Author Archives: pica-blogger

Posted by Cody Hoesly “Awesome” is a bold name. If meant honestly, it implies an amazing show — a promise that may be hard to keep. If meant ironically, it implies that the show might not be so good — … Continue reading →

“In Spite of Everything,” a spoken-word performance piece by The Suicide Kings, is a powerful, insightful, and often funny look at the way society treats young people and the way those young people treat society. Centering on a narrative recalling … Continue reading →

T:BA:07 Day Three – Saturday, 08 September 2007 Typically I would start my Saturday morning with Iyengar Yoga with Sharon Hanson, but this is T:BA week; so I don’t think so… ;P Sure, I only got about 4-1/2 hours of … Continue reading →

Donna Uchizono Workshop I am a die-hard Donna fan, so it is no surprise that I made every effort to attend her workshop, her chat, and, oh yeah, her show. Of course I’m infatuated with “Misha” and could go on … Continue reading →

Posted by Cody Hoesly Rap and hip-hop may have a bad name thanks to frequent gangland glorification, gender denigration, etc. But Lifesavas are proud proof that the format has more to offer. Forged in the flames of a friend’s murder, … Continue reading →

Posted by Cody Hoesly Situationism is…Reggie Watts. Or at least it was last night, and will be again tonight, and the next night again. At least that’s what Reggie’s T-shirt implies and the TBA catalog confirms. If a situationist is … Continue reading →

posted by Amber Bell In his performance Disinformation, Reggie Watts tosses across bits of ideas about the collapsing state of humanity with an operatic linguistic range and a channel flipping, attention deficit style. While making a mockery of linear time, … Continue reading →

Mammalian Diving Reflex Haircuts By Children posted by Amber Bell At the outside hair salon, the young barbers were working with fierce concentration. Every trim of the shears was a meditation. Their customers sat patiently, oddly silent. In the adult … Continue reading →

On the first afternoon of the festival, I took a break from work to walk through the Pearl, in search of Cristian Silva’s “un-green” garden. The premise of Silva’s work was intriguing; by inverting such a quotidian thing as a … Continue reading →

It felt really good to be back in a theater. Especially theater that is as well written, well staged and well acted. There was an awkwardness getting used to supertitles and the translation seemed stripped of the color of Spanish … Continue reading →