Movie Madness with 4 Scholars & a Wig

To follow-up the September 18 Monster's panel, San José State University and The Hammer Theatre hosted yet another stellar gathering of scholars, interested Frank-o-philes, and community members to talk about almost 100 years of Frankenstein films. The Fall 2018 celebration of Mary Shelley’s bicentennial publication of Frankenstein, her most famous work, continued with "Frankenstein Goes…

Significance of a Home: The Curator’s Tour of SJMA “The House Imaginary” Exhibit

On the 10th of May of 2018, I had the chance to attend a gallery exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art. It is located in the heart of San Jose, California. The exhibit, "The House Imaginary," was organized by curator Lauren Schell Dickens who gave a talk and tour of the exhibit for…

A Threshold to Unwelcome Homes: A Review of SJMA “The House Imaginary” Lunchtime Lecture

The uncanny and the abstract are concepts which haunt the familiar and mundane of life, creating nightmares from the known by causing it to become unknown. The San Jose Museum of Art became the vessel for exploration into the dark places of the home and the monsters of creation and imagination in Dr. Harris' Lunchtime Lecture:…

Cumberbatch as Frankenstein/Creature: A Review

Note: The Hammer Theater provided a double showing of National Theater Live's production of Frankenstein on October 3 and October 5th, 2018. One of the sectors of the Bay Area that is among the ongoing commemoration of Frankenstein's 200th anniversary is that of Stanford University. With this in mind, as well as the fact that one of the…

Patents & Intellectual Property: Review of a Talk by John Cabeca

After listening to John Cabeca, a director at the West Coast Region for the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), there was a lot of interesting topics talked about and discussed by Mr. Cabeca. This was part of the Silicon Valley Leadership Symposium. One of the main topics talked about was the…