Author Archives: silvermic
A Master of Music
Musician Tom Boomer plays a mean jazz arrangement. And an excellent symphonic one. And film scores, dance music, big-band standards… (What can’t this man play?) Tom, who has been playing most of his life, also loves teaching, and gives both … Continue reading
A World of Difference
At five years old, most of us are thinking about kindergarten. Manyang Reath Kher was thinking about survival. The Sudanese civil war raged for twenty-two years of … Continue reading
Celebrating the “Fire”
James Baldwin was definitely a “soul on fire.” His brutally honest writing style evoked the experience of living in a world dictated by prejudice and social injustice. A number of his books, like his controversial 1953 novel Go Tell It … Continue reading
Talent In His Corner
Veteran performer Joe Orrach knows all about boxing, tap dancing–and survival. And he puts all three of them together in an electrifying one-man show, In My Corner, which opens at the Pasadena Playhouse‘s newly-renovated Carrie Hamilton Theatre this week. In … Continue reading
A Visit With “Zora”
If iconic author Zora Neale Hurston were around today, what might she say about her life and times? To answer that question, playwright Gabrielle Pina uses what she did say. By dramatizing some of Zora’s letters and combining them with … Continue reading
Chronicling the Facts
Journalism equals creating an accurate record of history, as it’s happening. And that’s exactly what soon-to-be-graduate Christine Michaels has been doing, during her time at Pasadena City College. As Editor-in-Chief of PCC’s independent student newspaper, the PCC Courier, Christine and … Continue reading