#Wallace James Whitaker

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Birthday party starting Tavros & Kanaya dating Amelia wants to be master of the arts Wallace technophobe Whitney Computer Whiz Amy goes into labor Twins’ dad shows up at the end of party Wallace singed Nicholas Tetch toddler Chadd Macias child Ben Wayne child Albert Grayson teen Keenan Timbley toddler Janell Macias born to Amy Macias & Johnpaul Gardner Equius & Terezi dating Jake English & Janet Pok engaged John Egbert & Aubrey Bertiger dating Gabriella notable figure Precious Grayson & Tarik Grimm expecting a baby Juliet Durwood child Fixed kitchen wall Dick Grayson & Ada Whitaker divorced & enemies

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8 yr old Secoriea Turner 

8 yr old Royta De'marco Giles Jr.

 7yr old Natalia Wallace 

14 yr old Vernardo Jones 

3 yr old Mekhi James 

 18 yr old Dorian Murrell 

Unidentified 16 yr old from CHAZ 

Unidentified 6 yr old from San Francisco 

 Jorge Gomez 

Jose Gutierrez

 David Dorn 

Marvin Francois 

David McAtee

 Chris Beaty 

Jared Thomas

 Italia Kelly

 Marquis Tousant 

 Patrick Underwood 

Calvin Horton Jr. 

James Scurlock 

Javar Harrell 

Victor Cazares Jr.

 Jessica Doty-Whitaker

 Lorenzo Anderson 

2 Unidentified Men

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PERSON OF INTEREST Characters By Screen Time

John Reese - 1224:30 Harold Finch - 1049 Root - 408:45 Sameen Shaw - 385:15 Det. Jocelyn “Joss” Carter - 377:30 Det. Lionel Fusco - 359:30

Recurring Cast: Carl Elias - 91:15 John Greer - 86 Control - 71 Zoe Morgan - 50:15 Officer Patrick Simmons - 41 Dominic Besson - 38:30 Kara Stanton - 36:30 Nathan Ingram - 36:30 Bear - 35:30 Peter Brandt / Peter Collier - 34:15 Agent Nicholas Donnelly - 31:30 Grace Hendricks - 27:30 Mark Snow - 24 Hersh - 22:45 Martine Rousseau - 22:30 Alonzo Quinn - 22:30 Harper Rose - 21 Leon Tao - 21 Jeremy Lambert - 20:30 Senator Ross H. Garrison - 18:30 Anthony “Scarface” Marconi - 16:45 Dr. Iris Campbell - 16:30 Det. Calvin Beecher - 15:45 Det. Raymond Terney - 15:30 Officer Mike Laskey - 15 Alicia Corwin - 14:30 Special Counsel - 14:30 Link Cordell - 14 Peter Yogorov - 13:45 Jeff Blackwell - 13:15 Det. Bill Szymanski - 10:45 Devon Grice - 10:15 Elizabeth Bridges - 10:15 Floyd - 9:15 Bruce Moran - 8:30 Gianni Moretti - 7:30 Jessica Arndt - 6:45 Gabriel Hayward - 6:45 Zachary - 6:30 Taylor Carter - 6:15

Persons of Interest: Claire Mahoney (4x02)* - 24:30 Arthur Claypool (3x11+12) - 22:30 Logan Pierce (2x14)* - 22 Dani Silva (4x08)* - 21 Sulaiman Khan (4x19) - 20:15 Maxine Angelis (2x05) - 20 Adam Saunders (1x16) - 17 Sandra Nicholson (3x15) - 16 Lou Mitchell (2x18) - 15:30 Daniel Casey (3x16)* - 15 Vanessa Watkins (3x04) - 15 Sofia Campos (2x03) - 14:45 Wayne Kruger (3x02) - 14:45 Dr. Richard Nelson (2x20) - 14:15 Maria Martinez (3x18) - 14:15 Caleb Phipps (2x11) - 14 Fermin Ordoñez (2x09) - 14 Jiao Lin / Kelly Lin (3x14) - 14 Ulrich Kohl / Wallace Nagel (1x08) - 13:45 Graham Wyler (2x06) - 13 Judge Samuel Gates (1x06) - 12:45 Joey Durban (1x03)* - 12:30 Ian Murphy (3x03) - 12:30 Andre Cooper (4x03) - 12:30 Andrea Gutierrez (1x12) - 12:15 Det. Daniel Tulley / Michael Cahill (1x15) - 12:15 Monica Jacobs (2x19) - 12:15 Hayden Price (3x07) - 12:15 Riley Cavanuagh (2x04) - 12 Walter Dang (4x06) - 12 Dr. Madeleine Enright (2x07) - 11:45 Alex Declan / Alan Fahey (2x17) - 11:45 Darren McGrady (1x14) - 11:30 Dr. Megan Tillman (1x04) - 11:30 Timothy Sloan (3x06) - 11:30 Jack Salazar (3x01) - 11:30 Mira Dobrica (2x15) - 11:15 Shane Edwards (4x17) - 11:15 Max Greene (5x07) - 11 Francesca “Frankie” Wells (4x18) - 10:45 Tomas Koroa (4x07) - 10:45 Daniel Drake (2x08) - 10:30 Sabrina Drake (2x08) - 10:15 Anna Mueller (4x15) - 10:15 Roger McCourt (3x20) - 10 Malcolm Booker (4x04) - 10 Cyrus Wells (3x17) - 9:45 Emma Blake (4x14) - 9:45 Alex Duncan (5x03) - 9:45 Henry Peck (1x22)* - 9:30 Scott Powell (1x13) - 9:30 Owen Matthews (3x13) - 9:15 Genrika Zhirova (3x05) - 8:45 Terry Easton (5x09)* - 8:45 Ethan Garvin (5x05) - 8:45 Abby Monroe (2x10) - 8:30 Ali Hasan (4x01) - 7:30 Matthew Reed (3x19) - 7 Theresa Whitaker (1x02) - 6:30 Simon Lee (4x05) - 6:30 Jordan Hester (1x18) - 6:15 Tracie Booker (4x04) - 6 Jason Greenfield (3x06)* - 5 Wendy McNally (1x10) - 5:15 Ernesto Machado / Ernie Trask (1x11) - 5 Sarah Jennings / Karen Garner (1x21) - 5 Leila Smith (1x17) - 4:45 Tommy Clay (1x20) - 4:30 Manuel Rivera (3x22+23) - 4:30 Chase Patterson (4x20) - 4:15 Diane Hansen (1x01) - 4 Gianni Moretti Jr. (1x19) - 3:45 Vittorio Zambrano (1x19) - 3 Paula Vasquez (1x10) - 2:45 Albert Weiss (4x13) - 2:15 James Ko (5x06) - 2:15 Claire Ryan (1x10) - 1:30 Matt Dugan (1x10) - 1:15 Hanna Frey (2x02) - 1:15

* Indicates that a POI appears in another episode as well, but not as a POI. This is distinct from being a recurring character.

All figures are in minutes:seconds, rounded to the nearest quarter-minute.

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surnames:

a abbott abernathy adair adams adkins alexander allen allison andersen anderson andrews archer armstrong arsenault ashby ashworth atkinson austin ayers 

b bailey bain baker baldwin ball ballard banks barnes barnett barr barrett barry bartlett barton bateman bauer beck bell bennett benson bentley benton bird bishop black blackburn blackwell blair blake bolton bond bowen bowers bowman boyd boyle bradford bradley bradshaw brady brennan brewer briggs brooks broussard brown bruce bryant buchanan buckley bullock burgess burke burnham burns burton butcher butler byrne 

c cahill caldwell calhoun callahan cameron campbell cannon cantrell carey carlson carney carpenter carr carroll carson carter carver casey cassidy castillo castro chandler chaney chapman chase chavez christian christie church churchill clancy clarke clay clayton clifford cobb cochran coffey cole coleman collier collins combs compton conley connell connolly conrad conway cook cooke cooley cooney cooper copeland corbett costello coughlin cowan cox coyle coyne craig crawford crockett cross crowley cruz cunningham curran curtis 

d daley dalton daly daniel daniels daugherty davenport davidson davies davis dawson day dean delaney dempsey devine diaz dickey dickinson dillon dixon dobson dodd doherty dolan donahue donaldson donnelly donovan dougherty douglas dowd downey doyle drake drew driscoll duckworth dudley dugan duncan dunlap dunn dwyer 

e eaton edmonds edwards egan elliott ellis emery erickson evans 

f fallon fanning farley faulkner ferguson fernandez finch finn finnegan fischer fitzgerald fitzpatrick fitzsimmons flanagan fletcher flores flynn foley forbes ford foster fowler fox franklin fraser freeman frost fry fuller 

g gallagher galloway garcia gardner garner garrett garrison garza gauthier gentry george gibbons gibbs gibson gilbert gill gillespie glass gonzales goode goodwin gordon grace grady graham grant graves gray greene greer gregory griffin griffith gunn gustafson guthrie 

h hackett hagan hahn hale haley hall halsey hamilton hammond hampton hancock hanley hanna hansen harding hardy harper harrington harris harrison hart hartley harvey hastings hatch hawkins hayden hayes haynes healy heath henderson henry hensley hernandez hewitt hickey hickman hicks higgins hill hodges hoffman hogan holbrook holden holland hollis holloway holman holmes holt hood hooper hopkins hopper horton houghton houston howard howe howell hubbard huber hudson huffman hughes hull humphrey humphries hunt hunter hurley hurst hutchinson hutchison 

i ingram 

j jackson jacobs james jamison jarvis jensen johnson jones jordan joyce 

k kane kearney keating keegan keene kehoe keith kelleher keller kelly kemp kendall kennedy kent kerr kidd kilgore kincaid king kinney kirby kirk kirkland kirkpatrick klein knight koch koenig krause 

l lacroix lafferty lake lamont lancaster lane larkin larsen law lawrence lawson leblanc lee leslie levesque lewis lindsay little lloyd lockhart long lopez love lowe lucas lynch lyons 

m macdonald macgregor mackay mackenzie mackinnon maclean macleod macmillan macpherson madden maher mahoney maldonado malloy malone maloney manning marsh marshall martin martinez mason massey matthews maurer maxwell may maynard mcallister mcbride mccabe mccaffrey mccain mccall mccann mccarthy mccartney mcclellan mcconnell mccormack mccoy mccullough mccurdy mcdaniel mcdaniel mcdermott mcdonald mcdonough mcdowell mcgrath mcgraw mcgregor mcguire mchugh mcintosh mcintyre mckay mckee mckenna mckenzie mckinley mckinney mckinnon mcknight mclain mcleod mcmahon mcmillan mcnally mcnamara mcneill mcpherson mcqueen mead meadows medina meier melton merritt meyer middleton miles miller mitchell molloy monaghan monroe montgomery moody mooney moore morales moran moreno morgan morris morrison morrow moss mueller munn munro murdock murphy murray myers 

n nash neal nelson neville newton nichols nicholson nielsen noble nolan norris north norwood 

o o'brien o'connell o'connor o'donnell o'grady o'hara o'keefe o'leary o'neal o'neill o'reilly o'rourke o'sullivan ogden oliver olson orr ortega ortiz owens 

p page palmer parker parks parrish parsons patterson patton payne pearson penn pennington pereira peters peterson phillips pierce pike piper pittman pollard pollock poole porter potter powell power powers pratt preston price prince pritchard proctor pruitt purcell putnam 

q quinlan quinn 

r rafferty ralston ramirez ramos ramsey randall rankin ray reece reed reeves regan reid reilly reyes reynolds rhodes richards richardson riley ritchie rivera roberts robertson robinson roche rodgers rodriguez rollins romero rooney rose ross rossi roth rowe roy russell russo ryan 

s salisbury sampson sanders sandoval santiago saunders sawyer schaefer schmidt schneider schofield schroeder schultz schwartz scott sears serrano sharp shaw shea sheehan shelton shepherd sheridan sherwood shields short simmons simpson sims sinclair skinner slattery sloan smart smith snow snyder somerville soto sparks spears spence spencer stack stafford stanley stanton steele stephens stevens stevenson stewart stiles stokes stone strickland strong stuart suarez sullivan sutherland sutton sweeney 

t taylor temple tennant thomas thompson thomson thornton thorpe thurston tierney tilley timmons tobin todd torres townsend trevino tucker turner 

u underwood upton 

v vance vaughan vega vogel 

w walker wallace walsh walton ward ware warner warren watkins watson weaver webb weber weeks wells welsh wentworth west whalen wheeler whitaker white wiley wilkinson williams williamson willis willoughby wilson wood woodard woodruff woods woodward wren wright wyatt 

y yates york young 

z ziegler

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Film Lifetime Achievement Award Winners for 2017/18

The award season is about to begin. Here are the recipients for the various cinematic lifetime achievement awards.

Academy Awards: Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland and Agnes Varda

Golden Globes: Oprah Winfrey

BAFTA: Ridley Scott

Cesar Awards: Penelope Cruz

American Film Institute: George Clooney

SAG Awards: Morgan Freeman

Kennedy Center Honors: Norman Lear

Cannes Film Festival: Martin Scorsese

Venice Film Festival: Stephen Frears, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford

Berlin Film Festival: Willem Dafoe

Writers Guild Awards: John Waters and Len Wein (posthumous) 

Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Max von Sydow

European Film Awards: Julie Delpy and Alexander Sokurov

Sarajevo Film Festival: John Cleese and Oliver Stone

Locarno Festival: Todd Haynes, Adrien Brody, Mathieu Kassovitz,  Nastassja Kinski and Jean-Marie Straub

Zurich Film Festival: Glenn Close, Andrew Garfield, Oliver Stone and Jake Gyllenhaal

Rose d’Or Awards: Angela Lansbury

Burbank International Film Festival: Veronica Cartwright

Australian Writers Guild: Andrew Knight

Hamptons Film Festival: Julie Andrews

VES LifetimeAchievement Award: Jon Favreau

Platino Ibero-American Film Awards: Edward James Olmos

Ischia Global Film and Music Fest: Roman Polanski and Armand Assante

Munich Film Festival: Bryan Cranston

Camerimage: John Toll and Phillip Noyce

Rome Film Festival: David Lynch

British Academy Britannia Awards: Matt Damon, Dick Van Dyke, Kenneth Branagh, Ava DuVernay and Claire Foy

Odesa International Film Festival: Agnieszka Holland

Oceanside International Film Festival: Alan Roderick-Jones

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival: John Sayles and Maggie Renzi

Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival: Danny Glover and Joslyn Barnes

Riverside International Film Festival: Stu Krieger

Telluride International Film Festival: Ed Lachman

DOC NYC: Errol Morris and Sheila Nevins

Hoboken International Film Festival: Armand Assante

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival: Dee Wallace

San Sebastián Film Festival: Agnes Varda and Monica Bellucci

Arpa International Film Festival: Terry George, Carl Weathers and Alexander Dinelaris

World Soundtrack Awards: David Shire

El Gouna Film Festival: Forest Whitaker

Heartland Film Festival: Rob Reiner

Asian World Film Festival: George Takei

DC South Asia Film Festival: Zeenat Aman

Inspiring City Awards: Billy Connolly

New York City Horror Film Festival: Brad Dourif

Windsor International Film Festival: Lois Smith

SCAD Savannah Film Festival: Richard Gere

Stockholm Film Festival: Vanessa Redgrave and Pablo Larrain 

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival: Stanley Nelson

Antalya Film Festival: Christopher Walken

Lumière Award: Wong Kar-Wai 

Hollywood Film Awards: Gary Oldman

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival: Burt Reynolds

Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards: Errol Morris

Woodstock Film Awards: Bill Pullman

Directors Guild of Canada Awards: Don Shebib

European Animation Awards: Richard Williams

Los Cabos Fest: Nicole Kidman

Israel Film Festival: Jeffrey Tambor and Lior Ashkenazi

Annie Awards: James Baxter, Stephen Hillenburg, Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis 

International Film Festival of India: Atom Egoyan

Dubai International Film Festival: Patrick Stewart, Wahid Hamed and Irrfan Kahn

International Film Festival of Kerala: Alexander Sokurov

Art Directors Guild: John Moffitt, James J. Murakami, Martin Kline, Norm Newberry, Kathleen Kennedy, Ron Clements and John Musker

New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Molly Haskell

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild: Greg Gannom and Mary Gurerro

Movies for Grownups Awards: Helen Mirren

Golden Horse Awards: Hsu Feng

Women in Film and Television Awards: Celia Imrie

Goteborg Film Festival: Alicia Vikander

Gotham Awards: Nicole Kidman

Denver Film Festival: Aaron Sorkin

Athena Film Festival: Barbara Kopple

SFFILM Awards: Kate Winslet

International Cinematographers Guild: Betty White

American Black Film Festival: Billy Dee Williams

Looking Ahead Awards: Charlotte Rae

San Luis Obispo Jewish Film Festival: Susan Arnold and Donna Roth

Goteborg Film Festival: Juliette Binoche

Sedona International Film Festival: Jane Alexander

Beaufort International Film Festival: Dale Dye

Canadian Screen Awards: Clark Johnson

Costume Designers Guild: Guillermo Del Toro and Joanna Johnson

Animafest Zagreb: Paul Fierlinger

WGAW's Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement: James L. Brooks

Irish Film and Television Academy Awards: Gabriel Byrne  

Chaplin Award: Helen Mirren

Austin Film Festival: Roger Corman

Satellite Awards: Dabney Coleman

Lumiere Awards: Jean-Paul Belmondo and Monica Bellucci

Governor General Performing Arts Award: Genevieve Bujold

Annecy International Animated Film Festival: Brad Bird

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are the stars our destination? – Lonely Planet's travel blog

Wonderings: rambles through and reflections on travel… this month, James Kay considers tourism’s final frontier: space © Joe Davis / Lonely Planet

Aside from a few forays to France, the furthest my maternal grandparents travelled was Pembrokeshire, Wales (repeat visits to a wind-buffeted static caravan in Croes-goch, if you must know). Just a generation later, my parents’ peregrinations had encompassed most of Western Europe.

As of writing, I’ve visited about 50 countries (I counted them up once, but have forgotten the total), most of them during two spells of backpacking – first across the US, then around the world – plus others as and when the opportunity arose.

My wife has been to twice that number of destinations, and I’d wager that a significant proportion of the people who comprise Lonely Planet’s extended community – staff and contributors, followers and fans – have led equally footloose lives.

The trend continues, too: my son, four, and daughter, one, have already visited many more places than my grandparents did in their entire lives. In fact, Harvey probably covered more miles in utero than they managed in total.

Our expanding horizons

You can visualise each generation’s expanding horizons as a series of concentric circles, like ripples spreading out from a stone dropped in a pond; assuming that trend doesn’t go into reverse (which is possible, of course, given variables like climate change), where will the edge of my children’s known universe lie? Just as I have explored the far side of this planet, might they explore the far side of another world?

It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. As it often does, the stuff of science fiction has become the stuff of science fact: the race for space is more competitive now than it has been at any time since Neil Armstrong took that famous first step on the surface of the Moon, an epoch-defining moment that happened 50 years ago this July.

Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon 50 years ago; what’s the next ‘giant leap for mankind’? © Caspar Benson / Getty Images

From moonshots to Mars

The US government recently vowed to revisit our lonesome natural satellite within five years, but the real action is arguably elsewhere as a trio of companies bankrolled by billionaires – Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX – compete to conquer the final frontier.

The obstacles are formidable; the progress is remarkable. Whether or not we witness commercial space travel take off in 2019 (in both senses of the phrase), the expert analysis of Stanford University’s Professor G. Scott Hubbard – a former director of NASA’s Ames Research Center – suggests that we stand on the threshold of a new era.

After the moonshot, the US wants to send astronauts to Mars. And then? Because we won’t stop there. Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 Command Module around the Moon as Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounded across its sterile surface, expressed this ever so well: ‘It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand,’ he said. ‘Exploration is not a choice, really; it’s an imperative.’

Or as another Buzz might say: to infinity and beyond.

The Grand Tour redux

So will my children ever enjoy a Grand Tour of the Solar System, as envisaged in NASA’s charming Visions of the Future posters? (Do check them out.) Will they stand in the shadow of Mars’ Olympus Mons, which rears to more than twice the height of Everest? Will they gape at the raging auroras of Jupiter, hundreds of times more powerful than our own Northern Lights? Will they sail the methane lakes of Titan, Saturn’s most enigmatic moon?

Alas, no. If it comes to pass, such a journey would be the preserve of a privileged few for many generations; just as the original Grand Tour of Europe was restricted to the aristocracy, so a round-trip of our galactic neighbours would remain beyond the reach of all but a coterie of plutocrats for the foreseeable future.

There’s a fair chance, however, that my children’s generation will see the curvature of the Earth from a sub-orbital flight, and some of them might, just might, leave a footprint on the Moon (thanks to Wallace and Gromit, Harvey already spends a lot of time speculating about this possibility).

Will our children’s children evolve into a spacefaring species? © James Whitaker / Getty Images

A mote of dust

In his exquisite book Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan predicts we will eventually evolve into a spacefaring species, exploring the Milky Way in much the same way as we once sailed this planet’s uncharted seas. But there is nothing triumphalist about his vision; in fact, that dot – the Earth photographed from the Voyager 1 spacecraft; ‘a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam’ as Sagan describes it – proves to be a profoundly humbling sight.

It’s a stance shared by the UK’s current Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees, who argues that we should avoid the term ‘space tourism’ altogether. According to Rees, that formula of words gives us an excuse to ignore the perilous predicament of our planet, misleadingly implying that we could start again elsewhere once this world has been utterly exploited and exhausted.

Space excites me; perhaps it excites you, too. I think that’s because, from Star Trek to Star Wars, our culture often depicts it in a way that fits neatly into a traveller’s conceptual model: it’s the realm of the new exotic, the absolute last word when it comes to getting off the beaten track we call… home.

You can no more suppress our species’ longing to reach the stars than prevent a curious child from exploring the boundaries of its world. Sooner or later, we will boldly go – and not just astronauts or the ultra-rich, but ordinary people like me and you. But when we do, amid all the excitement, let’s not forget our point of origin.

In the words of Sagan from 25 years ago, let’s remember that: ‘Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves … Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.’

A lonely planet indeed.

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It is hard to keep up with President Donald Trump’s assault on democratic institutions.  

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Elwes, ‘Outlander,’ ‘Supergirl,’ Q&A’s, ‘Animation Celebration,’ Cosplay, Creative Panels Head Programming At Wizard World Cleveland; Most Included With Any Admission

(photo credit: Liam Joy)

Q&A sessions with the casts of “Outlander” (Caitriona Balfe, Colin McFarlane, Duncan Lacroix, Richard Rankin), “Supergirl” (Tyler Hoechlin, Jesse Rath, Mechad Brooks), “Teen Wolf” (Hoechlin, Dylan Sprayberry, Ian Bohen, Khylin Rambo) and “Overwatch” (Anjali Bhimani, Benz Antoine, Carolina Ravassa, Chloe Hollings) plus Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights), Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, Toy Story), Emily Swallow (“The Mandalorian”), Chandler Riggs (“The Walking Dead”), Phil LaMarr (“Mad TV,” “Futurama”) and more, plus an “Animation Celebration” featuring industry superstars Jim Steranko (“Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Captain America”), Phil Ortiz (“The Simpsons,” “Pac-Man”), Tom Cook (“He-Man,” “Scooby Doo”), workshops, cosplayer sessions, meet-and-greets adult and kids costume contests, live podcasts and more highlight the programming offerings at the eighth annual Wizard World Cleveland, Friday through Sunday at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland. Most programming is included as part of the standard event admission (the “Outlander” panel a notable exception, requiring an additional ticket) and is in addition to the live entertainment options (dancing, music, trivia, etc. hosted by Kato Kaelin) all weekend. Some highlights of the more than 150 hours of panels scheduled to date include: · Intimate 90-minute Q&A with Balfe and the other stars of Outlander (McFarlane, Lacroix, Rankin; Saturday, 10:30 a.m., *requires additional ticket). · Group panels with “Supergirl” (Hoechlin, Rath, Brooks, Saturday, 12:45 p.m.); “Teen Wolf” (Hoechlin, Sprayberry, Bohen, Rambo, Sunday, 11:30 a.m.), “Overwatch” (Bhimani, Antoine, Ravassa, Hollings, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.); and “My Hero Academia” stars Aaron Roberts and Kyle Philips (Saturday, noon) · Solo Q&A sessions with Elwes (Saturday, 2:15 p.m.); LaMarr (Saturday, 3 p.m.); Shawn (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.); Swallow (Saturday, 5:15 p.m.), Riggs (Sunday, 1 p.m.); and professional wrestler D’Von Dudley (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.) · Creator sessions with industry superstars Steranko, Ortiz, Cook, Marty Gitlin, Joe Wos, D. Whitaker, Jonathan Hallett, Bill Morrison, Tone Rodriguez, Jeff Pidgeon, Mike Watson, Greg Peters, Kurt Lehner, Dr. Travis Langley, James Morris and more · Saturday Morning Cartoons & Cereal, a live watch party—complete with cereal!—with Cook, Ortiz, Pidgeon and Wos (Saturday, 10:15 a.m.) (*Additional ticket required) · Screening of AMC’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond” premiere episode (Saturday, 6:15 p.m.) · Fan- and industry-based panels on subjects ranging from females in comics, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., tabletop RPG/D&D, diversity and inclusivity in comics, G.I. Joe trivia, Superman, science of Ghostbusters and Pokemon, film in Cleveland, the dating scene, furries, fight choreography, action comedy nerd show and more · Special extra-ticket-required Meet-and-Greets with Lacroix (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.); Samm Levine (Saturday, 5 p.m.); Rankin (Sunday, 11 a.m); and McFarlane (Sunday, 1 p.m.) *Extra Ticket Required) · Live podcast recordings of “True Story Bro - a R Rated Pop Culture Podcast” (18+, Friday, 8 p.m.); Rebel Force Podcast (Saturday 2:45 p.m.); and Comics, Generally (Saturday, 6:30 p.m.) · Workshops on Cosplay foam building (Friday, 6 p.m.); Worbla/Thermoplastics (Saturday, 12:15 p.m.); How To Toon with Joe Wos (Sunday, noon); and cosplay painting and weathering (Sunday, 12:30 p.m) (*Extra Tickets Required) · Kids programming all three days, including free sketches, face painting, hero training, Jedi training, mask making and more · World-famous Wizard World Adult Costume Contest, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Kids Costume Contests on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. · Official Wizard World After Party (Saturday, 9 p.m., Dive Bar Cleveland (1214 W 6th St.) · Cosplay with special guests Akela, SutefaniiRoozu, Paigesicle, Casey Nichole, Galaxy Amethyst, LadyDragon Creations, Knightmage and more, throughout the weekend Unless noted, programming events take place in the designated General Programming Rooms or show floor stages at the convention center. VIP tickets or additional costs may apply to ensure access to select activities, as noted. A full list of Wizard World Cleveland programming is available at http://wizardworld.com/programming-entertainment/Cleveland (subjects, guests, times and rooms subject to change). Wizard World events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop culture: movies, television, gaming, live entertainment, comics, sci-fi, graphic novels, toys, original art, collectibles, contests and more. The third event scheduled on the 2020 Wizard World calendar, Cleveland show hours are Friday, March 6, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, March 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Kids 10 and under are admitted free with paid adult. Wizard World Cleveland is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before dreamed – will roam the convention floor and participate in the famed Wizard World Costume Contest on Saturday evening. For more on the 2020 Wizard World Cleveland, visit http://wizd.me/ClevelandPR.

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are the stars our destination? – Lonely Planet’s travel blog

Wonderings: rambles through and reflections on travel… this month, James Kay considers tourism’s final frontier: space © Joe Davis / Lonely Planet

Aside from a few forays to France, the furthest my maternal grandparents travelled was Pembrokeshire, Wales (repeat visits to a wind-buffeted static caravan in Croes-goch, if you must know). Just a generation later, my parents’ peregrinations had encompassed most of Western Europe.

As of writing, I’ve visited about 50 countries (I counted them up once, but have forgotten the total), most of them during two spells of backpacking – first across the US, then around the world – plus others as and when the opportunity arose.

My wife has been to twice that number of destinations, and I’d wager that a significant proportion of the people who comprise Lonely Planet’s extended community – staff and contributors, followers and fans – have led equally footloose lives.

The trend continues, too: my son, four, and daughter, one, have already visited many more places than my grandparents did in their entire lives. In fact, Harvey probably covered more miles in utero than they managed in total.

Our expanding horizons

You can visualise each generation’s expanding horizons as a series of concentric circles, like ripples spreading out from a stone dropped in a pond; assuming that trend doesn’t go into reverse (which is possible, of course, given variables like climate change), where will the edge of my children’s known universe lie? Just as I have explored the far side of this planet, might they explore the far side of another world?

It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. As it often does, the stuff of science fiction has become the stuff of science fact: the race for space is more competitive now than it has been at any time since Neil Armstrong took that famous first step on the surface of the Moon, an epoch-defining moment that happened 50 years ago this July.

Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon 50 years ago; what’s the next ‘giant leap for mankind’? © Caspar Benson / Getty Images

From moonshots to Mars

The US government recently vowed to revisit our lonesome natural satellite within five years, but the real action is arguably elsewhere as a trio of companies bankrolled by billionaires – Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX – compete to conquer the final frontier.

The obstacles are formidable; the progress is remarkable. Whether or not we witness commercial space travel take off in 2019 (in both senses of the phrase), the expert analysis of Stanford University’s Professor G. Scott Hubbard – a former director of NASA’s Ames Research Center – suggests that we stand on the threshold of a new era.

After the moonshot, the US wants to send astronauts to Mars. And then? Because we won’t stop there. Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 Command Module around the Moon as Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounded across its sterile surface, expressed this ever so well: ‘It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand,’ he said. ‘Exploration is not a choice, really; it’s an imperative.’

Or as another Buzz might say: to infinity and beyond.

The Grand Tour redux

So will my children ever enjoy a Grand Tour of the Solar System, as envisaged in NASA’s charming Visions of the Future posters? (Do check them out.) Will they stand in the shadow of Mars’ Olympus Mons, which rears to more than twice the height of Everest? Will they gape at the raging auroras of Jupiter, hundreds of times more powerful than our own Northern Lights? Will they sail the methane lakes of Titan, Saturn’s most enigmatic moon?

Alas, no. If it comes to pass, such a journey would be the preserve of a privileged few for many generations; just as the original Grand Tour of Europe was restricted to the aristocracy, so a round-trip of our galactic neighbours would remain beyond the reach of all but a coterie of plutocrats for the foreseeable future.

There’s a fair chance, however, that my children’s generation will see the curvature of the Earth from a sub-orbital flight, and some of them might, just might, leave a footprint on the Moon (thanks to Wallace and Gromit, Harvey already spends a lot of time speculating about this possibility).

Will our children’s children evolve into a spacefaring species? © James Whitaker / Getty Images

A mote of dust

In his exquisite book Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan predicts we will eventually evolve into a spacefaring species, exploring the Milky Way in much the same way as we once sailed this planet’s uncharted seas. But there is nothing triumphalist about his vision; in fact, that dot – the Earth photographed from the Voyager 1 spacecraft; ‘a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam’ as Sagan describes it – proves to be a profoundly humbling sight.

It’s a stance shared by the UK’s current Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees, who argues that we should avoid the term ‘space tourism’ altogether. According to Rees, that formula of words gives us an excuse to ignore the perilous predicament of our planet, misleadingly implying that we could start again elsewhere once this world has been utterly exploited and exhausted.

Space excites me; perhaps it excites you, too. I think that’s because, from Star Trek to Star Wars, our culture often depicts it in a way that fits neatly into a traveller’s conceptual model: it’s the realm of the new exotic, the absolute last word when it comes to getting off the beaten track we call… home.

You can no more suppress our species’ longing to reach the stars than prevent a curious child from exploring the boundaries of its world. Sooner or later, we will boldly go – and not just astronauts or the ultra-rich, but ordinary people like me and you. But when we do, amid all the excitement, let’s not forget our point of origin.

In the words of Sagan from 25 years ago, let’s remember that: ‘Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves … Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.’

A lonely planet indeed.

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At What Time Do Black Lives Matter?

At what time do Black Lives Matter? Is it at 7:05 pm on April 4, 1968 when MLK Jr is pronounced dead from the bullet of his assassination? Is it at noon on August 28,1963 when the “I Have A Dream” speech came into being? Is it Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 12:15 pm when Kalief Browder lynches himself in the Bronx? Is it at 2:53 in the afternoon when Michelle Obama announces the Global Girls Alliance? Is it at 3:30 during an Alamo siesta on February 5, 2016 when Tidal X: 10/20 makes its proclamation of a 1.5 million dollar donation to the Black Lives Matter movement to commemorate Trayvon Martin?

Black faces like those mutilated like Emmett Till. Black voices that guide us through the depths of Inner City Blues. Black is the color of her kinky hair.

So when in this time where Black-ish breathes new life into the family Huxtable, where we are little more than one week a way from seeing a renewal in fervor over this generations’ question of the Ballot or the Bullet, do Black Lives Matter?

It has been 54 years since Malcolm X spoke the words “We have made a greater sacrifice than anybody who’s standing up in America today.” to the congregation wedged in the dusty pews of Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. Within those five decades since, the shift in societal behavior in regards to the thought constructs of race and how those thoughts manifest outwardly, in policy, in economics, in daily interactions has been radical. Though, to anyone of moral conscience, this notion of radicalism belies the nascent complexity of the problem. The idea that black business, black  leaders, black excellence of any cultural vanguard is novel, should have always been. So, the question as to at what point do Black Lives Matter is inherent to the insult that at any point they did not matter.

The fact that it is no longer novel to have a black face like that of Frederick Douglass or Van Jones deliver commentary on the state of our culture on our television screens and mobile devices is essential to the progress of global societal consciousness. To think of ourselves as one human race. This maybe one reason why acclaimed civil rights activist, DeRay McKesson, describes how the Black Lives Matter movement is leaderless by design to prolific comic and tv host Sarah Silverman in an interview from her television program “I Love You America” dated from October of last year. When the black face becomes commonplace in the world of business, arts, and politics it allows for the disassociation of ideas of individuals from the colors of their skins. This maybe one reason why Kanye West has chosen this moment to stage several media events to challenge and provoke the conversation of how and why Black Lives Matter through incendiary commentary and planned promotional campaigns.

For example, maybe Ye in his recent visit on October 14 to meet with the Ugandan President Museveni was making allusion to the hip hop song by Brother Ali “Forest Whitaker” and The Last King Of Scotland. Do those Black Lives lost in the genocide Matter ? Could it be that in his infamous repugnant statements made on TMZ in May of 2018, where he claimed that slavery was a choice, that he is inviting deeper thought as to the obviousness of how it was not a choice and the psychology of clickbait tactics? If, as according to physicist James Joule writing in the 19th century, how by the Law of Conservation of Energy, that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it transforms from one form to another, then where does all the hatred of Bull Connor and George Wallace go? Maybe that is what Kanye was referring to when he claimed to have the balls to where a hat in a recent luncheon with President Trump and Jim Brown. Could it be that Kanye was provoking deeper thought as to what it means to be wearing hatred like blacks did daily. Is it still done daily?

Maybe in an age where it’s increasingly difficult to do anything radical unless you are tackling the most deeply entrenched societal taboos like sex work, West is proving the physical manifestation of clickbait marketing culture; proving himself a savvy entrepreneur in the branding battles of the internet and influencer economies. These questions as to the talented tenth of intent weren’t possible in the sixties because the idea of black leadership, business, arts and culture was so “novel” to racist society. It is important to remember that when thinking about the variety of thoughts currently circulating in the Black Lives Matter and black excellence conversations.

In thinking again about correlations to the transference of emotional energy and the Law of Conservation of Energy, it is possible that West is influenced by having watched the excellent Serious Jibber Jabber talk from August of 2014 between heralded author Michael Lewis and legendary late night tv host Conan O’Brien. When Michael Lewis, author of “Flashboys” and “Moneyball”, references “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas Kuhn in stating “a disruptive entrepreneur is inherently insulting” it is similar to things West discusses in his nearly two hour interview held on April 18, 2018 with popular radio host Charlamagne tha God, where he states that people will take something enlightened out of context and call it crazy to diminish its impact. In both talks, the men reiterate points about how when there are those who are the first to see things in a new way and pioneer a view that is threatening to the status quo, the surrounding industry reacts with great hostility. Dave Chappelle, who recently received the WEB du Bois award from Harvard University, made similar comments in his famous Inside the Actors Studio interview with James Lipton nearly a decade earlier.

If the Wall Street system is rigged as Lewis so brilliantly lays out in his treatise, then all colors are disenfranchised in the war against class. And West is right to point out the hypocrisy of the black community to be automatically anti-Republican. It is possible that West is taking a page from his wife’s book here as she has brilliantly embodied the Republican tenets of family first, the creation of generational wealth and rugged individualism. I think in an indirect way her genius as an entrepreneur is progress in the war against sexism in challenging the deeply held taboos against sex work. The manner in which she annually compounds her wealth through successfully monetizing and marketing her beauty is testament to her vast business savvy, instinct and skill, so much so that it renders irrelevant the tarnish of a tape, which by any means of an abstract, rational moral philosophy is hypocritical to judge if she is meeting the laissez-faire of demand meeting supply.  

Furthermore, in her advocacy for prison reform and the freedom of Alice Marie Johnson, I think she is finding her own way to participate in the concept of a “noblesse oblige”, an idea Lewis offers as an antidote to what he labels as the “vice of meritocracy.” The vice of meritocracy being a problem of modernity in the stratification of the classes as a function relative to the notion of effort, whereas in previous times, he argues, those born of privilege came into their wealth with a sense of that duality of advantage and a need to pass those advantages on to others. I think Republicans are good at communicating to its constituents “Focus your energy on the problem you want to solve and do it.” I think this is the reason why, despite the moral repugnancy of what he is seemingly corroborating in his meeting with Trump, etc., that ultimately, it is a good thing for West to highlight the dangers of limitation in maintaining a sense of automatic anti-Republicanism in the black community.

In closing, as the Ballot or the Bullet of the 2018 midterms approach, I question if anything continues to be more segregationist than a seeming conspiracy of consensus towards the segregation of intellectual class by means of coding and lexicon in promoting systemic ignorance. That silence of the methods of the money changers is a taboo I’d like to see change in 2019. And so time marches on. The first time I saw the black excellence of “sky is the limit” music video in my early teens, I thought how sweet, how cute, the children of hip hop running through their fantasy of everything they dream they can be and become. It was only in my late 20s that I began to recognize that maybe Spike Jonze was having a conversation with Biggie Smalls, Puff Daddy and 112 about some of the tougher issues limiting the growth of black culture: the historic infantilization of blacks as a means of degrading their intelligence, the over-commercialization of rap as a means to foster mental pollution through vapid consumerism, and the thought that for hip hop to survive as a musical movement it has to grow from adolescence but since, well since a long time, America has been like a drunk seventeen year old racing around in the world’s Mercedes Benz while we all just wait for the inevitable crash.

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USA: Jazz Foundation of America presents The Loft Party 2017 "A Night for the Soul"

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MAVIS "SWAN" POOLE & JEREMY "BEAN" CLEMONS

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POSITIVE REVIEWS FOR STAR BLUE

New Comments:

“Star Blue is such a beautiful light in this world. Star does so much for this community - it is astounding. Star, your energy brings such joy to my heart. Thank you for allowing me to sit in on sound for Edgy Open Mic tonight! You've created something truly powerful.” --Steph Chevalier

“Thank you, Star Blue, for being such a huge part of BREW’s Music Magic! You are a strong voice and advocate for equality and diversity and that includes supporting our woman owned business! 🔥❤️” --Alisse Leafy, co-owner of Brew

“We love Star Blue!” --Joshua Porter, owner of Whiskey Tip (home of Edgy Open Mic)

“You were so great! I’m really loving the energy and the direction your sound is going. Great vocals.” --Josh Windmiller

“Star has created something wonderful- a warm, welcoming environment [Edgy Open Mic] where a very diverse group of people can express themselves with their music, poetry, or comedy.” --Bob Sherrill, guitarist/singer

“Star Blue is doing more to diversify the music scene in Sonoma County than anyone I've seen in a long time. She is creating spaces for artists, some of whom may otherwise go unheard and/or marginalized. As well, her own music is an important radical voice.” --Christopher Bowers, singer/songwriter

“You are an admirable, sometimes fierce, advocate for the arts and I respect all the ways you are participating and encouraging a healthy dialogue.” --Sarah Songbird, The Real Sarahs

“You are a great force in our local music community and an amazing performer. Kudos Star! I need to buy a yuke!” --Jamie Voss, musician in Sad Party, The Spindles, The Nervous and, after these words, Star Blue Band!

Praise for Star Blue Band:

“EXCELLENT performance. Glad I got to finally see you and your 7 piece (and sometimes 8 piece) band all do your thing. Lots of beautiful instrumentalists all jamming out. Had a great time!” --Franco Tevini, stand-up comedian/emcee/promoter/Gentlemen Basterds improv troupe member

“You KILLLLLLED IT last night! Love Star Blue Band!” --Steph Chevalier, host of Tuesday Open Mic at Brew

“Star Blue! Thank you for the full band debut!!! Absolutely love the full band sound and your soul bearing songs!” --Omana Weeks of EveryDay Freak and Soulistar 

"Thank you for those kind words on Facebook yesterday. Love that we got to play music and contribute to your creation and music. Such an enjoyable experience!” --Paz Del Rescate, violinist, Star Blue and the Bolt Cutters, and Viva La Reve

Praise for Star Blue Band’s Effortless EP:

“Star's songs are like Zooey Deschanel meets Kathleen Hanna with catchy and clever takes on subjects like consent and chronic pain.” --Llano River Blue (my sister)

“I enjoyed my first listen to Star Blue Band's first official disk.  Great tunes and good quality sound. Super cool that you included lyrics and a download code!  I also like your CD cover photos. Nice bright colors and very smart that you reserved "All rights to be awesome" :-).” --Max Caruso

“I just want you to know how much I love your new Effortless EP. I have listened to it a bunch of times in the car and it sounds spectacular. At the moment my faves are Free to Be Frida, Bad Boy, and Riot Grrrls to the Front. Thanks so much for gifting it to us! I am especially impressed with how you moved from demoing a few little songs at a Christmas when you were beginning to play uke and into making an amazing ep with your band.” --Shasta Wallace (my godmother)

“My brilliant daughter is leaving footprints of diversity, liberation, authenticity, feminism. Her new CD, Effortless, comes from the soul. She is a powerhouse and I am so proud of her. She is a Riot Grrrrrrrrl!” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue (my mother)

“I love the way “Hold Me, I'm Cold” sounds with clarinet and violin added. The whole project sounds really good and I'm so glad everything fell into place to make it all happen.” --Nicco Weisskoff, drummer and sound engineer for the project

Praise for “Edgy Open Mic,” hosted by Star Blue:

“Thanks for letting us get weird, Edgy Open Mic.” --James Hubbard, comedian and musician

“Rad super inclusive fun mixed mic.” --Mike Whitaker, comedian and musician

“Star, thanks for making it work and squeezing me into Edgy Open Mic! The percussion instruments and sing along is a great touch too. Not your average open mic! You rock!” --Chris Newton, musician and music teacher

“Congrats to Star Blue, who celebrated the first anniversary of the super-fun, supportive Edgy Open Mic last night. Comics, if you haven't already, I highly recommend dropping in for a spot.” --Martin Marruffo, June 2019

“Really well crafted local variety show with a great crowd. An excellent member of the local entertainment scene & great place for newer performers to be seen. Thank you for ALL you do. #StarBlueRocks” --Tony Liberte 

"Thanks to Star Blue for building a safe space to create and share. Especially grateful to have a supportive community and so many new friends all inspiring one another. Here's to the arts!” --Lauren Anne

"The effort that goes into this event is incredible. Every one feels the love and gives love in return and it doesn't hurt that there are so many talented wonderful people there.” --Tika Moon 

“Star Blue is a great host, the crowd is warm and encouraging, and the performers are great too.” --B-Love

“Star has created something wonderful- a warm, welcoming environment where a very diverse group of people can express themselves with their music, poetry, or comedy.” --Bob Sherrill

“I do appreciate you being very cognizant about sign ups. You go out of your way to make sure everyone gets a slot and make the newbies feel welcome.” --Tika Moon, musician

“Had such a great time at @edgyopenmic on Thursday! @starblueonthescene has built such a supportive open mic. If you're a performer, do yourself a favor and check out this show!” --Martin Marruffo, comedian

“It’s refreshing to attend an event with some solid reliable and pleasant leadership!” --James Edmondsen, musician

“Edgy has been so amazing. You hold a killer space.” --Will Yarrington

“It's been an honor and a privilege playing at your [Edgy Open Mic] nights and I wanted to let you know how much it means to me to be given the opportunity to perform in front of an audience. I've felt my confidence growing from playing at your events.” --Julien Kareem Stricher

“Star Blue is the marvelous host of Edgy Open Mic every Thursday. Thankful to her for this invitation [to be the featured performer]. This was beyond delightful! My set ended with easily the best sing along of “What's Up” by the 4 Non-Blondes. Follow Star Blue on the Scene [on Facebook and Instagram] and stay up to date on the wonderful talent in Sonoma County. --Samantha Sipin, singer-songwriter from San Francisco

"This is an amazing place to hear great music and comedy and much more! Star is an amazing host, got to check this out!” --Sean Hilton

“Thanks for having us at your Mic. I had lots of fun. You're super cool. Keep being amazing!” --Hugo, stand-up comedian

“I wanted to thank you for the FABULOUS job you do on Thursday nights [at Edgy Open Mic]. It really is the highlight of my week! I have so much fun and I really enjoy the variety. You are a lively host and always know the right way to introduce someone. I love your smile and the way you make each person attending feel welcome and appreciated.” --Yuvonna

“Your open mic just felt right.  The energy, your respect of performers and their time, I was really impressed.  Since I became friends with you online, I see that you put a lot of effort in to celebrating diversity, which I absolutely respect and admire. I look forward to many more edgy open mics!”--Nick Machado, musician

“You two are amazing humans! Really. Thank you!” --Holden Rivera, to Star Blue and Paul Oneto (guest sound engineer of Edgy Open Mic for 8/30)

“Thank you for having us [as featured performers at Edgy Open Mic]! Great experience and such wonderful people.” --Robin Schaffner of Robin & Brad

“It is really fun!! I love how the community comes together and supports each other!!! It's hard to leave!!!!! Too many exclamation marks?” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue

“Well-run and a great space.” --Jenne Kaivo, poet

“Such an amazing debut night for this open mic! Will definitely be coming again!“ --WIll Yarrington

“Shout out to Jeremy Lessnau, Jeremy Wesler, Star Blue, and Nate Pena among others for providing the local scene with open-mics and gigs for performers to sharpen their skill at. . . Photo credit goes to Star Blue holding down the camera skills at the very exciting (first ever) Edgy Open Mic! A great way to close out my performance week.” --Franco Tevini, comedian

Praise for Star Blue on the Scene as organizer, emcee and curator of events:

“You do an amazing job of connecting community and sharing the space for all.” --Switchblade Jane, singer/songwriter/ukuleleist

“Star gives people a chance to shine and she shines herself.” --B-Love, hip-hop singer/songwriter

“Your cultural intelligence is raising the the cultural IQ of Sonoma County.” --Joe, a supporter at Edgy Open Mic

“You’ve helped breathe new life into the scene-- we appreciate you very much!” --Ben Perdition, front person for Stumbling For Miles (and sound engineer at Edgy Open Mic)

“Star Blue on the Scene not only works tirelessly to create a more open and inclusive music scene, but she'll grab you a glass of water if you look parched! Thanks, Star!” --Dan Martin, singer-songwriter, leader of Noma Rock Steady Band

“I’m so bummed I missed [Feminist Halloween Hangout at Brew, October 2018]. I was able to watch some on Facebook because you are so amazing and you shared it live. As our country divides more and more I feel so blessed to have the community together. I just want to share how grateful I am for all you do for the music and art community especially those underrepresented. You are a beacon of light! Thank you for continuing to support Brew and help us to keep a space for everyone. It means a lot to me and I hope you know that. Much love.” --Alisse Leafy, Brew owner and event booker

“You do a lot for the music community around here and you deserve the credit. You're always great to work with, you make it easy for us!“ --Part Time Poet

“Don’t back down. You're doing great. #leader” --Mitchel Slade of Two Lions

“Thank you so so much for helping local musicians! And for helping support Stumbling for Miles. It's hella fun working with you!!” --Nicholas Velasquez, drummer for Stumbling For Miles

“Thank you for all of the planning, promoting, organizing, and energy you put into everything you do. It inspires me to be around someone that works so hard and makes so much happen for the music community.” --Nicco Weisskoff, drummer/singer-songwriter/sound engineer/production assistant

“You are a gift to this community.” --Levi Smith, jazz musician and standup comedian

“We love working with you! Looking forward to working with you again soon!” --Alex Bruno, Refract

“I really appreciate your professionalism. You set such a good example for our music scene.” --David Gray of Aly Rose Trio

“Thank you, Star, for bringing music to Viva Mexicana. We love building community!” --Sima Afrakhan, owner

“You rock. Literally.” --Lori Nelson

“This was a wonderful show and was so lovely drawing while listening to such amazing local talent!” --Cameron Escobar-Shells on “Women Who Run With the Music,” who did live drawings of all the performers at the event (May 2018)

“The atmosphere and energy of the night was pretty inspiring as a whole; wonderful musicians/songwriters. Another great event, Star Blue.” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue on “Women Who Run With the Music” (May 2018)

“I’ve been sitting here reflecting on the upcoming Star Blue awesomely created show “Women Who Run With The Music” and wanted to give a huge shout out to Star Blue for her extraordinary talent at putting on unique, innovative shows, her fun, creative emceeing and eclectic musical brilliance, her warmly collaborative support of musicians, and all round sweet, kind-hearted nature. Thank you!” --Margo Perin, musical artist and writer

“What a beautiful, chill night. It had a warm feeling of family gathering, even though some of us were meeting some of them for the first time. Thank you, Star Blue, and all who joined to make it a success.” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue, on “Femme-inist Night at Brew” (May 2018)

“Great show tonight! I really liked your new songs. The coloring idea was great too! I was coloring my own things but it made for a really chill vibe.” --Cameron Escobar-Shells on “Femme-inist Night at Brew” (May 2018)

“You and Graham did a great job [as co-hosts of the first “Equal Opportunity Full Employment Open Mic Jam Session” at the Arlene Francis Center in April 2018]. To be honest I was a little skeptical of the format at first but it worked SO well and it was cool seeing and participating in so many acts!” --Cameron Escobar-Shells

"You have Star Quality when it comes to being a host/MC.  Excellent communication, humor, diction, expressions.  I can see you on TV doing that!  Keep on rockin!” --Jason Baldwin, music photographer 

“You put together an amazing program, did a great job MCing... you are poised and funny and really hold the room well.” --Jean Farmer, on “Sibling Singer Songwriter Showcase” (March 2018)

“Organizing shows can be a lot of work, but the rewards are so great. Getting people together to share their talents, creating memories and friendships. Your community is lucky to have you on their team. Good job! GO STAR!!!” --Violet Crabtree, on “Love Is Hard” (February 2018)

“Great show! I really enjoyed myself! It was a great mix of performers and you did great both as MC and performing! Keep up all the great things you are doing!” --Kurt Hoffman, musician (The Guide to Fast Living, Otto’s Revenge) and show organizer/promoter (Sonoma County Sampler), on “Femme Noir” (December 2017)

“I am sooo amazed at and proud of my riot grrrl, Star Blue. She created a powerful community event, bringing to the mic not only herself and her sizter, Llano River Blue, but two other sibling duos who are multi-talented. The energy was inspiring; the music was wonderfully diverse with an honesty and realness this new generation is offering the world. Phew, what a beautiful night!” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue

"Thank you so much for inviting us to play and for hosting the Star "micro-festival" with Hannah Werdmuller and The Syllables [within the Arlene Francis Center Open Mic] and kudos on handling a facepalm moment with the poise of a true role model. It is always a pleasure to hear you play, you sounded wonderful as always!” --Michael Fortunato of The Syllables and Buck-Thrifty 

“You make a great MC.” --Jill Minyé, musician, on “Femme Noir”

“You are continuing to inspire me and others in the community, thank you!” --Heather Skye, on “Sibling Singer Songwriter Showcase”

“An amazing event, thank you!” --Margo Perin, musician/writer, on “Sibling Singer Songwriter Showcase”

Here’s what people are saying about Star Blue and her art, music and performances:

“You were so great! I’m really loving the energy and the direction your sound is going. Great vocals.” --Josh Windmiller

You’re a great performer and your band has such a fun energy. Thanks for including me in your show, Star!!” --Natalie Vance, visual artist

“Your songs are so clever and witty and your vibe is so much fun!” --Jamie Tamboury

“You are a light in the f***ing darkness.” --Jenna Jae, poet/performer

“I was thrilled when @starblueonthescene agreed to emcee [my album release party] . . . but this just in...Star Blue will be sharing some songs with us starting at 7pm! Make sure to get there early to catch her set. Her songs are quirky at times and sometimes thoughtful reflections on humanity and social justice. Star has been a huge help in the planning and executing of this show. She has put on quite the list of events herself, producing several shows I’ve participated in. If Star Blue enjoys your music, you’ve made an ally and a friend. If you don’t know her, you should definitely come see her set at Bohemian Groove! 💗🌸🌼🌻 Thank you for all you do for our music community @starblueonthescene” --Clementine Darling, via Instagram

“Being one of the strongest female musicians as a fierce force in our local music scene you bring a lot of inspiration. “ --Arienette Smythe, musician/artist

“You are an empowering woman, Star, and I thank you!” --Heidi Corrine Kreklau

“Thank you for your graceful and sharpened skills in illustrating such complex and personal realities of pain realms, so widely misunderstood or not given any thought at all by many. You’re a divine force sister. I hope the world gets to experience everything Star Blue dreams to bring forward.” --Maya McNeil

“Got to see Star play awesome music, what fun! [She was] fantastic! Such a talent.” --Ma’ayan Simon 

“You were truly inspiring!” --Graham of The Syllables

“Star wakes people up with her honest, feisty and often humorous lyrics. She has become quite a storyteller.” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue

“I loved your songs...telling your true story... that is what singing is about from my point of view.” --Jean Farmer

“Love your Wonder Woman-ness!” --Karen Shook

“Why does this look like Sesame Street to me? (In a good way!)” --Stefan Aronsen, co-founder of Balanced Breakfast, on photos of Star Blue and Friends Band

“Your rhymes reminded me of Doctor Suess.” --Drew Gallagher, writer

“You’ve gone so far beyond the Ace of Base choreography.” -- Benjamin Jacobsen

“I love all the different outfits and hairstyles you present each time.” --Marty Roberts

“Irrepressible.” --Greg “Ceni” Ceniceroz, host of Hopmonk Sebastopol Open Mic

“Star Blue just keeps getting better and better. Blowing it up right now!” --Isabelle Garson, host of Open Mic Night at Brew

“She's witty, sweetly profane and priceless.” --Stanley Carlisle, musician

“Apparently very happy singer of songs that sound like merry melodies but carry a really dark story told as a delightful ditty. Quirky and indie as all hell with a girl next door look, assuming the girl next door is kinda like Wednesday from the Adam's family with a greaaaaat smile.” --Uncle David Barsky, radio DJ at KOWS

“Star Blue is a ukulele player who regaled us with some spoken word/poetry with comedic twists. Her humor reminded me of greats like Cathy Ladman or Rita Rudner but with more of an edge. Without question, it was captivating.” --Raymond Hoey, magician/emcee at Open Mic at Sirens, Sebastopol

“She has the gift of being able to speak her truth which enables us to speak ours.” --Deborah Phillips, mother of Katie Phillips (Bootleg Honey)

“What a wordsmith.” --Adam Kahn, Sonoma County Wellness Collective member, and emcee at Out of the Shadows: A Collection of Transformative Art’s Opening Night show

“You are such a badass.” --Bridget Gelato Wyckoff

“You have a comic element that is dark and sarcastic.” --Alexis Wilson, poet/artist extraordinaire

“I really like it in your performances when you have that pissed-off moment of getting angry, and you have a lot of them!” --Jessi Flagg, actor/activist

“You're my hero Star Blue! You're already Wonder Woman so it's perfect.” --Mindi Levine, radio DJ at 99.3 The Vine / musical artist

“I appreciate how you use your struggles in your work.” --Jeffrey Pearson, musician/artist/writer

“Thank you, Star Blue, for sharing your heart. It takes courage.” and “I like your wit.” --Kiana Leilani Anderson, solo performer

“Thanks for being a wonderful, beautiful powerful ukulele player. You make me smile and i always appreciate that! I am sure I am not alone in that. I REALLY appreciate eclectic music, meaning a broad range of music, which has as its most common characteristic a bravery of expression and unique stylings. You certainly have that.” --Eric Gregory, audience member at Brew Open Mic

“You have such great stage presence.” --Johanna Herron

“I loved your open mic set last night at Hopmonk, especially your incredibly current, powerful poem [”Disguised”] with its beautifully expressed loving uniting healing message!  Thank you!” --Tony Cohen, lawyer

“It’s kind of demented.” --Jimmy Cramer, guitarist/singer/songwriter

“That was unsettling.” --Jaemi Fortier, guitarist/singer/songwriter

“Thanks for being a wonderful, beautiful powerful ukulele player.” --Eric Gregory,  audience member at Brew Open Mic

“You have a really nice singing voice!” --Cameron Escobar-Shells

Praise for Star Blue as a fan grrrl:

“When I saw you onstage dancing, that made me play better, Star!” --Jason Berkman, drummer for Burnside the band

“It means the world to know that there are people like you who listen.” --Justyn Delbridge, bass guitarist for Charley Peach

“Thank you so much for coming out to support us and thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful words!” --Charley Peach (band)

Praise for Star’s hip-hop performance art:

“You are a bona fide rockstar!” --Riis Larsen, The Arlene Francis Center

“Good job. I really love the rap and it had a cool 80s feel.” --Patrick Saindon, Eat the Fish Presents

“[ ‘I Don’t Want to Have to Write Another Tune’] was hilarious and so satisfying!” -- Jill Edwards Minyé

“You are fresh as heck.” --Cameron Escobar-Shells

“You busted out a 1980s keyboard and I was like, ‘this is the most ridiculously awesome thing ever.’ Well-played.” --Paz Del Rescate

Praise for Star’s stand-up comedy:

“Glad you came out tonight, always love seeing you get up.” --Jefferson Mars, host of Comedy Open Mic at Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol

Praise for “Star Blue and Friends YouTube Channel,” “Star Blue on the Scene” and Star’s work as a documentarian:

"These [live photos] are so special!!! You have such a gift at photography as well!  Thank you so much for giving Refract the opportunity to rock the mic.  We had so much fun.” --Jamie Tamboury, lead singer of Refract

“Thank you so much for everything you do, and for the whole wonderful event last night [Feminist Halloween Hangout at Brew], and right now particularly for documenting on top of everything else you do. Because Kamal [her child] woke up sad that he fell asleep last night before the show and missed it and was SO happy he could still watch a video this morning!” --Lorelle Saxena, Sorry Not Sorry

“Your posts and badass music scene maneuvers bring me joy so constantly!” --Quiver Watts, Wayfairy

“Your encouragement has been really pivotal for me.” --Mook Jasper

“Star cares about people and their craft and stretches herself every day to be of support, especially in bringing under-represented or quiet individuals to be spotlighted.” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue (Star’s mother)

“Thank you for your ears, time, and support. It’s great to see how involved and fostering you are in our music community. We all appreciate you  Keep up the music with Two Blue too. We’ve got such a wonderful group of talented musicians!” --Jacob Benning, Viva La Reve

“Thank you so much for taking the time to collect tips for the comics. That was really nice and thoughtful. [The photos you took] are amazing!!!” --Greyson Gibson, comedian and host of “Belly Laugh”

“Star is an amazing person!” --Rachel Chuganey, musician and long-distance follower

“Star is awesome! She is passionate about the scene and thorough in her coverage!” --Riis Larsen of The Arlene Francis Center

“I wanted to say that your dedication to the local music scene is super admirable. I really hope to make one of your open mics soon.  Thank you for your efforts, art needs more people like yourself!” --Nick Machado, musician (The Hit System, Nick Machado & The Idle Bones)

 “Can we all take a moment to appreciate Star Blue? There are so many of us in the North Bay music scene who have been generously and selflessly supported, documented, and amplified by Star (EVERYONE who is interested in North Bay music should be following Star Blue on the Scene by now) that it's hard to believe she's just one person LET ALONE that she is also a multi-faceted performer herself (Star Blue Plays Music), AND runs the Edgy Open Mic, all while moving us towards equal representation in North Bay music by sparking much-needed conversations and leading the way in her own musical work. I hope that we can all acknowledge just how much of a vital cornerstone Star is to our community. I am so grateful for your friendship, your personhood, and also everything you do in this community.” --Hannah Werdmuller, Django Moves to Portland 

"Star Blue, you are a true rare and sparkling gem in our community. Thank you for your dedication, your encouragement, and for being YOU.” --Jeanna Collett, Burnside the band

“Thank you for your ears, time, and support. It’s great to see how involved and fostering you are in our music community. We al appreciate you  Keep up the music with Two Blue too.” --Jacob Benning, Viva La Reve

“Thanks for being a positive presence in the Sonoma county music scene!” --Lisa Stano

“Thanks for all you do to make our world a better place.” --Bernie Stephan, the climate change comedian

"Burnside is still on our lil’ jaunt across the US. Day 18, just left New Orleans, en route to Austin area. Home midweek. I/we appreciate you, ongoingly! Hope to see you soon enough!” --Jason Berkman, drummer for Burnside the band

"You are soo active in music its just inspirational!” --Jay Spray, In Autumn band

“I’m more than happy to get the word out about the shows you are hosting. You’ve introduced me to a lot of our finest local talent!” --Ed Mills, radio host of Steady Eddie’s Music Cellar on KGGV.fm

“Thank you for capturing this wonderful moment! What an amazing show!” --Wind Gap Wines, on Caitlin Gowdey and the Rainbow Girls at their venue

Thanks for the pics, Star Blue, and for perpetually having your finger on the pulse!” --Evan Wiig, Burnside the Band

“Thank you for including ENegative! What you’re doing is so great for the local music community and I’m honored to be on your [YouTube] playlist!” --Elizabeth Wolfe, eNegative

“I love that video you posted of us from High St.!!! Thanks for recording local live music, I really appreciate it.” --Andros Howes of Burnside the band

“Love the new look [of the YouTube page]!” --Graham, The Syllables

“You are like our eternally young fairy godmother!” --Mindi Levine, singer/songwriter, radio DJ (The Vine in Napa), drummer (Ohmygodyouguys)

“I think you're doing something really important by documenting what’s happening in our local music community with your videos and pictures.” --Edward Mills, radio DJ (KGGV in Guerneville)

"Creatives have always needed the public to advocate for our work and especially in this day and age of social media, where an online presence is of the utmost importance. Star Blue effectively provides creatives with highly usable material for anyone's online EPK and is necessary for our continued presence.” --Taylor Cuffie, very prolific drummer in Sharkmouth, Buck-Thrifty, The Crux, Eki Shola, etc.

“Star filmed my band's final show, staying at the venue later than expected and hitching a ride home with strangers just to jump at the opportunity to document our last moments as a band. Her flexibility, spontaneity and dedication to her craft are are outweighed only by her sheer talent, and clear comfort behind a camera. I urge you to work with Star if you have the option, as she is incredibly easy to work with, and her hard work will not disappoint.” --Nik Clay, musician (Larksburg, Twink Park), video editor and filmmaker

“Awesome. I am so happy to see so many dedicated musicians who can turn off the electronics and connect with others in such fashion. Bravo! You are using electronics to connect in a live setting. I do the exact same & you and I play music too! You are not sitting at home using them but helping further our cause!!! YASSSSS!” --Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps

“It has been super awesome and inspiring to see how quickly you attacked the scene these last few months. Your tenacity is showing! Keep up all that you do. Don't lose this momentum!” --Be Wilson, clown

“Follow Star on YouTube! She is documenting a lot of North Bay music!” --Josh Windmiller of North Bay Hootenanny, Second Octave, The Crux, Railroad Square Music Festival (and formerly of Santa Rosa High School Advanced ArtQuest Drama and SRHS Drama Club with Star Blue!)

“Thanks for taking all the great photos at the [Balanced Breakfast] meeting this morning.” --Jill Edwards Minyé, jazz pianist and Balanced Breakfast group member

“Has anyone told you today that you’re awesome? You’re awesome.” --Jeffery Buletti, Flat, Broke and Busted singer/songwriter

“Le boost, Star's videos are legit.” --Jay Drapes, Buck-Thrifty

“Huge thanks to Star Blue for making this video!--and, truly, for all the dedicated work she's done documenting our local open mic tribe. if you haven't already, subscribe to her YouTube channel for more Sonoma County awesomeness.” --The Syllables

“Special thanks to the ever awesome Star Blue for shooting and documenting not only some of my performances, but so many other amazingly talented Sonoma County open mic-ers! If you like great local music, you should totally subscribe to her Youtube Channel!” --Cameron Escobar-Shells, musician/artist

“That was super awesome of you! Thanks for sharing this and have a great weekend!!” --Kevin Borges, drummer in eNegative, responding to a video playlist of local live music

“I was just looking at the picture you have in your request for people to subscribe, its so like "Imma hella subscribin' to this chick’s channel!" Superhero + ice cream? Can't go wrong!” --Eric Gregory

“You just seem very sincere and enthusiastic about the scene! I am stoked to know ya.” --Dante Carlozzi, spoken word and performance artist

“This was my act at North Bay Cabaret Explains It All last month, now beautifully recorded at the Capistrano house venue. Big ups to Star Blue for putting this together, I think it looks fantastic.” --Dante Carlozzi, on the video that Star recorded and edited of his “Fight Club is Gay Club” monologue (What he said to me personally was “Dude I looooooove this. Is this public and all that? I wanna share it. Excellent work, I seriously love it.”)

Praise for Star’s work as an activist and sharer of resources:

“This is wonderful! Thank you, Star! I'm honored and flattered [to be included]. This site you've made [https://scwemakemusictoo.tumblr.com] is invaluable to the community, and to all the non male participants and artists. I'm grateful you've taken the initiative to produce this. Major high fives!!!” --Callie Watts, musician (solo and with The Big Fit)

“Thank you for reaching out. You’ve inspired me and filled me with ambition.” --Julioso Blue (no relation)

“Thanks for compiling this list [of open mic nights in Sonoma County]! Well done.” --Greg “Ceni” Ceniceroz, host of Hopmonk Sebastopol Open Mic

“I was just thinking about how I wanted this list to exist last night! Awesomeness. Thanks Star!” --Paul Oneto

This rocks! And so do you, SisStar! May the Greater bless your sharing soul.” --Robert Joseph, host of Open Mic with RoJo and SoJo at Red Brick

Praise for Star Blue as a radio performer:

“As a former voiceover actress, I gotta say you are a natural on the radio! Thank you for the shout out and I enjoyed tuning in and listening to you.” --Heather Skye

“We heard the show and it was great, informative, interesting, fun and felt the chemistry between you.” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue

“Caught your show [with Minkoff Chatoy on KOWS Radio] and enjoyed it a lot!” --Paul Draper

“It was so neat hearing you on air, Star!” --Brendan Draper Swift

“I listened to almost the whole thing - very interesting!” --Marty Roberts

Praise for Star Blue as a visual artist of promotional posters:

“The poster is amazing!!” --Calen Draper Swift

“Great poster.” --Glenn Sauber, The Tahoes

“Yes!!! Love this flyer. So good. You have good design skills.” --Violet Crabtree

“I love how this vibrant flier shows what bands are "booked" for the night!!” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue

“You are amazing!” --Marty Robert

Praise for Two Blue:

“You two were amazing!” --AJ Mandeville

“Amazing.” --Timothy O’Neil, Timothy O’Neil Band

“You are a creating, producing and artistic inspiration! Yes! I love your family and watching you perform together.” --Mandy Brooks, Small Hat and North Bay Women in Music Collective

“The family that plays music together.... how wonderful!” --Jean Farmer

“Amazing show tonight and your parents rocked, too. Happy to see you performing, Star.” --Heather Skye

"That was amazing. Just glad I caught it [through Facebook Live].” --Morgan Pendergast

“Great set, Star and Two Blue! Great job to Marke as well. I love that version of "I Wish I was the Moon Tonight." --Kurt Hoffman, The Guide to Fast Living

“So awesome! Glad I didn’t miss it!” --Omana Weeks, Everyday Freak and Soulistar

“I love it! Makes my heart happy.” --Shauna Walvatne

Praise for Star Blue and the Sea Shells musical duo:

"Really fun! You guys are awesome!” --Bethany Cremer

“You two were amazing and so great together!” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue (Star’s mom)

Praise for Star Blue’s first music video for “Wish I Could Run Back to the Past”:“

“Well done and heavy....sad and creative.” --Marty Roberts

“Imaginative, powerful, and visually entrancing.” --Cameron Escobar-Shells

“Effectively disarming and emotional.” --Llano River Blue

“Great work. Powerful imagery and song. 90 seconds is just a tiny taste.” --Alabama Blaikie

“Exceptional!!!” --Jason Baldwin

“Awesome. It was short, but totally absorbing, and a little sad but so honest.” --Amy LaVay Jahn

“Totally absorbing, a little sad, tragic-comic, beautifully done.” --Patrick Bludworth

“Amazingly fresh!” --Shasta Wallace

“I love your video. Your honesty and vulnerability and the strength it takes to let us see your pain slays me. The imagery speaks loudly- from the cupcakes to the red paint climbing up your legs and covering your body. Thank you for sharing your music, your film, yourself with us. And I love your outfits.” --Jill Edwards Minyé 

“You are such an incredibly brave, amazing, talented young woman. I love your video. I watched it. then I had to watch it full screen. Then watched it again to make sure I didn't miss a second of your incredibly expressive current of thought that went into it. I cant put into words what it made me see and feel while and after watching it. Awesome, so proud of my beautiful niece.” --Esther Hamrick

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR STAR BLUE’S MUSIC VIDEO FOR HER ORIGINAL SONG “WISH I COULD RUN BACK TO THE PAST”

"I listened to the song and loved it! All the auxillary percussion and stuff was really neat, and I think your vocal performance fits the tone of the video excellently!” --Nik Clay, musician/filmmaker

“This sounds awesome! The bass compliments the ukulele really well, and I love the lyrics. Excited to see what you have in mind for the video!” --Cameron Escobar-Shells, musician/artist

“You look great in this pic! There is a Xmas pic of your whole family from Xmas many years ago still up on our fridge! --how cool is that?” --Paul Stickcat, musician/artist

PRAISE FOR “HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE MY HOMIES” COMIX

“I have my very own copy of this comic and I would like your autograph!!! This is a refreshing outlet that depicts a facet of a subculture...and it makes me giggle.” --Alexis Wilson, artist/poet extraordinaire

“I am coloring in my comic book. I love the realness that offers a window into the homeless community, one which I found to be thoughtful, caring, protective of each other, supportive, and often really smart! Thank you Star Blue! I know I am biased but YOU ROCK!” --Maria Gonzalez-Blue, expressive arts therapist/Star’s mama

“I just checked out your cool book on the homeless. You are really talented. Keep doing Art.” --Nancy Bercu

[vampireadamooc]

Shout out to the 3D and CGI Effects Crew on ALVH

all 722 of you.

This is part 2

Sam Prebble...creature technical director: Weta Digital

Jeremy Preissner...IT Supervisor: Stereo D LLC

Esdras Prudente...rotoscope artist: Method Studios Vancouver

Derek N. Prusak...stereoscopic editorial supervisor

Juan Carlos Quintana...senior stereoscopic compositor

Gunnar Radeloff...visual effects artist

Ula Rademeyer...lead texture artist: Weta Digital

James Raiz...matte painter

Karthic Ramesh...digital compositor: Soho VFX

Kade Ramsey...rotoscope artist: Weta Digital

Troy Ramsey...senior paint artist: Weta digital

Craig Douglas Rattray...rotoscope artist: Weta Digital

Justin Ray...stereoscopic compositor

Jorge Razon...cg supervisor

Marco Recuay...visual effects supervisor: Scoundrel

Benjamin J. Reesing...visual effects

William Reges...stereoscopic artist: Stereo D

Patrick Reilly...visual effects artist

Gerard Retulla...stereoscopic depth artist

Pedro Luis Reyes...stereoscopic compositor

Steve Rhee...additional visual effects editor

Mike Rhone...visual effects

Jason Richardson...stereoscopic compositor

Leroy Riche...stereoscopic depth artist

Bryce Rieger...compositor: method studios

Mike Rim...stereoscopic compositor

Agustin Rios...depth artist

Alexandra Rizek...visual effects production manager: Bazelevs

Andrew Robles...digital artist

Arturo Rodriguez...stereoscopic depth artist

Katherine Rodtsbrooks...lead stereoscopic compositor

Lisa Dawn Rogolsky...rotoscope artist

Casey Rolseth...cg lead: Method Studios

Zachary J. Rose...visual effects coordinator

Elliot Rosenstein...fur groomer

Brogan Ross...technical director (stereoscopic conversion)

Kuba Roth...visual effects

David Rozenfeld...compositor

Jance Rubinchik...lead animator: Weta Digital

Tumi Rufai...stereoscopic depth artist

Ryan Jae Wook Park...visual effects artist

Ruben Salazar...digital compositor

Dylan Sanchez...digital compositor

Theodore M. Sandifer...stereoscopic artist

German Sandoval...stereoscopic artist

Eric Sanford...lead stereoscopic compositor

Sankarasubramanian...paint & rotoscoping supervisor: BOT VFX

Tiago Santos...digital compositor

Mag Sarnowska...compositor

K L Sateesh Varma...bg prep artist

Davis Scott Porter Saunders...stereoscopic supervisor

Eric Savino...depth artist

Steve Sayer...visual effects artist

Adrian Scherger...stereoscopic assistant editor: StereoD

Sebastian H. Schmidt...visual effects artist: Weta Digital

Marcus Schoo...software developer

Daniel Schrepf...stereoscopic roto lead

Jameson Schultz...stereoscopic lead: StereoD

Brian Schumacher...stereoscopic supervisor

Raymond R. Scott Jr....stereoscopic roto artist

Michael Scott...stereo compositor

Dennis Sedov...visual effects production supervisor: Bazelevs

Carsten Seller...animator

Keith Sellers...senior compositor: Soho VFX

Paolo Emilio Selva...software developer: Weta Digital

Den Serras...senior technical artist: Deluxe

Paul Seyb...visual effects

Marnie Shachar...texture artist: weta digital

Rasoul Shafeazadeh...matte painter

Hitesh Shah...producer: BOT VFX

Stanislav Shapetskiy...compositor

Sam Sharplin...digital modeler: Weta Digital

Aurynn Shaw...production engineer: weta digital

Ahmed Shehata...CG supervisor: Spin VFX

William Sherak...stereo executive producer (Stereo D)

Sainath Shinde...international production: Stereo D

Jay Shindell...visual effects

Eric Sibley...stereoscopic supervisor

Tim Sibley...lead effects artist: SPIN VFX

Adnan Siddique...lead roto artist

Keith D. Simpson...rotoscope supervisor: The Base Studio

Kalyan Sirna...matchmove artist: Rotomaker studios

Joao Sita...digital compositor: RodeoFX

Lori Smallwood...senior animation technical director

Stephen Smart...wrangler: Weta Digital

Corey Smith...stereoscopic compositor

Marc Smith...camera TD: Weta Digital

Rick Smith...digital compositor: Soho VFX

Robert Snyder...senior in-house compositor/cg artist

Jordan Soles...chief technology officer: Rodeo FX

Joseph Soloway...rotoscope artist

Reyffer Sousa...compositor: Atomic Arts

Jonas Sperl...layout technical director: Weta Digital

Marco Spitoni...previs artist

Stephen T. Spurlock...stereo compositing artist

Frederic St-Arnaud...matte painter: Rodeo FX

Mike Stadnyckyj...compositor

Albrecht Steinmetz...camera lead: Weta Digital

Andrea R. Stephens...production coordinator: Deluxe 3D

G. Allen Stewart...stereoscopic conversion artist

Matteo Stirati...modeller: Weta Digital

Joshua Stirling...roto artist

Nicholas Stocker...stereoscopic artist

Bobby Stockport...visual effects artist

Justin Stockton...layout technical director: Weta Digital

Frederick George Stuhrberg...3d scanning

Allison Sturdy...stereoscopic depth artist

Kamalakar Suryavanshi...stereo compositor

Adrian Sutherland...digital compositor: Soho vfx

Josh Swanson...compositor: Stereo D

Sarah Swick...visual effects producer: Soho VFX

Mike Swiegot...visual effects artist

Raqi Syed...lighting technical director

Ronald Tacsion...rotoscope artist

Ronen Tanchum...effects technical director

Eric Tang...lead creature technical director: Weta Digital

Rob Tasker...digital compositor: Soho VFX

Andrew Taylor...shader writer: Weta Digital (as Andrew R. E. Taylor)

Brandon Taylor...digital compositor

Sandy Taylor...production manager - camera dept

Beau Teora...visual effects artist

Brandon Terry...visual effects editor: Spin VFX

Christopher Terry...lead stereoscopic compositor: Stereo D

Radley Teruel...digital artist

Kieran Tether...lighting technical director: Weta Digital

Ainslie Thomas...project manager: Soho VFX

Craig Thomas...visual effects production coordinator: Weta Digital

Patrick Thompson...digital compositor

Eric Timm...stereoscopic artist

Robert Tobin...senior stereoscopic artist

Kar Hung Tom...system administrator: Rodeo FX

Egor Tomskiy...previz artist: animator

Audrea Topps Harjo...creatures production manager: WETA Digital

Viviana Torrellas...stereoscopic depth artist: Stereo D

Mariko Tosti...shaders coordinator: Weta Digital

Benoit Touchette...senior staff: Rodeo FX

Adrien Toupet...effects technical director: Weta Digital

Joseph Towe...junior compositor

Micole Toyloy...senior digital artist: Factory VFX

Derek Tracy...stereoscopic compositor

Khuong Tran...stereo compositor: Stereo D

Thomas Tran...Desktop Administrator (as Tomas Tran)

Tuong-Van Tran...effects technical director

Mark Victor Trappett...render wrangler

Chris Treichel...stereo production coordinator: Stereo D

Marjolaine Tremblay...senior staff: Rodeo FX

Gabriel Tremblay-Beauvais...CG artist: Rodeo FX

John Treusch...visual effects artist

John Trotter...stereoscopic compositor

Adam Trowse...digital compositor

Iyi Tubi...paint and rotoscope artist: Atomic Arts

Melanie Rose Tucker...stereoscopic compositor / stereoscopic painter

Barry R. Tuttle...visual effects coordinator: The Base Studio

Kraig Tytus...vfx assistant coordinator

Jimmy Uddo...visual effects production assistant

Alexey Uskov...cg supervisor: CGF

Elliottness A. Valentin...stereoscopic artist: Stereo D

Luke Vallee...digital compositor

Josiah Van Arsdel...stereo compositor: Stereo D

Sherin Varghese...stereoscopic lead: Stereo D

Aurelio x. Vera Jr....lead stereoscopic compositor

Fabrice Vienne...CG artist: Rodeo FX

Douglas Peter Viljoen...rotoscope artist

Isaac Von Leu...digital effects artist

Anton Voytenkov...character rigger: Spin VFX

Reed Wade...production engineer

Ghanshyam Sureshbhai Waghela...Visual effects artist, StereoD

Chris Walker...lighting technical director: Weta Digital

Brenda R. Wallace...production engineer

Kendrick Wallace...visual effects producer

Gwyneth Walton...visual effects artist

Jeffrey Warnhoff...depth artist

Gregory Watkins...rotoscope artist: Method Studios

Mark H. Weingartner...visual effects director of photography

Ashley Whitaker...visual effects

Faith Whitehead...depth artist

Jason Wilson...visual effects artist

Jay Wilson...stereoscopic compositor

Nicholas Wilson...senior digital modeler: Weta Digital

Ryan M. Wilson...stereoscopic artist

Greg Winhall...cg modeler

Andrew Winters...visual effects artist

Chris Winters...senior lighter

Garrett Winters...layout technical director: Weta Digital

Teresa Winters...layout technical director: Weta digital (as Teresa Hooper)

Paul Wojdylo...lighting artist

Alex Wolfe...stereoscopic artist

Bruce Woloshyn...sequence supervisor: Method Studios

Steve Won...vfx line producer: Method Studios

Clare Woodford-Robinson...digital modeler: Weta Digital

Noel Wright...compositor

Peter M. Wu...stereoscopic depth artist: Stereo D, LLC.

Trevor Wyatt...rotoscope and matchmove coordinator

Piotr Fox Wysocki...senior texture r&d and look dev artist

Junying Xu...texture artist: Weta Digital

Vladimir Yakovlev...digital compositor

Tuba Yalcin...effects technical director: Method Studios

Marvin Yanez...stereoscopic roto lead

Jose Yapor...visual effects artist

Viki Yeo...texture artist: Weta digital

Michelle Yhan...digital compositor: Soho VFX

Danyo Donghyun Yoon...previs artist

Joyce Young...lighting techical director: Weta Digital

Marvyn Young...visual effects producer

Kian Zand...digital compositor

Patrick Zentis...matte painter

Tristan Zerafa...digital compositor

Pedram Ziaei...digital artist

Lakshmi Ziskin...3D Producer: StereoD

Valery Zraghevsky...concept artist

Pankaj Brijlani...visual effects artist (uncredited)

Caleb Carr...rotoscope artist (uncredited)

Cody Charfauros...producer: rotoscopy (uncredited)

Colin Cunningham...lighting lead: SOHO VFX (uncredited)

William Jackson...digital artist (uncredited)

Hetal Jain...visual effects producer (uncredited)

Raechel Kasprzak...digital production manager (uncredited)

Goran Kocov...lead matchmove artist (uncredited)

Kire Maslov...matchmove artist (uncredited)

Radhakrishnan...rotoscoping artist: BOT VFX (uncredited)

Scott Squires...additional visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Andy Wright...render wrangler: weta digital (uncredited)

Edward Paul Yu...compositor: Stereo D (uncredited)

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Confirmed Van Whitaker is a werewolf Felicity MacDuff died Wilson Grayson child Tosha Wolff (werewolf) & Sterling Wynn dating Jonah Kyle YA Mira Snypes & Doug Goodfellow break up Tyler Whitaker & Jaime Pickens dating Jade Harley & Felipe Pok dating Marjorie Van Gould & Elvin Ivy break up Roxy (Lalonde) Napier and Felipe Pok dating Damaris Maryam born to Kanaya and Omari (Ivy) Maryam Precious Grayson & Dayvid Musgrave dating Wallace’s birthday, YA, Schmoozer Whitney’s birthday, Gatherer Whitney & Wallace both become scientists & move out, and Bri moves out with them Baby coming Kristina Whitaker toddler Rocio Grayson teen Ben Wayne YA Bartholomew Timothy born, Excitable & Absent-Minded Christian Timbley child Isaac wants to be world renowned surgeon Shelby (Wayne) Ampora adult Chadd Macias YA Santiago Grayson toddler

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Birthday party! Wallace teen, perceptive Whitney teen, Lucky Horace Lucas died Rocio toddler Jonah Kyle & Candace Rodgers dating Johnpaul Gardner elder Chadd Macias teen Oswald Cobblepot [Penguin] died Keenan Timbley child Nicholas Tetch child Kanaya Maryam, YA Equius Zahhak, YA Sterling Wynn, YA Ben Wayne, teen Gabriella in labor Baby 15! (Isaac Grant, good & athletic) Mayra Wayne & Sterling Wynn broke up Isaiah Grayson shows up to look at his son Eridan Ampora & Felicity MacDuff dating Bailee Whitaker & Pip Goodfellow engaged Felipe Pok & Marigold Maldano engaged Shelly Crocker born to Jane Crocker and Tristan Van Gould Jake English and Emelie Van Gould break up Tristian Van Gould & Miranda Alston dating Whitney quick makeover Rosemarie (Wolff) & Branch Timbley expecting Jane Crocker & Lorenzo Whitaker dating Eileen Goodfellow toddler Leland Timbley toddler Terezi Pyrope, YA Aradia Megido, YA Jack Napier [Joker] died Juliet Durwood teen Justin Wolff born to Victoria (Swain) and Rudy Wolff