This post has been updated (see “Rebel”) I’ve been having on-going discussions with persons who work or have lived (or were born) in countries where there’s extreme poverty, war, and other maladies. What distinguishes “their” poverty from American poverty? Is it just a matter of food, resources, and material goods? In the U.S., we’re talking [...]
Wow, it’s been nearly a month since I last posted. So much going on, can’t pick just one, two or three. But there is something I’d like to share, it’s MAKERS. “MAKERS: Women Who Make America” (a production of Storyville Films) is just one part of the story. That’s the complete title of a new [...]
SPIKE LEE’S NEXT REQUIEM After visiting New Orleans for the first time in 2007, I bought my own DVD copy of “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts,” Spike Lee’s HBO documentary about the slow emergency and recovery response to the Katrina tragedy. The documentary was one of the few voices at the [...]
This is the live feed from BP of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. They’ve restarted the “top kill” process of shooting heavy drilling mud into the hole to essentially “plug it up.” The video source and ticker is from PBS’s Newshour. The live feed was ordered by the U.S. Government. What a [...]
Gustavo Dudamel’s October 8 inaugural gala concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall (seriously folks) will be featured on PBS’s Great Performances tonight at 8 PM (EST). Check local listings. For those of you who’ve kept up with eclectique|916, I attended a rehearsal of the Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in April. Dudamel started his musical [...]
