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Cindy Marie Jenkins

Music That Saved my Sanity During my Son's First Year of Life

I don't often write here about being a parent, but I like sharing how different art forms enhanced the first years of our son's life. And often saved me. When it comes to lists of “Things You Definitely Will/Won’t Need” for a baby, I

I Hope He Recalls the Hotels

We were in line to see the Pompeii exhibit at the Natural History Museum and our son was six months old. A gentleman there (presumably with his grandkids) pointed to Lil’ Pirate Dude and said pointedly: “He won’t remember it.” My husband recovered much faster than I did from

REDCAT and KPCC's The Frame present: Hearing Latino voices in contemporary culture

I'll be live tweeting this talk and can take questions via @cindymariej . REDCAT and KPCC's The Frame present: Hearing Latino voices in contemporary cultureTuesday, March 3, 8:30 - 10:00pmLocation * REDCAT * 631 West 2nd Street * Los Angeles, CA 90012 * Map & Directions Diana Lee/flickr

My History with Half Lives

Follow along with me tomorrow night as I see the opening night of Half Life. I'm always interested in what REDCAT offers, but this story hits close to my creative home. From their press release: Weaving together narrative and abstract modes of storytelling, Half Life explores the psychological

What I Care About This Week

Read on The Root. *This gets to the point I try to hammer into clients.... ....one person's perspective or use of social media does not speak for their entire generation. Read An Old Fogey's Analysis of a Teenager's View on Social Media *NASA is

Audience Building: Part Three – How to Find and Build New Audiences

This post was originally published in Ms in the Biz on October 23, 2014 This is the third in a series of Audience Building articles, where I go into depth on the sticking points, the places where I see people take short cuts but are actually quite vital. This is

Audience Building Part 2 - Start from Scratch

This post was originally published in Ms in the Biz on September 26, 2014. This is the second in a series of Audience Building articles, where I go into depth on the sticking points, the places where I see people take short cuts but are actually quite vital. These are

Indie Art: Not Your Undergrad Production of "The Maids"

Diavolo: Architecture in Motion and is fully equipped to handle the acrobatics and high-flying skills of our ensemble! though some people still tend to doze off on from time to time... But in the end, we just end up hanging out. All in all, our ensemble and production team have

Audience Building 101: Know Thyself / Know Thy Audience

This is the first in a series of Audience Building articles that were originally posted on Ms in the Biz. I don’t just want to give you a punch list of how to build a devoted fan base; you can easily google some perfectly fine pointers. I will go

How do Diana, Jessica & Steven Make it Work as a Work-At-Home-Parent?

I put out the call for Work-at-Home-Parents, and seven wonderful people answered! They represent a variety of careers, their children are all different ages, and Thursday’s Round Table is sure to be lively and helpful. Here is an introduction to our guests, two by two. Read about Lisa &