This coming Tuesday at 7pm, John will be interviewed by John Anderson, preceding a screening of The Brother From Another Planet at Lincoln Center in New York City. AtriumFlix and JustFilms introduce free monthly screenings of social justice films.

As readers of the blog know well, we are very passionate about encouraging people to "vote with your wallets" to keep indie film alive and talented filmmakers of all ages making great work. Help us by checking out An Oversimplification of Her Beauty in NYC this weekend, then spreading the word!

The Center for Transpacific Studies at USC presents a Visions and Voices event, Troubled Ocean: Filmmakers Imagine the Pacific, with directors John Sayles and Vilsoni Hereniko, on Saturday, April 27th.

Lorenzo is a fantastic musician and an excellent songwriter who has been hard at work on this solo album for over a year, and recently launched it into the world on his website, lorenzowolff.com.

One of the most exciting events at SXSW last week was the literary salon People of Letters, a Texas transplant of the Australian literary salon Women of Letters. we heartily encourage our friends in the NYC area to attend the third stop on the Women of Letters American tour, Wednesday at Housingworks Bookstore Café.