Christopher Atamian, 07/24/12

Writer, director, producer and translator

Divided into eighteen sketches that in part also simultaneously recount the history of modern China, the presentation of Hand Stories is otherwise sublime.

Bill Bush, 07/24/12

Publisher of Artweek.LA, a leading online magazine dedicated to the Los Angeles art scene

Melissa Webster, 07/24/12

Screenwriter and Freelance Journalist

So as I began this journey into musical discovery a little over a year ago, it isn't surprising I'd eventually stumble upon the various rock music fanzines passed among the truly devoted, featuring the latest kick-ass bands who'll never make it onto mainstream radio and some of the musical icons who did.

Robert Storr, 07/24/12

Professor and Dean, School of Art, Yale

The urgent task is to save MOCA while it is still possible. Anything less will be a tragedy for Los Angeles in its struggle to match London, New York, and the cities of the future in Asia and the Middle East.

Robert Greenberg, 07/24/12

Author, Composer, Pianist, Music Historian

May the French do themselves honor in London, with the knowledge that no matter how many times we hear the French anthem, French music will dominate the games like no other.

C. M. Rubin, 07/24/12

Blogger and author, 'The Real Alice in Wonderland'

"Drawing and painting are not just about producing beautiful objects. They are also about learning to look, and to learn to look is to learn to understand."

Lanie Zipoy, 07/24/12

Co-founder, Works by Women

There is no greater champion of indie theatre -- all theatre, actually -- than Rochelle Denton (and her son Martin Denton), who founded and runs The New York Theatre Experience, Inc. (NYTE).

E. Nina Rothe, 07/24/12

Global Culture Explorer

What is it about Planet of Snail that makes it so watchable, so undeniably unforgettable? It's the idea that for the wonders of this world to exist we don't have to hear them or see them, but just imagine them there.

Sean Martinfield, 07/24/12

San Francisco cultural critic

The film will be screened in High Definition and -- NO! -- this is not the sing-along version. It is as close as we'll ever get to actually being with Herbert Stothart and to his experience of matching music with action.

Seyward Darby, 07/23/12

Kosovo-based freelance writer

Anya Ventura, 07/24/12

Writer, educator and cultural producer

The centuries circle and fold in on one another as the installations cohere into a larger meditation, a statement on a certain sea-salted solitude and the lure of unknowable terrains, the affective residue of Newport's nautical past.

Nick Kolakowski, 07/23/12

Editor and freelance writer

Quoting William Shakespeare is a little like breathing: every living person does it. "He's dead as a doornail," your roommate will say as she flips through the newspaper obits, never realizing she's just quoted part of a couplet from Henry VI.

A-Trak, 07/23/12

DJ & Producer

As the DJ moves from club booths to festival stages, the equipment has become increasingly varied. And as the lines continue to blur between a DJ who mixes and a producer who presses play, questions of authenticity have been raised.

Cara Joy David, 07/23/12

New York-based entertainment journalist

This week Into the Woods starts, making it Sondheim in the Park as opposed to Shakespeare in the Park, and it will be the toughest ticket the Delacorte has had in a while.

John Seed, 07/23/12

Professor of Art and Art History, Mt. San Jacinto College

Flexible, observant, and pleasingly eccentric in her brushwork, Julia Schwartz creates images that are just a little bit off balance; just as she intends them to be.

Michael Drew, 07/23/12

Founder, Promote A Book

My brother does something that means a great deal to me: He uses the power of the Internet, and social media, to bring orchestral music to people who might not otherwise encounter it, or who might ignore it or who might think it's simply not for them.

Opera Teen, 07/23/12

Teen opera enthusiast.

At first glimpse, you may think, "Opera apps exist?" to which I respond to you "Yes!" I've narrowed my selection of apps down into a few categories, listing between three and five apps for each category, with the "best" app as number one.