The trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby came out this week and has already generated plenty of internet buzz, even though the 3D film won’t hit theaters until Christmastime. Jay Gatsby will be portrayed by Leonard di Caprio, perhaps …
The Flap about The Great Gatsby
5.25.12
Things to Do with Kids In LA: Cleopatra at the California Science Center
When I first entered the newly installed Cleopatra: The Exhibition at the California Science Center, I instantly lost my bearings. The dramatically darkened space, high lit with stone figurines, provides a stark contrast to the brightly lit atrium of the …
Things to do with kids in LA: Hollywood Bowl 2012 Line-Up
How cute is Gustavo Dudamel? At a press event for the Hollywood Bowl's 2012 season, he trotted out on stage to explain what most excited him about the summer's programming. (See him? Gazing upwards trying to decide where to begin with the summer's exciting line-up?). With a twinkle in his eye, he talked about all his Latin friends who will join him onstage this summer (Placido Domingo, Panamanian Rubén Blades, Columbian Juanes and Dominican Juan Luis Guerra,) as well as his long-term plans for the LA Phil.
National Geographic – I just can’t quit you
In a fit of spring-cleaning, I’m emptying shelves and bookcases around the house. I’m the first to toss or re-purpose anything that hasn’t been used in a few years, much to the chagrin of my husband** who still laments that …
Play Me I’m Yours
With Play Me, I’m Yours, pianos are strategically set up around the city, decorated colorfully by local artists to entice you to sit down and “tickle the ivories”. It’s all part of a public art project by Luke Jerram, …
Archived: Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series at the Orange County Museum of Art
Driving over an hour to see some art may seem like a crazy idea, especially on Easter Sunday. The way I had it figured, everyone feels a little bit reverent about something – my husband about going to Dodger Stadium, …
4.13.12
Zip-lining with Teenagers
My family just returned from a week on the Big Island of Hawaii where, although we did not visit the Mauna Loa Volcano (the largest in the world -- and still active), we did spend a day zip-lining. When we got home, I discovered an article in the new Los Angeles Times Saturday section about local zip-line adventure outfits, so thought that my experience might be worth chronicling if indeed we Southern Californians are going to spend more time zipping around local forests and mountainsides.
Archived: Deciphering Another, Thread by Thread: Aligheiro Boetti by Afghan Women
As a very young girl, I was taught to embroider by my grandmother, and so passed along these skills to my daughter when she was in elementary school and spent hours doing craft projects. It’s meaningful to me when skills, …
The Hunger Games: Who Should Watch?
Despite having heard rave reviews of “The Hunger Games” from two readers in two generations who really loved Harry Potter, I sniffed at the book covers with a certain disdain – kids killing kids? Sounded too violent and… offensive to …
3.22.12
