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Arts

2014 Slamdance Screenplay Competition Announces Awards;

Winning Teleplay Search For Life by Andrea Janakas takes Grand Prize By     Los Angeles, CA ­ October 16, 2014 — Search For Life, written by Andrea Janakas, has won the 2014 Slamdance Screenplay Competition Grand Prize.Search For Life tells the story of a widowed man who, when he investigates why his wife’s internal organs are missing, discovers that both she and other human beings are alive ­– and being … Continue reading 2014 Slamdance Screenplay Competition Announces Awards;

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About The Artist

Playwright: Raegan Payne

    Raegan Payne is an award-winning, published playwright who is happy to say her work is regularly produced around the US. Her scripts are sold in the US and UK. She’s been lucky enough to study Shakespeare at Oxford University, playwriting with The Royal Court in London, and Improv at the Groundlings School in LA. Raegan is currently a finalist for Los Angeles’s Center … Continue reading Playwright: Raegan Payne

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Short Stories

The Brilliant Artistry of Raegan Payne

    Strange Scene   As a last resort, an unemployed man/woman 55+, becomes the Baby-sitter for spoiled kid. Parents are early to mid-40s, and the 1 percent. To entertain the kid the Baby-sitter stages a political debate. All hell breaks loose as politics blends with revenge. To cut down on confusion the baby-sitter will be described with masculine pronouns. Character: The Baby-sitter – Man … Continue reading The Brilliant Artistry of Raegan Payne

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Arts

WORLD PREMIERE PLAY “O RÉJANE” ABOUT FRENCH ICON AT BOOTLEG THEATER

    Coming this fall, an innovative new play will connect LA theater- goers to the spirit of Réjane, a remarkable French actress and theater impresario who changed French culture, fashion and socio-politics as the 19th century morphed into the 20th. O Réjane will have it’s world premieres on  November 14, 2014 at Bootleg Theater to take audiences into the life of an indomitable woman … Continue reading WORLD PREMIERE PLAY “O RÉJANE” ABOUT FRENCH ICON AT BOOTLEG THEATER

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Introduction to the Artist

Elisa Manzini: An Artist Of The Imagination

    By : Monteque Pope Le Beau Edited By: Colleen Page Images By: Elisa Manzini     To speak with Elisa Manzini is to speak with someone who knows her mind. An import from Italy to California this wonderful free spirit is not just about creating art, but creating a difference. She is a talented artist and playwright. Who is humble, graceful and full of gratitude. To … Continue reading Elisa Manzini: An Artist Of The Imagination

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Spirituality

Survival time

By Jannie Vaught   Being crushed inside a rolling car is a beyond traumatic experience. As the body was crushed the spirit jumped out, and was walking around the outside looking around the landscape and I thought talking to the E M T’s. but that was not what was happening; unconscious, bleeding and catastrophic. My right arm had gotten between the roof and the road … Continue reading Survival time

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Arts, Product reviews

2014 Marks the 50th Anniversary Launch of the Ford Mustang.

  By  James Groth of Miles Ahead  Communications   Mustang is the Ford model that massively succeeded in attracting cross generation people seeking a youthful image. As a marketing strategy Ford succeed beyond anyones imagination. Today Mustang rivals its creator as its it own brand. In some ways Mustang as a brand is actually bigger.That’s a serious sales and marketing success story and a car … Continue reading 2014 Marks the 50th Anniversary Launch of the Ford Mustang.

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Arts

Sundance Institute Selects Six Mid-Career Directors for Theatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France

Mark Brokaw | Juliette Carillo | Anne Kauffman | Ralph B. Peña | Leigh Silverman | Les Waters   One of 10 Summer Residency Programs the Institute Leads for Independent Artists in Theatre and Film   New York, NY — Sundance Institute and the LUMA Foundation today announced that the two organizations will again collaborate to host the second Sundance Institute | LUMA Foundation Theatre … Continue reading Sundance Institute Selects Six Mid-Career Directors for Theatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France

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Short Stories

The Ambition By Lin Ross

Ornette… In 1962, Ray Charles sang “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” Ella was “Swinging Brightly,” and Sinatra claimed he was “All Alone.” Dexter Gordon was blowing a mellow one called “Go” and Brubeck rose to jazzy prominence with his seminal album “Cool.” Oscar Peterson made a “West Side Story” all his own, while Chubby Checker demanded everyone to “Limbo Rock.” And I was born. I … Continue reading The Ambition By Lin Ross

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Introduction to the Artist

Portrait Of A Phenomenal Woman

By: Monteque Pope-Le Beau   Edited By :Colleen Page   *Images By: Ms. Lonnie Calvin     The Art of Monteque got a chance to sit down with the phenomenal Ms. Lonnie Calvin as she prepares to showcase her second theatrical production of “Miz Bonnie’s Band”. The first was in  March 2013.  Ms. Lonnie Calvin is indeed an extraordinary woman, who’s childhood in Chicago was full of … Continue reading Portrait Of A Phenomenal Woman

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