“Melissa Arctic” at the Road on Magnolia Closes 11/15

Posted on October 24, 2014 by EngAGE

ELIZABETH SAMPSON, EngAGE Regional Programs Director, is in the cast of  the Road Theatre’s latest collaboration with Craig Wright (TV’s “Tyrant,” “Six Feet Under,” “Lost,” “United States of Tara,” and more). The play is loosely based on Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale.” This magical story of art, redemption, and love is the winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.

The show closes on November 15th, so click here now to get tickets!

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The West Coast Premiere of “MELISSA ARCTIC”
Directed by Scott Alan Smith

THE ROAD ON MAGNOLIA
10747 Magnolia Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601

And remember: if you lived at NOHO SAC, you’d just have to stroll downstairs to get to the theater!

CAST: Tom Musgrave, Coronado Romero, Laurie Okin, Brian Cole, Elizabeth Sampson, Michael Dempsey, Joe Hart, Lockne O’Brien, Hannah Mae Sturges, Alexa Hodzic, Samantha Salamoff, Danny Webber

PRODUCTION TEAM: Desma Murphy (Set Design), Derrick Mcdaniel (Lighting Design), David Marling (Sound Design), Kaitlyn Pietras (Projection Design), Mary Jane Miller (Costume Design), TJ McNeill (Asst. Costume Design), Heather Gonzalez (Properties Design), Maurie Gonzalez (Stage Manager), Darryl Johnson (Asst. Director), Michael Thomas-Visgar (2nd Asst. Director)

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Photographer Fred Lyon at 90

Posted on October 23, 2014 by EngAGE

Digital CameraFrom Fred Lyon’s website:

“Photographer Fred Lyon has been called ‘San Francisco’s Brassai.’ He’s also been compared to Cartier Bresson, Atget and Andre Kertez, but all with a San Francisco twist. That’s fine with this lifelong native who happily admits his debt to those icons.

“Now [90], his nonstop career reaches back to the early 1940s and embraces news, architecture, advertising, wine and food. In the golden years of magazine publishing his picture credits were everywhere from LIFE to VOGUE and beyond. These days find him combing his picture files for galleries, publishers and print collectors. And he’s still excited when he gets a call offering a new project.”

See some of his wonderful photos of mid-century San Francisco here and here.

 

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International Perspective: 60 Years of Tea

Posted on October 22, 2014 by EngAGE

INTERNATIONAL-PERSPECTIVEFrom the New York Times:

“In my home country of Chile, having afternoon tea together with friends and family is a cherished ritual. The custom is about far more than just tea: It’s a time to catch up with loved ones and share experiences both seismic and mundane. As time goes on, teatime and the conversations it fuels can become the glue that holds relationships together.

“I have witnessed this ritual since my childhood, watching my grandmother gather with her friends once a month for tea and pastries at 5 p.m., as they have done for the last 60 years.”

Click here for more of the story and a charming 6:50′ video by Maite Alberdi, a Chilean filmmaker and writer.

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Engineer Ken Scott: The Beatles in Mono

Posted on October 21, 2014 by EngAGE

MUSICIf you’re a Boomer, you probably were surprised and excited to learn about the much-hyped Beatles In Mono vinyl box set that was released last month. If you’re younger, you probably think it’s some sort of weird throwback to listen to a mono mix. Ken Scott became a Beatles recording engineer at age 20 in 1967, and he’s definitely in favor of the new, old mono version. Read an interview with him here.

 

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Architect Frank Gehry at 85

Posted on October 20, 2014 by EngAGE

Architectural Plan“At 85, the architect Frank Gehry has neither stopped building nor started repeating himself and this month offers plenty of proof. Besides the unveiling of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, which he designed for the billionaire Bernard Arnault, the explosively coloured Biomuseo in Panama opened on 2 October followed by a retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, which opened on Wednesday, 8 October (until 26 January 2015). Gehry dispels some common misconceptions about his museum designs.” Read more here.

 

 

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Alembic: Is the Custom Guitar History?

Posted on October 19, 2014 by EngAGE

MUSIC“Building custom instruments for the Grateful Dead, Carlos Santana, Fleetwood Mac and others, the Wickersham family has been on the cutting edge of sonic sorcery. But are these artisanal wizards becoming obsolete?” Read more in an article from Rolling Stone. Read the “official” history of the Wickersham’s company, Alembic, here on their website.

 

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Worth Repeating: Artists Ilya Kabakov and John Baldessari

Posted on October 18, 2014 by EngAGE

WORTH-REPEATING“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 10/13/13:

Ilya Kabakov and John Baldessari, two octogenarian artists who are without doubt two of the most significant figures of their generation, were brought together by Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture for a memorable, standing-room only event at the Central House of the Artist in Moscow, on the eve of the launch of the Moscow Biennale. Read more here.

 

 

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