Funny man Jim Carrey gets pretty serious about life, yet still makes you laugh. Eliot and I watched the interview with Jim and his co-author Dana Vachon. Books & Books of Miami hosted the event last night and my video is probably the first to be published. I hope I don’t get in trouble.
Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan calls “Memoirs and Misinformation” a “fearless semi-autobiographical novel, a deconstruction of persona. In it, the co-authors have fashioned a story about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, our ‘one big soul’ Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world – apocalypses within and without.”
It took the authors six years to write the book. They collaborated via their phones because Jim lives on the West Coast and Dana on the East. Mitchell claims us “shut-ins” will find this book a real treat. We will start it today.
Look what I found, an app that allows you to blend the physical with the virtual world.
It’s called the “4th Wall” and you can now pair public art with the augmented experience. No expensive VR headsets needed.
Artist Nancy Baker Cahill created the app to give users new experiences with public art. It features her dimensional drawings so everyone can create new work by locating them anywhere in the world. The app also includes curated and site-specific AR public art exhibitions.
4th Wall’s mission is to encourage people to place artwork in all kinds of new contexts.
Inside The Art World With Alex Nunez, presented by “Lying on the Beach on Camera” hosts Steve Greenberg and Lois Whitman-Hess. We started this episode by yaking, with no formal intro. We couldn’t help ourselves.
Alex Nunez is not only one of the most daring and talented artists we know, she is also an eloquent public speaker, a very unusual tech DJ, and is absolutely funky gorgeous.
Alex is the Program Manager at the Fountainhead Residency, host of the podcast “Sunday Painter (www.sundaypainter.net)” and most known for her pop culture compositions and large scale paintings filled with explosions of color, texture, and sheen.
She has more degrees than the hot sun of Miami, BA from Loyola University, she completed international workshops at Firenze Arti Visive, Florence and Metàfora, Barcelona. She received her Post-baccalaureate diploma from School of the Museum of Fine Firenze Arti Visive, Florence and Metafora, Barcelona. She also received her Post Baccalaureate Diploma from SMFA, Boston and MFA from Hunter College. Upon completion, she was awarded the C12 Emerging Artist Fellowship.
Many employers are pushing people to take time off to avoid burnout, but there’s a fiscal reason for bosses’ vacation enthusiasm too. Unused vacation time is logged as an accounting liability on corporate balance sheets, so companies notice when it adds up, says Peter Cappelli, a professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Thank you Books & Books, one of the country’s best independent book chains, for the most enjoyable times during @stayathome.
The virtual evening with two of America’s best writers: James McBride (The Color of Water) and Jason Reynolds (Miles Morales: Spider-Man) was so rewarding. Jason interviews James on his new book “Deacon King Kong.” Their exchange was priceless.
I was stunned this morning when I received my daily YouTube recording of the Audiophiliac show with Steve Guttenberg. After so many years knowing him, all of his fans got introduced to Mrs Audiophiliac! She is spectacular. What a delightful surprise. I couldn’t imagine who he was married to considering all of his dedicated interests. It takes a talented and gifted woman to be a great partner. Bravo!
“Lying on the Beach On Camera,” with hosts Steve Greenberg and Lois Whitman-Hess, is so excited to present this zoom discussion with Victoria Lang, one of the major producers in the theater world. She details her best understanding of when we may see live theater again.
Victoria has enjoyed an award-winning career in theatre, television, film, concerts and podcasts.
Victoria is a Founder and Managing Partner of Off Broadway Touring and was a Founding Partner and Co-President for over 15 years of PLUS Media, Inc., one of the largest producers of lifestyle programming for television nationwide.
Recent Broadway productions include TOOTSIE (Tony nomination), THE CHER SHOW, SYLVIA, 1984, and ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILE.
Her production of the smash hit MATT & BEN was called “The Hottest Play in New York” by Newsweek Magazine and “One of the Top 5 Plays of the Year” by TIME Magazine.
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