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.

Twelve Kings, One Vision, Terence Toy’s Sacred Soundtrack to the Season

We 12 Kings became a deeply spiritual collaboration among 12 male artists. Originally intended to include both male and female…

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Becoming Daddy AF, Through Dance and Storytelling

At 65 years of age, Roussève stands, through his diagnosis, still performing, writing, creating and working. This in itself is…

2 weeks ago

Reverberations, On View at Sala Gallery San Pedro

As you enter the living room of the home gallery, two pieces that look as though they were made for…

4 weeks ago

Gal Pals & Pet Pals: Storytellers & Rescuers Unite for a Night of Community

In 2024, GIF students turned their cameras toward their own community, creating a documentary project titled Compassion In Action, which…

4 weeks ago

Ai Weiwei’s Turandot

The revolutionary artist and iconoclastic activist’s selection of this opera, once banned in China, aligns with his challenging of norms.…

4 weeks ago

The American Years: Guillaume Zuili’s Cinematic Vision of the West

Zuili called the contrast of scenes between the urban landscape and Joshua Tree, the yin and the yang. “It's a…

4 weeks ago

Long Beach Vibes Showcases Character of an Irrepressible City, Opening Oct. 11

Included works relate to, represent, or challenge the idea of Long Beach. The show is being presented in the Rod…

4 weeks ago

Michael Stearns Studio Ignites Dialogue with Public Discourse

In an era of conflict and division, Public Discourse asserts art's unique capacity to translate raw emotion into collective reflection.

2 months ago

Random Happening: Watts Towers Arts Center Celebrates Drum and Jazz Festivals, Sept. 27, 28

The Day of the Drum Festival, Sept. 27, is dedicated to the heartbeat of cultures worldwide

2 months ago

Tessellated Visions: An Interview

Designer, engineer and an artist, Douglas Johnson creates the unexpected with his kinetic, color-drenched tessellation paintings. Each one of his…

2 months ago