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Coming Tuesday August 10, 2010

Tune in Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 7PM (PST) as KXLU Los Angeles proudly presents Center Stage with Mark Gordon featuring special guests: Bruce McDonald, Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, Shannon Rowland with J. Wesley Brown and Calethia DeConto.

Bruce McDonald will be talking about his documentary Music from the Big House.

The film follows Rita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist, as she takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues: Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary, a.k.a Angola Prison.

Mary Ann Smothers Bruni will be talking about her documentary Quest for Honor.

The film examines the alarming rise in honor killing, the heinous act of men killing daughters, sisters and wives who threaten "family honor," endangers tens of thousands of women in Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and adjoining countries.

Shannon Rowland with be joined by photographers J. Wesley Brown and Calethia DeConto to discuss Vignettes.

Bleicher/Golightly announces it's debut photographic exhibit Vignettes, a collection of innovative contemporary photographers whose works evoke narrative intrigue. The exhibit focuses on enigmatic figurative works that lead to internal narratives similar to those found in memory, daydream, nostalgia and sleep.

Reception: Saturday, August 21st 6-9pm Show Runs: August 12-26; Artist Talk: August 14th, 8pm Cost: Free

Whitney Sander Talks about Green Architecture

Whitney Sander came Center Stage with Mark Gordon to talk about the work he and his firm is doing to create greener buildings. Sander Architects is the international award-winning firm whose approach to contemporary residential design has been making waves in the architecture world. Their Hybrid House uses components of prefab technology to create homes that are custom designed for each client. Homes that are not only green but also very high design. This is a time of extraordinary change for practitioners in the design fields and Sander Architects is a young exciting firm determined to be at the forefront of green architecture.

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