#Jessica Newcombe

[dbenfordworks]

Performances & other incidents

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also: http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Bandcamp: https://dbenford.bandcamp.com/music

Further links at bottom of page

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2023

December

- Performance as part of a trio with Mirie Ya and Chris Hill at the Frank Chickens’ Merry Mini Ura Matsuri, St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performance as part of a trio with Chris Hill and James O’Sullivan at Matt Atkins’ 50th birthday event, Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Trio performance with Iris Colomb and Tom Ward at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradina Afifi, Charlotte Keeffe, Julien Woods and George Garford at Longfield Hall, Camberwell, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM this month had two programmes with pieces involving Douglas Benford aired. Firstly, a performance by Maggie Nicols, Isidora Edwards, Alex Paxton, Hyelim Kim and Douglas Benford, and then also a piece by Mandhira De Sara, John Edwards, Hannah Marshall and Douglas Benford from their bandcamp album, see links below.

November

- Trio performance with Verity Lane and N.O. Moore at Soundhunt (part of Cambridge Jazz Festival), Thrive cafe, Cambridge, UK

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Jessica St Bruno, Chris Hill, Ed Lucas and Romuald Wadych.

- Performances as part of a quintet with Maggie Nicols, Alex Paxton, Hyelim Kim and Isidora Edwards at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradina Afifi (with poetry by Bettina Schroeder & Roger Huddle), Sue Lynch, Jonny Martin and Benjy Sandler at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Duo performance with Dee Byrne at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

October

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, John Eyles, Gina Fergione, Jessica St Bruno, Ian Wadley, and Mirei Ya

- Performances as part of a quartet with Emily Shapiro, Sofia Vaisman-Maturana, Abe Mamet, Maya Leigh-Rosenwasser at The Intimate Space, St Mary’s Tower, Hornsey Village, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM airs an excerpt of ‘Cascade Study Team’ from the Bandcamp album by Douglas Benford, Emily Shapiro, N.O. Moore and Clive Bell - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-15-oct-2023/

- Performances as part of a quartet with Sue Lynch, Dave Fowler and Noah Berrie at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as part of a trio with Verity Lane and Eddie Prevost at Ad Lib, Open Ealing, Ealing, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Chris Killick, Olga Ksendzovska, Aurelie Freoua and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

September

- Performances as part of a trio with Lucy Strauss and Alan Wilkinson at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed three times this month at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Tilly Coulton, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, John Eyles, Tony Hardy-Bick, Tansy Spinks, Chris Hill, Verity Lane, Noah Berrie, Soeine, Samuele Albani, Alan Newcombe, James O’Sullivan, Ed Shipsey, Ross Lambert, Keisuke Matsui, Ian Wadley, Benjy Sandler, Andrea Bolzoni and Mirie Ya

- Performances as part of quartet with Ariséma Tekle, Robert Finegan & James O’Sullivan at Finch Cafe, London Fields, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Charlotte Keeffe, Olga Ksendzovska, Dee Byrne, Gustavia Clayton Marucci and Phil Minton at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

August

- Attended and performed twice this month at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Noah Berrie, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Tony Hardy-Bick, Ian Wadley, Chris Hill, Tansy Spinks, Alan Newcombe, Keisuke Matsui, Will Clark, Mirie Ya and Ross Lambert

- Duo performance with Pascal Marzan at a private party celebrating Sylvia Hallet’s birthday

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Charlotte Keefe, Noel Taylor, Julian Woods, Ashley Wales, Maggie Nicols, Faradina Afifi, Aurelie Freoua, Rowland Sutherland, Orphy Robinson at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

July

- Performances as a part of a quartet with Caroline Kraabel, Julia Doyle and Tom Ward at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Keyboard contribution to Jackson Burton & Ash Reid’s performance at an Associates pop group dedication event, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Trio performance with Charlotte Keeffe and Tom Jackson at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi, Olga Ksendzovska, Martin Hackett and Dave Tucker at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

June

- A trailer for a documentary film on artist Calum Storrie, to be released later in 2023, is released, featuring co-compositions and performances by Douglas Benford - https://youtu.be/wRHhQ6ojaT4

- Performances as a part of a quartet with Jamie Coleman, Florence Uniacke and Daniel Thompson at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as part of Confront Recordings’ The Seen twentieth anniversary alongside Regan Bowering, Phil Durrant, Graham MacKeachan, Paul Khimasia Morgan, Cath Roberts, Matt Atkins, Bill Thompson, David Toop and Mark Wastell at Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop three times this month at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Keisuke Matsui, Noah Berrie, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Paul Margree, Tony Hardy-Bick, Chris Hill, Alan Newcombe, Tansy Spinks, Ian Wadley and Tom Mills.

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM airs the piece ‘Smashed Dimensions’ by Douglas Benford, Otto Willberg and Phil Durrant (from the bandcamp ‘Stolen Embers’) - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-11-june-2023/

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford/Faradena Afifi, Adrian Northover, Ashley Wales w. Iris Colomb, Dee Byrne and Julian Woods w. George Garford at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performance as a member of Multiple Melodicas alongside Steve Beresford, David Grundy and Georgina Brett at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

May

- Performances at a celebration of Emily Shapiro's birthday with Emily Suzanne Shapiro, Devon Osamu Tipp, Jo De Hulsters, Sofia Vaisman Maturana and Laura Beardsmore at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances with Marks Sanders and Verity Lane as part of ‘Drawn Into Sound’, with graphic scores by Calum Storrie and Livia Garcia at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as a part of a quartet with Sylvia Hallett, Ecka Mordecai and Roland Ramanan at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed this month with the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Tony Hardy-Bick, Lucy Strauss, Chris Hill, Ross Lambert, Verity Lane, Regan Bowering, James O’Sullivan, Mirie Ya, Andrew Ciccone, Noah Berrie and N. O. Moore

- Recording session at the Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, London, UK with Graham MacKeacham, Keisuke Matsui and Regan Bowering

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi, Adrian Northover, Ashley Wales, Olga Ksendzovska, Philip Wachsmann and Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performance with Chris Hill, Iris Colomb, Crystal Ma and others at Babble & Squeak, Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, UK

April

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton & the Oxford Improvisers (inc Mark Browne, Martin Hackett and others), and London-based improvisers Chris Hill, John Eyles, Iris Colomb, Pat Moochy, Lucky Liguori, Alan Newcombe and others at South Oxford Community Centre, Oxford, UK

- Attended and performed on two occasions this month with the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, David Grundy, John Eyles, Oscar Leyens, Tony Hardy-Bick, Tom Mills, Jordan Muscatello, Lucy Strauss, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Armin Sturm, Chris Hill, Ross Lambert, Ed Shipsey, Alex Dalchecco, Tansy Spinks, Angus Paget, Faidon Pap, Helen Dimos, Sacha Kahirand and N. O. Moore

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton, Chris Hill, John Eyles, Ed Shipsey, Iris Colomb, Kostas Chondros, Pat Moochy, Martin Hackett, Lucky Liguori, Theo Finkel, James O’Sullivan, Hywel Jones and Matt Atkins at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a part of a quartet with David Toop, Regan Bowering and Andrea Bolzoni at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performance as a member of Multiple Melodicas alongside Steve Beresford, Martin Hackett, David Grundy and Georgina Brett at Water Into Beer, Brockley, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford, Olga Ksendzovska, Faradena Afifi, Ashley Wales, Martin Hackett and Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

March

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop three times this month at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Alan Newcombe, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, David Grundy, Chris Hill, Regan Bowering, Jamie Coleman, Ed Shipsey, Lydia Swift, Mirie Ya, Theo Wigens, Helen Dimos, Florence Uniacke, John Eyles, Andrew Ciccone, Noah Berrie, Pat Moonchy, Ian Wradley, Lucky Liguori, Ross Lambert, Tony Hardie-Bick, Oscar Leyens, Jordan Muscatello, Jack Dove, Tansy Spinks, Crystal Ma and Keisuke Matsui

- Performances as a trio with Marjolaine Charbin & Dominic Lash at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show airs the Hundred Years gallery event celebrating Maggie Nicols 75th Birthday including a group piece with Douglas Benford - [see the link above for the complete progamme]

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford (w. text by Brian Eley), Faradena Afifi, Dee Byrne, Ashley Wales, Loz Speyer and Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Lengthy review of three releases (‘Plays LemonMelons’, ‘Taking A Quiet Road’ and a Lonely Impulse Collective piece) by Douglas Benford in the March 2023 issue of the Wire magazine, print edition, by Brian Morton. “Benford quite deliberately goes anywhere…quietly rapt….comfortably absorbed and absorbing”

- Duo performance with Benedict Taylor and group performance with Adrian Northover, Sue Lynch, Adam Bohman, Benedict Taylor, Georgina Brett, Daniel Thompson and Vid Drasler at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

February

- Performances as a quartet with Steve Noble, Adam Bohman & Dee Byrne at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performance at Maggie Nichols’ 75th Birthday event and gallery fundraiser with Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Nicky Heinen, Caroline Kraabel, Mark Wastell and Phil Durrant at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK (see YouTube clip above)

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton, Chris Hill, John Eyles, Regan Bowering, David Grundy, Ed Shipsey, Tom Mills, Kostas Chondros, Pat Moochy, James Malone, Alan Newcombe and others at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show airs the piece ‘Ramparts’ by Douglas Benford, Isadora Edwards and Adrian Northover (from the bandcamp album by them) - [link above for whole radio show]

- Duo performance with Cath Roberts at Boat-Ting, Embankment/Temple, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by David Leahy, Adrian Northover, Dee Byrne, Ashley Wales and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

January

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, James O’Sullivan, Tom Mills, Nathan Moore, Ross Lambert, Chris Hill, Alan Newcombe, Emmanuelle Waeckerle and Kostas Chondros

- Performance as a trio with Isidora Edwards and Adrian Northover at the Horse Impro Club, The Glitch, Waterloo, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show had two different programmes featuring firstly most of the Mopomoso Xmas event included the duo by Andrea Bolzoni and Douglas Benford - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-15-jan-2023/ - and secondly most of the Hundred Years gallery winter solstice event including the duo of Verity Lane and Douglas Benford - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-22-jan-2023/

- Performances as a quartet with Emily Shapiro, N. O. Moore & Clive Bell at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Recording session at the Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, London, UK with Graham MacKeacham and Regan Bowering

Continued below…

[massiveladycat]

the great war ocs

so i know i've been talking about my pjo ocs AND. lately i've been developing ideas. think of the titan war but on a higher scale that includes camp jupiter, and it's much longer and doesn't only take place at manhattan here are the ocs that are on sides!! TITAN ARMY OCS Greyson Rosenheim - combat medic, greek, son of Hypnos, he/him Dakota Sanderson - commander, daughter of Hecate, she/her Ryker Herring - wildcard, son of Hermes, he/him Chuck Arberin - tactician, son of Melpomene, he/him Brooklyn (???) - gun woman, daughter of Venus, legacy of Neptune, she/her Tristan Lake - literal teenage god, spawn of River Lethe, he/him Lucius (???) - cook and forgeman, son of Akhlys, he/him Unnamed Demigods, Coming Up Soon CAMP HALF-BLOOD OCS Hector Campbell - Son of Athena, he/him Harris Conway - Son of Poseidon, he/him Roman Conway - Son of Poseidon, he/him Victoria (???) - Daughter of Ares Violet (???) - Daughter of Lyssa Izabel Riddle - Daughter of Ariadne Margaret (???) - Daughter of Astraeus Matilda (???) - Daughter of Apollo Beatrice (???) - Daughter of Aphrodite Jakob (???) - Son of Hades Chris (???) - Son of Zeus William Canville - Son of Ares Dexter Newcombe - Son of Dionysus Alya Lachance - Daughter of Hades Peter Janson (if you know where this comes from i will literally marry you) - Son of Ares More Demigod OCs, Coming Up Soon CAMP JUPITER OCS Ainsley Riddle - Daughter of Bacchus Zelda (???) - Daughter of Vulcan Marcus Constantine - Grandson of Jupiter Celia (???) - Daughter of Apollo Phoebus ROGUE DEMIGOD OCS: Jessica "Jess" Laurens - Daughter of Psyche, Oracle Conrad Quick - Son of Eirene, Caretaker Dustin Rourke - Son of Tempesta, Weather Forecast (lmfao) Alexis "Alex" Joost - A Commander of Rogue Demigods, Daughter of Bia Isaiah Hilliard - The Son of Iris, Farmer More Unnamed Demigods, Coming Up Soon the rogue demigods are somewhat neutral but do lean towards helping the camps more camp jupiter and camp half-blood work together (even if it's killing them) im a sucker for lovers from opposite sides of a war so one boy from the titan army and one of the camp's girls are together, take a guess also a LOT of ocs in this will die or get gravely wounded THIS WAR IS CALLED 'THE GREAT WAR'!!!

[jessica-newcomb]

If anyone is interested, I am an Discord. Jessica-Newcomb is the name by the way

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have The Uninvited 1944

[anniekoh]

The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies Tiffany Lethabo King (2019)

In The Black Shoals Tiffany Lethabo King uses the shoal—an offshore geologic formation that is neither land nor sea—as metaphor, mode of critique, and methodology to theorize the encounter between Black studies and Native studies. King conceptualizes the shoal as a space where Black and Native literary traditions, politics, theory, critique, and art meet in productive, shifting, and contentious ways. These interactions, which often foreground Black and Native discourses of conquest and critiques of humanism, offer alternative insights into understanding how slavery, anti-Blackness, and Indigenous genocide structure white supremacy. Among texts and topics, King examines eighteenth-century British mappings of humanness, Nativeness, and Blackness; Black feminist depictions of Black and Native erotics; Black fungibility as a critique of discourses of labor exploitation; and Black art that rewrites conceptions of the human. In outlining the convergences and disjunctions between Black and Native thought and aesthetics, King identifies the potential to create new epistemologies, lines of critical inquiry, and creative practices.

Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders edited by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui

Many people learn about Indigenous politics only through the most controversial and confrontational news: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s efforts to block the Dakota Access Pipeline, for instance, or the battle to protect Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, a site sacred to Native peoples. But most Indigenous activism remains unseen in the mainstream—and so, of course, does its significance. J. Kēhaulani Kauanui set out to change that with her radio program Indigenous Politics. Issue by issue, she interviewed people who talked candidly and in an engaging way about how settler colonialism depends on erasing Native peoples and about how Native peoples can and do resist. Collected here, these conversations speak with clear and compelling voices about a range of Indigenous politics that shape everyday life.

Land desecration, treaty rights, political status, cultural revitalization: these are among the themes taken up by a broad cross-section of interviewees from across the United States and from Canada, Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Australia, and New Zealand. Some speak from the thick of political action, some from a historical perspective, others from the reaches of Indigenous culture near and far. Writers, like Comanche Paul Chaat Smith, author of Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong, expand on their work—about gaming and sovereignty, for example, or protecting Native graves, the reclamation of land, or the erasure of Indian identity. These conversations both inform and engage at a moment when their messages could not be more urgent.Contributors: Jessie Little Doe Baird (Mashpee Wampanoag), Omar Barghouti, Lisa Brooks (Abenaki), Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez (Brothertown Indian Nation), Margaret “Marge” Bruchac (Abenaki), Jessica Cattelino, David Cornsilk (Cherokee Nation), Sarah Deer (Muskogee Creek Nation), Philip J. Deloria (Dakota), Tonya Gonnella Frichner (Onondaga Nation), Hone Harawira (Ngapuhi Nui Tonu), Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee), Rashid Khalidi, Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe), Maria LaHood, James Luna (Luiseño), Aileen Moreton-Robinson (Quandamooka), Chief Mutáwi Mutáhash (Many Hearts) Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba (Mohegan), Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), Jean M. O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe), Jonathan Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio (Kanaka Maoli), Steven Salaita, Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche), Circe Sturm (Mississippi Choctaw descendant), Margo Taméz (Lipan Apache), Chief Richard Velky (Schaghticoke), Patrick Wolfe.

[foryourart]

Image courtesy of Annenberg Space for Photography. 

PLAN ForYourArt: April 19–25

Thursday, April 19

Westside Openings and Events

MFA Exhibition #3, UCLA (Westwood), 5–8pm.

TOURS & TALKS: Stories of Almost Everyone Walk-through: Saloni Mathur, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

READINGS: Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc and Michael Waters, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Miracle Mile and Mid-City Openings and Events

Artist meet and greet, The Loft at Liz’s (Mid-City), 7–9pm.

Film: Free Screening: United Shades of America: The Border, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7:30pm.

Downtown and Frogtown Openings and Events

Evolution of View Park: The Beginnings, California African American Museum (Downtown), 2–4pm.

Tony Brown + Paul Greeley: It Belongs to His, DAC Gallery + ECF Downtown L.A. Art Center (Downtown), 6–8pm.

MOCA Music: Berhana, Rayana Jay, Linafornia, and Modern Funk Fest DJs, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Downtown), 6:30–9:30pm.

Health/Care Film Series: Unrest (2017), Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 7–10pm.

BUILT-IN, NAVEL (Downtown), 7:30–9:30pm.

Kelly Lytle Hernandez: City of Inmates, Main Museum (Downtown), 8–9:30pm.

Chinatown Openings and Events

THE NOW HEAR ENSEMBLE: Storytelling, Automata (Chinatown), 8pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Yve Laris Cohen: Meeting Ground, Sadie Barnette: Dear 1968,..., and Prospect 2018, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 11am–5pm.

Lucretia Martel: Two Screenings, CalArts (Valencia), 1pm. Also April 20.

School of Music Visiting Artist Series: Bruce Broughton, CalArts (Valencia), 2–4pm.

Historia Plantarum, The Huntington (San Marino), 4:30–6pm.

Downtown at Sundown, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 5–8pm.

School of Art Visiting Artist Series: Jeffrey Vallance, CalArts (Valencia), 5pm.

Parallel Stories Lecture: An Education in Seeing: Geoff Dyer on The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30pm.

Enter>text: Docent, Pasadena Museum of California Art (Pasadena), 6–8:30pm.

15's - Fifteen Minutes of Spoken Word with A.P. Jackson, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 6:15pm.

Lecture: Abraham Lincoln's Diary, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

Materials Collective: Earth Week Celebration, CalArts (Valencia), 8–11pm.

Film screening of Laguna Art Museum at 100, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach).

Friday, April 20

Westside Openings and Events

MUSIC & PERFORMANCE Arts Party: Recreation, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7–10pm.

Mid-City and Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Course: One-Day Workshop—Twilight at LACMA, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 5–8pm.

DESE ESCOBAR MISS INDEPENDENT, MARLIE MUL, MOTHER CULTURE LOS ANGELES (Mid-City), 6–9pm.

Hollywood Openings and Events

Objects of Affection, Gallery 1988 (Hollywood).

Downtown Openings and Events

Art Buzz with Glenn Phillips, ICA LA (Downtown), 5:30–7pm.

Victor Rosas: Artificial Mask, 356 Mission (Downtown), 7–9pm.

Passing Through, Documentary, LA Poverty Department (Downtown), 7pm.

An Evening with Donika Kelly, Featuring Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and Eloisa Amezcua, Ace Hotel (Downtown), 7–9pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

TINKERTOPIA – ESMoA Kids Engineering Arts Club, ESMoA (El Segundo), 3:30–5pm.

Saturday, April 21

Westside Openings and Events

Family Days at the Villa, Getty Villa (Pacific Palisades), 10am–5pm. Continues April 22.

Conversation: Oaxacan Ball Games and Mexican Indigenous Migration, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 2–4pm.

The Plato Conversations: Dialogues in LA, Getty Villa (Pacific Palisades), 4–6:30pm.

David McDonald: COMMON KNOWLEDGE artist talk, Five Car Garage (Santa Monica), 4pm.

An artist talk by Brighton Smith And exhibition closing reception for Flowers Paintings, Skidmore Contemporary Art (Santa Monica), 4pm.

Sally Jacobs: Sundays at the Farmers Market, Jenny Revitz Soper: Twisted Visions, Ernie Marjoram: Selected Paintings, Toni Reinis: Looking But Not Seeing, TAG Gallery (Santa Monica), 5–8pm.

CONSTRUCTION: A GROUP SHOW ABOUT MEMORY AND FABRICATION, Arena1 Gallery (Santa Monica), 6–9pm.

MURDER MAGAZINE ISSUE #2, Del Vaz Projects (West L.A.), 8pm.

Culver City Openings and Events

Gallery Hop: Culver City, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Culver City), 11am–12:30pm. $35.

Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library, Annenberg Space for Photography (Century City), 11am–6pm. 

Jessica Antola: Circadian Landscape, Arcana: Books on the Arts (Culver City), 4–6pm.

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Talk: Exhibition Tour: A Universal History of Infamy—Those of This America, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1:30pm.

Culver City High School Student Art Exhibition & Reception, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile), 2–5pm.

Mary Little: The Shape of Cloth, Craft in America Center (Miracle Mile), 4–6pm.

DLJU, Iskar, Binho Ribiero, Erre, Lesivo, and Toxicomano Callejero, Gabba Gallery (Koreatown), 7–11pm.

Koreatown and Mid-City Openings and Events

Closing reception: Corrina Peipon and Pangaea, Household (Mid-City), 4–6pm.

Ladyscumbag's World Premiere (and Closing) Party, Visitor Welcome Center (Koreatown), 6–9pm.

West Hollywood Openings and Events

Michael Mahalchick and SOFT CORNERS, Richard Telles Fine Art (Fairfax), 5–7pm.

Daniel Arsham: Character Study, Morán Morán (West Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Hollywood Openings and Events

Tom Burr in conversation with William J. Simmons, Hannah Hoffman Gallery (Hollywood), 4pm.

Community Healing Sound Bath, Various Small Fires (Hollywood), 5pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

WALK THE TALK, LA Poverty Department (Downtown), 11am–3pm.

Artist Walk-through: Rigo 23, Main Museum (Downtown), 2–3:30pm.

Girl on Wire: Redux, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Downtown), 4–6pm.

Michael Ned Holte and Dave Hullfish Bailey in Conversation, REDCAT (Downtown), 4pm.

JOAN Benefit Party, JOAN (Downtown), 7–11pm.

Bodies of a Different Mass, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles (Downtown), 7–10pm.

PARALLEL STORMS: Works by Janie Geiser and TOO MANY DAYS: Works by Laura Heit, Track 16 (Downtown), 7–10pm.

Ron Linden: Em_ty, PØST (Downtown), 7–10pm.

Andy Woll, Brie Ruais, Night Gallery (Downtown), 7–10pm.

Philip Newcombe: ODEON, Monte Vista Projects (Downtown), 7–10pm.

Michael Webster and Breath Control Orchestra - Nice Day for the Races, The Box (Downtown), 8pm.

David Rosenboom and Lewis Klahr: Battle Hymn for Insurgent Arts, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. $12–25.

Chinatown Openings and Events

Sol Variations — A New Sound Installation by Richard Chartier, Human Resources (Chinatown), 7–10pm.

Closing Reception and Artist Walkthroughs for Lars Jan -  Luminaries and Rachel Mason - Star Death and the Pain Body, Charlie James Gallery (Chinatown), 4–7pm.

Lincoln Heights Openings and Events

Taste of Art: At Home with The Huntingtons, The Huntington (San Marino), 9am. Sold out.

Workshop: Resistance, Delay, Accumulation and Mobilization with Luis Lara Malvacias, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 12–3pm. $30.

Me, An Idiot, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 8:30pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Family Event - Earth Day Saturday, The Huntington (San Marino), 11am–3pm.

Skill share: Safety & Justice, Side Street Projects (Pasadena), 1–4pm.

Chinatown: The Movie, Glendale Central Library (Glendale), 2–4pm.

FILM SCREENING: SEARCHING FOR SIMÓN BOLÍVAR: ONE POET’S JOURNEY, MOLAA (Laguna Beach), 2–5pm.

Movie Matinee - Coco, ESMoA (El Segundo), 2:30–4:30pm.

Sunday, April 22

Westside Openings and Events

SCREENINGS KIDS Family Flicks Film Series: FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 11am.

CONVERSATIONS: Architecture for the Ages: The New Acropolis Museum of Athens with Dimitrios Pandermalis, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 3:30pm.

Artist Talk: Robert Polidori, Getty Center (Brentwood), 4pm.

Culver City Openings and Events

Historical Witness Project, Wende Museum (Culver City), 3pm.

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

On Clay: Melting Point Panel Discussion, Moderated by Exhibition Co-Curator Andres Payan & Michael Jones McKean, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile), 2pm.

Film: Documentary Film: Hockney—A Day on the Grand Canal, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 2pm.

Hollywood Openings and Events

WxW: For Women. By Women, Barnsdall Art Park (East Hollywood), 12–4pm.

Frogtown Openings and Events

LA For Choice Clinic Defense Volunteer Training, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 11am–1:30pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

Open House with Rafa Esparza, Jackie Clay, Ayanna U'Dongo, and Muñeka, ICA LA (Downtown), 11am–6pm.

Happy Earth Day! Youth Workshop with Sharif Farrag, 356 Mission (Downtown), 1–4pm.

Light and Color, California African American Museum (Downtown), 1–3pm.

SoulCollage 101, Main Museum (Downtown), 1–3pm.

CAAM Reads! Respect, The Life of Aretha Franklin, California African American Museum (Downtown), 3–4:30pm.

QueerWise/QueerWOKE, ONE Archives (Downtown), 4pm.

Chinatown Openings and Events

Christine Tavolacci and Ted Byrnes perform John Cage's Ryoanji, Human Resources (Chinatown), 8–11pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, The Huntington (San Marino), 1pm.

CalArts Open Studios, CalArts (Valencia), 1–6pm.

14th Annual Art Auction, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock (Eagle Rock), 1–5pm.

EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH SHAY BREDIMUS, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 3–4pm.

GUNS: LOADED CONVERSATIONS, San Jose Quilt Museum (San Jose), 3–5pm.

PATRICIA L. BOYD: GOOD GRAMMAR, POTTS (Alhambra), 6–8pm.

Monday, April 23

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Talk: Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7:30pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

Chantal? A performance conceived by Sonia Wieder-Atherton
 and Renaud Bouchard-Gonzalez, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. $6–12.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Families: On-Site: North Hollywood—Art and Social Justice, North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library (North Hollywood), 2pm.

A Tale of Asteroid Families - Dr. Joseph Masiero, The Huntington (San Marino), 7pm.

Tuesday, April 24

Westside Openings and Events

Discussions in Israeli Art: Prof. Dalia Manor, American Jewish University (Bel Air), 10:30am.

MAKE ART NOT WALLS, ROSEGALLERY (Santa Monica), 6:30–8:30pm.

Culver City Openings and Events

Panel: Power, Politics & the Art World, Blum & Poe (Culver City), 7:20pm.

Miracle Mile Openings and Events

Film: The Haunting, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

Wednesday, April 25

Hollywood Openings and Events

Frame Rate: Norberto Rodriguez, Hollywood Improv (Hollywood), 5–7pm.

Sense: A Silent Auction to Benefit Multiple Sclerosis, FLOOD Gallery (Larchmont), 6:30–9:30pm.

Leimert Park Openings and Events

Artist Talk: Ulysses Jenkins, Art + Practice (Leimert Park), 7pm.

Frogtown Openings and Events

Remarkable: Artists With Chronic Illness & Disability, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 7:30–9:30pm.

Downtown Openings and Events

Screening: Civic Art: Four Stories from South Los Angeles, California African American Museum (Downtown), 7–9pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Distinguished Fellow Lecture - Every Picture Tells a Story, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

Crows of the Desert, Alex Theatre (Glendale), 7:30pm.

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HARRISBURG, PA—Confirming that several dozen individuals have had the title bestowed upon them in recent years, sources reported Friday that the Weber family has exceptionally lax standards for who gets to be called “aunt.” “It appears that if you happen to be a woman over the age of 30, or just have kids of your own, and you walk through the Weber family’s front door, you will be referred to as an aunt by everyone in the household, regardless of whether you’re a blood relative or just a family friend,” said Dawn Newcomb, a longtime coworker of the family’s mother and a designated aunt herself, who explained that the Webers’ virtually nonexistent criteria for earning the appellation had resulted in the creation of a multitude of aunts since the birth of the family’s oldest child, including as many as 10 neighbors, several of the parents’ old college roommates, and at least one babysitter, all in addition to the family’s two biological aunts. “There’s an Aunt Lynn, for example, who was once in a book club with the family’s mother. And then there are two Aunt Jessicas, one of whom appears to have been the short-lived girlfriend of an older cousin who only met the family for a couple hours last Thanksgiving.” Sources noted, however, that the title “uncle” was far harder to attain, explaining that it was solely reserved for direct kin and only the most amusing of the father’s drinking buddies.

[dbenfordworks]

Performances & other incidents

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also: http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Bandcamp: https://dbenford.bandcamp.com/music

Further links at bottom of page

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2024

May

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM airs an piece from ‘Melting Frames’ - the Bandcamp album by Douglas Benford, Julie Pickard, Yoni Silver and Ross Lambert, listen here (37 mins in): https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-19-may-2024/

- Performances as part of a quartet with Alan Newcombe, Iris Colomb & Tom Mills at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Jerry Wigens, Julia Bruessel and Pascal Marzan at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

April

- Quartet recording live session at Antenna studio, Crystal Palace, London with N. O. Moore, Tansy Spinks and Clive Bell

- Duo performance with Iris Colomb & Tom Ward at BRAK, Water Into Beer, Brockley, London, UK

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Paul Margree, Chris Hill, Keisuke Matsui, Ross Lambert, Helena Paul, Kostas Chondros and Regan Bowering.

- Performances as part of a trio with Benjy Sandler & Julian Woods at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances and conduction as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi, Gina Fergione, Olga Ksendzovska and a joint one by Douglas Benford & Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Trio performance with Nat Catchpole & Dominic Lash at Ad Lib, Open Ealing, Ealing, London, UK

- Duo performance with Sue Lynch at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

March

- Performances as part of a quartet with Tilly Coulton, Caius Williams & Jamie Coleman at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- The BBC Radio 3 Freeness radio show airs an excerpt of ‘Glancing Blows’ from the Bandcamp album by Douglas Benford, Cath Roberts, Sylvia Hallett and Dominic Lash

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi/Ivor Kallin, Theo Finkel, Oliver Jarvis and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

February

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Jessica St Bruno, Kostas Chondros, Ross Lambert, James O’Sullivan, Alan Newcombe, Tom Mills, Helena Paul, Chris Hill and John Bissett.

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM airs an excerpt of ‘Glancing Blows’ from the Bandcamp album by Douglas Benford, Cath Roberts, Sylvia Hallett and Dominic Lash, listen here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-11-feb-2024/

- Performances as part of a duo with Mirie Ya and Multiple Melodicas (w. Steve Beresford, Georgina Brett, Martin Hackett & David Grundy) at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Loz Speyer, George Garford, Jonny Martin and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performances as part of a trio with Angharad Davies and Sofia Vaisman-Maturana at Ad Lib, Open Ealing, Ealing, London, UK

January

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Maggie Nicols, Philipp Wachsmann and Terry Day as part of the tribute to Martin Davidson event at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Public screening of documentary on artist Calum Storrie - ‘Drawing, etc’ - with music by Douglas Benford on the soundtrack, at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK. This documentary is also available for streaming / rental here. This film has also been screened at Tokyo International short festival 2024.

- Performance as part of a quartet with Ecka Mordecai, Sylvia Hallett & Roland Ramanam at Mopomoso, the Vortex, London, UK

- Performed on 3 pieces with the Charlotte Keeffe Quartet Right Here Right Now at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as part of a quartet with Emily Shapiro, N. O. Moore & Clive Bell at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performance with Clive Bell at the Horse Improvisation Club & Shrike Records takeover event at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

Continued below…

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The Theatre Bizarre (2011)

Directed by Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley

Written by Scarlett Amaris, Douglas Buck, John Esposito, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Emiliano Ranzani and Richard Stanley

Music by Simon Boswell, Susan DiBona and Marquis Howell of Hobo Jazz

Country: United States

Language: English

Running Time: 114 minutes

CAST

Udo Kier as Peg Poett

Virginia Newcomb as Enola Penny

Kaniehtiio Horn as The Writer (segment 'Vision Stains')

Victoria Maurette as Karina (segment 'The Mother Of Toads')

Shane Woodward as Martin (segment 'The Mother Of Toads')

André Hennicke as Axel (segment 'I Love You')

Suzan Anbeh as Mo (segment 'I Love You')

James Gill as Donnie (segment 'Wet Dreams')

Tom Savini as Dr. Maurey (segment 'Wet Dreams')

Debbie Rochon as Carla (segment 'Wet Dreams')

Lena Kleine as The Mother (segment 'The Accident')

Mélodie Simard as The Daughter (segment 'The Accident')

Lindsay Goranson as Estelle (segment 'Sweets')

Guilford Adams as Greg (segment 'Sweets')

Framing Segments

Directed by Jeremy Kasten

Written by Zach Chassler

Cast:

Udo Kier as Peg Poett

Virginia Newcomb as Enola Penny

The Theatre Bizarre is a series of six shorts largely in hock to the grand-guignol tradition of naturalistic horror (i.e. proper ketchup, matey). I know this not because of any keen interest in French theatre but because the framing sequence is called ‘Theatre Guignol’, and it is into this terribly mysterious theatre that Enola Penny (Virginia Newcomb) dreamily wanders one decisive night. Each of the following sections is introduced by the indefatigable Udo Kier playing a big puppet (literally “grand guignol”) who becomes less puppet-like as the movie wears on and (cue wobbly theremin) Enola become less human. Which might be an artistic statement about desensitisation, but is definitely an excuse to watch Udo Kier popping robot-moves, which I think we can all agree is a good thing.

The Mother of Toads

Directed by Richard Stanley

Written by Richard Stanley, Scarlett Amaris and Emiliano Ranzani

Cast:

Catriona MacColl as Mere Antoinette

Shane Woodward as Martin

Victoria Maurette as Karina

Lisa Belle as The Naked Witch (as Lisa Crawford)

Amelie Salomon as The Monster

The Mother of Toads is apparently based on a Clark Ashton Smith story of the same name which I haven’t read, with a bit of HP Lovecraft chucked in. It features a pair of unpleasant young Americans holidaying in France, and I’m not dissing Americans there, this pair really are unlikable; Karina moans that everything is in French in France (quelle surprise!), while Martin is so anaesthetised by his own acumen he can barely push his smug words past the thicket of his trendy beard. They come unstuck when bargain hunting in a French market where a handsome older lady with a mesmerising accent saucily offers Martin a peek at her Necronomicon. Bundling Karina off to a spa Martin spends the day with the accommodating and increasingly ardent crone, drinking suspicious brews and fingering her dusty leaves. Things end badly. This was an agreeably silly creature feature with plenty of the old ugh! quotient, an endearing lack of logic and a pervading sense of encroaching doom. The humour leavening proceedings is clearly no accident; there’s an excellent joke when Martin attempts to extricate himself from a post-coital bed without waking his sleeping and somewhat slimy partner. Probably rings a few bells in the audience that bit. It’s just enjoyably daft, tongue-in-cheek stuff and a welcome reminder that Richard (Hardware (1990), Dust Devil (1992)) Stanley is still rocking his smart-trash groove.

I Love You

Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo

Written by Buddy Giovinazzo

Cast:

André Hennicke as Axel

Suzan Anbeh  as Mo

I Love You is a pretty tough watch and unusually it’s not because of the climactic gore. Axel wakes up in his bathroom disorientated and bloody; turns out he’s an insecure, self-destructive mess who has driven his lady Mo away. Mo returns to sever all ties and leave for good. What follows is an emotionally harrowing battle between two damaged people where words are weapons and the hurt is internal. As blood spattered as the despairing denouement may be the real horror is the extended verbal flensing Mo delivers to Martin, in which she destroys not only his present but also his past. And is she telling the truth? Or is it a desperate attempt to extricate herself from his unquenchable neediness? Like a fox gnawing its paw off to escape the trap? Sometimes uncertainty can be another level of horror. Buddy Giovinazzo delivers a classily acted, tautly suspenseful two-hander which leaves an emotional stain which persists for days.

Wet Dreams

Directed by Tom Savini

Written by John Esposito

Cast:

Debbie Rochon as Carla

Tom Savini as Dr. Maurey

James Gill as Donnie

Jodii Christianson as Maxine

Wet Dreams is directed by Tom Savini, who is legendary in horror for his SFX work and slightly less legendary for his acting, so there’s no excuse for doing an Elvis double take at the fact he’s given himself a role and that his segment is luridly gory. He’s no slouch at directing either, which is nice. The esteemed Mr. Savini plays a psychiatrist, the kind who drinks on the job and talks about raping his mum (i.e. a movie psychiatrist), treating Donnie, a preening jackass who likes smacking his wife, Carla, about and cheating on her. See, Donnie’s having recurring nightmares wherein his sexy dream fun times climax with him being tortured and castrated by his long-suffering wife, in a series of gruesomely humorous and visually explicit ways. Gentlemen viewers may never again think of a fry-up without skittishly crossing their legs. Serves Donnie right you might think, but by the end of the dream-within-a-dream misdirection and its gruesomely pre-code EC Comics twist finale you might think again. Ugh. I mean….ugh. I...Jesus. What could have just been a gratuitous mess of general dismemberment is deftly directed by the savant Savini, resulting in an amoral immorality tale. And need it be said that his skills in the SFX dept remain second to none? No, it need not. So pretend I didn’t say it.

The Accident

Directed by Douglas Buck

Written by Douglas Buck

Cast:

Lena Kleine as Mother

Mélodie Simard as Daughter

Jean-Paul Rivière as Old Biker

Bruno Décary as Young Biker

The Accident provides a brief respite from the onslaught of sensationalistic gore, a pit stop if you will. Even if you won’t, it definitely centres around a cute child asking her blasé mother questions about mortality, said questions raised in the tiny, inquiring mind after the witnessing of an accident earlier in the day involving a deer and a cocky motorcyclist. It’s a very restrained piece, very accomplished, and softer in tone than anything before or after it. There’s a touch of grue when the deer is finished off, but mostly the horror here is the complete horseshit parents come out with to calm their offspring with regards to the ultimately absurd nature of life and death, a subject which everyone spends a lot of time avoiding thinking about on a day to day basis and about which they would rather not be cross-examined about by a child at bedtime. As upsetting as the sight of the deer’s tongue lolling out of its bug eyed head was (very), it wasn’t as upsetting as realising all the lies you have to fill your kid with just so they can function in what we’ve all decided to call reality. Compared to all that, lying about Santa Claus is a minor misdemeanour.

Vision Stains

Directed by Karim Hussain

Written by Karim Hussain

Cast:

Kaniehtiio Horn as The Writer

Cynthia Wu-Maheux as Junkie Girl

Imogen Haworth as Pregnant Woman

Rachelle Glait  as Older Homeless Woman

Alex Ivanovici  as Junkie Man

I have a thing about eye trauma. Not a sexual thing, a “flinch and wave your hands about like you’re warding off invisible birds” thing. It’s a running joke in the Mundano family unit; if there’s some serious eye trauma afoot in the viewing choice, all eyes fall on the father figure as he  tenses for impact. Those similarly (dis)inclined should be warned that there is a seriously impressive amount of eye trauma in Vision Stains. It’s built in as the whole episode rests on the Horror Movie Science concept of people’s past lives flashing before their eyes at the point of death. So if you extract their eye juice as they die and inject it into your own eye you will get to live the edited highlights of another life. Obviously. That sounds about as appealing as it sounds scientifically feasible, but our serial killer heroine is well into it. She basically harvests the lives of the homeless to make up for her personal shortfall in dreams. Judging by the massive pile of notebooks in which she has written the details of all the lives she has nicked, its worked out quite well for her. But people, even dreamless serial killers who prey on the homeless,  are never satisfied, so she decides to take the next step and find out what happens before people have a life to flash in front of their eyes. The results are mixed. Ultimately you can’t help thinking it would have been a lot quicker and far easier on the homeless population if she’d just read Tbomas Ligotti’s The Conspiracy Against the Human race. It’s all very silly but the po-faced approach suggests it is straining for some grandiose meaning; it fails. But it does feature a fantastic amount of eye trauma. Each to their own.

Sweets

Directed by David Gregory

Written by David Gregory

Cast:

Lindsay Goranson as Estelle

Guilford Adams as Greg

Lynn Lowry as Mikela Da Vinci

Jessica Remmers as Antonia

With Sweets, things close on a hilariously disgusting note. A deadpan Estelle and a semi-hysterical Greg talk about their dying relationship in the most banal clichés imaginable as they sit in what was once an apartment, but is now a kind of edible sty plastered with smushed up confectionery.  As trite nonsense falls from her lips Estelle slowly sucks a melting ice cream into her deadpan face. Greg flailing to rescue the dead relationship counters with the expected whiny responses, while spasmodically picking filthy sweets off the floor and ingesting them with all the automotive panache of the true addict. Their stale interactions are punctuated by a series of flashbacks  which parody cinema’s rote scenes of romance, with the pair swilling sweet shit like swilling sweet shit is going out of fashion. Luckily for Greg, Estelle hasn’t quite finished with him, unluckily for Greg he’s about to find out what that means. Sweets is pretty funny in its lip-smacking attack on love and addiction (and love as addiction), and is delightfully cartoonish in style; Estelle is often colour coordinated from hair to shoes with whatever sickly delicacy she is proffering. Of course all the comedy and caricature serve only to distract you while Sweets prepares a delightful gut punch of horror, before the management politely ask you to leave.

 TL;DR: The Theatre Bizarre: it’s worth a watch, but not if you’re squeamish.

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Luzes caramelo: 40 fotos para te convencer a iluminar o seu visual

Os cabelos curtos com luzes, além de terem se tornado tendência, promovem um visual clean e refrescante para as estações quentes. As luzes aparecem fortes e iluminadas para compor os mais diversos visuais.

Cheio de praticidade e criatividade, o cabelo curto vai encantar aquelas que querem inovar e se sentir bem ao mesmo tempo. E combinado com as luzes, esse corte dá um show em beleza e inovação para o seu visual.

Índice do conteúdo:

Tendências 2019

Luzes mel

Para morenas

Luzes platinadas

Com progressiva

Cabelos curtos com luzes 2019

Para entrar com tudo na tendência, opte por cortes curtos com luzes e arrase por onde passar! Olha só o que está em alta:

1. Pra quem deseja começar aos poucos, as luzes discretas são perfeitas

Dae

2. As luzes balayage em tom mel são românticas e muito estilosas

Alex Godoy

3. Versáteis, elas funcionam em qualquer visual

Brebre73

4. Os cabelos curtos com luzes loiras são simplesmente apaixonantes

Shelby Quinn

5. E possuem uma energia contagiante para seu visual

Behind the Chair

6. As luzes loiras se encaixam em qualquer estilo com classe e versatilidade

Jade Seba

7. Novos tons de luzes prometem em 2019, como esse loiro rosé incrível

Isabella Carolina

8. E o apaixonante ruivo rosé

Isabella Carolina

9. O rosa promete se destacar em todas as tendências dessa temporada

Isabella Carolina

10. Isso quer dizer que você pode abusar dos diversos tons que o rosa te oferece

Kristine Ytredal

11. O rosa pastel, rosé ou pink

Monique Lindmann

12. Os cabelos curtos com luzes coloridas possuem uma pegada inovadora e apaixonante

Jade Seba

13. Além disso, você pode investir nas luzes coloridas sem medo

Cherin Choi

14. Perfeito para todas as idades, o colorido vem pra ganhar o ano de 2019

Vanessa Styles You

15. Prometendo se estender por muito mais tempo nas madeixas femininas

Isabella Carolina

É um modelo mais lindo que o outro, e o melhor: a versatilidade do corte é de impressionar. Use e abuse do curto com luzes em qualquer visual e esteja pronta pra tudo!

Cabelos curtos com luzes mel

As luzes mel são meigas, charmosas e perfeitas para quem deseja manter o cabelo hidratado. Elas ficam perfeitas com visuais urbanos e românticos.

16. As luzes mel podem ser discretas e versáteis

Tara Chow

17. São ideais para quem procura um aspecto natural

Keary Bladel

18. As luzes mel são as luzes mais apaixonantes e práticas

Anh Co Tran

19. Combine o romantismo das luzes mel com a praticidade do corte curto

Keary Bladel

20. O detalhe na parte frontal do cabelo deixa o visual apaixonante e estiloso

Anh Co Tran

21. As luzes cor de mel têm sido a tendência mais adorada do último verão

Anh Co Tran

22. E prometem continuar com tudo nas próximas estações

Kelly Mccormick

23. Você pode variar para um tom de mel mais aberto

Hair by Katlin

24. E pode até misturar tons e nuances diferentes

Maxwell Mathson

25. Você pode também abusar do tom sem medo

Jefferson Bollina

26. Ou fazer somente as pontas de forma bem natural

Peter Menezes

27. A cor fica perfeita com os cabelos mais curtos

Anh Co Tran

28. E também com cachos definidos

Janaé

29. Com os fios repicados

Lucas Clouser

30. E até mesmo com tons de cabelo mais claros

Gustavo Blesa

A praticidade das luzes mel está na facilidade de manutenção e reparo dos cabelos. É perfeito também para quem não deseja entrar em uma mudança muito brusca ou deseja começar aos poucos.

Cabelos curtos com luzes para morenas

Se seu cabelo é escuro e você tem medo de se aventurar em luzes muito claras, esse tópico é pra você. Não importa o tom do seu cabelo, as luzes vão cair como uma luva no seu estilo.

31. As luzes em castanho e mel para morenas são extremamente charmosas

Sadie Face

32. Elas podem dar um aspecto muito natural aos seus fios

Sadie Face

33. A mecha com tom mais claro na parte da franja dá um charme extra

Jamie Sea

34. As luzes balayage em tons ruivos e rosas são perfeitas em cabelos escuros

Brittany Banda

35. E trazem um ar mais moderninho ao visual

Dae

36. Se você não tem medo de inovar, que tal optar por luzes cinzas?

Dollheads Salon

37. Elas combinam perfeitamente com morenas naturais

Callie Harris

38. O cabelo curto com luzes coloridas é ideal para o carnaval

Michigan Balayage Specialist

39. E também pode ser perfeito para o seu dia a dia

Susan

40. Para as cacheadas há muita beleza nas luzes claras

rezöcut founder

41. As luzes loiras também são uma opção para morenas

Cristina

42. Para os cortes mais curtinhos, as luzes mel dão uma grande iluminada no visual

Tia Ward

43. E são perfeitas para os short bobs

Bside Hair

44. Dando uma aparência natural apaixonante

tamires correa

45. Para deixar ainda mais natural, opte pelas luzes nas pontas

nathaliebarros

Você pode perder o medo de tintura hoje mesmo e colocar a mão na massa! Independente da cor que você escolher, o resultado será incrível.

Cabelos curtos com luzes platinadas

As luzes platinadas são perfeitas para as mais ousadas e para quem já quer partir para uma mudança drástica. Você vai se apaixonar pelos tons e nuances do platinado.

46. O platinado é uma daquelas cores que nunca sairão de moda

Buddy Porter

47. As luzes platinadas ficam perfeitas em qualquer tipo de cabelo

Johnny Ramirez

48. O tom dá um show em cabelos naturalmente mais claros

Kassandra Dafkovski

49. Você pode misturar com outras cores

Camee Bennett

50. Ou pode abusar sem medo de errar

Behind the Chair

51. A beleza do platinado vai te deixar apaixonada

Shampu Salon

52. E ele combina com todos os estilos

Rafael Bertolucci

53. O balayage fica incrível com uma raiz esfumada

Shear Envy Salon

54. As variações dessa cor fria são simplesmente encantadoras

Romeu Felipe

55. Como é o caso do loiro gelo

Hair by Taylor

56. Independente da sua cor natural, o platinado vai cair como uma luva

Bespoke Scottsdale

57. O platinado é perfeito para qualquer comprimento de cabelo

Arizona Hairstylist

58. E possui uma praticidade que combina com o corte curto

Brittany Gonzalez

59. Ele necessita atenção nos cuidados com hidratação

bu.uliana

60. Para manter a beleza do platinado sempre em dia

Kelvelin

Por ser um tom bem mais claro, você deverá sempre cuidar dos seus fios, fazendo hidratações e nutrições constantes, mantendo-os sempre brilhante e sedoso.

Cabelos curtos com luzes e progressiva

A diversidade nos cabelos é impressionante e cada corte com luzes tem a sua particularidade. Veja agora os modelos de cabelos curtos com luzes e progressiva.

61. A progressiva é feita para alinhar seu cabelo

Larissa Gabriella

62. E é muito preferida pelas amantes do corte curto

Jessica Newcomb

63. A progressiva também fecha as cutículas do cabelo

Lays Molinari

64. Selando os fios e dando um aspecto brilhante e sedoso

Andrew Loves Color

65. Mas não se descuide das madeixas com progressiva

Peter Menezes

66. A escova progressiva por si só não hidrata os cabelos

Jessica Newcomb

67. É necessário manter cuidados como nutrições e hidratações constantes

Natália Vasco

68. Também conhecido como cronograma capilar

Janete Nguyen

69. Assim você garante que seus fios sobrevivam fortes e saudáveis

Estela Newbold

70. Independente do tipo de química que você fizer

Flávia Pavaneli

71. A progressiva é feita para deixar seu cabelo pronto pra tudo

Lays Molinari

72. Fazendo você ganhar tempo na hora de se arrumar

Julia Petit

73. A praticidade da escova progressiva aliada à versatilidade do corte curto

Arizona Hairstylist

74. Junto com a iluminação incrível das luzes

Whitney

75. Os cabelos curtos com luzes são lindos e práticos para qualquer ocasião

Larissa Gabriella

Essa lista diversificada foi feita para te inspirar, mas não se esqueça de escolher a cor e o corte que mais lhe agradam. O importante é se sentir bonita e confortável com seu novo visual, dessa forma, você vai arrasar por onde passa.

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Luzes caramelo: 40 fotos para te convencer a iluminar o seu visual

Os cabelos curtos com luzes, além de terem se tornado tendência, promovem um visual clean e refrescante para as estações quentes. As luzes aparecem fortes e iluminadas para compor os mais diversos visuais.

Cheio de praticidade e criatividade, o cabelo curto vai encantar aquelas que querem inovar e se sentir bem ao mesmo tempo. E combinado com as luzes, esse corte dá um show em beleza e inovação para o seu visual.

Índice do conteúdo:

Tendências 2019

Luzes mel

Para morenas

Luzes platinadas

Com progressiva

Cabelos curtos com luzes 2019

Para entrar com tudo na tendência, opte por cortes curtos com luzes e arrase por onde passar! Olha só o que está em alta:

1. Pra quem deseja começar aos poucos, as luzes discretas são perfeitas

Dae

2. As luzes balayage em tom mel são românticas e muito estilosas

Alex Godoy

3. Versáteis, elas funcionam em qualquer visual

Brebre73

4. Os cabelos curtos com luzes loiras são simplesmente apaixonantes

Shelby Quinn

5. E possuem uma energia contagiante para seu visual

Behind the Chair

6. As luzes loiras se encaixam em qualquer estilo com classe e versatilidade

Jade Seba

7. Novos tons de luzes prometem em 2019, como esse loiro rosé incrível

Isabella Carolina

8. E o apaixonante ruivo rosé

Isabella Carolina

9. O rosa promete se destacar em todas as tendências dessa temporada

Isabella Carolina

10. Isso quer dizer que você pode abusar dos diversos tons que o rosa te oferece

Kristine Ytredal

11. O rosa pastel, rosé ou pink

Monique Lindmann

12. Os cabelos curtos com luzes coloridas possuem uma pegada inovadora e apaixonante

Jade Seba

13. Além disso, você pode investir nas luzes coloridas sem medo

Cherin Choi

14. Perfeito para todas as idades, o colorido vem pra ganhar o ano de 2019

Vanessa Styles You

15. Prometendo se estender por muito mais tempo nas madeixas femininas

Isabella Carolina

É um modelo mais lindo que o outro, e o melhor: a versatilidade do corte é de impressionar. Use e abuse do curto com luzes em qualquer visual e esteja pronta pra tudo!

Cabelos curtos com luzes mel

As luzes mel são meigas, charmosas e perfeitas para quem deseja manter o cabelo hidratado. Elas ficam perfeitas com visuais urbanos e românticos.

16. As luzes mel podem ser discretas e versáteis

Tara Chow

17. São ideais para quem procura um aspecto natural

Keary Bladel

18. As luzes mel são as luzes mais apaixonantes e práticas

Anh Co Tran

19. Combine o romantismo das luzes mel com a praticidade do corte curto

Keary Bladel

20. O detalhe na parte frontal do cabelo deixa o visual apaixonante e estiloso

Anh Co Tran

21. As luzes cor de mel têm sido a tendência mais adorada do último verão

Anh Co Tran

22. E prometem continuar com tudo nas próximas estações

Kelly Mccormick

23. Você pode variar para um tom de mel mais aberto

Hair by Katlin

24. E pode até misturar tons e nuances diferentes

Maxwell Mathson

25. Você pode também abusar do tom sem medo

Jefferson Bollina

26. Ou fazer somente as pontas de forma bem natural

Peter Menezes

27. A cor fica perfeita com os cabelos mais curtos

Anh Co Tran

28. E também com cachos definidos

Janaé

29. Com os fios repicados

Lucas Clouser

30. E até mesmo com tons de cabelo mais claros

Gustavo Blesa

A praticidade das luzes mel está na facilidade de manutenção e reparo dos cabelos. É perfeito também para quem não deseja entrar em uma mudança muito brusca ou deseja começar aos poucos.

Cabelos curtos com luzes para morenas

Se seu cabelo é escuro e você tem medo de se aventurar em luzes muito claras, esse tópico é pra você. Não importa o tom do seu cabelo, as luzes vão cair como uma luva no seu estilo.

31. As luzes em castanho e mel para morenas são extremamente charmosas

Sadie Face

32. Elas podem dar um aspecto muito natural aos seus fios

Sadie Face

33. A mecha com tom mais claro na parte da franja dá um charme extra

Jamie Sea

34. As luzes balayage em tons ruivos e rosas são perfeitas em cabelos escuros

Brittany Banda

35. E trazem um ar mais moderninho ao visual

Dae

36. Se você não tem medo de inovar, que tal optar por luzes cinzas?

Dollheads Salon

37. Elas combinam perfeitamente com morenas naturais

Callie Harris

38. O cabelo curto com luzes coloridas é ideal para o carnaval

Michigan Balayage Specialist

39. E também pode ser perfeito para o seu dia a dia

Susan

40. Para as cacheadas há muita beleza nas luzes claras

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41. As luzes loiras também são uma opção para morenas

Cristina

42. Para os cortes mais curtinhos, as luzes mel dão uma grande iluminada no visual

Tia Ward

43. E são perfeitas para os short bobs

Bside Hair

44. Dando uma aparência natural apaixonante

tamires correa

45. Para deixar ainda mais natural, opte pelas luzes nas pontas

nathaliebarros

Você pode perder o medo de tintura hoje mesmo e colocar a mão na massa! Independente da cor que você escolher, o resultado será incrível.

Cabelos curtos com luzes platinadas

As luzes platinadas são perfeitas para as mais ousadas e para quem já quer partir para uma mudança drástica. Você vai se apaixonar pelos tons e nuances do platinado.

46. O platinado é uma daquelas cores que nunca sairão de moda

Buddy Porter

47. As luzes platinadas ficam perfeitas em qualquer tipo de cabelo

Johnny Ramirez

48. O tom dá um show em cabelos naturalmente mais claros

Kassandra Dafkovski

49. Você pode misturar com outras cores

Camee Bennett

50. Ou pode abusar sem medo de errar

Behind the Chair

51. A beleza do platinado vai te deixar apaixonada

Shampu Salon

52. E ele combina com todos os estilos

Rafael Bertolucci

53. O balayage fica incrível com uma raiz esfumada

Shear Envy Salon

54. As variações dessa cor fria são simplesmente encantadoras

Romeu Felipe

55. Como é o caso do loiro gelo

Hair by Taylor

56. Independente da sua cor natural, o platinado vai cair como uma luva

Bespoke Scottsdale

57. O platinado é perfeito para qualquer comprimento de cabelo

Arizona Hairstylist

58. E possui uma praticidade que combina com o corte curto

Brittany Gonzalez

59. Ele necessita atenção nos cuidados com hidratação

bu.uliana

60. Para manter a beleza do platinado sempre em dia

Kelvelin

Por ser um tom bem mais claro, você deverá sempre cuidar dos seus fios, fazendo hidratações e nutrições constantes, mantendo-os sempre brilhante e sedoso.

Cabelos curtos com luzes e progressiva

A diversidade nos cabelos é impressionante e cada corte com luzes tem a sua particularidade. Veja agora os modelos de cabelos curtos com luzes e progressiva.

61. A progressiva é feita para alinhar seu cabelo

Larissa Gabriella

62. E é muito preferida pelas amantes do corte curto

Jessica Newcomb

63. A progressiva também fecha as cutículas do cabelo

Lays Molinari

64. Selando os fios e dando um aspecto brilhante e sedoso

Andrew Loves Color

65. Mas não se descuide das madeixas com progressiva

Peter Menezes

66. A escova progressiva por si só não hidrata os cabelos

Jessica Newcomb

67. É necessário manter cuidados como nutrições e hidratações constantes

Natália Vasco

68. Também conhecido como cronograma capilar

Janete Nguyen

69. Assim você garante que seus fios sobrevivam fortes e saudáveis

Estela Newbold

70. Independente do tipo de química que você fizer

Flávia Pavaneli

71. A progressiva é feita para deixar seu cabelo pronto pra tudo

Lays Molinari

72. Fazendo você ganhar tempo na hora de se arrumar

Julia Petit

73. A praticidade da escova progressiva aliada à versatilidade do corte curto

Arizona Hairstylist

74. Junto com a iluminação incrível das luzes

Whitney

75. Os cabelos curtos com luzes são lindos e práticos para qualquer ocasião

Larissa Gabriella

Essa lista diversificada foi feita para te inspirar, mas não se esqueça de escolher a cor e o corte que mais lhe agradam. O importante é se sentir bonita e confortável com seu novo visual, dessa forma, você vai arrasar por onde passa.

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Amazon Sends Shares of But One other Section of Retailers Crashing—Information Sheet

http://tinyurl.com/y4mrnx85 Amazon’s capacity to disrupt worthwhile companies tends to alarm traders every time information or a rumor emerges of its subsequent goal. It doesn’t at all times turn out quite so badly for the business in query, however on Monday it was shares within the make-up and wonder product sector that received smudged. Amazon issued a surprise press release Monday morning asserting the debut of a brand new “Amazon Skilled Magnificence Retailer” aiming to produce impartial, skilled stylists, barbers and others. “We’re happy to supply these within the skilled magnificence business much more choice by means of the handy buying expertise our prospects love,” exec Steve Kann mentioned within the launch. Shares of Revlon misplaced 4% and Extremely Magnificence fell 3%, whereas magnificence retail chain Sally Magnificence Holdings plummeted 17% on the information. That mirrors the inventory market response to Amazon’s actual and rumored forays into healthcare plans, pharmacies, bundle supply, banking, and naturally, groceries. Final month, analysis agency CB Insights offered its predictions of which industries ought to most concern Jeff Bezos’ subsequent strikes. Along with naming the apparent, current large pushes into pharmacies and on-line groceries, CB’s report highlighted small enterprise lending, funds processing, mortgages, insurance coverage, and the house and backyard retail section. One signal the report cites of how apprehensive company America is in regards to the Amazon menace: On calls with traders in 2018, executives of public American firms talked about Amazon extra typically than they talked about another firm, public or personal. They talked about Amazon greater than they talked about President Trump–and practically as a lot as they talked about taxes. Nonetheless, as Amazon’s previous efforts to construct its personal smartphones, promote trip offers, and hawk high-end clothes and jewellery show, it’s not at all times the winner. Aaron Pressman @ampressman aaron.pressman@fortune.com NEWSWORTHY Lucy within the sky with diamonds. In what Elon Musk described as SpaceX’s “most troublesome launch ever,” a Falcon Heavy rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early on Tuesday morning. The payload of 24 satellites, organized by the U.S. Air Drive, wanted to be dropped off in three totally different orbits. I’m the walrus. Regulators are glomming on to Fb’s proposed new digital foreign money, Venture Libra, sooner than anybody else. Rep. Maxine Waters mentioned on Monday that the Home Monetary Providers Committee, which she chairs, will hold a hearing on Libra on July 17, with challenge lead (and former PayPal president) David Marcus anticipated to testify. The Senate Banking Committee is planning the same listening to for a similar week. Ticket to journey. The auto business’s transfer to electrification rumbled forward on Monday, as BMW debuted its Imaginative and prescient M Subsequent idea automotive. Wanting like many high-end sports activities automobiles, the hybrid Imaginative and prescient M can attain 60 mph in underneath three seconds and has a high velocity of 186 mph. However the automotive can go solely 62 miles solely underneath electrical energy. Imply Mr. Mustard. It did not hit North America, however “Operation Mushy Cell” stole wireless calling metadata from 10 carriers throughout Asia, Africa, the Center East, and Europe, safety agency Cybereason reported on Monday. Particular person prospects had been focused and the stolen information included in depth location monitoring. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band. The general public beta variations of Apple’s varied up to date working programs emerged on Monday, largely to good evaluations. Nonetheless, it’s possible you’ll need to wait earlier than putting in macOS Catalina on you laptop computer or iOS 13 in your iPhone. There are bugs a-plenty, as befits early beta releases. Web site Gotta Be Cellular lists among the pros and cons of going beta. Talking of Apple, within the subsequent twist in its battle with Spotify, the corporate mentioned it is barely collecting any commissions in any respect from its rivals’ customers. Spotify pays Apple 15% of income from about 0.5% of its paying prospects, Apple mentioned, making an attempt to make the purpose that its app retailer charges should not harming competitors. The idiot on the hill. As I found whereas assembling Monday’s Information Sheet, components of the Web stopped working yesterday attributable to a community misconfiguration that originated with Verizon and a small fiber optic community supplier. ON THE MOVE PayPal’s chief working officer, Invoice Prepared, will depart by year end for components unknown, the corporate says. Prepared has been on the firm because it acquired his startup Braintree (and its tremendous common app Venmo) again in 2013…Apple’s Beats unit is replacing chief marketing officer Jason White with Chris Thorne, an skilled exec with stints at Digital Arts and Jessica Alba’s Trustworthy Firm. White departed for Cura Hashish Options…Superior Micro Gadgets employed Frank Azor, the co-founder of present Dell unit Alienware, as chief gaming officer…AT&T’s Warner Bros. studio employed Ann Sarnoff, president of BBC Studios Americas, as CEO, the first woman to head the Hollywood outpost in its 96-year historical past. 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Impressed by Google’s Cloud Spanner, which pioneered the distributed database mannequin, the trio — Huang, Liu Qi and Cui Qiu — started creating an open-source database administration system that will enable firms to infinitely broaden their information storage by merely linking extra servers to current ones. “Consider conventional database mangers like a hard and fast glass container, each time you run out of storage it’s important to get a much bigger one,” mentioned Huang. “What our system does is that you could hyperlink as many cups collectively as you need.” IN CASE YOU MISSED IT How TaskRabbit Got Its Start and Helped Spawn the Gig Economy By Dinah Eng How Much Is Your Data Worth to Facebook and Google? A New Senate Bill Aims to Find Out By Alyssa Newcomb Amazon Gets Patent for Drone Surveillance System That Could Send the Company’s Eyes Into the Sky By Xavier Harding Airbnb Gets Swanky With Chateaus and Beach Homes Costing Up to $1 Million Weekly By Danielle Abril Women’s World Cup: VAR Instant Replay Tech Has Players and Fans up in Arms By Xavier Harding Digital Health Companies Hit a New VC Funding Record in 2018 By Sy Mukherjee BEFORE YOU GO Fb is the most important firm creating its personal cryptocurrency, however dozens of smaller outfits have additionally rolled their digital tokens for varied functions. The funniest digital providing, sadly, is not actual, however a spoof from The Onion: RoloBucks. Sure, that is a digital foreign money linked to the chocolate and caramel sweet. “Right here at Rolos, we perceive the significance of shopping for your chocolate with nameless, untraceable cryptocurrencies,” fictional Nestle exec “Steve Presley” says. Sounds yummy. 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A Place at the Table

“You can’t be what you can’t see.”

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a live panel discussion on the topic of women in the food industry. The event was held at ArtsRiot in Burlington and was sponsored by The Intervale Center and City Market. Chairs were being added for folks to sit in when I arrived since so many people were pouring in! The moderator for the event was Jessica Nordhaus, who works for Change the Story VT. 

She opened with some less than pleasing statistics - such as, Vermont is the only state besides Mississippi that has yet to elect a woman to congress and that women in VT earn 16 cents to a man’s dollar in VT -  and it’s been that way for 20 years (keep in mind, this is not broken down by race, and nationally, there is an exponentially bigger wage gap for POC)! This is applicable even in female dominated fields and in high paying work, according to their extremely detailed report on Women, Work, and Wages in Vermont. 

She then introduced our panel of women, which included Beth Whiting of Maple Wind Farm (pasture raised, diversified livestock, organic vegetables), Cara Tobin, a chef of 18 years who co-owns Honey Road Restaurant in Burlington, Heather Newcomb, the program co-manager of  Vermont Works for Women (helping women and girls reach economic independence),  Allison Hooper, a self-described “accidental cheese-maker” who founded Vermont Creamery, and Enid Wonnacott, the Executive Director of The Northeast Organic Farming Association of VT (NOFA). Though they came from diverse backgrounds, their views overlapped in several different ways, made apparent throughout the discussion. 

Allison worries about the transition stage of Vermont agriculture, handing off the work from one generation to the next, as the average Vermont farmer is 65 years old, and noted that goat cheese and small ruminant husbandry has been predominantly a female activity in the US (I’ve interviewed 3 farmers who can attest to this fact!). 

Heather is concerned with training the workforce of the future - she coordinates with the Corrections Department in prisons across the state, focusing on food production and business management with incarcerated women. She notes that the #1 barrier for women seeking employment is the cost of childcare in our rural state. 

Cara noted that 71% of servers nationwide are women, while only 19% of chefs are women. She addressed the restaurant industry as a whole and trends towards kitchen talk and attitude, especially if you’re the only woman in the kitchen. Having served and worked bar for over three years, I can attest that being a woman in the food industry is unforgiving. 

Cara Tobin speaks up. Photo Courtesy of Weylin Harold 

Enid, who has been with NOFA VT since 1987, studied the feasibility of organic agricultural practice around the world, and asks, why is the world not farming this way?, arguing that organic farming empowers both the land and women. 

When the panel was asked about access to capital as a woman, Beth responded that it was very hard to get a banker to take her seriously when she was just starting out, as there was not necessarily a huge market at the time for organic products, and not as much data as today.

When the panel was asked what advice they would give to a woman just starting out in their fields, Cara responded passionately, “Be the next step. Be the best of what you want to do. Don’t let anything hold you back”. Heather advised to view barriers as opportunities to make change. Allison said that it’s okay to be vulnerable - all advice which resonated with me and which address concerns from some of the women I interviewed, specifically Jenn Colby, who talked about self-censorship, and Katie Sullivan who said that her business, though extremely viable, is often ridiculed simply because it is small and specialized.  

One of the audience member asked if there was a list of women owned businesses and farms that consumers could refer to in order to better support them. Tiffany Bluemle, the director of Change the Story VT and Jessica Nordhaus’ boss, called out from the crowd, “Not yet ... but let’s work on it!” Jessica agreed they should compile such a list and the audience cheered in response. That was a really heartening moment. 

Once of the last questions the panel took was, “what advice do you have for young women reacting to sexual harassment?” Allison advocated for better training in our business and workplaces so that there is an easily accessible process, and so it’s known that these things need to be discussed. Cara urged: “react to it, don’t let it happen, don’t laugh it off or brush it off, do something and know that you have support. Say something. You are stronger than you think you are.”

It’s no secret that women play a crucial role in the food industry and that they wear many hats. Much progress has been made, in Vermont in particular, but the playing ground still isn’t level. It was inspiring to hear of some ways we can support women in the workplace, and I’m not gonna lie, it was refreshing to see these vibrant women on stage, speaking freely, unfettered, fiery, and vulnerable. 

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Family Has Extremely Lax Standards For Who Gets To Be Called Aunt - The Onion

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HARRISBURG, PA—Confirming that several dozen individuals have had the title bestowed upon them in recent years, sources reported Friday that the Weber family has exceptionally lax standards for who gets to be called “aunt.” “It appears that if you happen to be a woman over the age of 30, or just have kids of your own, and you walk through the Weber family’s front door, you will be referred to as an aunt by everyone in the household, regardless of whether you’re a blood relative or just a family friend,” said Dawn Newcomb, a longtime coworker of the family’s mother and a designated aunt herself, who explained that the Webers’ virtually nonexistent criteria for earning the appellation had resulted in the creation of a multitude of aunts since the birth of the family’s oldest child, including as many as 10 neighbors, several of the parents’ old college roommates, and at least one babysitter, all in addition to the family’s two biological aunts. “There’s an Aunt Lynn, for example, who was once in a book club with the family’s mother. And then there are two Aunt Jessicas, one of whom appears to have been the short-lived girlfriend of an older cousin who only met the family for a couple hours last Thanksgiving.” Sources noted, however, that the title “uncle” was far harder to attain, explaining that it was solely reserved for direct kin and only the most amusing of the father’s drinking buddies.

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