by Dan Metz | Aug 31, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Movies
I’m Leaving Now Four hundred years ago we were introduced to Don Quixote, an adventurer who fled the mundane world for imagined battles with wizards and giants. From the opening of “I’m Leaving Now,” it is clear that directors Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda...
by Dan Metz | Aug 30, 2019 | Business, Doctors, Featured, Health, Living, Wellness
L-R Shephanie Cheng, Board Member, CBWCHC; Dr. Anthony Ferreri, Regional Director of HHS (Region 2); Jane Eng, President and CEO, CBWCHC; Cheryl Donald, Regional Administrator of HRSA (Region 2); Dr. Perry Pong, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer,...
by Dan Metz | Aug 19, 2019 | Culture, Featured, LA, Movies, Music
Blixa Bargeld and FM Einheit of German band Einstürzende Neubauten, performing at an event in the Mojave Desert. Photo credit: Fredrik NIlsen (1984) The story of punk rock in the US reads a bit like the story of jazz: a time of musical experimentation where even...
by Dan Metz | Aug 16, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Movies
Neil gets Jo to pose for her instagram in Birds Without Feathers. Cinema reflects an idealized world. Films tend to project an ease of existence that ignores the awkward parts of life: the pauses, the tangents, the missed cues and forced repetitions. Cool characters...
by Dan Metz | Aug 15, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured
Laura Gómez. Photo by Erika Morillo. Actress Laura Gómez talks about her career, what’s next, and the art of bringing OITNB’s Blanca Flores to life for seven seasons. For seven years, Laura Gómez transformed herself into the character of Blanca Flores on...
