Email Author LESLIE AGAN

2009 Stories by LESLIE AGAN

• Animal Instinct

  published November 5, 2009

  True love with humans can go sour but never with your pets—who else can comfort you the way Fido and Fluffy can? All troubles and worries... More >>

• OC Auto Show

  published October 15, 2009

  First came Benz and Daimler. Then came Henry Ford and his strong-armed command of the assembly line and mass production of Ford Model T’s... More >>

• Redefining the Line: Art Nouveau & the Female Figure

  published September 17, 2009

  Art Nouveau taught us that it’s okay to be glamorous. Not in a gold-teeth, Cristal-poppin’, rollin’-on-dubz, MTV-cribs sort of way,... More >>

• Midori Plays Tchaikovsky

  published September 17, 2009

  This Midori is anything but sour. In fact, the former child prodigy’s mastery of the violin is nothing short of intoxicating. Midori Goto is... More >>

• Faust with Live Score

  published September 10, 2009

  There’s nothing more jacked-up than making a bet with someone about how they can ruin your life. Oh, and if you fail, you’ll be turning... More >>

• Fiddler on the Roof

  published August 6, 2009

  Wearing a Yarmulke; really long weddings that involve breaking dishes; Bar Mitzvahs; Sabbath days; Passover and Hanukkah. Tradition. Emphasize... More >>

• Frank Sinatra-The Good Years

  published July 23, 2009

  ‘Timeless Melodies—Frank Sinatra, the Good Years’ A self-taught singer, Frank Sinatra was always doing it his way—straight out... More >>

• Poetry in the Gallery

  published July 9, 2009

  Pablo Neruda knows that sometimes poetry is the best poison. His works are timeless, passionate and cut deep into the rawness of human frailty and... More >>

• Goin' Home to Our Great American Family

  published June 18, 2009

  Just what is the “Great American Family”? What defines our nation’s rich heritage? The American family is somewhat a great ongoing... More >>

• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

  published June 4, 2009

  Never pushing the envelope but rather holding it to an open flame, Hunter S. Thompson was the pioneer of a style he called “Gonzo”... More >>

• Beethoven's Ninth

  published June 4, 2009

  How could a deaf man produce a symphony? Ludwig van Beethoven did. His mid-20s found him battling an increasing ringing in his head and shortly... More >>

• Onegin

  published May 14, 2009

  Pretty sure you recognize the type: someone so haughty, spoiled and bored within his lavish lifestyle that his only real amusement is to break... More >>

• Days of Yore

  published February 19, 2009

  Our current economic situation may be awful, but it ain’t nothing compared to what depression times were like after the stock market crash of... More >>

• Bittersweet

  published January 8, 2009

  Sure, photographs of vacant buildings are infinitely artsy-fartsy but it’s the story of how those buildings became vacated that can... More >>