Aug 22, 2008
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Interview with Wilfred Banmbuh, World Food Programme Country Director for the Republic of Congo
— WFP’s goal is for every child in Congo to attend school. Hunger should not be the reason a child is denied an education.
- Aug 21, 2008
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Miley Cyrus Is Over Nick Jonas and Has a New Boyfriend— Miley has finally moved on from teen hottie Nick Jonas.
The Collecting Bug: Beatles’ First Fully-Signed Contract Goes Under the Hammer— Major Beatles and Jimi Hendrix items hit the block in a London auction that could pull in over £1 million.
Interview with Sara Moussavi, World Food Programme Officer for School Feeding In Sudan— WFP hopes to see a national school feeding program materialize that will offer school meals to all children in Sudan.
- Aug 20, 2008
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The Collecting Bug: "Band of Brothers" Photo Album— A specialty publisher releases a limited edition volume of photographs and text about the 101st Airborne's famed Easy Company.
Interview with Richard Dalrymple, World Food Programme Country Director for Algeria— Some of the world's greatest thinkers, including Albert Einstein, were refugees. All children deserve the opportunity to demonstrate their potential and worth.
Alaska Reflections— More than a simple week on a cruise ship, a voyage to Alaska beckons you into a magnificent wilderness.
Hanging Out At The Woodward Dream Cruise— America the way it used to be. Turns out it was a really great time.
- Aug 19, 2008
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Teen Celebrities and Their Purity Rings— Celebrities - in particular Disney stars - have taken wearing purity rings, symbolizing that they will not have sex before marriage.
College Criers: If We Can War, Then Let Us Drink— It’s ironic that a lower drinking age sits on the college debate table while alcohol education falls off of it. Is education just too drunk?
- Aug 17, 2008
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Art Exhibition Review: Glow 08, Santa Monica, CA— My walking tour of Glow 08 in Santa Monica, CA.
Selena Gomez Kicks Off "UR Votes Count" National Campaign in Glendale, CA— Disney Channel star and UR Votes Count hope to inspire kids to vote in the 2012 election.
Lottery Bandit Nabbed in California— A lottery bandit is nabbed in California after alert employees spot him trying to cash hot tickets.
Funeral for a Tooth— How an impending root canal can have you gazing into the abyss of mortality.
- Aug 16, 2008
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FBI Educates Public on Mortgage Scams— If you are facing foreclosure be wary of all the too good to be true offers popping up on websites and in your inbox.
- Aug 15, 2008
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Theater Review (NYC/Fringe Festival): The Boy in the Basement and Kansas City Or Along The Way— At the NYC Fringe Festival, The Boy in the Basement shines while Kansas City Or Along The Way flounders
Random Notes on the First Leg of a Cross Country Trip— When you are on the road, your mind tends to wander as well.
- Aug 14, 2008
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Jamie Lynn Spears' Fiancé Cheated On Her While She Was Pregnant— Casey Aldridge cheated on his soon-to-be wife for 12 months.
Some Professionals Hold the Door for Bad Manners— We accept our fellow man’s loathsomeness, but still expect more of the business world – even with the rapid decline of corporate regard for others.
UN World Food Programme’s School Feeding Initiative in São Tomé and Príncipe— School feeding is an important way to save children at risk of abuse, oppression, and a life of illiteracy, crime and homelessness.
Theater Review (LA): Les Miserables at the Hollywood Bowl— An extraordinary, all-star cast made this a more enjoyable Les Miz for me than even when I saw it in New York.
Theater Review (NYC/Fringe Festival): Cake and Plays...But Without the Cake and The Grecian Formula— Monsoons is a stark, blackly comedic vignette about a failed first date, frequently hilarious, but never letting its audience laugh too long.
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