In The Green Room

An Ex-Violinist Who Loves the Ballet

In the Green Room with Architect Eric Owen Moss

February 21, 2012

Eric Owen Moss is principal and lead designer of Eric Owen Moss Architects in Los Angeles. Before participating in a panel on the past and future of L.A.’s global image, he sat down in the green room to talk high and low, from art, music, and ballet to cleaning up after his family’s dog.

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An Expert in Circadian Rhythms Who Doesn’t Get Enough Sleep

In the Green Room with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block

On February 20, 2012

Gene Block is chancellor of UCLA, where he also holds faculty appointments in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine and in physiological science in the College of Letters and Science. Before participating in a panel on the role of universities in their cities http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2012/01/12/the-ivory-tower-is-no-more/read/the-takeaway/, he sat down in the green room to talk about what he likes about a good rivalry, what he likes to read, and his last trip to Disneyland.

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What Writer’s Block?

In the Green Room with Film Critic Richard Schickel

On February 9, 2012

Richard Schickel is a film critic, documentary filmmaker, and movie historian. Before participating in a panel on L.A.’s image onscreen, he sat down in the green room to talk books, writing, and inspiration.

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Don’t Take My Toy Gun

In the Green Room with Director Thom Andersen

On February 8, 2012

Filmmaker Thom Andersen is the writer and director of Los Angeles Plays Itself. Before participating in a panel on L.A.’s image on film http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2011/11/20/was-ever-a-city-more-bewildering/read/the-takeaway/, he took questions in the green room about travel, coffee, and his toy gun.

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Don’t Buy Movie Tickets You Can’t Afford

In the Green Room with Film Critic Kenneth Turan

On February 5, 2012

Kenneth Turan is a film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s Morning Edition. Before participating in a panel on L.A.’s onscreen image, he talked beer, birthdays, and Brooklyn in the green room, and offered his thoughts on how much is too much to pay for a movie ticket.

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Friday, December 3, 2010
How One Family Created Chinese America
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The Lucky Ones, by Mae Ngai The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America by Mae Ngai Hyphenated cultures seem to be a natural part of California’s landscape today, but it wasn’t always so. The Lucky Ones by Mae Ngai offers a fresh look at California history by reconstructing the lives of immigrant and second generation pioneers who lived between cultures when it was not such a common phenomenon. Ngai’s narrative brings Chinese Americans into a richer tradition of historical storytelling by humanizing an ambivalent, middle-class immigrant family, situating their lives within the more well-known histories of Chinese laborers and those who suffered from the 1882 Exclusion Act.

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