Arts

Expressive Voice Culture

by Jessie Eldridge Southwick

The Emerson System treats the voice as a natural reporter of the individual, constantly emphasizing the tendency of the voice to express appropriately any mental concept or state of feeling.

This treatise is...

Going Digital

by Sarah Brokaw & Alex L. Goldfayn

Get digital prints that look better than film, create amazing photo and video DVDs, and even learn to use your camera phone to its maximum potential with this non-technical, easy-to-understand guide

Imagine displaying...

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance

by Adam Bertocci

What if . . .  William Shakespeare had written The Big Lebowski?

The Dude has met the Bard—and he doth abide.

Join “The Knave” and Sir Walter on a wild tale of mistaken identity, kidnapping, bowling,...

Simple Gifts: Great Hymns: One Man's Search for Grace

by Bill Henderson

If there is one simple phrase that lies at the heart of this moving tribute to the pleasures of singing hymns, it is this: "Only joy." Bill Henderson, a tough man with a gentle vision, found community and religious...

The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together

by Twyla Tharp & Jesse Kornbluth

In a career that has spanned four decades, choreographer Twyla Tharp has collaborated with great musicians, designers, thousands of dancers, and almost a hundred companies. She's experienced the thrill of shared...

Adam Brody: So Adorkable!

by Nancy Krulik

As a kid growing up in San Diego, California, Adam spent most of his time surfing, skateboarding, and watching TV. But when he convinced his best friend to move to Los Angeles with him to try acting, his life...

The Art of the Band T-Shirt

by Amber Easby & Henry Oliver

ONCE,

T-shirts were just unadorned undergarments. But with the evolution of screen printing and the birth of band merchandising, T-shirts became so much cooler. Now every band with an ounce of savvy knows the...

Star Trek: The Magic of Tribbles

by Terry J. Erdmann, Gary Hutzel & Paula M. Block

Originally conceived of more than thirty-five years ago, these dimunitive creatures have become stars in their own right. With uncanny grace and ease they have won hearts and upstaged stars.

They are tribbles....

Eyeing the Flash: The Education of a Carnival Con Artist

by Peter Fenton

The year is 1963, the setting is small-town Michigan. At age fifteen, Peter Fenton is a gawky math whiz schoolboy with a dissatisfied mother, a father who drinks himself to foolishness, and no chance whatsoever...

Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life

by John Sellers

TOP FIVE MUSICAL THINGS I HOPE HAPPEN NOW THAT THE ORIGINAL LINEUPS OF THE PIXIES AND DINOSAUR JR. HAVE REUNITED

1. Ian Curtis is resurrected.

2. The Smiths reunite for a private party at my favorite bar....

It's All Your Fault: How To Make It as a Hollywood Assistant

by Bill Robinson & Ceridwen Morris

An Essential Guide to Landing -- and Keeping -- Your first Hollywood Job

A position as an assistant to a producer, agent, director, studio executive, or star can be the path to a fabulous career -- or a one-way...

Corbin Bleu: Up Close

by Dee Scott

Takes you behind the scenes and tells you everything you want to know about your favorite acting, singing, and dancing hottie!

A fascinating must-read biography with never-before-seen photos for all true-blue...

Very LeFreak

by Rachel Cohn

Very LeFreak has a problem: she's a crazed technology addict. Very can’t get enough of her iPhone, laptop, IMs, text messages, whatever. If there’s any chance the incoming message, call, text, or photo might...

How Not to Make a Short Film: Secrets from a Sundance Programmer

by Roberta Marie Munroe

"Roberta Munroe is that rare person in the film world who can not only recognize an inspired, great film, but she can actually help you make one."

--Mark Duplass, Sundance and SXSW award-winning filmmaker.

"Roberta...

The Big Payback

by Dan Charnas

The Big Payback takes us from the first $15 made by a "rapping DJ" in 1970s New York to the recent multi-million-dollar sales of the Phat Farm and Roc-a-Wear clothing companies in 2004 and 2007. On this four-decade-long...

The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms

by Michael Miller

You have a passion for making beautiful music, but when it comes to understanding and speaking the musical language, you need a little help. The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms compiles...

Extreme DV at Used-Car Prices: How to Write, Direct, Shoot, Edit, and Produce a Digital Video Feature for LessThan $3,000

by Rick Schmidt

For years, award-winning independent filmmaker Rick Schmidt has been teaching aspiring directors how to make "no-budget" films, both in workshops and in his classic guide Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices....

You Gotta See This: More Than 100 of Hollywood's Best Reveal and Discuss Their Favorite Films

by Cindy Pearlman

In time for Oscar season, Hollywood's top stars talk about the movies that move them

Everyone has a favorite movie-even movie stars themselves. In You Gotta See This, veteran entertainment reporter Cindy Pearlman...

The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul

by Nelson George & Alan Leeds

Nelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician. Known as the hardest-working...

The Life of David Gale

by Dewey Gram