Recently the always inspiring author, producer and eco-warrior Laurie David invited me to her house to hear Vandana Shiva speak. I was beyond thrilled to have an opportunity to meet my hero. Shiva is fighting the good fight against the money grubbing corporations and defending our planet’s seeds, organic farmers, and our livelihood. Like many of ...
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Culture is not dead. It just takes effort to seek it out and reap the reward. If art is about raising ordinary life to something elevated and beautiful, then the dance performance at the Van Nuys FlyAway this weekend is a perfect example. Dancer and choreographer Sarah Elgart is bringing magic to our community free ...
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Eve Ensler who we had on The Local Rose last October is now on a mission to get all of us dancing! Watch this moving short and unite with V day to stop violence against women. That means we can dance to put an end to rape, physical abuse, female circumcision, slavery, acid burning, and more. ...
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During these times when we are having to fight for food freedom and our right not to have cancer causing GMO’s in our kitchen, women like Vandana Shiva keep me going and marching ahead. My friend Judith Scott opened my eyes to the wonderful work of Vandana Shiva who is an inspiration and true heroine. ...
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She is back in all her feline glory. Chan Marshall with her thoroughly modern and haunting album Sun, The song Cherokee may also be a favorite over here at La Casa Rosa . . . ...
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There are two books I believe every woman should have in their arsenal: Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes’, Women Who Run With Wolves and Christiane Northrup’s, Women’s Bodies Women’s Wisdom. I first read these books in my early twenties, but I just dusted off my two bibles and have realized that there is so much I never ...
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