San Luis Obispo Int’l Film Festival 2024
SLO (that’s what the locals call it), pulled out all the stops for their 30th annual Film Festival.
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Healdsburg Jazz Festival in Wine Country
Healdsburg itself is a charming destination and relaxing experience – but add in an incredible music festival and it quadruples the reason for a memorable vacation getaway. Sonoma County’s premier summer music event, Healdsburg Jazz Festival returns to the heart of Northern California’s internationally-renowned wine country for its 26th annual festival from June 15 – 23, 2024 featuring many…
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: 2023 Tour
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo returns in 2023 with a long-awaited tour featuring a reprisal of classic favorites and a fresh new dance repertoire. The dance troupe’s comedic timing and captivating choreography is always a delight. Recognized as the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, the TROCKS offer a refreshing diversion from traditional ballet….
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IN THE HEIGHTS: convivially buoyant film radiating with love
Lin-Manuel Miranda once again shatters stereotypes with “In the Heights“, a feel-good tribute to the Latino immigrant experience in the New York neighborhood of Washington Heights.The 2006 play of the same name started Miranda’s meteoric rise to fame, awards swirling in orbit. Being a scripturient, he has earned a ridiculous amount of accolades to date,…
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Jon Lehrer Dance Company World Tour: Artistry in Motion
The Jon Lehrer Dance Company, a celebrated NYC-based dance company, returns to the stage in 2021 with an exciting new World Tour. Captivating choreography combined with music, lighting and unique artistic license, create a magical performance not to be missed. Jon Lehrer’s background in both modern and jazz dance, fuels his creative direction. He is…
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Washed Ashore: Turning Art into Activism
My first exposure to environmental activism art was in 2018, during a visit to Bruges, an enchanting European canal city. It is hard to forget a 5-ton towering whale made from plastic waste. Be assured, the emotional connection from such a grand visual statement can and will result in inspiring immediate change. The near 40-foot-high…
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Like a Prayer: Film Review
Have you ever been to a low budget wedding where they forgo the professional photographer in favor of cell phone paparazzi? Seems anyone can wave a camera phone around and call themselves an artist. That doesn’t make the results worthy of the big screen. Like a Prayer should never have made it past YouTube. A…
