California Courier, The (Glendale, CA)
September 23, 2021
(The961)-A poem by Lebanese-Armenian writer Perla Kantarjian has been selected for the Lunar Codex project, which will send to the Moon a large and diverse collection of contemporary art created by women around the world. The Lunar Codex will be the first project to ever launch the works of female artists to the Moon, and it will take place over three stages, each involving the launch of a moonbound time capsule. On one of these capsules, called The Nova Collection, will be Half Woman, Half
Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA)
March 15, 2024
As NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission looks to land the first woman on the moon, another milestone achievement is set to bring the first artistic works by women to the lunar surface.As part of the Lunar Codex program launched by Samuel Peralta, artistic works by artists from 233 countries will be immortalized on the Moon across six separate time capsules.
Former Vallejo poet laureate D.L. Lang was selected as one of the artists whose work will be sent in the project’s final launch.
Pasadena Weekly (CA)
October 19, 2023
Recovering from major surgery can be traumatic, often overwhelming — especially spinal procedures.Pasadena artist Heather Horton knows this all too well.
When Horton started work on her latest exhibition, "Immersion," she was unaware that major spinal surgery was in the cards. At age 30, she was diagnosed with osteoporosis, which may have been caused by anorexia, an eating disorder she conquered 13 years ago.
With "Immersion" — which continues through Sunday, Oct. 22, at
Argonaut, The (Los Angeles County, CA)
October 19, 2023
Recovering from major surgery can be traumatic, often overwhelming — especially spinal procedures.Pasadena artist Heather Horton knows this all too well.
When Horton started work on her latest exhibition, "Immersion," she was unaware that major spinal surgery was in the cards. At age 30, the former Santa Monica resident was diagnosed with osteoporosis, which may have been caused by anorexia, an eating disorder she conquered 13 years ago.
With "Immersion" — which continues
Mercury News, The (San Jose, CA)
January 15, 2025
Just when we thought things were looking up in downtown San Jose came the news Monday that Mama Kin, the restaurant and music venue in the arty South First Area (SoFA), was shutting its doors after 2½ years in business."If there was more I could give there would be no need for this post," owner Andrew Saman said in an Instagram post. "However, we must face the reality that some things are just out of our control."
When Saman took over what had been Cafe Stritch in June 2022, he had
East Bay Times: Web Edition Articles (CA)
January 14, 2025
Just when we thought things were looking up in downtown San Jose came the news Monday that Mama Kin, the restaurant and music venue in the arty South First Area (SoFA), was shutting its doors after 2½ years in business."If there was more I could give there would be no need for this post," owner Andrew Saman said in an Instagram post. "However, we must face the reality that some things are just out of our control."
When Saman took over what had been Cafe Stritch in June 2022, he had
Mercury News, The: Web Edition Articles (San Jose, CA)
January 14, 2025
Just when we thought things were looking up in downtown San Jose came the news Monday that Mama Kin, the restaurant and music venue in the arty South First Area (SoFA), was shutting its doors after 2½ years in business."If there was more I could give there would be no need for this post," owner Andrew Saman said in an Instagram post. "However, we must face the reality that some things are just out of our control."
When Saman took over what had been Cafe Stritch in June 2022, he had
Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA)
April 25, 2021
Throughout her years as an artist, Oceana Rain Stuart has shown her work all over the world, from the Louvre Museum in Paris to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, to ones closer to her Sausalito home and studio. Soon, she’ll be able to add a one-of-a-kind place to her resume — the moon.A photo of her bronze sculpture “Reminiscence” will be sent to the moon later this year as part of the Nova Codex, a time capsule of figurative art flying aboard a NASA-funded Nova-C robotic
California Courier, The (Glendale, CA)
September 28, 2026
"You Must Become Field" is a Debut that Moves with Astonishing Fluidity between English, Armenian, and Arabic to braid the 1915 Armenian Genocide with Contemporary Catastrophe— Lebanon's Revolutions and Collapses, Artsakh's Ethnic Ceansing, Airstrikes over BeirutPerla Kantarjian maps the aesthetics of enduring calamity with surgical, dark feminine precision— $12 oat milk lattes ordered while the lira collapses, gel nails applied during drone strikes, the exact shade of OPI red chosen for
Long Beach Press-Telegram (CA)
March 23, 2026
Three authors gathered at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach on Sunday to discuss the role the mystery, horror and science fiction genres play in representing various cultures and racial identities.The panel took place on World Poetry Day and was hosted in collaboration with El Martillo Press. It featured three authors with new releases: Naomi Hirahara, Pedro Iniguez and David Romero.
Hirahara, an Edgar Award winner, is the author of multiple mystery series and noir
