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Author Reyna Grande talked about her book, The Distance Between Us: A Memoir, in which she shares her experiences growing up in Mexico without her parents, who immigrated to the United States illegally to find work, and discusses what life was like for her and her siblings when they eventually […]

Author Reyna Grande talks about her book “The Disance Between ...

October 19, 2012 in Reyna Grande / Uncategorized by STAFF

Quinn said she won’t let anyone go hungry, no matter what it takes. “We’ll never have to put anybody off the program or put anybody on a waiting list,” she said. “We’ve never had to do that in 35 years.”

KABCTV: LA charities hit hard by record gas prices

October 8, 2012 in Uncategorized by STAFF

“ISC offers more than a free dose of the Bard. The company has a canny sense of the primal relationship between actor and audience, and its shows delight in pure theatrical communion. Shakespeare outdoors means we don’t have to feel so serious about these masterpieces; they’re just sturdy stories of […]

LA TIMES: Reviews of ISC’s The Winter’s Tale and Midsummer ...

July 16, 2012 in Uncategorized by STAFF

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July 9, 2012 in Uncategorized by STAFF

I have finally found a great 2012 documentary to champion with Bruce McDonald’s “Music From The Big House.” It follows “the goddess of Canadian blues” Rita Chiarelli as she visits what is considered to be the birthplace of blues music: Louisiana State Maximum Security Prison (a.k.a. Angola Prison). What she finds is […]

‘Music from the Big House’ – an Exhilirating Musical Documentary

June 22, 2012 in Rita Chiarelli / Uncategorized by STAFF

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Hundreds of fifth graders put their best foot forward Tuesday night as they danced their way towards the finals in a LAUSD ballroom dance competition. Decked out in colorful costumes nearly 200 students from 19 schools danced foxtrot, merengue, rumba, waltz, tango and swing in hopes of […]

Strictly Ballroom: Hundreds Of 5th Graders Compete In Dance Finals

June 22, 2012 in Uncategorized by STAFF

Around Cape Ann Gail McCarthy Canada’s “Queen of the Blues” comes to Gloucester Friday night to screen a film about a blues pilgrimage down U.S. Route 61 that led her to a state prison in Louisiana. What Rita Chiarelli discovered there led to the creation of a documentary that she […]

Around Cape Ann Canada’s-Blues Queen in Local Visit

June 7, 2012 in Uncategorized by STAFF

The director’s “Kamikaze Love” gets a new title, and is being offered in the market by Moonstone Entertainment. Zalman King died, at the age 70, in February, but he is making something of a posthumous appearance at this year’s market, where Moonstone Entertainment’s Etchie Stroh is offering the director’s final feature. […]

Cannes 2012: Zalman King Makes a Posthumous Appearance With His ...

May 22, 2012 in Moonstone Entertainment / Uncategorized by STAFF

Helmer will bow scenes of his new pic for buyers By Dave McNary Nineteen years after winning the Palme d’Or for “Farewell, My Concubine,” Chen Kaige is coming to the Croisette to debut select scenes of “Caught in the Web,” his look at China in the Internet age.He’ll appear at […]

Chen weaves ‘Web’ at Cannes

May 16, 2012 in Chen Kaige / Uncategorized by STAFF