Cirque du Soleil Brings Thrills & Fellowship by Barry David Horwitz The brilliant and beautiful tumblers, dancers, lovers, and high-flying balancers are nearly close enough to touch. They take my breath away as they fly and leap, hurtling from stage to sky. I can barely look at the daring high wire acts! The flying…
Josh Kornbluth Proves We’re All in This Together! by Barry David Horwitz What a show! What a Genius! “Citizen Brain” is a one man show by the extraordinary solo truth-teller Josh Kornbluth. Josh became a UCSF Brain Fellow, along with being a master storyteller and comedian. Have you ever been at a solo comedy show…
Millennial Notes Mary Kathryn Nagle Exposes Native History vs. Wall Street by Tanvi Agrawal Mary Kathryn Nagle’s “Manahatta” at the New York Public Theater depicts a tragic, reverse homecoming. Jane, a modern day descendant of the Lenape people, leaves her home in Oklahoma for a fancy job on Wall Street. When she tries to…
Sara Porkalob Exquisitely Embodies Her Feisty Filipina Grandma by Barry David Horwitz What if you had a grandma who worked long and hard for her family, worked as a lounge singer in Manila, tried to take care of her children, and was preyed upon by gangsters? Well, Sara Porkalob’s Grandma did all that—and more…