Out On the Stoop is my record of experiences in Los Angeles area and beyond. Sometimes a road trip, a poet or conversation. For more info visit my main blog at http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com
Sean is an actor and poet who was a guest poet at the poetry reading. He gives readings across town and has been known to appear in a Hollywood production or two. This is his poem on the number of days love has said hello.
Don is the ringleader of the San Gabriel Valley Poets writing workshop and poetry readings. His main blog at http://dkc1031.blogspot.com helps you to keep track of all his poetical doings in the area. This is a poem about how media interlaced we have become when try to express what we feel.
I know next to nothing about Eli except that he is a poet and a person that has many interests and abilities. This is one of his poems.
This is a moment in time with author Andy Behrman who has a book about his experiences with dealing with mental illness. Not only does he have a book, there were a bunch of way cool t-shirts that I wished I could have snagged up and passed around. The video was recorded during Mental Health Day Pasadena 2011
Mr. Johnson is a poet, slam poet and visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California. ; This is a poem about his grandmother and the importance of anchoring yourself for sustained survival.
Author Grace Krilanovich is one of the people kind enough to speak with me at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Her novel is called The Orange Eats the Creep about teenagers and dark sucky things up in the Pacific Northwest.
There is still time. May 1 to May 7 is Videoblogging Week 2011. I don't normally make talking head videos but I wanted to do something. Sometimes the worse you can do is better than nothing at all.
One of the benefits of strolling through Pasadena is seeing all kinds of folks having a good time without filters. Music is the great equalizer and who can't groove on a wee bit of percussion. This is an example of a facilitated drumming lesson by Drumtime.
This is the last except from Andre Coleman's presentation at the Citizen Journalism Speaker Series presented by the Pasadena Community Network. In this video, Mr. Coleman speaks of the importance of both journalists and bloggers to have integrity.
This is the second video of my recording of Andre Coleman's talk at the 2011 Citizen Journalism Speaker Series. ; Andre Coleman is a reporter/journalist with the Pasadena Weekly . In this video he talks about the importance of covering a community and what do you need to get started being a journalist.