Ballerina Carla Körbes Announces Retirement

Ballerina Carla Körbes Announces Retirement

Carla Körbes, a principal dancer at the Pacific Northwest Ballet, has announced that the 2014-2015 season will be her last. She joined the Seattle-based ballet company in 2005 and became a principal dancer just one year later. New York Times dance critic Gia Kourlas...
BAM Hosts Talk with Miranda July, Lena Dunham

BAM Hosts Talk with Miranda July, Lena Dunham

At Cultivating Culture, we really admire the work of Miranda July and Lena Dunham. Last year, we wrote about July’s inbox-turned-canvas project “We Think Alone,” as well as her other impressive list of arts endeavors. Lena Dunham, a feminist and author who has...
Graffiti Art Icon: Charles ‘Chaz’ Bojórquez

Graffiti Art Icon: Charles ‘Chaz’ Bojórquez

Los Angeles has long been known for its graffiti artists. Names like Shepard Fairey, JR, and Morley have been making the streets of LA more colorful and culturally charged, alongside countless street artists who have emblazoned their personal tags to the sides of...