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Oct 1, 2024 | 
culturevulture.net | David E. Moreno
“Dilate the rainbow space raucous in time,
Ionized laughter, clock’s fury to murder absent
. Cut off my head, its figure rolls in blood!
Tou, ahi! mané, mani,
Tou, ahi! mané, mani.”Harawi is the last of three song cycles that the French modernist composer, Olivier Messiaen wrote for voice and piano. The title comes from an ancient Andean tradition that combines Quechua poetry, music and ritual, that now is a point of contention among liberals and academics regarding appropriation.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
culturevulture.net | David E. Moreno
State of Play wrapped up its ambitious dance festival this weekend at ODC Theater, arguably the best season of its 12 years. With its smartly curated performances, the multilayered festival is the stellar work of ODC’s Theater Creative Director Chloë L. Zimberg and resident curator Marya Kerr, together, with the support of Counterpulse and the San Francisco Ballet, which generously supported with resources and rehearsal spaces.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
dx.doi.org | Li Ren |David E. Moreno |Brian Baer |Patrick Barbour
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May 17, 2024 | 
yogajournal.com | David E. Moreno
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Warming up your joints is an indispensable part of your yoga practice. Although some joints tend to be slightly overlooked. San Francisco Bay Area yoga teacher David Moreno teaches a series of joint exercises that can be used as part of a pre-practice stretching routine.
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May 15, 2024 | 
culturevulture.net | David E. Moreno
Sound & VisionVisionary musician and artist Brian Eno—who produced Talking Heads, Roxy Music, David Bowie, U2, and Cold Play, among others, pioneered the genre of ambient music and released over 40 solo and collaborative albums—shares his creative processes in the unique generative documentary ENO. This groundbreaking film, a collaboration between filmmaker Gary Hustwit (“Helvetica,” “Objectified”) and digital artist Brendan Dawes, is a one-of-a-kind generative software system.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
culturevulture.net | David E. Moreno
A dark scrim with the words Anna Karenina projected on it disappears into projected vapors that threaten to obscure the ageless name before it reappears. Much in the way Leo Tolstoy’s overly dramatic novel of the same name has faded but always reappeared as one of the great pieces of literature, the title image commands its due as real smoke wafts from behind the scrim through the projected vapor over the orchestra pit and onto the heads of the audience.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
culturevulture.net | David E. Moreno
“What we are trying to do with this show is explore some kind of queer spirituality without heterosexuality dictating what that is.” Taylor MacBark of Millions is a nonbinary, nonlinear rock opera, gospel revival, an Italian opera in Beach Blanket Babylon glam, a fusion of the tribal musical Hair with the bling and stardust of Dream Girls. It invites you into a salon of Radical Faeries entertaining each other for the pleasure of it, clad in resplendent costumes by wizard genius Machine Dazzle.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
culturevulture.net | David E. Moreno
For “Love Is Music,” a radio show on KUNM 89.9, the show’s host and producer asked me to pick a song dedicated to my love, a song that says something about our relationship, our love story. “Music is love; it brings people together. It tells our stories,” said Ann Bromberg over the phone. “This will be part of our special Valentine episode, and I’m sure it will be great.” Without hesitating, I picked Joni Mitchell’s “Night Ride Home” for my partner of six years, Bill.
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May 18, 2023 | 
bizjournals.com | David E. Moreno
The parent company of HCA Houston Healthcare has agreed to purchase 41 urgent care centers in Texas from Arizona-based FastMed. Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: HCA) will acquire 19 FastMed and 22 MedPost locations in Dallas, Austin, El Paso, Houston, San Antonio and elsewhere. The transaction, which does not include any locations outside of Texas, is set to close this summer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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May 2, 2023 | 
culturevulture.net | David E. Moreno
The Violence of Memory Blank Out is a techno dreamscape, a chamber opera, and a clever trauma release therapy thriller, complete with 3D glasses for its audience.
