29 June 2008

Jewish Geography

I immensely enjoyed Jewish Geography, the festival of ideas — and shmoozing — held on the UCLA campus Sunday. The festival posed difficult questions that trouble diaspora Jews, especially we Americans who survived the genocide of Europe and who evade the current mess in Israel. I most enjoyed the panel called "Things Past: Memory & Space," confronting such [...]

20 June 2008

Debra Winger asks, “Do you know what a meme is?”

Actress Debra Winger explains what is a meme. [...]

17 June 2008

I met Yves St. Laurent

A story about meeting Yves St. Laurent in Beijing in the early 1980s and then about visiting Andy Warhol’s grave in Pittsburgh. [...]

3 June 2008

Bette Davis turns 100 years old

Bette Davis double feature at LACMA [...]