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Pamela Guerra Art

Sew Your Soul: Lucy Sparrow Opens Sparrow Mart in Los Angeles

I first caught wind of British artist Lucy Sparrow a little over a year ago, in an email from a colleague fangirling over 8 Till Late, Sparrow’s felted Manhattan bodega at The Standard, High Line. Yes, you read that right: Sparrow stocked an entire store, cat and everything, with felted versions of everyday bodega items. Thankfully, as seems … Continue reading Sew Your Soul: Lucy Sparrow Opens Sparrow Mart in Los Angeles

Lacey Oliver Music

Florence + The Machine Reigns in the Hurricane in Latest Album

Florence + The Machine released High As Hope, the band’s fourth full-length album, a little over a month ago, but I’ve already listened to it at least one hundred times. (This may be an exaggeration, but only slightly.) It is incredibly difficult, in the year 2018, to create a body of work by this title without begging the question, … Continue reading Florence + The Machine Reigns in the Hurricane in Latest Album

Pamela Guerra Music

Two Brothers’ Epic Journey Through Their Dad’s 1,000+ CDs

I don’t know about you, but I can’t remember the last time I listened to a CD. And I don’t mean pressing play on Drake’s latest release on Spotify—I’m talking about sliding in a scratch-free holographic disc into your mid-2000s MacBook, or perhaps popping one into your Sony boombox’s top-loading tray, if you’re feeling fancy. … Continue reading Two Brothers’ Epic Journey Through Their Dad’s 1,000+ CDs

Ruth Isabel Guerra Theatre

Women on the Fringe: A Round Up of Female-Driven Shows at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival

What do first crushes, hip hop, cave dwellers, and the City of Los Angeles all have in common? They encompass just a few of the countless productions written, performed, produced, and/or directed by women at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, running June 7th through the 24th in Los Angeles. We’ve compiled a list of some of the … Continue reading Women on the Fringe: A Round Up of Female-Driven Shows at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival

Pamela Guerra Think Piece Roundup

Think Piece Roundup: This Is America

CW: Video contains graphic violence. ICYMI—Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) dropped a new track last week, and its accompanying music video has driven the internet’s think piece generator into overdrive. With the video’s overt political themes, surrealist—if extremely violent—imagery, and over 107 million YouTube views and counting, it comes as no surprise that a lot … Continue reading Think Piece Roundup: This Is America

Pamela Guerra Mental Health

Mindfulness—There’s More to the Practice Than Self-Indulgence

It’s certainly no panacea, but research shows that mindfulness does do good things for the mind—and the body too! Derived from an ancient Buddhist meditation technique, mindfulness today primarily takes the form of secular guided practices focusing on awareness in the present moment and letting thoughts and feelings come and go. Now I know we’re all busy … Continue reading Mindfulness—There’s More to the Practice Than Self-Indulgence

Pamela Guerra Events

Yours in the Sisterhood: An Evening of Female Storytelling at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery

There’s nothing quite like driving into the Hollywood Forever Cemetery after dark, under the light of a blindingly bright full moon (or, more precisely, a super blue blood moon). Along with about a hundred other women and allies, I tiptoed around shadowy graves to the Masonic Lodge for the first meeting of The Secret Society of … Continue reading Yours in the Sisterhood: An Evening of Female Storytelling at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery