By Linda Castillo As soon as I clean my house, it quickly gets cluttered again. It is a never-ending battle to fight the clutter. Between my two young girls leaving all their toys around the house to the fact that I don’t have enough storage space for everything, within a day of cleaning, these little stacks of clutter quickly start piling up again. Not only does the … [Read more...] about Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
Archives for April 2019
April 10th Proclaimed Dolores Huerta Day
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dolores C. Huerta (@doloreshuerta) on Mar 8, 2019 at 9:17am PST This week on April 10 it was Dolores Huerta’s birthday and the official Dolores Huerta Day that CA Governor Jerry Brown signed into law. Sponsored by Assemblymember Eloise Gómez … [Read more...] about April 10th Proclaimed Dolores Huerta Day
Cinequest Movie Review and Interview: Clean Hands
By Eydie Mendoza A documentary filmed in Nicaragua, tells the story of a family who works and lives off the dumpsite in Managua. The children’s innocence is not gone. They play, laugh and get into mischief but they also work long hard hours. In Clean Hands we see the world through the parent’s eyes, the children’s’ eyes and not just that of the camera. Filmmaker … [Read more...] about Cinequest Movie Review and Interview: Clean Hands
Cinequest Movie Review: American Muscle
By Eydie Mendoza “You’re out of options. Go home. Now!” Words like that make some people quit but drive others to preserver, and those words did just that for Claire, played by Ashley Platz, a street mechanic, aiming to beat her brother’s nemesis on the tar. American Muscle, a short by Nick Martinez a local film producer and writer, is showing at Cinequest now. Not … [Read more...] about Cinequest Movie Review: American Muscle
Cinequest Movie Review: Princess of the Row
By Eydie Mendoza “You are strong … stubborn … creative … and the world wants you to forget that.” Alysha (Tayler Buck), known as Princess and The Sergeant, her father (Edi Gago) are houseless, living in a tent in Los Angeles. Princess is no damsel in distress and this is no fairytale. Growing up hard-knocks, she is an aspiring teen writer, who in this coming of age … [Read more...] about Cinequest Movie Review: Princess of the Row