Melina Paris

Melina Paris is a Southern California-based writer, who connects local community to ARTS & Culture, matters of Social Justice and the Environment. Melina is also producer and host of Angel City Culture Quest podcast, featured on RLN website and wherever you get your podcasts.

In a Gilded Age of Politics, Let the Arts Speak

  Autumn is here and while the heat of mild summer days lingers, October welcomes the ‘cultural return.’  Known as…

3 weeks ago

San Pedro Festival of the Arts Celebrates 20 Years of Dance and Family

  The San Pedro Festival of the Arts returns, with twenty vibrant dance companies, interactive performances, and free family fun…

1 month ago

“Trane At 100:” Celebrating the Legacy of John Coltrane as a Living Source of Imagination

  A Collaboration Between 5-0 Studios London and The Red Cantaloupe Experience John Coltrane changed more than the possibilities of…

1 month ago

From Backstage to the Spotlight: Arvin the Band Keeps Winning Crowds

In June, San Pedro’s Collage: A Place for Art and Culture held its fifth anniversary celebration. Wrapping up a video…

1 month ago

Preaching, Persuasion, and Vacuums: Confessions of a Pulpiteer, with Lee Boek

“One of the main features of this play is about being inclusive and not exclusive,” Lee said. “And finding ways…

2 months ago

From Faces of Pedro to Broken Dreams

The Carofanos’ dear friend, artist Ron Linden, told Random Lengths News in 2017, “For the first 15 years of this…

3 months ago

Fortnight: An Intimate Concert Experience Beneath the Bluff

  Summer nights provide the perfect backdrop for a unique live music experience. With that in mind, it is time…

3 months ago

Built on Water: The Environmental and Historical Wake of Global Trade

  The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach make up the largest port complex in the United States; they…

3 months ago

Never On the Sidelines―Adele Bertei’s No New York Restores Women to the Center of a Cultural Revolution

“You do not have to go to those extremes to make art, but you do need to be able to…

4 months ago

Echoes in Steel and Paint: Karena Massengill’s Reverberations

The artist recurrently underscores the fact that “the people least responsible for climate change are suffering the most with their…

5 months ago