John Wellington Ennis, 2/16/12

Filmmaker, 'Pay 2 Play'

In a destitute country facing famine, natural disasters, and a beleaguered government, Muhammad Yunus saw an opportunity to help people one by one, and built an organization of others helping poor people help themselves

Jonathan Kim, 2/16/12

Film Critic for ReThink Reviews, the Uprising Show, What the Flick?!

The biggest problem with Mr. Foster is how universally Foster and his work are praised, which often makes it feel like you're watching an artfully made promotional piece from Foster + Partners' PR department.

Noel Alumit, 2/16/12

Author, 'Letters to Montgomery Clift' and 'Talking to the Moon'

Tilt-Shift is an intriguing show, exploring queer bodies and space. It's an eclectic exhibit with an array of images ranging from the austere to the fabulous.

Paul Klein, 2/16/12

Art advocate

Pat LaMarche, 2/16/12

Broadcaster, The Pulse Morning Show

Allow me to introduce a man who became homeless as a result of our nation's economic downturn. He's one of those million and a half extra folks added to the already existing crowd experiencing chronic homelessness.

Jeff Biggers, 2/16/12

Journalist and author, 'Reckoning at Eagle Creek' and 'In the Sierra Madre'

By the dramatic end of Your Environmental Road Trip, audiences will not only cheer, but feel compelled to spring to their feet to make their own journey and join an inspiring movement for change.

Annie Fabricant, 2/16/12

Art writer

As a theater maker, how do you generate toe-curling drama, excitement and intrigue for an audience whose hitherto experience of Hamlet is loaded with memories, associations and scrutiny?

Chris Kompanek, 2/16/12

Freelance cultural writer

Identity is at the heart of two superb but very different plays currently running off-Broadway: Athol Fugard's Blood Knot and Marius von Mayenburg's The Ugly One.

George Heymont, 2/16/12

San Francisco-based arts critic

Two hugely inspirational documentaries recently screened at the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival (Third i) examine artists who have found themselves (quite unexpectedly) on a mission that may well keep them occupied for the rest of their lives.

Yasmine Mohseni, 2/15/12

California-based Curator and Arts Writer

I stopped by Rosson Crow's studio a few weeks ago when she put the finishing touches on a new series of paintings for her upcoming solo show at Honor Fraser. Minimalist she is definitely not.

Jane Chafin, 2/15/12

Director, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA

Limited to 420 characters (including punctuation), each of Beach's very short stories started life as a Facebook status update.

Edward Goldman, 2/15/12

Art Critic, KCRW 89.9 FM

Knowing about the drama and tragedy of her life, one simply cannot help but see her art through the prism of her personal story. It is obvious that towards the end of her short life, her art was getting stronger and more daring.

Howard Kissel, 2/15/12

Blogger, Cultural Tourist

It seems ironic that in the very anti-romantic 20th century the second most popular retelling of this ultra romantic story should have been created in the ultra-anti-romantic Soviet Union.

Fern Siegel, 2/15/12

Deputy Editor, MediaPost

The exotic can be seductive. Especially when you blend artistry with sex. That's the premise behind the flawed, but hypnotic, musical Tokio Confidential.

Kate Grant, 2/14/12

CEO Fistula Foundation, the largest nonprofit in the world dedicated to ending the suffering caused by obstetric fistula

The exhibit challenges you to open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart, and most of all to act to improve the lot of the world's women. The enemy is not men. The enemy is indifference and its evil twin inaction.

Peter Max, 2/15/12

American Pop Icon

The brush is my wand, and the canvas the truth. My blog is to inspire all to engage the wonders of life and be ambassadors to the world with love. There is no more noble a cause and pursuit in life.

Elysabeth Alfano, 2/15/12

Creator, Fear No Art Chicago