"Cardinal Sin," indeed

From the Daily Dish:

"Cardinal Sin" by Banksy - a reflection on the refusal of the hierarchy of the Catholic church to take full personal responsibility for the rape, abuse and torture of countless innocent children

My (gay) brother-in-law's art work gets written up by the Huffington Post. Patrick Lee is on the rise

Check it out here.

New work by Jason Tucker, founder of Boys Be Good

Jason Tucker, an art student in DC, is an up and coming talent. Check out his work on July 22nd,6-9PM at Morton Fine Art, Washington D.C., at 1781 Florida Ave NW or view his flickr page here.

Italian street artist BLU

My (gay) brother-in-law's photography from New Mexico

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Levine says the greatest gift is to be honored by your family & friends

People are talking and talking about the film, "The kids are all right"

Join the thoughtful discussion at the New York Times about this film from this immensely talented director, Lisa Cholodenko, who also was responsible for another fav film of mine, "Laurel Canyon."

Listen to Kele Okereke's beautiful new song "Everything You Wanted"

The photo that brought AIDS home for Americans

Rarely does one photo change the hearts of a nation. This one did. Read about it at huffingtonpost.com

Photography of my brother-in-law, Patrick Lee

Jeff and I loved this production of "Our Town," starring Helen Hunt in its "stage-manager" role

During our recent visit to NYC, we saw this smart, Barrow Street Theatre production of Thorton Wilder's "Our Town," with the ever-talented Helen Hunt. Here is the NYTimes profile of Ms. Hunt in this role. Check it out if you are visiting NYC in the near future.

Frank Geary's Bilbao museum voted as most important building since 1980.

Understandably so. Check out Vanity Fair's top post-modern buildings as voted by leading architects.

Capturing the ennui of suburban Marin county

This is a photograph by my talented teenage mentoree, Jason. He will be a sophomore at Corcoran College of Art + Design, this fall in Washington, D.C. I love him to death!

A beautiful commercial for the family of mankind

I enjoyed this boy-meets-boy musical set to Michael Sweet's well-loved '90s album, "Girlfriend"

"Girlfriend" is playing now at the Berkeley Rep until May 16th. Here are the reviews.

Sunday, I saw & loved this movie that wowed crowds at Sundance: "I am Love"

A film not to miss: "A Secret in Their Eyes", the Academy Award winning best foreign langauge film for 2010

"Big Bambú" now playing on the roof of the Met

The beauty of numbers

Hooray for integrity: Hurt Locker, Precious and The Blind Side were recognized tonight

It feels good to watch the Academy Awards and see such non-commercial, high-quality independent films do so well. All three movies take courage to watch as well as to make. Facing the difficulties of life -- the hardship of war, child abuse, and children without families -- has a beauty all its own. Tonight, I was inspired by the quality of the winning movies and the winning artists. It was a good night.

P.S. Two other nominated films, An Education and A Single Man, were excellent too.