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Sometimes Falling Feels Like Flying
by Stephanie Washburn Ali Prosch investigates modes of female representation through her work in video, installation, and performance art. A 2009 MFA graduate of CalArts in Valencia, she has exhibited...
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Please Don’t Laugh at My Jokes
My heart was beating a mile a minute. Perspiration started to form in my armpits. Soon I would smell like the cab driver who’d brought me here. I was one minute into my stand-up act. And all I could...
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You Can Find My Poetry Tribe in Leimert Park
Most Wednesday nights, you can find me at the World Stage in Leimert Park. The love offering requested at the door is $5, but no one is turned away. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. and V Kali—money...
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The Drums That Bang Out the Heartbeat of My Community
I am 13 years old, and taiko drumming is my life. Taiko are Japanese drums—big ones are the size of a Mini Cooper, and small ones are 15 inches around and very heavy. The one I usually play is about...
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Spin the Wheel and Land on Community
Recently, as I was walking home and mulling over what to write for this essay on arts engagement, I saw a multi-colored pinwheel stuck to a signpost on a street corner, titled “Hidden Fortune Wheel.”...
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Mesmerized, Baffled, and Smitten by the Magic of Dance
My career as a dance critic really began when I was six years old, though I didn’t know it. My mom signed me up to take a creative movement class at a local West Los Angeles park. The specific details...
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