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This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the performing arts in Times of Corona, we feature an excerpt from the Central Works audio play Bystanders
ARTS Amy Seiwert's Imagery "More Love Now" is a new improvisational event with Imagery artist Shania Rasmussen, trumpeter Darren Johnston, and visual artist and poet Adrian Arias. Feb 14, 4pm PT, Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2938679926376373/ Ballet22 Premiere of a new dance film by Joshua Stanton with the Oakland dance company. $10 and up. Feb. 12-14. https://www.ballet22.com Bechtel Fest 8 Chicago's Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; the annual festival of new short plays features an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary, trans and queer act...
One of the best parts of an 'In Real Life' evening at the theater comes after the curtain call. As we head out of the auditorium, we overhear fragments of our fellow audience members' reactions—what impressed them, what fell short, what they thought the show was about. Tuning in to snippets of conversation, we feel a bit of sparkle when opinions match our own, a bit of disdain when perceptions seem off-kilter. Occasionally we catch hold of a notion that opens up a whole new dimension of the show that somehow never occurred to us. Then we take these overheard samples and mix them into leng...
Print Because it’s awards season, I’ve been knee-deep in historian Mark Cousin’s 15-part doc “The Story of Film: An Odyssey” and it is thoughtful, informative and takes a refreshingly global perspective on cinema. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news and Washington dogfluencers: The legacy of Chicano graphics “Mujer de Mucha Enagua, PA’ TI XICANA,” 1999, by Yreina D. Cervántez collages images that reflect a range of artistic influences. (Yreina D. Cervántez / SAAM) Corn tortillas and ed...
“The Catastrophist” is a virtual solo show about Nathan Wolfe, the prolific pandemic expert whose firm specializes in predicting outbreaks. “A highly contagious, deadly virus is a worst-case scenario for epidemiologists,” his character explains to an empty theater. “But that’s my job. Think of the worst-case scenario and prepare for it.” Available to stream through Feb. 28, the play is the latest STEM-centric stage show from Lauren Gunderson, the most-produced dramatist in America. Some of her works have centered on chemist Marie Curie, scientist Isaac Newton, mathematician Ém...