Just a quick note on something special that’s happening these next few months on the Avocado Jungle. We have the pleasure and honor of having a very talented photographer as our first ever Artist In Residence. Angela Richelle is a photographer, working professional and mother living in Southern California. We’ll have more soon, perhaps even an interview of a decent length. For now I’d like to encourage everyone to see her first work as our Artist In Residence, a chills-inducing shot of her own divorce papers–and a very candid and moving bit of writing to go with it. The photo is entitled, “Dissolution of Marriage.”
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February 26, 2010, at 2:04 pm — Arts and Culture | Audio | Music | Music In Our House | Videos | audio interview | music tracks | music video — Music / Music In Our House / THEME: Listening
Here’s a video from uke-rocker (?!) Dan Rickabus. His smooth-yet-gritty voice and his big, ukelele-glazed rock sensibilities are very easy on the ears. May 26, 2009, at 12:53 pm — Art | Arts and Culture | Audio | Interviews | audio interview — Art / Interviews / painting / THEME: Technology
April 20, 2009, at 12:00 pm — Audio | Blogs | Interviews | audio interview — community / diplomacy / gangs / grassroots / leadership / role models / THEME: The Leader and His Team
I interview Brian Center, executive director of A Better L.A., a community improvement group whose mission is to transform communities that struggle with violence, and whose approach is to identify the important players and resources, bring them all to the table to talk and plan, and then teach people within a troubled community to make use of these resources for themselves and change their own situations for the better. I recommend listening to this inspiring interview about people accomplishing incredible things simply because they hold the belief that it can be done. If you only have time for highlights, I’ve transcribed some of my favorite excerpts and added a little commentary. MISSED CONNECTION. YOU: a middle aged woman in mom jeans with two small dogs, walking along the street behind mine the other day. ME: the 32-year-old who looks 15 who was jogging down the street pushing an empty stroller. The one you treated to the hilarious remark, “Your carriage is empty!” making light of his pain without knowing it. March 16, 2009, at 12:00 pm — Audio | Blogs | Interviews | audio interview — education / THEME: Is Education The Answer?
I took this week’s theme for The Avocado Jungle and styled it into the question, “Is education part of the solution to almost every problem the world faces?” Then I began asking teachers and former teachers. Last time I wrote it was middle school music teacher Ria Kubota. This entry I’m sharing two strikingly similar [...] March 10, 2009, at 12:00 pm — Audio | Blogs | Interviews | audio interview — education / THEME: Is Education The Answer?
I took this week’s theme for The Avocado Jungle and styled it into the question, “Is education part of the solution to almost every problem the world faces?” Then I asked a great friend and great teacher, Ria Kubota, that very question. I got a wonderfully unexpected and insightful answer, even with a restless infant [...] The Avocado Jungle this week is asking the question, “Can education solve all the world’s problems?” I’m not a fan of absolutes, but I think this is as close to an absolute as you can find. If I may posit an answer: Education is part of the solution to nearly every problem the world faces. [...] Education, everyone, is the answer. I feel there’s no need to explain, but I’m going to anyways. To me, it seems clear that education is a crucial part of the solution to any problem we face. And I am referring to education in a very generalized sense that includes both formal schooling and the less institutionalized [...] |
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