Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: November 14, 2008
“The Big Read” – an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts – was designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American Popular Culture.
In a NEA report in 2004, it was revealed that there has been a critical decline in reading for pleasure in American Adults in recent years.
The Big Read addresses [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: November 14, 2008
If you live in Los Angeles, you’ve no doubt heard horror stories about the abuse inmates have suffered at the hands of perverse jailers down at the County Jail at Twin Towers.
In “Hunger” – a new release screened at the AFI Fest – shocking scenes of prisoners being beaten with clubs by guards in riot [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: November 14, 2008
Opponents of Proposition 8 have shifted gears after protests in the streets earlier this week caught the attention of the National media.
Now, gay activists are moving ahead to exert their economic power, by boycotting businesses which voted “yes” on the initiative to ban gay marriages in the sunshine (!) State.
Ron Prentice of ProtectMarriage.com has called [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: November 14, 2008
On Friday, November 14 at the witching hour – Chinatown – will screen at Insomniac Cinema at the Regency Theatre in the Fairfax District.
If you haven’t screened this thriller starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway – hustle over to the theatre – and snap up a ticket.
The ultra-dark murder mystery was not only directed by [...]
