San Jose novelist Khaled Hosseini talks about adapting his work for the stage and dealing with Trump’s America. Source: ‘I See Art As a Way for People to Not Think of Each Other in Broad Strokes’
Khaled Hosseini’s bestseller following two women from strikingly different classes will begin its run Feb. 1 at ACT in San Francisco. By ERIKA MILVY JAN. 19, 2017 6 AM PT In a much retweeted curtain-call speech from the Broadway stage in November, “Hamilton” actor Brandon Dixon conveyed
101 TV Shows to See Before You Grow Up: Be your own TV critic–the must-see TV list for kids (– April 1, 2017) by Erika Milvy (Author) 101 TV shows for kids to discover and for families to watch together, all in one book.
In “Slums of Beverly Hills,” Tamara Jenkins’ 1998 debut film, a somewhat crummy dad buys his teen daughter her first bra. Nearly a decade later, in the director’s second feature film, “The Savages,” an adult daughter gets her pretty crummy dad his first diapers. At
A Sinclair Lewis novel about the rise of a dictator has been adapted for the stage, seeking to cast new light on the age of Trump – but it’s more agitprop than satire Source: It Can’t Happen Here: a demagogue rises, but the parallels aren’t
The street artist whose Hope artwork became one of the defining images of the 2008 presidential campaign has turned his attention to Donald Trump Source: Shepard Fairey makes Idiocracy-inspired election artwork | Art and design | The Guardian
‘Hamilteens’ may not have seen the show, but they know everything about it. Who needs One Direction when you’ve got a musical about the founding fathers? Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of Hamilton at Tony awards. Photograph: CBS photo archive/Getty Images Erika Milvy Wed 22 Jun
I hesitate to divulge this, but Taco Bell Triangle is my new favorite night life destination. If you scootch below Cesar Chavez, the intensity of hyper-hipness of The Mission mellows out. Source: Think Outside the Bun | The Huffington Post
New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s new book, winner of the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction, literally draws on her parents’ declining health and death to tell a story of caregiving. Source: Must Read: Roz Chast’s Graphic Caregiving Memoir – Next Avenue
He’s tackled the MPAA and showgirls, but documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick is about to unleash his most controversial film to date:Outrage , a look at closeted, conservative politicians like Larry Craig and Charlie Crist. Source: Kirby Dick Is Outraged! | Advocate.com