Monthly Archives: April 2009
PEN World Voices Festival
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos & Video: Francisco Collazo * The fifth annual PEN World Voices Festival opened in New York on Monday, with readings, panel conversations, and lectures scheduled through May 3. PEN, founded in 1921, bills itself as the world’s oldest organization interested in both literature and human rights, and over the years … Continue reading
Film Review: “Desierto Adentro”
Among the films in the Havana Film Festival New York line up was the New York premiere of director Rodrigo Pla’s morality tale, “Desierto Adentro”: I wanted so much to like this film–first, because it was made in and about Mexico; second, because the shots were steady and lovely; third, because the plot seemed to … Continue reading
Love to Laugh?
Somehow, we got to talking about laughter last night, and I thought about this scene from “Mary Poppins”: What kind of a laugh do you have?
You Don’t Get an “A” Just for Effort
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photo: ToastyKen * Whether in literature, visual art, theatre, dance, or music, the concept alone is rarely sufficient to engage the reader or viewer, convey an idea, and engage the recipient in a critical conversation. The same holds true outside the arts. The scientist’s hypothesis is just that–a hunch, a concept–until … Continue reading