In The Green Room

Jan Spencley

July 16, 2010

Jan Spencley in the green room

Jan Spencley is the Executive Director of San Diegans for Healthcare Coverage. Jan is also a healthcare consultant with over 35 years in the healthcare industry, including 25 years at UCSD Healthcare. For the past 12 years Jan has been a consultant working with hospitals and health systems, medical groups, community health centers, health plans and local government. Before chatting about health reform’s implications for California, she sat down for our Green Room Q&A.

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Salomón Huerta

On July 15, 2010

Salomón Huerta in the green room at MOCA

Salomón Huerta started painting for a practical reason. “There were three sisters born before me, and I was the first boy. But once my brother and my little sister came along, I realized I needed to do something to get attention,” Huerta said. Below, Huerta, whose work has appeared at the Whitney Biennial, the Gagosian Gallery, and LACMA, answers our In The Green Room Q&A.

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David Pagel

On July 15, 2010

David Pagel in the green room at MOCA

David Pagel, an art critic and associate professor of art theory and history at Claremont Graduate University, grew up in Wisconsin before heading to California for college, and to the East Coast for graduate school. “But I beat a hasty retreat right back to California, because it’s such a fantastic place to be,” he said. Below, Pagel takes our In The Green Room Q&A.

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Logan Kock

On July 8, 2010

Logan Kock in the green room

Logan Kock is the vice president of Strategic Purchasing and Responsible Sourcing for Santa Monica Seafood. He started his seafood career nearly 40 years ago as a waiter in Maine while working on his Masters in Biology. Kock spent eight years working on fishing boats before he began doing quality control for Red Lobster Restaurants. Below, he sits down for our In The Green Room Q&A.

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Mark Gold

On July 8, 2010

Mark Gold in the green room.

Mark Gold is President of the environmental group Heal the Bay, and was Executive Director from 1994 to 2006. Gold created Heal the Bay’s Beach Report Card, and has authored or co-authored numerous California coastal protection, water quality and environmental education bills. Below, Gold takes our In The Green Room Q&A.

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Feuilleton
Monday, August 30, 2010
Taking Down a Mosque
Swati Pandey

Mohamed's Ghosts by Stephan Salisbury Mohamed's Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland by Stephan Salisbury The introduction to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Stephan Salisbury’s investigative memoir Mohamed’s Ghosts is titled “How to Take Down A Mosque.” It’s an eye-grabber for anyone who is watching closely the controversy around the Park51 Islamic community center and mosque slated to be built in Lower Manhattan.

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