Excited to Attend the Citizen Science Symposium for Conservation in Southern California Symposium on February 20, 2016

A massive grassroots movement led by museums and other research institutions and nonprofit organizations to engage ordinary citizens in education, scientific research, and data collection for the purpose of conservation, Citizen Science is the wave of the future. I’ll be attending the Citizen Science Symposium at the Long Beach Aquarium on February 20, where we’ll […]
Join Me in Standing Together for Reproductive Rights, Health & Justice on Thursday, January 21!

On Thursday night, January 21, we’ll celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Roe v Wade and gear up for another year of working hard to protect and expand women’s access to the full range of reproductive health care options — including abortion. I’m helping to produce and curate this event, and you can learn more about […]
L.A.’s Fabulous Puppeteering, Performance, and Arts Group, SparkleBlob, Presents Its Annual Holiday Show in December!

SparkleBlob presents our 7th annual holiday puppet show musical extravaganza with “Holidays on Icing: A Christmas Cookie Crumble.” Presented together with Automata in Chinatown, the show will run December 10 to December 20 2015. This wildly popular annual event is kid friendly but definitely not just for kids. Audiences will love the zany puppet antics, […]
Directing Sci-Fest LA’s Short Story Writing Competitions — For L.A. High School Students and for Adults Worldwide –Submissions are Now Open!

Sci-Fest LA’s short story writing competitions are now in their second year! Last year, we received extraordinary stories from around the world and featured our finalists’ work in two special nights of dramatic readings by science fiction celebrities. The goal of the competitions is to encourage and foster up and coming science fiction writing talent. […]
Engaging Students in the Natural History Museum’s Citizen Science Program

Citizen science is the wave of the future with legions of ordinary citizens working with scientists to collect data for the purpose of conservation. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has an extraordinary citizen science program engaging thousands in studying LA’s urban wildlife so that officials can make better policy decisions for a […]