Tag Archive: twitter

May
13

The Indy Convergence Flash Blog

Until May 18th, I am participating in The Indy Convergence, an annual retreat for artists that is also an incredibly intense experience. Every day (mostly) I post a Flash Blog about the experience. You can also hear from the participants on Facebook and follow my off the cuff thoughts (and where I drink) on Twitter. …

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Jan
07

Echo Park Walk

I have a special affinity for this area.

I unexpectedly saw more of Echo Park today than I intended, while doing some outreach. I met some great people and enjoyed having the excuse to walk into storefronts I’d only read about or seen. Check out my twitter feed for all the fun updates, but here are the only pictures worthy of posting:

Dec
24

Why Use Tumblr to Learn About LA?

Yes, I use balloons as the profile picture for this project. Civics can be fun! Hey, they make me happy.

My husband and I could not use social media more differently. He has winnowed his way down to a Google+ account but only checks a stream when someone tags him. I literally live off social media but only if I find a real use to it (Sorry, Pinterest. I hardly knew ye.). Along these lines, …

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Oct
14

NASA or Bust

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I love Twitter. My husband loves NASA. Whatever shall we do? Attend the NASA Curiosity Launch Tweet Up! I was accepted to the Tweet Up and it looks like I can get there myself, but the only reason I even care is because I caught the NASA bug from my husband, Dan. It wouldn’t be the …

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Sep
01

Notes on Social Media For Nonprofits Conference

social media for nonprofits

On Monday, August 22nd, I attended the LA Social Media For Nonprofits Conference. Not only was this a wonderful way to connect with others I hadn’t seen in a while (Robert & Caitlin Negron of The Indy Covergence, SM Consultant and Professional Distraction Gedaly Guberek, Marlon Deleon of Long Beach Theatre Arts Collaborative), but also …

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Aug
02

Re-Writing Jesus

Jesus_M_Christ Jesus Christ 8/2/2011 Sure I helped the poorest unconditionally, but that’s okay America just keep screwing them over and pretending like it’s what I would do. _____________________________ “If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we …

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Jul
26

Live-tweeting Twelfth Night | What You Will

Harry Groener as Feste | Tessa Thomson as Viola |Jeffrey Nordling as Orsino

  After reading the ClassicsFest Tuesday Night Tweeting for The Doctor’s Dilemma, I got very excited to try it the following week at Twelfth Night and a new play, The Insidious Impact of Anton. I detailed a bit of the experience last week, but want to follow up in more detail on a question I …

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May
17

Stepping Away With THE CAR PLAYS

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I had the privilege of being invited to submit for Moving Arts‘ next series of CAR PLAYS, which is part of the RADAR LA International Festival at CalArts REDCAT this June. Get all that? I’ll explain below. The very cool part, though, is that Moving Arts asked me, I submitted a total of three plays, …

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Mar
01

Fringe, Not the Ring Cycle: Take 2

I invited Jacquetta Szathmari to be a regular Guest Writer, contributing monthly. Her journey with the Hollywood Fringe Festival and marketing while across the country should interest many! Jacuetta’s original Guest Post and bio can be found here. She wrote this at the beginning of her process, so soon we’ll hear about her progress. Enjoy! …

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Feb
20

MYTHistory: the mythology of history

I have a lot of writing projects in the hopper, and many of them are in that phase when they need a little more articulation. By writing about them here, I’m hoping to get some feedback and possibly meet new collaborators. This first one will be incredibly interactive soon, so I look forward to exploring …

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Nov
21

Sagradia Familia, or how I lost my entire first draft of my WIP

Sagrada Familia, Gaudi cathedral in Barcelona

Above is the Sagrada Famlia. National Geographic introduced me to this giant temple designed by Antonio Gaudi. All design elements inspired by shapes in nature, this building deserves an entire post of its own. It’s been under construction since 1882. We in Los Angeles are used to construction projects being infinite, but over one hundred …

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Oct
13

Directors Lab West Complete Coverage

Below is the complete coverage of the Directors Lab West 2010, first appearing on LA Stage Alliance blog. I coordinated the coverage and was contributing writer for many of the sessions, partnering with Doug Oliphant and Rachel Jenkins. These two lovelies stayed up way too late many nights to get the coverage to me before …

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Oct
11

Inspiration from the Scribe Shop

I am pretty deep into finishing the first draft of (working title) X: The Song of Isadora, so lengthy blog entries aren’t my priority at the moment. I do want to share some images of inspiration since I first started swirling this story around my head, back in 2007. It’s been too long for me …

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Sep
07

It's Fringe, not The Ring Cycle

Hollywood Fringe Festival postcard

Guest Blog by Jacquetta Szathmari I asked Jacquetta about her experience with the Hollywood Fringe Festival last June, bringing her short stories to the L.A. stage. Despite not being able to get arrested in the NYC comedy scene, I decided to debut my one-woman show 3000 miles from home, in a brand new festival, in …

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Sep
01

Guest Blogger: Jacquetta Szathmari

Jacquetta Szathmari

I’m starting to invite Guest Bloggers here, people who have a unique perspective on my topics. Here is an introduction to the first Guest Blogger, Jacquetta Szathmari. I first met Jacquetta online while she was promoting her Hollywood Fringe Festival show: That’s Funny, You Didn’t Sound Black on the Phone. With that title alone, I …

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Aug
03

Username burnout

books on stairs

It’s probably a vast understatement to say that I have many interests. Strange times are afoot, when my previous obsessions (theatre)  fade into the background and newer (neighborhood council) or latent interests (writing) prevail. Unintended consequence (my new favorite phrase)? Username burnout. Account schizophrenia. You know what I mean and it’s horribly embarassing. Your very …

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Aug
03

Atwater Village: more information on the sewer repairs

Manhole 3100 block Atwater Avenue

I popped onto Facebook for a 5-minute break this morning and saw this headline via the Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce: MAJOR SEWER REPAIR ON FLETCHER DRIVE EXPECTED TO CREATE HAVOC FOR COMMUTERS AND ATWATER VILLAGE LOCALS So I got a little distracted. Actually, thirty minutes later, very distracted. Instead of fuming and imagining the …

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Jul
14

Bringing art & community to people

Imagine Interaction

When people ask me what I’ve been doing lately, we always come back to it. Yes, I’ve been writing. Yes, I’m teaching and coaching more and loving it. Outreach is what I am most interested in pursuing, though. While trying to explain how my work on the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council is a natural outgrowth …

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Jul
08

El Dorado

A series of events lead to a little more understanding. 1. As anyone reading my Twitter feed knows, my husband introduced me to Zorro! (Zorro! The fox so cunning and free…). If you haven’t seen both seasons of this TV program, stop reading and go watch them. Truly. I will not be insulted. 2. I’m …

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Jun
13

Life From a Home Office

AVNC Logo designed by Spencer Collins

It’s been about a month since I really set up my home office. It’s  been a little over a month since I quit a steady job in theater (contradiction in terms) to focus on a freelance lifestyle. All I knew was that I wanted to write and I wanted to connect the community to their …

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Jun
13

Fail Whale has a cult following? and other things to ignore on Twitter

Designed by Yiying Lu, named by Nick Quaranto.

After experiencing a slow connection and more than my share of downright outages (how dare my third hour of #litchat be interrupted?), I learned the term “Fail Whale”. It sounded a little cute. The whale held in ropes towed by the twitter birds looks downright darling, and so I got bored tonight and looked him …

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Jun
03

Representative-At-Large: hey, that's me!

Atwater Village Neighborhood COuncil: where progress is tradition

A year ago I don’t think I even knew what a neighborhood council (NC) was.  Never one to leap into an unknown topic (Voices From Chornobyl, anyone), I set about educating myself. But not until two members of the East Hollywood NC approached me to become Project Director for Imagine East Hollywood. The combination of …

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May
06

LAPD Announces DUI Checkpoints

At first, I was very surprised that publications in Los Angeles were spreading this information. This very night, I had planned on finding out why. Then I received this email through a google group. I like it! The LAPD will be conducting *4 Sobriety Checkpoints from tomorrow night and through the weekend* in order to …

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Apr
24

Such Tweet Sorrow: Utter Brilliance

The RSC released Such Tweet Sorrow , a version of Romeo & Juliet played out entirely on Twitter.  In real time, and fully encompassing tools of Twitter, from photos to videos to posting playlists, I have to say that I’m hooked. I don’t have TV, so it’s very hard to get me addicted to a …

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Sep
03

Journey through my past thirty years–in 'things'

….via two large boxes from home. She warned me.  My mother sent an email after shipping off two boxes of  things she ‘would have scrapbooked but obviously won’t get to,” — the next logical conclusion was that I would want all of these ‘things.’ First of all, kudos to Mom for clutter-clearing!  Especially these ‘things’: …

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