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Short + Sweet Hollywood 2025
Update: (much over due!) We made it to the Finals! As I write this the Festival is now over, and Perseids took home a number of honors: crew takeover award for "Best Drama" Festival award for "Best Playwright" As well as some things I can claim no responsibility...
“Thunder” at The A Chronicles 10 Minute Play Festival
I'm thrilled to share that my short play Thunder was selected from over 350+ submissions to be a part of The A Chronicles 10 Minute Play Festival. This festival takes place in Connecticut, so I likely won't be able to get out there, (you'll know I've won the...
Universitas: Food & Wine
Back in May, I put up a post with links to free education resources, which I had started as part of my job during COVID. The amount of free education out there online is staggering. If you don't care about certification or diplomas, just about learning stuff, the...
Four Girls
I was teaching the Saturday morning Kenpo class - no, not the 7:30 am advanced Black Belt class - the 10:00 am one - the one with the wee beasties, the littles, the younglings. Four little girls showed up that day, a couple of 7-year-olds, and a pair of sisters...
Universitas
In the medieval world, when the first western universities formed, they did not have physical facilities. Classes were taught in whatever space was available, including churches or homes. A university was not a physical space, but a collection of individuals,...
Play reading: Imago
One of the perks of living in a city with a vibrant theatre scene (and yes, Los Angeles has had a vibrant theatre scene for many years now) is that you find talented folks who are willing to spend an afternoon to help you develop your play. When writing, I find...
24 Hour Theatre Event: With Hope in Our Hearts
Don't call me Friday, November 8 after 5pm. I'll be busy writing. I've been invited to participate in Theatre Unleashed's latest 24-hour theatre event as a playwright. 24-hour shows are produced entirely, as advertised, within 24 hours. The clock starts Friday...
Hollywood Short+Sweet Fest 2024
It’s rare that I actually get to see productions of my short plays, which makes it so much more exciting when I do. The Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival recently wrapped up and I was fortunate enough to have three short plays selected for the Festival. For the...
Extreme Bookstores
“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.” -Neil Gaiman, American Gods If you haven't figured this out already, I love books. I love bookstores and...
It’s the Journey
This March, in 2019, marks 20 years since I first stepped onto a dojo mat as a student. My first thought upon making this realization is, “I really should be better at this by now.” My second is, “Who the hell could've predicted that?” To be fair to myself, I had...
For the Love of Books – The Last Bookstore
Further Adventures in LA... “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” – Erasmus This week I took a jaunt downtown to visit The Last Bookstore. California’s largest used book and record store, the Last Bookstore is a...
Adventures in wonder-land: The Brewery Artwalk
Adventures exploring Los Angeles continued... Saturday, October 13, I went to the Brewery Artwalk. The Brewery is the largest live-work art colony in the world, located on a 16-acre-compound that was once the Edison Electric Steam power plant and then a Pabst Blue...
The Other Door
Not too long ago, a yoga studio opened up next door to the martial arts studio where I train. The two businesses share a parking lot in the back, and both have a rear entrance, along a narrow path about five feet below the level of the parking lot. One day, I...
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