Truly wacky

I was planning on taking today to write about a new YouTube series I've come to love. However, that's on the back-burner after I discovered something more wacky to discuss from a more traditional visual medium. I'm not blind to the fact that the 2010's media landscape is a minefield of reboots, remakes and sequels. …

Perusing the RUHS Archives

Editor's Note: On March 26, 2019 I made a few corrections to dates throughout this post after the RUHS Archivist, Therese Martinez, offered some notes. Now the piece should hopefully be even more accurate. Sometimes work can take you to unexpectedly interesting places. In my perpetual search for Gladeo interviewees (because internship hours), today I took …

Into the orchestra

Another year, another Spring musical by the Redondo Union Theatre Arts Program. This time around, my alma mater put on Stephen Sondheim's take on Grimms' Fairy Tales: Into the Woods. https://youtu.be/avMx1nmTMIA The show had live music by a pit orchestra, in which my sister took part. When they did Crazy for You last year it was the …

Night at the Theatre

After a relatively uneventful day, I got to spend the evening supporting the arts. In what has become something of another annual tradition for the Rochlin family, we went down to El Segundo to support Aly's friend Rhyan. She and her sister perform with the Haven Academy of the Arts, a Christian nonprofit that helps …

My ACP Midwinter 2018 Convention Experiences – Day Two

Rarely is there ever a more poignant metaphor for how a day is going to go than waking up to a cloudy, rainy morning. Especially in Southern California, where rainy days are a dime a dozen at best. The second day of my Associated Collegiate Press convention experience carried that unfortunate hurdle to overcome. Waking …