Gallery Crawl  |  Nov 20, 2008

Around the World in Palo Alto -- November 2008

Gallery Crawl checks out Lukas Felzmann's Ghostpile photography exhibition at the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery and visits Aicon Gallery's latest group exhibition, The Human Dichotomy, a collection of Pakistani miniatures.

 

The Writers' Block  |  Nov 20, 2008

Horses that Buck

Margot Kahn reads a passage from Horses that Buck, the story of a Wyoming cowboy and the transformation of his world, the frontier West. By Margot Kahn

Event  |  Nov 19, 2008

Execution of Precious Memories

The practice of making art, in whole or in part, out of other people's ideas and experiences is hardly new. Soliciting audience submissions from the stage has been a staple of improvisational theater and sketch comedy for as long as those forms have been around. By Ben Marks

Previously in KQED Arts

Film Review | Nov 18, 2008

Nerdcore Rising

Instead of conscious hip-hop, where the flow is ever-so-smooth and the vibe is soulful and socially aware, how about self-conscious hip-hop, where the flow is spastic, the vibe computer-savvy and socially awkward? By Jonathan Kiefer

Book Review | Nov 17, 2008

John R. MacArthur: You Can't Be President

I was looking for something to acidify an overwhelming sparkles, hearts, and rainbows feeling. I needed someone to tell me something bad about America, before unicorns began grazing in Dolores Park and bluebirds stopped by and offered to clean my apartment. By Heather Smith

Art Review | Nov 16, 2008

Lydia Nakashima Degarrod: Geographies of the Imagination

It is less scary to walk through a dark house when you can name the pieces of furniture you bump into. The same rationale applies to geography as a whole. By Victoria Gannon

Music Review | Nov 15, 2008

Mike Relm: Spectacle

Mike Relm's new album is serious. But I don't mean it lacks fun in any way. The album is both a stray from some of the comedic live mash-ups he is famous for and a symbol of Relm's recent ascent into the "serious" music business. By Emily Logan

Festival Report | Nov 14, 2008

Italian For Beginners: New Italian Cinema

We could while away a lovely afternoon -- or start a lively comments thread -- debating why amazing debut records (The Doors and Horses, to name two) greatly outnumber brilliant first films (a list headed by Citizen Kane and The 400 Blows). By Michael Fox

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