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  • Edgemar Center for the Arts to host Film Festival this weekend

    Lori DeWaal

    Housed at the Edgemar Center for the Arts, nestled in the Frank Gehry designed complex on bustling Main Street in the beach town of Santa Monica, California, the 8th Annual Cinema at the Edge Independent Film Festival presents films of all genres that feature a distinct vision, a unique voice or a challenge to what is expected and accepted in the medium. "The larger film festivals all too often rally around a small group of films in a given season, and many high quality projects that don't...

  • After a career helping actors fulfill their dreams, Michelle Danner has also found ways to fulfill her own

    Lori DeWaal, Special to the Observer|Oct 20, 2019

    The craft of acting is as alluring as it is mysterious, and it takes a being of great passion, insight, and determination in order to succeed. But to teach acting – to inspire creative souls to successfully harvest those tools – requires an even greater commitment, to bring out the best in each and every actor one encounters. That passion and commitment are the hallmarks of the career of filmmaker, acting coach, and performer Michelle Danner, for decades one of the industry's most respected and...