Monthly archive November, 2001

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2001 The ad copy for the movie read: 'You are cordially invited to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games." Beware; fun and games can be vicious. In 1966, four years after the controversial Broadway opening of the play, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" went further than any prior big-studio film in its use of profanity Read More →

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2001 It's "the best gala of the year." An arts-lover's fantasy. More than 680 performers from 60 local performing arts groups on over a dozen stages -- all under one roof. It's the third annual BRAVO San Diego, a giddy, festive commingling of our local civic, business and arts communities. More than 1100 guests are expected to attend Read More →

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2001 It isn't lost on feminist choreographer Gina Angelique that the Greek origin of hysteria means 'suffering in the womb.' "Women," she says, " have twice the rate of depression and twice the frequency of electro-shock therapy treatments, though men have more suicides. Women are over-diagnosed, and once they're packed away to institutions, they're invisible and forgotten." Read More →